So. Amy Winehouse—known for her brilliant collapsing—wants to write a children’s book to inspire the young. The smoky-voiced contralto has been living the clean life in St Lucia, strolling oceanside, penning poetry, and denying plans to adopt local children and tease their hair into beehives every time they finish swimming.
Amy’s book ambitions, however, seem [...]

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You are likely asking: What is this thing and why has the Perfect Baby Blog thrust it in my face? This thing, as you squeamishly put it, is a “diaper wreath,” a newly popular shower-gift. As you can see, it radically reinterprets the traditional fragrant evergreen wreath using not-yet-fragrant disposable diapers and festive plastic products.
What [...]

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“I guess I’m different,” says Esther, the eerily precocious child at the center of this upcoming horror film (July 7), explaining why she prefers to paint industriously instead of partying with less focused kids. And by “different,” she’s not just referring to her tenacious love of Victorian black-velvet chokers.
Described as “extraordinary” and “mature for [...]

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As most earthlings know by now, Nadya Suleman is trying to register the word “Octomom” with the U.S. Patent Office. Seems she wants to sell branded diapers and onesies—and wring more cash out of the Brits who hope to film her surplus children regularly until they are 18 years old.
Only one problem, reports the Los [...]

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Brett Berk, one of America’s less conventional parenting authorities, is giving away three copies of the new, controversial book True Mom Confessions: Real Moms Get Real by Romi Lassally on his blog.
He asks only that you debase yourself by making a confession of your own and hints that grotesque disclosures will be judged extra-favorably. To [...]

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