Catch up on stories that you might have missed throughout this week, which includes: a light-hearted parenthood ad, hacked baby cam in Houston, sexist Marks & Spencer for-boys-only shirts and Ryan Reynolds trying out breastfeeding.
 | Baby Formula Ad That Parents-From-The-Hood Can Relate To
The ad pokes fun at the typical stereotyped mom groups and sends a strong message that, “No matter what our beliefs, we are parents first.” Read more: PopSugar |
 | Marks & Spencer’s Sexist For-Boys-Only Dino-themed Clothing
The pyjamas and T-shirts that were meant to encourage boys to take an interest in the Natural History Museum caused an uproar among parents who cry gender stereotyping and for indirectly saying this: girls can’t do science. Read more: Huffington Post
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 | Ryan Reynolds Has Tried Breastfeeding
Reynolds is a hands-on dad with daughter Violet who is into doing all sorts of things as he shares baby duties with wife, Blake Lively and jokes about his breastfeeding experience. Read more: Yahoo Lifestyle |
 | Man Hacks Babycam And Scares Nanny
A nanny in Houston was taking care of a one-year-old when she overheard a man’s voice coming from the Foscam security camera that the parents installed in their own home. He even told her things like, “it’s a cute baby” and “wow, that is a poopy diaper” Read more: Daily Mail UK |
 | £400 Shopping Vouchers To Quit Smoking For Pregnant Women
The trial tested if pregnant mothers would quit smoking if they were given an incentive of £400 shopping vouchers in London. The results? They were so successful that they might even bring it to other parts of the country. Read more: Mashable |
 | Cobie Smulders Announces Birth of Three-Week-Old Baby
Cobie Smulders casually revealed the big baby news with husband/Saturday Night Live star, Taran Killam at the premier of her latest film, Unexpected at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. Wait, she was pregnant? Read more: US Magazine |
 | [Video] Baby Sees Her Mom For The First Time
Born with albinism and vision impairment, baby Louise puts on glasses for the first time. Watch her reaction as she finally gets to see her mom! Read more: Parent Dish UK |
 | Parents Can Use Apps To Watch Their Child
Here are the apps that would make any parent FBI material: TeenSafe tracks what their kids are doing on social media sites and text messaging apps while MamaBear has a cool feature that alerts the entire family when someone has gone further than they should. Read more: BBC News |
 | Celeb Mothers Refused Mani-Cam On The Red Carpet
Julianne Moore, Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston have all declined the sexist request to parade their perfectly manicured nails at the recent SAG Awards. Back in 2014, Cate Blanchette started the Ask Her More movement to ask celebs on the red carpet more than just the cloth that goes on them. Read more: Babble |
 | 10 Odd, Old-fashioned Parenting Rules
Parenting rules that are almost unheard of these days: from the cold “never-hug-and-kiss-your-kids” rules to saying that pregnant women can safely smoke half a pack a day. Read more: Parent Dish UK |
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