MetaFilter posts tagged with Babies

Do babies born in January prefer tafeta?

Ruthless Bunny — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:40:46 -0800

Does getting lucky at the prom equate to more Winter Babies? What does that mean economically?

"Why won't feminists admit the pleasure of infants?"

Stonewall Jackson — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:47:18 -0800

My Baby Is Like a Narcotic. Reflections on the "opium den" of new parenthood by New York University professor, author and journalist Katie Roiphe.

NICU PTSD

swift — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:05:31 -0800

About three months after her son's birth, Ms. Roscoe asked to see a psychiatrist. She was given a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder, or P.T.S.D. — a mental illness more often associated with surviving war, car accidents and assaults, but now being recognized in parents of premature infants in prolonged intensive care. (nyt)

Let's Panic About Babies!

ocherdraco — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:27:34 -0800

Let's Panic About Babies! "Fortunately for everyone in the whole wide world, Alice Bradley and Eden M. Kennedy have created the only website that accurately explains the journey from morning sickness to third-degree tears to keeping that baby alive for a year–or more! LET’S PANIC ABOUT BABIES will serve as a salve to the mystery and degradation of this most female of challenges. Its authors may not have 'science' on their side, but what they do have is far more valuable: a heady mélange of female intuition, sentence-forming know-how, and the achingly vivid memories of their own gestational journeys and unending motherhoods. So join Alice and Eden as they tell you exactly what to think and feel and do on every one of your 2,681 days* of pregnancy. They know everything! * 'Science' would tell you that human gestation is actually, on average, 266 days. This is one of many ways in which science is terribly wrong." Alice and Eden help you make a birth plan:

Dear [primary caregiver], [vaginal expert] and various nurses/assistants whose names I will probably be screaming later on: I am so [random emotion] to have my baby born at [national monument]. I apologize in advance for any [adjective] names I call you during labor, such as [noun] or [adjective] or [adverb] [color] [sex organ]. I did not mean to say that your [family member] is [adjective]. I'm sure it/he/she/they is/are actually quite [euphemism]." ... Please note that I am not in control of my [emotion]. I may [verb] like a [member of the armed forces]. I may start singing songs about the [national holiday]. Anything is possible. If I [verb] things that are [adverb] shocking, or [gesture] you right in your [body part], I already said I was sorry. By reading this birth plan you agree not to press charges or file any lawsuits against me. No backsies.

Buyer Beware

GatorDavid — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:50:35 -0800

Thinking about becoming a parent? You might find the US Consumer Product Safety Commission's list of recalled items fun! It looks like there's just under a zillion things out there that might harm your new tot. And that doesn't include ... y'know ... toys.

In that dark space between "awwww, how cute!" and "creepy".

HuronBob — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:11:31 -0800

you watch, because you can't stop. MLYT Making of. (the cute without the creepy) and, more Evian strangeness for your viewing pleasure. Evian has done this baby thing before, sort of.. and, of course, the "reunion" edition. The H2O Terminator ad. and, finally, a just strange use of "we will rock you".

Seeing race: the Other-Race Effect

shetterly — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 08:26:30 -0800

Seeing race: the Other-Race Effect. Why do so many people think people of other races look alike? Babies as young as three months old "tend to recognize faces from their own race better than those from other races," but "babies raised with frequent exposure to people of other races don’t develop this early bias." The Other-Race Effect, aka the Cross-Race Effect, "carries practical implications for cases of mistaken eyewitness identification." A follow-up study with Chinese babies confirmed the effect, and notes that it can change: "Korean adults who were adopted by French families during their childhood (aged 3–9 years) demonstrated the same discrimination deficit for Korean faces shown by the native French population." Yes, you have to be carefully taught.

Why you're probably not named Tricia

escabeche — Tue, 05 May 2009 20:54:23 -0800

What leads cultural tastes and practices to be abandoned? (.pdf) A new PNAS paper by marketing professor Jonah Berger and organizational psychologist Gael Le Mens argues that the faster a trend rises, the faster it's likely to fall, at least as regards longitudinal data of first names given to American children. (Via the Baby Names Blog.) Berger has written before on the drive to non-conform; a 2007 joint paper with Emily Pronin and Sarah Molouki (.pdf) shows that "people see others as more conforming than themselves.... placing more weight on introspective evidence of conformity (relative to behavioral evidence) when judging their own susceptibility to social influence as opposed to someone else's."

