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Toddler OMG

4-Year-Old Shows Up Useless Grandma & Saves Her Brother's Life

Posted by Jacqueline Burt
on May 21, 2012 at 2:01 PM

kid phoneThere are two kinds of people in this world, I've come to believe: The kind who stay calm in an emergency, and the kind who panic and fall to pieces and make whatever the emergency happens to be even more of a bummer. And apparently age has nothing to do with which category a person falls into, as 4-year-old Grace Varley of Amityville, New York, recently proved.

Because when Grace's 2-year-old brother Myles nearly choked on a chicken nugget, it wasn't their grandmother who saved the day. Nope. See, "Nana" falls into that useless-in-an-emergency category. So when Myles started choking and couldn't breathe, she freaked out, picked him up, and ran outside, screaming for help, much like a (choking hazard) chicken with her head cut off.

Good think Grace kept her wits about her, at least ...

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Baby LOL

Big Sister Gets Baby to Belly Laugh & the Joy Is Contagious (VIDEO)

Posted by Amy Boshnack
on Apr 27, 2012 at 10:52 AM


Sometimes you watch a video and it puts you in a good mood all day long. That happened to me with this video. The mom (my cousin) who shot the video sent it to me last week and I have watched it every day since. At least once. Sometimes twice. Why? Because it just makes me smile. There is something so adorable about seeing big sister Jada seriously crack up her baby sister. No one else can get her going like that. Now that is love!

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Pregnancy Mom Moment

Katie Holmes Pregnant? Perfect Timing! (VIDEO)

Posted by Mary Fischer
on Apr 26, 2012 at 10:10 AM

katie holmes suriThe question of whether or not Katie Holmes & Tom Cruise plan on giving their daughter Suri a sibling has followed them, well -- pretty much since Katie gave birth six years ago. It's almost like some people just aren't willing to accept the possibility of Suri remaining an only child. You know -- because not giving a kid any brothers or sisters is some sort of moral crime. (Major eye roll.) Rumors saying Katie Holmes is pregnant have surfaced yet again -- and this time Star magazine went ahead and put out a whole report claiming she's got a bun in the oven.

Of course, her rep immediately denied the story to Us Weekly, but it's hard not to wonder if there might be some truth to the rumors. She wouldn't be the first celeb to deny a pregnancy and then turn right around and confirm it a few weeks later. And if by some chance Katie is pregnant, now is really the perfect time for her & Tom to add another little one to their family.

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Toddler Awww!

Adorable Little Girl Has Sweetest Reaction to Mom’s Pregnancy News (VIDEO)

Posted by Lindsay Mannering
on Apr 19, 2012 at 11:23 AM

big sisterTelling your child that they're going to be a big brother or sister is a big moment. Parents have been breaking out the video cameras more and more to capture their children's reactions to the news of the baby on the way, and thankfully for us, they're uploading their videos to YouTube. Last week we saw how one family with three kids, soon to be four, took the news that Mom was pregnant -- it was meltdown city. Those kids were absolutely incredulous that they'd have another sibling and burst into a chorus of whines and tears. This video, on the other hand, is of two parents telling their young daughter that she's going to be a big sister and to say she's thrilled is an understatement. Her pure joy is something you just have to see.

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Toddler Mom Moment

The Benefits of Having an Only Child (Temporarily)

Posted by April Peveteaux
on Apr 4, 2012 at 4:30 PM

only childI'm heading out to pick up my little girl after her mini-vacation at Grandma's house. I have missed that lady like nobody's business. Every day her father and I anxiously await her phone calls, even if she mostly says, "I went to a pizza party and swam in the pool goodnight bye." My oldest child is becoming independent, and it is exciting and bittersweet.

Still, these past few days have been kind of magical, and in an unexpected way. My 3-year-old was an only child for a few days, and wow, did it really suit him. That kid really had a chance to shine, and I'm realizing we should be splitting the kids up every now and then so we can have the luxury of hearing only one kid voice and being able to have a conversation without interruption. It was a truly enlightening experience to have one kid again, and here's what I learned:

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Pregnancy Say What!?

The Case Against Having 19 Kids

Posted by April Peveteaux
on Mar 29, 2012 at 5:30 PM

overpopulationIn completely non-shocking news, Michelle Duggar does not believe in overpopulation. Along with other non-beliefs such as birth control and spending more than $25 for a haircut, Duggar says that "the idea of overpopulation is not accurate." Whatever that means. I'm not sure how an actual thing that exists can't be accurate, but logic isn't Michelle's strong suit. What is is making babies and she's going to keep on doing it because every baby is like a flower. Or something.

Listen, if that lady wants to keep beating up her uterus until it falls right out, that's her business. But she should at least recognize that more children do take up more resources, no matter how many hand-me-downs are worn. Those things have to be washed, do they not?

On the other side, you've got people who actually plan their family based on the potential carbon footprint. You know those people, right?

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Baby Heartbreaking

Mom Delivers Triplets & Dies 8 Days Later

Posted by Sasha Brown-Worsham
on Mar 26, 2012 at 1:56 PM

We have reached a point now in our society where birth feels a lot less scary than it once was. Sure we can all cite horrific, scary stories, but for the most part, we expect to live and see our children grow and thrive. It's a heartbreaking truth, though, that child birth, while vastly safer than it once was, can still have devastating consequences.

One such story happened just this month in England where a 34-year-old woman gave birth to triplets and collapsed eight days later. She later died.

It's hard to even imagine that poor father and what he is going through left alone with three babies, but the scary truth is, it could happen to anyone.

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Baby Mom Moment

Second Babies Get Much Worse Parents Than Baby Number One

Posted by Deborah Cruz
on Mar 22, 2012 at 11:27 AM

Remember when you had your first baby and you were filled with the irrational fear that you’d take them home and break them immediately? They were perfect and you wanted them to stay that way. Ah, those were the days.

The second baby? Not so much. It's called second baby syndrome and it's real.

The first time you read every parenting book. You bought all the right toys, gadgets, and recommended baby products. Everything had to be perfect. The second time? Not so much.

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Toddler Rant

4-Year-Old Who Saved Sister's Life Shouldn't Have Had to Do So (VIDEO)

Posted by Julie Ryan Evans
on Mar 19, 2012 at 1:43 PM

Neveah and Kazmirah ReynoldsIt's an amazing, heartwarming story in many respects. When 4-year-old Neveah Reynolds was out playing princesses with her 2-year-old sister, Kazmirah, they stopped at a pond in a search to find frogs, for kissing and turning into princes, of course. Only instead, their fairy tale quickly turned into a nightmare when Kazmirah fell into the pond. 

According to WBIR, that's when Neveah showed maturity well beyond her years and fished her little sister out of the pond, saving her from drowning. "I grabbed a stick and pulled her out ... She would die if I leave her," she said.

How amazing, and she absolutely deserves the title of "hero" that's been placed up on her. But there's one big problem with this story despite its happy ending -- where the hell were the girls' parents?

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Baby Mom Moment

Being a Mom the Second Time Around

Posted by Aunt Becky
on Feb 9, 2012 at 2:52 PM

My son sat burbling happily in his Exersaucer - the same one I'd spent weeks upon weeks carefully selecting as he rolled this way and that inside me. I'd spent months painstakingly researching each baby item I bought with the same feverish intensity I'd once brought to my Overachieving Scholastic Career. While it might sound like a particularly nefarious torture, I'd never been more blissful.

It wasn't always like this.

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