BOBB Midwife: Too Fearless?

New York Magazine has an article on Cara Muhlhahn, the midwife featured in Ricki Lake's "The Business of Being Born." The reader comments are also worth a look.

Have you seen this high chair?

Sold at Target. Says the CPSC, "The seat can fall backwards from high chair frame if the booster seat release is unlatched while the child is in the product. Also, the seat back can detach if not fully snapped in place, posing a fall hazard and risk of serious injury to young children."
Yikes!

Nursery Design Sites

We love how baby rooms have gotten more fashion-forward lately. It's as if designers suddenly woke up and realized that pregnancy doesn't cause you to lose your sense of taste! Here are some sites that focus on room design for babies and children:

OhDeeOh - don't miss the home tours
Fawn and Forest - "a leading retailer of the worlds finest modern baby and eco friendly children's products"
Coochicoos - "Designs for modern parenting"
Shelterrific's "Living With Kids" category

Sperm Counts!

NYT: "The children of older fathers scored lower than the offspring of younger fathers on I.Q. tests and a range of other cognitive measures at 8 months old, 4 years old and 7 years old, according to a study released Monday."
Other studies have found that children of older dads are statistically more likely to suffer from autism and schizophrenia.

Also interesting on the dad front: a guy's genes may favor producing more girls than boys (or vice versa).