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Cute Factor: Lil Boy Reports "Penith" Incident

babysugar — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:00:02 -0800

On his own, this dimpled lil boy is so stinkin' cute. After you watch the clip, you'll want to wrap this muffin up and take him home for dinner. In kid terms, he explains an incident where a man took a hit to his jewels.

How adorable is this tot?

Outtakes: Monkey See, Monkey Do

babysugar — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 07:00:53 -0800

If your tot is older than a year, chances are he's tried to copy either your behavior or speech. Adorable at first, it can be a tad harrowing when it's a four letter word that slips from his mouth. In this clip, the lil man is apparently mimicking his father's phone conversations with the cable company.

Does your tot shadow you?

Foot Loose Sweetheart

babysugar — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:00:35 -0800

Some babies need blankies or teddy bears to fall asleep, but the babe featured in the clip just needs her feet. If one slips from her grip, she kisses her shut eye goodbye.

Check out the sweet munchkin as she monkey toes her way to sleep.

The Difference Between Right and Wrong

babysugar — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 05:04:20 -0800

Teaching your babe the difference between right and wrong isn't always an easy task. It's especially tough when they are adorable and painfully funny (sometimes clueless even) while being bad.

When the cutie in this clip talks about kicking some "ask," her mama intervenes. They seem to have found a good way to set things straight without losing all the humor.

How Much Television Does Your Child Watch?

babysugar — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:00:39 -0700

It seems most every mother I know is guilty of placing their child in front of the television for a minute or two so they can cook a meal or make a call to the pediatrician without interruptions. Before they know it, a minute turns into an hour and soon enough, cartoons are mama's new babysitter. A new study says toddlers are watching 32 or more hours of television a week. That may sound like a lot but when you start to add up those hours of Sesame Street and bouts of Sprout, it may be more realistic than she suspected.

How many hours of the boob tube does your babe watch a week?

Do You Try to Keep Characters and Logos Out of Baby's Sight?

LilSugar — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:30:37 -0700

Elmo, Dora, Mickey and Pooh – the characters that appear on our boob tubes are often found running around the playground too. Try as we might to shield our innocent children from the images available on cable television, network TV commercials and online media, just take a walk outside and you are sure to be bombarded by characters and logos that look like they jumped right off the screen.

According to the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, marketing directly to children has increased from $100 million in 1983 to more than $17 billion today. By the age of six months, a baby can form a mental image of a corporate logo or mascot, making them able to request those brands by the time they can speak. While wooden toys have increased in popularity due to their safer manufacturing processes, they have not outweighed the popularity of character-driven choices that flood the market. Do you try to shield your lil ones from commercial characters and logos?

Lil's Top Three Favorite New Mom Shows!

LilSugar — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:00:33 -0700

Set your DVR or put the kids to bed early so you can turn on the boob tube and enjoy some mom-me time watching LilSugar's three favorite new mom shows! After hearing all the hype about the networks' most anticipated sitcoms and dramas that centered around matriarchs, we tuned in and then narrowed down the choices to our top three must sees. Check out our picks! Drum roll please . . .
Second Runnerup: The Middle
Why we like it: Patricia Heaton is back on the small screen as Frankie Heck, a mom of three who has more than her share of realistic haggard-mom moments.
Why we love it: While all of the characters are lovable, Brick's creepy habits, from talking in a low voice to "soothe" himself to copping feels on his teacher, make him the center of attention. Just when a viewer's skin begins to crawl, the youngster tells his mom that she's his hero, and it's impossible not to melt.
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To see which shows got the second and top spots, read more.
First Runnerup: The Good Wife
Why we like it: We've all wondered why real-life women like Elizabeth Edwards and Silda Spitzer stood by their men despite being humiliated. Julianna Margulies's character, Alicia Florrick, give us a better understanding.
Why we love it: Alicia is both a strong and sympathetic woman. While her circumstance is one most women hope to never find themselves in, Alicia is someone we all can relate to, because despite the enormity of some of her issues, she also deals with the everyday stuff like protecting her children from the media, enduring an overbearing mother-in-law, and competing with co-workers half her age at the office.
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Best New Mom Show: Modern Family
Why we like it: The sitcom showcases three related families: a "traditional" couple raising three tween and teenagers, December/May newlyweds who have a young son, and gay partners with an adopted baby girl.
Why we love it: The show had us in stitches through its entirety. Each family has been so carefully crafted that there's no clear favorite. And, in all of the hilarity, there are sentimental moments interspersed that hit viewers in their heartstrings. Rating:

If you have strong opinions on other moms of the small screen, mosey on over to the Television Moms group on the LilSugar Community, a place to discuss the parenting styles and practices of the small screen's matriarchs along with the topical issues from recent episodes of shows.
Photos copyright 2009 ABC, Inc. and Photo courtesy of CBS

Outtakes: Baby With the Best Belly Laugh

babysugar — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:00:00 -0800

We know you have the cutest kid in the world, but this lil boy will give all kids a run for their money. One look at this video and you're sure to fall in love with him, or at least his belly laugh.

Why Didn't Anybody Tell Me? The Aftermath of Vomit

babysugar — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:00:34 -0700

Just because mommy can handle the grotesque image of vomit doesn't mean she will deal well with the cleanup. The splat on the floor is easy enough to wipe up but the discolored clothes and soaked sheets are another matter entirely. Many a mom's first instinct is to throw it all in the wash. Let me save you a plumber's bill and months of stank by telling you to rinse as much of the mess off the surface as possible before tossing it in the bin with detergent. Take it outside and spray it with a hose or run it under the bathtub faucet. Ladies who think the stench is going to disappear into the wash tubes may be more than disappointed to discover the remnants of the baby's tummy may find their way into the underbelly of the washing machine for months to come.

Got a few secrets of your own that you learned the hard way? Come dish with us on all the things your mama forgot to tell you in our Why Didn't Anybody Tell Me? group over in our LilSugar community!

Tune Into These New Children's Shows

LilSugar — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 06:00:00 -0700

Lil ones can sit and watch the same programs over and over again, but their parents often like variety. Mama may already have a new crop of motherhood shows programmed into her DVR, but what will you be selecting for your offspring? Take a look at these shows that will soon hit the boob tube and tell us which ones you are interested in!

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