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		<title>Fame or Shame #17: Pee-Pee Tubes</title>
		<link>http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2009/07/tinkle.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:08:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AJ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bear with me. It&#8217;s becoming fame-or-shame week as I work my way through some recent submissions&#8230;

Tinkle Tube by Baby Rock Apparel is an 8&#8243; long clear plastic tube with two end caps.
At first glance, it looks like a portable urine storage device for when your little guy has to go and there is no McDonald&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fame or Shame Game #16: Pug-Powered Prams, LLC</title>
		<link>http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2009/07/dogstroller.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2009/07/dogstroller.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:06:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AJ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Behold!

[video link via Neatorama]
I propose to enlist you dear Thinga-readers in an exciting business venture. Become capital investors in my new company, Pug-Powered Prams, LLC!
A recent discovery reveals that pug pups make exemplary baby stroller pushers. Their only limitation is a need to walk in a straight line while being plied with motivational reinforcement in [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fame or Shame Game #15: Bottle Bibs</title>
		<link>http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2009/06/bottlebib.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2009/06/bottlebib.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:43:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AJ</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog Games]]></category>

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&#8220;The Scrunch Bottle Bib is the new revolutionary way to protect infants from spillage during bottle feeding. Catching the drips and spills that traditional bibs leave behind, the Scrunch Bottle Bib attaches to the bottle instead of the infant and catches spills BEFORE they reach the tender neck area.&#8221;
That&#8217;s right. The Scrunch Bottle Bib by [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Name Jon and/or Kate&#8217;s New TV Show</title>
		<link>http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2009/06/jonkate.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2009/06/jonkate.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AJ</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog Games]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thingamababy.com/?p=3457</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve never seen it, but The Learning Channel has a popular reality TV show called Jon &#38; Kate Plus 8. It features the ups and downs of parenting the couple&#8217;s fraternal twins and sextuplets. Jon is apparently a full-time dad.
I&#8217;m not so out-of-the-loop that I didn&#8217;t see tabloid stories in the grocery store check-out aisle [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>20</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fame or Shame Game #14: Sick Baby Pajamas</title>
		<link>http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2009/06/babyfever.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2009/06/babyfever.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 07:16:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AJ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Babyglow is the brainchild of a father of a 17-year-old son. A groundbreaking parenting product idea came to him one morning as he woke up on a couch following a party the previous night. He knew in his heart of hearts he would design Babyglow.
I&#8217;m not kidding. That&#8217;s the version of events described in the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fame or Shame Game #13: Chameleon Lego Baby Bottle</title>
		<link>http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2009/06/invention-2.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2009/06/invention-2.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 07:23:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AJ</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog Games]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thingamababy.com/?p=3261</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Update: I&#8217;ve been contacted by one of this product&#8217;s inventors and so am clarifying that the information on this page &#8220;is not representative of [the] final design.&#8221; They are aware of the concerns raised by Thinga-readers and are working to address them in the final design.
Original article: Chromi is a prototype baby bottle conceived by [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fame or Shame Game #12: Belly Measuring Tape Keepsake</title>
		<link>http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2009/05/keepsake.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2009/05/keepsake.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 07:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AJ</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog Games]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thingamababy.com/?p=3135</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Moms have their various little pregnancy keepsakes&#8230; belly casts, belly photos, framed ultrasound prints, daily journals, bronzed Ben &#38; Jerry&#8217;s carton tops, and, uh, maybe that&#8217;s it.
But wait, there&#8217;s more! Behold The Mommy Measure&#8230;

The Mommy Measure is a growth chart for your pregnant belly. The 72-inch vinyl tape has two scales &#8212; for tracking your [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fame or Shame Game #11: Boy Potty Shield</title>
		<link>http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2009/05/flippee.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2009/05/flippee.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 16:21:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AJ</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thingamababy.com/?p=3074</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Normally I select amusingly ridiculous products for Fame or Shame hoping you&#8217;ll write amusingly ridiculous comments (and am aghast when you quite seriously declare &#8220;Fame!&#8221;), but this time I&#8217;m open for debate.

Flippee the Toilet Shield is a curved piece of plastic that you lift up to cover the area above the toilet bowl for pistol-packing [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Game #7: What were the inventors thinking?</title>
		<link>http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2009/01/babyinventions-2.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2009/01/babyinventions-2.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 09:47:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AJ</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog Games]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thingamababy.com/?p=2102</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The prize: Up for grabs is one children&#8217;s music CD from the Thingamababy prize vault. The one selected winner will be given a list and be asked to choose from it.
Your challenge: identify the function of the following two baby or toddler-related inventions depicted in patent diagrams.


Hints:

The invention on the left is intended to assist [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fame or Shame Game #10: Morning Chicness Bags</title>
		<link>http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2009/01/morningsickness.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2009/01/morningsickness.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AJ</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog Games]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thingamababy.com/?p=2034</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Update: This game has concluded. The winner was announced here.
The prize: Up for grabs this time is one copy of the Rookie Mom&#8217;s Handbook. Inside you&#8217;ll find 250 activities for new moms. Thank you to the kind person who recently gifted the book to my family, but I&#8217;m sorry, I&#8217;m so sorry. I kind of, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>25</slash:comments>
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