Baby Countdown

The above image is dynamic and will serve up a new graphic and new information as a pregnancy progresses and it gets closer to the time when the baby will arrive.

Kideo Player!

It can be hard to find a site exclusively for kid-friendly videos. Kideo is the safe and fun way to surf through YouTube videos. It's simple and easy to use. Just let the first video load. Use the space bar if you want to skip to the next video.

There are video channels available for the following:

• Cats
• Airplanes
• Animals
• Baby
• Baby Einstein
• Backyardigans
• Bake
• Barbie
• Barney
• Birds
• Birthday
• Blocks
• Cars
• Cats
• Christmas
• Costumes
• Daddy
• Diego
• Dogs
• Dolls
• Dora
• Fairy
• Fish
• Glitter
• Halloween
• Horses
• House
• Language
• Left Brain
• Math
• Mommy
• Monkeys
• Music
• Nursery Rhymes
• Oobi
• Playtime
• Pretend
• Princess
• Right Brain
• Robots
• Science
• Shapes
• Spongebob
• The+Wiggles
• Toys
• Trains
• Trucks
• Unicorns
• Upsidedown Show
• WowWow

Pick your favorite family-friendly channel today.

Baby Einstein Turns Kids Into Baby Homer Simpson

Here is a Wired.com article/blog post about Baby Einstein.

Videos marketed to parents as a learning tools for infants may actually stunt their babies' development, reports the Los Angeles Times.

In a survey of 1,000 parents, University of Washington pediatricians found that for every hour a day that babies 8 to 16 months old were shown such popular series as 'Brainy Baby' or 'Baby Einstein,' they knew six to eight fewer words than other children. Reading to children and telling them stories appeared far more beneficial than the videos, which are designed to engage a baby's attention, hop from scene to scene with minimal dialogue and include mesmerizing images, like a lava lamp. The American Academy of Pediatrics says kids under two shouldn't watch any TV at all.

The findings appear intuitive -- television is, broadly speaking, a passive medium, much less meaningful at a young age than interaction with a parent. And videos like Baby Einstein are about as meaningless as it gets.

Dimitri Christakis, the study's lead author, has elsewhere posited that the link between infant TV watching and subsequent attention disorders and behavioral problems has a biological basis: at a time when their brains are still in accelerated development, the babies are literally being rewired by TV.

Concerned parents should read the full post on Wired Science - Wired Blogs.

Parent Hacks - Yahoo! Picks

Getting one step up as a new parent can be hard. Here is a good resource for some tricks.

In this modern age of two working parents, long commutes, and not enough time, raising kids ain't what it used to be. Great Grandma is probably not sitting at the dinner table dispensing her wisdom every night, but Parent Hacks could fill in the gaps. Get daily doses of parenting tips organized by kids' ages, activities, and common dilemmas, all submitted by fellow frenzied mommies and daddies. Learn how to stay organized, save some money, and stay healthy—consider it collective knowledge from your electronic-age extended family. And if you have some good advice, share the hack.

Get these handy tips from Parent Hacks. Thanks Yahoo!

Baby Oh My™ | Natural & Eco-friendly Baby Gifts and Toddler Gear for Style-Savvy, Modern Day Families

Here's another good site I found for buying baby stuff.

Shop in Canada for unique and modern baby gifts and toddler gifts. Browse our beautiful nursery crib sets, nursery bedding and children's products including baby cloth diapers and designer diaper bags plus baby teething toys, play toys, and wooden children's toys.

So visit BabyOhMy.com today for all your baby needs.