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An adorable duet between Aaron Foye and his 8-month-old daughter Sydney. This baby is going to grow up to be a rock star! Now 2, Sydney was a guest on CBS's The Early Show after this video was posted at YouTube. -via Arbroath

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Kid try some damage control (to no avail) after Wikileaks reveals all the details of Santa's "naughty" list. The secrets are out -even the one about the grape juice in the living room! -via Buzzfeed

In a word, no. New mom and statistics geek spacefem is gathering and displaying data about gestation length and found that it varies widely depending on a host of factors. The "40 weeks" gestation used as a benchmark is the average and median for term births, but only 5.6% of spontaneous births happened on the predicted due date. The upshot is that you don't have to be "average" to be "normal". Spacefem also has graphs on the probability of induction by gestation date, birth weight by gestation date, and more. And you are invited to add your data to the ongoing survey as well! Link -via Metafilter

Beth is going to make sure her niece (due in January) starts out life with a good dose of Star Wars! She began this painted wall quilt with just the Death Star, but by the time it was done, eight other Star Wars icons were included. See more pictures at Craftster. Link -Thanks, Beth!

Babycenter has released their list of the 100 most popular girls' names for new babies, as well as the top 100 boys' names. The top ten are:

	Girls' Names	Boys' Names
1	Sophia	Aiden
2	Isabella	Jacob
3	Olivia	Jackson
4	Emma	Ethan
5	Chloe	Jayden
6	Ava	Noah
7	Lily	Logan
8	Madison	Caden
9	Addison	Lucas
10	Abigail	Liam

The most popular names this years are not particularly new. I think there are students with each name on the top ten in my kids' middle school classes. http://www.babycenter.com/top-baby-names-2010 -via Fark

Here's a sled your kids can use whether there is snow and ice out or not! The secret is that the sled itself has ice on the bottom. There are two ice molds that you fill with water and set in your freezer. When the ice is solid, attach the molds to the underside of the sled. Clever! Of course, a parent should determine where this will be used. Link

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This infant must have some kind of rubber bands or gears inside! Push one arm down, the other goes up. At least he/she is sleeping soundly. -via Arbroath

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A French family admires their unborn child performing somersaults and flips. A rough Babelfish translation of the video description:

Fifteen days before the childbirth, zébulon moves in the belly, especially on the end, of the video… Lucie and Alice had never done that!

-via The Daily What, where commenters were strangely horrified.

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Neatoramanaut pnutandsamsmom, who is also Michelle McCrary, the author of Dead Set: A Zombie Anthology, posted this video of her twin girl cousins giggling at the antics of their sister. You can't watch this without smiling yourself! -Thanks, Michelle!

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A little boy in Stockholm plays changing of the guard, so a Swedish Royal Guard plays along. -via Arbroath

Photographer Phillip Toledano (featured previously) speaks honestly about his new baby girl and the feelings he had as a new father. It was a rough start, as many fathers know.

Some men deal with their baby rage by drinking or playing video games.

I made plates.

I thought it was high comedy, but Carla was not so amused.

For the longest time, when people asked me to see a photo of Loulou, this is what I'd show them.

I liked not showing the usual cherubic photo. An adorable shot of Loulou poking her head out of a casserole pot, or something similarly bilious.

Does ever baby picture have to be sweet and beautiful?

Things changed as time progressed. Enjoy this photo essay by clicking the pictures or text to advance. Link -via Metafilter

Looking for a cheap way to keep your kids busy, happy, and productive? Think about investing a few dollars in "end rolls". Trent Hamm of The Simple Dollar explains.

At the end of a newspaper print run, quite often some of the spools will have a small percentage of the paper still on the roll, unused. Because it’s more expensive to have to stop the press and change the roll mid-printing, the people running the press will just remove that mostly-used roll (still with hundreds of square feet of paper on it) and replace it with a full roll, so that the next time the press fires up (for the next day’s paper), they won’t have to stop it early on to replace the roll.

So what do they do with those leftover rolls? They hand them over to their front office, which sells them to the public for just a dollar or two. Seriously – stop by the office of your local newspaper and ask about end rolls. Most newspapers sell them, and what you’ll receive is a large roll of blank newspaper for just a dollar or two.

He then lists 15 projects you and your children can do with this paper, and there are more in the comments. http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2008/09/11/fifteen-ways-to-have-cheap-fun-with-your-kids-using-a-1-end-roll-of-paper/ -via Neat New Stuff

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A cute toddler discusses Billy Idol, global warming, everyday stress, and cats. -via Buzzfeed

Neatorama author Stacy Conradt gave birth to her first child at the beginning of the summer. Her blogging understandably slowed down while she was on maternity leave, but she posted some thoughts on how motherhood has changed her life.

1. As long as I have a small child, the topic of conversation will eventually turn to bodily fluids and/or functions.  It's true. I was even out at a bachelorette party last weekend and Paul sent me a picture of a particularly good (or BAD) diaper. I said, "Aghhh, I can't believe Paul sent me a picture of poop!!" and then I promptly sent the picture around the table. And when you manage to get spit up down your shirt and in your bra, c'mon, that's funny. You just have to share that with someone.

6. I will try really hard not to judge the way other people raise their kids. I'm totally guilty of judging what people were doing with their kids before I even had any. I thought, "Why wouldn't  you breastfeed? It's so much better for your baby." Um, the answer? Because it's HARD. It's time-consuming, it's stressful not knowing how much the baby is getting, or if it's the right kind of milk, or if what you're eating is hurting her stomach, and being the only one who can get up in the middle of the night with her. And now I would never fault anyone for using formula. You have to find a good balance between your stress level and your guilt level. Mine is this: nurse when I can, but supplementing with formula is just fine. That way I'm not stressed about all of those things but I'm not feeling guilty because she's not getting all of the awesome benefits of breastfeeding. It's not all or nothing! You can compromise! And speaking of breastfeeding…

Experienced moms will say, "Yes, yes, yes... welcome to the club!" Read all ten items at i met a possum. Link

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A Sheltie puts on a show for an appreciative audience of one. -via Arbroath