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All right moms, 'fess up. How many times have you let your baby play with your cellphone because you didn't have the heart to hear them cry when you take it away? Once? Twice? Three times (a lady)? After you read this story, you will never do it again.

An Oregon baby managed to call 911 not once, not twice, not three times. The 1-year-old called the emergency line SIXTEEN TIMES with her mom's phone! As you can imagine, the cops in Astoria, Oregon are none too happy with Jessica May.

Pippa, Carole, and Kate Middleton.Kate Middleton would allegedly like to hire her mom, Carole Middleton, to be the royal nanny. A supposed friend of the Duchess told an Australian magazine that Kate wants her mother to help her care for the future king or queen of England when he or she arrives in July, breaking tradition of hiring a royal nanny equipped with all the bells and whistles of childcare expertise.

After the rough pregnancy Kate's had with the hyperemesis and all, I can totally understand why she'd want her mom to be there to help her with the baby, and not some stranger.

It's time to check your toy chests, parents -- because the Consumer Product Safety Commission is recalling over 45,000 Hug N' Tug baby toys made by Sassy and Carter's due to a choking hazard to infants.

The problem with the toy has to do with the plastic sphere in the center, which contains small beads that could possibly fall out and cause babies to choke if they try to ingest them.

So far, 12 reports have come in from people who had the beads fall out of their Sassy Hug N' Tug toy, though thankfully, no babies have been injured. There haven't yet been reports of beads falling out of the Carter's toy, but the CPSC is still recalling them as a precaution.

Aww, poor Snooki! The new mom is all excited about spending her first Christmas with little Lorenzo. And now she has to worry about what kind of tricks her best friend JWoww has up her sleeve.

Yes, JWoww plans to be one of THOSE aunties. You know, the type who torture their best friends in the name of spoiling their little niece or nephew?

Have you seen that breastfeeding doll that's causing all sorts of controversy online? Some moms are freaked by it, some love it. As Stir writer Adriana pointed out, the biggest shocker about it might be the sticker price ($89!), but if you thought that doll was a little extreme, do I ever have a roundup for YOU.

I have to admit, I'm a little prejudiced against dolls -- my boys don't play with them, my own childhood obsessions revolved around Breyer horses, and I just ... well, I just think they're kind of creepy. However, I set aside my mild phobia long enough to collect a few dolls that I think even the most ardent collector would think twice about.

Check out this list of 7 of the weirdest dolls that have EVER been created.

Confession time! When my daughter was a baby, it was hard to resist buying her toys. Go ahead and shake your head at what a waste that is because babies are perfectly happy with a bunch of measuring cups, but there it is. Baby toys are hard to resist because they are so darn cute!

But here's the other thing you learn about baby toys as the pile starts building up in your living room, er, baby's nursery. As cute as they are, they are 10 times more annoying.

The best toy ever!Recently, I was looking around at the hurricane of stuff my 11-month-old babies had scattered all over our den, and thought to myself, without a hint of irony, "Maybe they need more toys." Hear me out: They have links and books and balls that rattle, but I wondered if maybe they should have more stimulating, animated toys. They're at the age now where they're pulling levers and opening lids to elicit that high-pitched, battery-operated, "tee-hee" sound or carnival-style music. They'll push that big orange button like ten thousand times, bopping every time the creepy elf-like songs start. So are those blocks boring, old news to them now?

As it turns out, no, not at all. In a recent study, researchers determined that infants seek out information on their own, without the need for fancy toys or "educational" tools. If you give a baby an interesting environment to explore, they'll learn from that more than any toy.