Rockabye Baby has made it to the top 3 in the Most Awesome Kids Music and Artists category in Red Tricycle’s Totally Awesome Awards. Over 78,000 votes have been cast, and we can’t thank our Mamas and Papas enough for voting for Rockabye Baby!

With less than a week left to vote, the heat is on. You can help Rockabye Baby bring home a Totally Awesome Award (because we are, right?) by heading over to Red Tricycle and casting your vote.

A huge thank you to the folks at Red Tricycle. We’re so happy to be nominated!

The classic 1970s potty training book Once Upon a Potty is now an iPhone and iPad app.

This little boy catches his first fish and wants to name him Free.

From The Onion: Rich First-Grader Buys Whole Sheet of Gold Stars.

Are your tots addicted to the Cars movies? Neal Pollack speculates on their seductive power.

A study has found that kids’ asthma may actually be food allergies.

“I love you when you give me cookies.”

UCLA has what might be the first university library baby book collection.

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.

A French toy giraffe (Sophie, above) that helps with teething trouble is  making it big in the U.S. Get yours here.

Thought Catalog profiles the top five overachieving babies on famous  album covers. The identity of one of the babies has only recently been  revealed.

Have an iPad at home? Check out these children’s storybook apps. The  Wall Street Journal also suggests some apps for kids.

Why do babies go so crazy for ripped paper?

Is there an ideal age to become a father?

Babble offers ten ways to build your baby’s brain power.

These eight cases of horrific and embarrassing parenting on  Facebook are classic examples of the awkward parental oversharing  discussed in this New York Post article

For all the good dads (and good dad fans) out there, The Good Men Project has branched out to its own online magazine

WebMD offers 19 healthy snacks for kids and The Detroit Free Press profiles three cookbooks for kids with food allergies.

Even if you’re a parent, you might appreciate some of these tips from Jezebel: The Art of Dealing With Other People’s Kids.

The New York Times tackles what to do when your children’s art starts to take over the house. (The photo above is from the accompanying slideshow.)

In the latest installment of “Kids’ Music That Doesn’t Suck,” the GeekDad blog at Wired features The Baby Grands out of Jacksonville.

Psychology Today presents The Parents’ Guide to Self-Disclosure with Kids.

Ranging in age from 5 to 16, these children are amazing: 10 Great Philanthropists Who Are Kids

“Why do you always speak in the third person?”

“Is Oscar ever not grumpy?”

Have a burning question you’re dying to ask Elmo? Now is the time to do it. Sesame Workshop is hosting an Ask Elmo forum on YouTube where parents and kids can write in their best query for everyone’s favorite furry friend. Visit Elmo’s YouTube channel and click on Moderator where you can send in a question or vote for someone else’s question. Elmo will be asking the top questions in a few weeks, so put your thinking caps on and get started!

More Sesame Street Posts:

• Muppet Mashup: Remixes of Your Favorite Sesame Street Tunes
• The Top 5 Beatles Songs (Performed by Muppets)
• The Best Sesame Street Musical Guests — Part 1
• The Best Sesame Street Musical Guests — Part 2
• The Best Sesame Street Musical Guests – Part 3

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Every year on September 13th, people around the world celebrate the life and imagination of Roald Dahl. Having written such classics as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,  Matilda, and James and the Giant Peach, it’s no wonder Dahl is considered one of the world’s greatest fiction authors. Roald Dahl Day, which lands on the legendary author’s birthday, was created to help introduce a new generation of children to his classic stories.

The official website features a schedule of special events and party packs to help you plan your own celebration. The party packs come complete with fun trivia questions such as “Where did Charlie find his Golden Ticket?”

Also featured on the site are fun activities such as the Roald Dahl Reading Relay, which challenges kids to read Roald Dahl books from September – December. Enter the relay here for a chance to win an Official Roald Dahl Reading Relay Certificate.

Visit www.roalddahlday.info for more information about Roald Dahl and fun activities to share with your kids.

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From the LA Weekly Art Blog, a collection of wild and weird customized perambulators, like this awesome Star Wars stroller, and some do-not-try-this-at-home art carriages. See the whole collection of wacky baby vehicles here.

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Has the time come to teach your children about the early years of rock? Elvis.com has an awesome section for kids, including a video tour of Graceland hosted by twelve-year-old boy named Curtis with highlights such as Lisa Marie’s favorite chair, Elvis’ preferred spot for watching Saturday morning cartoons, the Graceland stables, and the archives of personal items including boyhood photo-booth snapshots.

When it’s time to take a family pilgrimage to Graceland in Memphis, be sure to print up the free field trip worksheet and scavenger hunt worksheet (don’t forget the key that contains all the answers!).

Don’t miss exploring the way-cool virtual tour of Elvis’ dressing room in 1969. Click on the guitar to hear it play, or on the scrapbook to see newspaper clippings from his legendary career. You can even rifle through his stage costumes.

Our favorite part is the free children’s activity book, with coloring pages, word puzzles, trivia and more! Download here.

In honor of Lullaby Renditions of Elvis Presley, out today, it’s Elvis week on the blog. Stop by each day for fun stuff including a free Rockabye Baby Elvis coloring page, and more!

Can’t get enough baby Elvis? Listen to an exclusive full-length sneak peek of “Love Me Tender” (lullaby style) here.

Oh, and by the way, we’re giving away five Lullaby Renditions of Black Sabbath CDs! Enter here!

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Looking to get a smile on your grumpy kid’s face? Or maybe you’re just in cuteness withdrawal? Well don’t worry; Cute Overload has you covered. Kids love these insane pictures that the site creators somehow find all over the web each day.

I mean, check out this video they found:

Seriously adorable. It’s insane how popular this site is, but I guess there are a lot of people who need a little boost during the day. Every child loves to laugh, and every parent loves when his or her kid isn’t crying.

Check out this pig:

Or maybe this raccoon stealing a carpet:

For more cuteness check out the site: http://cuteoverload.com

Ryan Abeling

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