Identical Quads Born to Canadian Couple, in US

Avoid the five most common mistakes parents make with newborns

(NEWSER) - Babies don't come with manuals, so it's hard to get everything right. CNN asked pediatricians to spill: What are the most common mistakes new parents make? Their responses:

1. Letting your newborn sleep through the night.

Environments are designed to replicate qualities of the womb

(NEWSER) - With preterm births soaring—and tinier preemies surviving—many hospitals are redesigning their neonatal units to provide environments closer to those babies experience in utero, the New York Times reports. The new rooms are darker and quieter, and provide space for skin-to-skin contact with parents (not to speak of places for parents to sleep). More»

Babble : The world is changing for the better, so procreate. Now.

(NEWSER) - If you're planning on having a kid at some point then now's the perfect time, advises Babble, which lists 45 reasons to produce a curtain-climber without delay. Here are the top 5:

1. Halvies: Unlike the old days, fathers are expected to do half the dirty work like changing diapers

2. Your inner kid: Having a baby is a great excuse to throw on classic kids' shows on DVD, like Sesame Street and Schoolhouse Rock

Delivery rooms overflow nine months after major snow storms

(NEWSER) - Nine months after a pair of blizzards shut in Denver residents for days, doctors are preparing for a flurry of baby deliveries, the local ABC affiliate reports. One hospital is expecting a 20% increase in deliveries this October—and doctors point to the "cabin fever" that swept the city after 61 straight days of snow on the ground beginning last December. More»

Videos that claim to jumpstart learning do the opposite

(NEWSER) - The popular “Baby Einstein” and “Brainy Baby” video series, intended to fast-track young geniuses, actually have negative educational effects, a new study concludes. Infants who watch them have smaller vocabularies than other children, the Los Angeles Times reports, For every hour per day that 8- to 16-month-olds watched the programs, they knew six to eight fewer words than babies who didn't watch. More»