Are you expecting? Get yourself a belly cast! (The mosaic mirror ball cast to the left is from www-bellyoflove-com’s Flickr.)

Gaggle of Chicks is like Groupon for parents.

From The Onion: “Genuine Love and Respect Only Thing Holding Area Relationship Together”

Thought it was kooky when an Egyptian man named his child “Facebook”? Meet “Like.”

Edan Lepucki writes at The Millions on the perils of reading while pregnant.

Also at The Millions, Kevin Hartnett reflects on reconnecting with children’s books as a parent.

What does a $76,000 child’s bedroom look like?

This federal database can tell you everything you’ve ever wanted to know about popular baby names. Surprisingly, neither Axl or Slash show up in the top 1000 names.

Rocco, Georges, and Ekaterina: Just some of the names catalogued by The Awl in J. Crew’s “Crewcuts” catalog.

Decembrist Colin Meloy and his sister, writer Maile Meloy, are both publishing children’s books.

Thought Catalog offers a scientific analysis of how many children you should have.

CNN asks: What are the rules for posting images of kids online?

Related: Is it really time for a PSA encouraging mothers to log off?

The Atlantic considers the economic case for hands-off parenting.

These girls look like they were having a blast even before Beyonce showed up.

Do you agree with these 25 manners every kid should know by age 9?

Narrative Magazine has published a celebration of mothers, with stories by Robert Olen Butler and Lorrie Moore, among others.

A woman in California just broke a state record by giving birth to a 14-pound baby.

From Today Moms: “Astravaganza?! When parents regret their kids’ names…”

Babble details how to create a digital time capsule for your baby with Gmail.

The New York Times considers the “ageless appeal” of classic children’s author Beverly Cleary, creator of Henry Huggins, Ralph the Mouse, and Ramona and Beezus.

This Friday on May 6^th, The Ellen DeGeneres Show celebrated Mother’s Day in a big way and we were there!  Ellen filled her audience with moms-to-be and gifted them throughout the show with great products for moms (and dads) and babies.  We made Ellen’s Mother’s Day Special a rockin’ one by hooking up her audience members with thirteen of our favorite CDs.  Each mom went home with a gift box that included lullaby renditions of: The Beatles, U2, Bob Marley, Aerosmith, Queen, Guns N’ Roses, Coldplay, Journey, Led Zeppelin, Kanye West, Bon Jovi, The Rolling Stones and Green Day.

For a limited time, while supplies last, we will be selling the same set of thirteen CDs Ellen gave her guests at a 40% discount available here now.

Check out the clip here!

A Tumblr account dedicated solely to proving  ’My Parents Were Awesome‘.

Share these vintage zoo posters with your little animal lover.

The Washington Post has launched a new blog: On Parenting.

Jeanne Sager sees no-hit piñatas as a symbol of all that’s wrong with the child rearing world.

Excellent litjournal Five Dials has just published an issue devoted to parenting, with Darin Strauss, Heidi Julavits, Alain de Botton, and others.

A little NSFW, but if the Today show can handle it… The new children’s book Go the F@#k to Sleep is sweeping the nation.