We walk by faith, not by sight

Joe Beese — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:11:48 -0800

It is apparent to me that Faith does have a brain, despite what the doctors have said. Even though it is generally believed that anencephalic babies are blind, deaf, and cannot feel touch or think... I don't believe that. Not at all. So little is known about the human brain and the only one who really knows what's going on is God. I truly believe that Faith can think and can feel my touch and hear my voice. I can't prove it but I feel like I just know. [images may be disturbing]

they come out the butt, stupid!

madamjujujive — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 04:14:43 -0800

Kinda sutra - a charmingly animated short in which people talk about childhood misconceptions about sex and childbirth. More on childhood sex misconceptions from Dan Savage 1, 2, 3. (pretty tame clip, but possibly NSFW) More on Kinda Sutra, which debuted this year at Sundance. See prior related posts: Classic underage misconceptions five fresh fish I used to believe - Stan Chin - not just sex misconceptions - but so amusing!

The Case Against Breast-Feeding

ND¢ — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:21:39 -0800

Hanna Rosin has written a piece for the Atlantic claiming that the actual health benefits of breast-feeding are surprisingly thin, far thinner than most popular literature indicates. This is pretty controversial following "decades of indoctrination delivered with evangelical fervor," causing American women "to take it as an article of faith that if they don’t breast-feed their children, they'll grow up to be underachievers plagued with health problems and lacking a bond with their mother". For a more indepth discussion, see Mother's Milk, where Ms. Rosin and three friends discuss the science and culture of breast-feeding.

[more inside]

desjardins — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:51:44 -0800

"I don't think it's our job to tell them how many babies they're allowed to have." The woman who recently gave birth to octuplets already has six children. Multiple births increased 29% from 1995 to 2005. Why? What are the risks of multiple births? Despite the risks, some people WANT a multiple birth. If you are pregnant with more than one child, how should you prepare? How do you care for all those kids? What if you decide you don't want to have them all? A personal story of selective reduction. A personal story of having triplets.

I'm sleepy...

Korou — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:47:02 -0800

Cute things falling asleep.

Say 'Hebbo' to Tarvuism!

jack_mo — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:39:15 -0800

Say 'Hebbo' to Tarvuism. Learn more at the Tarvupedia. It's SO easy to join!

Every girl's crazy 'bout a sharped dress man (with a baby)

ThePinkSuperhero — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:25:01 -0800

Yes we can (hold babies)!

Sophie Can Walk

Del Far — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:05:32 -0800

Sophie Can Walk , a documentary that chronicles "the prejudice faced by baby-Americans born without the ability to walk" (Via BoingBoing)

Pregnant Man Gives Birth. That's a fact.

grapefruitmoon — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:31:48 -0800

The first legally transgendered man to become pregnant has given birth. Thomas Beatie and his wife Nancy have welcomed a daughter into the world. Thomas on Oprah Articleabout the pregnancy in The Times Online Article by Thomas in The Advocate

Your weiner, your vageener, and your ovary

ThePinkSuperhero — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:06:30 -0800

Jamie Lynn's Reproduction Rap A slightly educational, slightly ridiculous look at where babies come from.

The commutative property of Mans, Babies

Ambrosia Voyeur — Fri, 09 May 2008 09:32:14 -0800

ManBabies. via via

Babies Laughing

homunculus — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:38:30 -0800

The Laughter of Babies. That is all. [Via]

Giving a sour surprise to your trusting dependent

2bucksplus — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 07:41:39 -0800

Your daily recommended allowance of YouTube: Trusting baby tries a lemon / Wary baby given a lime / Two dogs try a lemon / Lime makes dog crazy / (Some guidelines for your baby and fruit) (Some fruits you should never give your dog)

West Coast Apparently

Tablecrumbs — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 06:36:12 -0800

Best Cities to have a Baby Portland Oregon tops the list. Not surprisingly Detroit didn't fair so well

How is politician babby hold?

Kattullus — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:11:34 -0800

Darren Karnick hands his infant to the presidential candidates and photographs the results. The Daily Telegraph says the baby primary is a clear win for Obama. The Boston Globe has more pictures of the candidates with kids. And should you be embarking on a political career, don't forget to bone up on the Commandments for Policians Who Art Babykissers, including such sound advice as "thou shouldst not drop babies thou art kissing, for surely, dropped babies will gain thee no votes."

"My Fake Baby"

Avenger50 — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:08:49 -0800

"My Fake Baby" is a Channel 4 documentary exploring "the lives of women who spend hundreds of pounds on life-like baby dolls. Loved like real babies, they're taken for walks, cuddled and even have their nappies changed." Parts 2, 3, 4, 5.

Who spends 4 days peeling eggs?

blue_beetle — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 16:05:29 -0800

Waitless.org: a Sprint marketing site, with a lot of useful time saving tips.