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Research For 'Rents

Childbirth, drugs and rock n’ roll

Our third baby is due to be born this weekend, so understandably, pain is on The Doctor’s mind right now. Fortunately, a recent study from Northwestern University suggests a new method for treating it. This treatment comes with no dependency issues or side effects, and it doesn’t involve sitting on a rubber glove full of […]

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The Junk Drawer

How your reaction to Lionel Richie’s “Hello” reveals with 100% accuracy whether or not you have kids

You know those online quizzes that ask you a bunch of questions so that they can guess your hometown, your age or what flavor of pie you should be? Well we decided to make one of our own. Except ours is exactly one question long. Why only one question? Because that’s all it takes to […]

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The Junk Drawer

Parental Rap Battle: Baby Swag vs. Swagger Wagon

In case y’all didn’t know it, there’s a straight-up gangsta’ turf war goin’ down right now in virtual suburbs all over the web. This is East Coast vs. West Coast, Bloods vs. Crips, and Pampers vs. Huggies all rolled into one, yo. What we’re talkin’ ‘bout – of course – is The Mom’s View’s new […]

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Product Reviews

Product Review: ‘Alphabutt’ by Kimya Dawson

Ever since our kids first developed the ability to hear (by around 28 weeks after conception), the Doctor and the Dad have loved sharing music with them. There are lots of great scientific reasons to do it – music promotes kids’ language development, creativity and concentration, for example. But mostly we do it because it’s […]

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The Junk Drawer

The ‘Muffin Top’ rapper loves it when you call her Big Momma

First, a bunch of 19th-century British children asked, “Do You Know The Muffin Man?” Then Seinfeld and friends wished everyone a fond “Top of the Muffin to You!” And now, mother of two Erin Keaney adds to this rich muffin-related entertainment tradition with the “Muffin Top Rap.”

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Product Reviews

Product Review: Why we love our BabyBjörn

According to the Doctor: If you’re looking at this website, you already know exactly what a BabyBjörn baby carrier is. So I’m not going to waste our time describing it and how I use it. Instead, I’m just going to focus on explaining the reasons I love it.