It doesn't have to be that way. I'm breastfeeding my newborn right now, but my husband takes equal part in diaper changing, bathing, burping, and soothing the baby. He also does a lot of gophering for me, since nursing can tie me down. You can be equal parenting partners even if one of you takes the role of "the…

But... if we don't judge others' parenting choices, how will we feel good about our own?

I'm late to the party, but I just wanted to express my admiration at your response to everyone on this thread and your complete lack of defensiveness.

Yeah, I'm not sure why Jez didn't do any side-by-side comparisons to the older versions instead of just posting links, because the article's content kind of demands it.

Thank you for linking this.

This is good to know. I have a Molly and a Samantha doll in storage that I would love to pass down to a daughter someday, but I remember their hair being somewhat tragic by the time I was too old to play with them anymore.

Maybe a panda-banana crossbreed?

I have... no words. How to describe the feeling I get from watching all two minutes and forty-two seconds of that? Totally Tulip. Yes, I do feel totally tulip.

My mom thought I was crazy for touring daycare centers 5 months before my due date and 8 months before I would need daycare. She remembers finding a decent daycare a week before she went back to work, and having 3 kids in daycare for $100 a week. I'm looking at paying almost another mortgage payment every month for…

Funny. My choir directors have always talked about opening up the soft palate by yawning.

I feel like that curator was really decent about the whole thing. Bieber's an undereducated, overpampered baby. I'm surprised he knows about Anne Frank at all, let alone that he went to a museum while on tour.

What about asking the parents in question what they would prefer? I live in the South, and it is very common for kids to address non-family adults as Mr. or Miss First Name. That could be a compromise.

I had that problem, but then I reduced the size of my browser text ("control -" is the shortcut, in case you didn't know.) It's a little harder for me to read now, but I don't have the cut-off anymore. I hope they fix it, because it is really annoying.

There's still hope. I had curly hair as a baby, then it went straight. Once I hit puberty, though, the curl came back with a vengeance, and it's been all ringlets ever since.

Dude, I am hoping for an early arrival now that he's officially full-term. I am sooooo done with being pregnant.

I'm due in a few weeks, too! The 25th. My husband and I both have Mediterranean blood with recessive genes that make us look very Caucasian. I am very curious if baby boy will swing recessive and be pale & light-eyed like my husband, or a little Greek baby like my siblings were, with black hair and dark eyes. …

Oh, I didn't know about that. That is just icky on so many levels.

People who don't pay taxes (when they're supposed to) really make me mad. Roads don't pave themselves, y'all.

Seriously. I once read that those little $7 sticks of blister-prevention stuff at the drugstore were just partially hydrogenated oil, so I tried Crisco because I already had some. Works like a charm (and seasons your cast iron skillets, too!)

Crisco. Just for the first few wears. I swear it won't make your feet stink. Just ball up some paper towel, rub it in the tin of Crisco, then smear a thin layer anywhere you think you'll get a blister. It's like magic! Delicious, partially hydrogenated magic!