Becoming a Digital Mom...and Dad

This morning the Today Show kicked off a series spotlighting "Digital Moms." Laura Fortner from CafeMom.com and mommy blogger Heather Armstrong, of Dooce.com, discuss how technology can help ease moms' busy lives.



Here are the 10 ways to become a digital mom: use the right phone, keep your hands free, spend less time organizing photos, devise a system for making and sharing cute videos, back up your memories before your hard drive crashes, organize your home and your life, control TV viewing, use the web to stay safe, get a video baby monitor and do research and get advice from moms online. Click here for the full story.

And Today isn't forgetting about dads. Here are 10 ways to become a digital dad.

Designer Babies: Ethical?

For years, reproductive specialists have been helping people become parents, even enabling them to choose the sex of their baby. One fertility doctor is taking things a step further, offering what some are calling "designer babies."

If you could design your baby's features, would you? According to L.A.'s Fertility Institute, prospective parents can select eye color, hair color and more.

BWI: Breastfeeding While Driving

An Ohio mother is charged with child endangerment after another driver reported she was breastfeeding and talking on the phone while driving.

"She did admit to breastfeeding her child while driving," said Officer Michael Burke. "She kind of indicated that it's more or less a routine thing that she does."

The caller told police in suburban Dayton that he spotted the minivan-driving mother dropping off children at a school Thursday morning. Authorities used a license plate number to track down 39-year-old Genine Compton, who told them she was breast-feeding and wouldn’t let her child go hungry.

Burke says the legal concern is that Compton had a child in her lap, not that she was breast-feeding in public.

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Octuplets News

How about this revelation about the Octuplets' mom: On CBS's The Early Show this morning, an acquaintance who didn't want to be identified told national correspondent Hattie Kauffman the mom has four older boys and two girls.

"She is young," the acquaintance says, "fairly young. She has six children already. And in those six children, she has a set of twins."

Hasselbeck "Knocked Up" Again

The View co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck announced on this morning's show that she is pregnant with her third child.

Toddler Sad to See President Bush Go

As the nation welcomes Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States, a three-year-old looks back fondly on George W. Bush's tenure as Commander in Chief.

Video: Baby Kicking in Mother's Stomach

70-Year-Old Gives Birth

A 70-year-old woman in India gave birth to her first child, a girl, after undergoing infertility treatment and trying to get pregnant for 50 years.

Getting in Shape After Baby

New mom Laila Ali, a professional athlete all her life, says she really needed to get back in shape after her son, Curtis, was born in late August. But how does a mother find the time and the energy? Ali found out that being fit is good for both the mom and her baby.

Top Toys of 2008

Good Housekeeping has revealed the winners of its first Best Toy Awards. The editors looked at hundreds of playthings for ages 3 to 14, evaluated 51 favorites, and then let dozens of kids loose to play and choose their top picks. The result: 14 safe, creative, and fun finds.

Raising Boys to Become Gentlemen

Video: Funny Sneezing, Being Dramatic

Since our baby boy just turned three, is finally starting to use the potty and just took his first school pictures, we've been a little nostalgic lately. These are a couple of video favorites from our personal collection. Enjoy!

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Pregnant Man...is Pregnant Again

Thomas Beatie, the former Hawaiian beauty queen who became a man, caused a worldwide clamor when the transgendered male gave birth to his own daughter in June. Now, he's announced he's pregnant with his second child, due on June 12.

In an upcoming interview with Barbara Walters in a special on ABC, Beatie says that after the birth of his daughter on June 24, he didn't resume male hormone treatment so he could get pregnant again. His wife is unable to conceive a child because she had a hysterectomy. Beatie's story will air Friday. Walters highlighted the interview on her daytime chat show, "The View," today.

"I feel good," Beatie told Walters. "I had my checkups with my hormone level. ... And everything is right on track." (Los Angeles Times)

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