Enjoy this week’s most popular stories from several great blogs for parents:

• SheFindsMom Nursing Bra Guide: Our Reader’s Picks for the Best Nursing Bras
• Celebrity Baby Blog Reviews: Valco Baby Runabout TriMode Stroller: An all terrain stroller with a toddler seat!
• Celebrity Baby Blog: First Annual Celebrity Baby Blog Awards winners announced: With awards season out of the way for their parents, the real stars of Hollywood– the babies– can finally add some bling of their own to the family mantles!

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What: Bernardo Footwear

Why: Chic, comfortable and classic—that’s how to describe Bernardo Footwear, a common fixture in the wardrobes of fashion-forward celebrity moms like Reese Witherspoon and Faith Hill. What’s the big fuss? Aside from the sophisticated designs ranging from sleek flats to sophisticated wedges, each sandal is crafted out of the finest materials with great attention to detail. (Check out the gorgeous woven leather straps on this Matrix sandal.) And when you see Marcia Cross wearing them on her leisurely strolls with her husband weeks after giving birth to her twins, you know they’re comfortable.

Price: $89 and up

Find it: bernardofootwear.com

Photo: Us Weekly Magazine 3/26/07

There are many, many great things about having my sisters in town, not the least of which is having four extra hands to help with Henry. However, sometimes knowing that there are other mature, responsible, supervising helpers in my life, I get a little laxed about things like diaper changes and my knowledge of Henry’s whereabouts, trusting that he’s probably safe and squared away with either Kate or Halley. The manifestations of my heedless mothering are pitiable. Like a few evenings ago, we were all ready to leave on our evening walk and it suddenly occured to me that I hadn’t changed Henry’s diaper all day. I was pretty sure that someone else had, but just to be sure, I asked everyone as we were strolling away from the house, and was mortified to discover that we were all making the same errant assumption that someone else had done it, when in fact, no one had! Poor soggy, stinky, totally saturated little Henry had been sitting in the same soggy, stinky, totally saturated little diaper all. day. long. And the most heart warming/wrenching part of it all was that as I was changing him, he kept apologizing, “I’m sow-wy,” in a barely audible little moan. No! No! No, Mr. Soggy Britches, there’ll be none of that; I am sorry! Read the rest »

Tragically hip and painfully cool. No, it’s not a documentary about a fast living young rocker who dies before his time, it’s the tagline for a new online children’s clothing store, Rock’n Sprouts.

Like other Clever Parents that we’ve featured, Tonya Bowers took a passion and made it into a business that lets her stay home with her kids. Rock’n Sprouts sells designer clothing for boys and girls online. Though Rock’n Sprouts has only been opened a short time, you can rest assured, before an item is put up for sale, it must pass the ‘Tragically hip and painfully cool’ (THPC) test. Read the rest »

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), in cooperation with Baby Trend, Inc. today announced a voluntary recall of about 4,000 Baby Trend Back Pack Carriers, according to the CPSC.

“The stitching on the strap of the carrier can loosen or detach, causing the carrier to shift, posing a fall hazard to young children,” says the CPSC.

“Baby Trend has received one report of a child who bruised their forehead after falling out of the carrier. Baby Trend also received 17 reports of shoulder straps loosening from the body of the carrier.”

“The product is a green/silver infant back pack carrier made of heavy duty nylon with a lightweight steel frame. Only carriers with style number 2512 and 2592LX are included in the recall. Style numbers are printed on the metal frame of the product. Read the rest »

In typically modest fashion, our featured blogger, Matthew Baldwin describes himself as a pretty okay guy. Matthew writes the Defective Yeti blog about his experiences as a dad to Squiggle-the online pseudonym for his 3 year old son. 18 months ago Squiggle, who was formerly refereed to as Squirrelly, was diagnosed with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and the Defective Yeti makes for a great resource and inspiration for other parents with ASD children. Or for that matter any parent. Matthew manages to write posts that are hilarious and poignant—recent ones have dealt with Captain America, a romantic weekend with the Queen, aka Mrs. Defective Yeti, and the rationale for changing pseudonyms to Squiggle from Squirrelly. Read the rest »

The trend towards low-rise pants and skirts that is fun for non-pregnant women to follow becomes more challenging with an ever expanding pregnant belly. The need to constantly yank up waistbands as cute maternity pants and skirts inch their way lower and lower on hips tends to take away from the stylish look preggies work so hard to put together. Read the rest »