Wow. This does not look like a good idea. Hundreds of babies are tossed one at a time off the roof of a mosque in western India where they are caught in a bed sheet. The baby tossers think the fall ensures health and prosperity the baby's family. It goes without saying that many of the babies look sad, confused and unhappy. Take a look:
Illustrator Kean Soo and writer Kevin Fanning have created a hilarious book about the Internet for babies called Baby's First Internet.
Do not stop to think or edit:
You must be the first who said it.
You heard a brand-new band? What luck!
You'll be the first to say they suck.
In order to increase renown,
add "bacon" to most any noun.
It's not your job to right a wrong,
just mark it FAIL and move along.
Babies won't really understand the book (it's not really for them) which points out some of the many absurdities of web culture but they might enjoy the rhyming text. However, parents will enjoy the light-hearted humor. (via kottke.org)
People Tried to Mail Children When Post Office First Launched
This photo posted to Flickr by the Smithsonian Institute shows that when the post service was first launched in 1913 people tried to deliver two children with stamps on their clothes. The Postmaster General quickly issued a regulation forbidden the mailing of children.
This city letter carrier posed for a humorous photograph with a young boy in his mailbag. After parcel post service was introduced in 1913, at least two children were sent by the service. With stamps attached to their clothing, the children rode with railway and city carriers to their destination. The Postmaster General quickly issued a regulation forbidding the sending of children in the mail after hearing of those examples.
It must have been quite a shock to the Postmaster General when he heard people actually tried to mail their kids. You can see the Flickr entry here.
The BBC reports that there has been an Olympic baby naming frenzy in China over the past decade or so. Over 4,000 children in China have been given the name Aoyun, - which means Olympic Games. It is mostly boys who are being given the name.
The rise in popularity of the name is seen as a sign of support for the Games being staged in August in Beijing.
Officials in charge of identity cards say that more than 92% of the 4,104 registered Aoyuns are boys.
It is not uncommon for Chinese children to be given names of common events and popular slogans - such as Defend China, Build the Nation and Space Travel.
There are 290,798 registered Civilisations.
There has also been a surge in the Aoyun name recently. The BBC says another naming has emerged following the recent earthquake tragedy and that name is "Hope for Sichuan."
That's a photography of the Nirvana baby made famous by Nirvana's Nevermind album cover on the left. On the right is the young adult the Nirvana baby has grown up to become.
An artist named Jason Lazarus found Spencer Elden and took his photograph. Spencer Elden is now 17-years-old and attends high school in Los Angeles, California. On the blog someone asked Lazarus if he talked to Elden and whether or not the album cover impacts Elden's life today. Lazarus replied, "not really any impact i think...except for the occassional nut like me trying to find him."
There are tons of baby videos on the Internet. This video of a baby laughing has been viewed nearly 25 million times on YouTube alone. It is far from the only baby video out there. A YouTube search for "baby" return 495,000 video entries. Current.tv explains the enormous popularity of baby videos in this video clip below. You can find links to some great baby video resources in our baby videos section.
ABC News reports that Senator Hillary Clinton has introduced the idea of giving every new child born in the U.S. a $5,000 baby bond from the government. The $5,000 account could be used as a nest egg towards college tuition or home ownership.
"I like the idea of giving every baby born in America a $5,000 account that will grow over time," said Clinton, "so when that young person turns 18 if they have finished high school they will be able to access it to go to college or maybe they will be able to put that down payment on their first home, or go into business."
Clinton's Friday remarks to the Congressional Black Caucus were not the first time that she has voiced her support for the concept of using the power of compound interest to close the country's asset gap.
While speaking to the centrist Democratic Leadership Council in 2006, she discussed the idea of giving every child born in America $500.
Today was, however, the first time that she has floated the idea of giving every child born in America the larger sum of $5,000.
There is already a movement in the works - started by the New America Foundation -- to start Children's Savings Accounts, which would involve a smaller $500 sum. You can read more about the $5,000 baby bond in the Washington Post, Time and USA Today.
A crippling series of snowstorms nine months ago in Denver has resulted in a mini baby boom of sorts in the area according to a KMGH Denver new story. At least one local hospital is reporting a 20% bump in baby deliveries.
The first storm hit the metro area on Dec. 21, and the second moved through on Dec. 29. Many people were stuck at home for quite a few days.
Sky Ridge Medical Center said it is looking at a 20 percent increase in deliveries for the month of October. Dr. Steve Grover thinks the boom comes in response to the 61 days of consecutive snow on the ground.
"The snow stayed on the ground throughout December, January and into February. My theory is that the cabin fever didn't set in until a little bit later," said Grover.
Several other hospitals are reporting similar baby booms. Avista Adventist Hospital in Louisville has printed blizzard baby T-shirts for all the newborns.
While some couples say they snuggled as the snow piled up, one researcher has found that baby booms after such events don't always occur as expected. S. Philip Morgan of Duke University said papers reported a baby boom after a 1977 blackout in New York but research showed otherwise.
The news story says doctors had planned ahead for the possible boom with extra beds. They were wise to do so. The article also says that local children's boutiques are doing well.
Illustrator Kean Soo and writer Kevin Fanning have created a hilarious book about the Internet for babies called 
This photo posted to Flickr by the Smithsonian Institute shows that when the post service was first launched in 1913 people tried to deliver two children with stamps on their clothes. The Postmaster General quickly issued a regulation forbidden the mailing of children.
A crippling series of snowstorms nine months ago in Denver has resulted in a mini baby boom of sorts in the area according to a KMGH Denver 