"For most toddlers, tantrums and clumsiness are just a part of life, something they grow out of."

"Yet a burgeoning number of parents, like Pamela Trigg, are reporting that their children exhibit baffling, intense behaviors. Some overreact, r…

"I've made this decision. Not only am I having a girl, but I picked the girl from her little embryo."

"I picked her and was like, 'Let's put in the girl.' I think I was most excited and allured by the fact that John would be the best …

"If you're like most normal people, you've briefly considered eating a baby or two."

"Not literally, of course. That would make us no better than hamsters or wolf spiders. But pretend baby-eating – that is, explaining to an infa…

"All the apple-cheeked babies, captured for eternity in Creamsicle onesies three sizes too big, are nearly grown."

That's the first sentence of what? The incredibly long and abstruse Sports Illustrated article about Peyton Manning , from which I was unable to …

If the rate of fatal accidents for children and teens has fallen 30% in the past 10 years...

... why has the death by suffocation rate for babies under 1 year old risen 51%? It's also notable that the death by poisoning rate increased 91…

A baby's first word was "Obama."

Something I overheard the other day.

Congress repealed "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," but — look! — ooh! — It's a baby!

Here's the CNN home page a 11:46 p.m. EST, on the day that Congress repealed the odious old Clinton-era legislation: So, a woman has a baby. Tha…

The dominant twin.

What must this do to your mind, long term, going through this dramatic experience?

It takes big balls not to help with diaper changing and feeding and bathing the baby.

Or something like that —  according to a new and purportedly scientific study reported at BBC.com . Be careful, ladies, about bragging to your friend…

"It’s pretty cynical and presumptuous to ask friends, family and strangers for money for crazy expensive IVF."

"It’s tacky and tasteless. What are they going to ask for next? The child’s private school or college fund?" said bioethicist Jennifer Lahl…

The male daycare center worker who is not allowed to change diapers and "has been asked to leave the classroom when diapering was happening."

From an article about how it's bad to be too suspicious about the possibility that a man is a pedophile.  But excluding the man from the task of …

When life or death is a status...

... on Facebook. ADDED: I received email from a man whose 18-year-old son died in an accident: Because he graduated from high school in June, most o…

"It’s pretty cynical and presumptuous to ask friends, family and strangers for money for crazy expensive IVF."

"It’s tacky and tasteless. What are they going to ask for next? The child’s private school or college fund?" said bioethicist Jennifer Lahl…

No!

"Some parents have latched onto a trend of raising children free of gender — sometimes known as 'theybies.' But Braiden had no interest in doing that."

"When an ultrasound revealed that the baby was a boy, Braiden was overjoyed. As someone who identified with both genders, Braiden was used to ma…

Crowdsurfing a baby to Obama.

From the Yes We Can (Hold Babies) blog, where they want cute babies with Obama, not abominations like this: The babies know. Test your candidate wit…

"Being an adult baby, I've had a couple reactions, some good..."

"... some not so good."

"It was as if people secretly wished we could stow our child in cargo so that we would not disrupt their game of Candy Crush.'"

Writes the novelist Reif Larsen in a NYT op-ed about traveling with a little baby. That prompts what is most-favorited comment over there: No, it is…

What if Alan Colmes — calling Santorum crazy for "playing" with his dead baby — secretly intended to boost Santorum?

This is a conspiracy theory. I'm not saying I believe it. I'm just going to spin it out for your consideration. Everybody's talking about…

"That baby is perfect. You’re going to ruin her skin by putting makeup on her this early."

This is a prank. But this isn't. I don't think. I wish it were.