** A collection of articles and other fun stuff from around the web. Mostly dealing with babies, parenting, moms, etc. But not always. **

Risks of Formula Feeding Your Baby (Wow.  Really interesting stuff.  Even one bottle of formula can increase the risk of future allergies.)

Ask Not What You Can Do For Your Child – Ask What Your Child Can Do For You (Great premise – how to not create an entitled child)

Is a Family’s Identity Muddled when Mom and Dad Have Different Last Names? (I almost didn’t want to link to this because it just annoys me, but whatever.  Seriously? As the child of a two-last-name family and a woman who did not change her name, I say, if you can’t create a family identity except by having the same last name, you have bigger problems.  Not to mention the writing is less than stellar.  How is it that this chick gets to write for Babble, anyways?)

Children of the Hyphens, the Next Generation (And a more intelligent article on names and naming)

The Importance of Child’s Play: In striving to make our kids super safe and super smart we have turned them into bored blobs. (Yes.  Just, yes.  Let the kids play!)