Articles by Elisabeth Wilborn

Beware of these common mistakes many baby-namers make.

Warning: if you’re a mom you will absolutely recognize yourself in this video courtesy of momgame. The woman in the video is improv comedienne Lauren Wilson, who is–obviously–a mom. (A non-mom could never come up with this skit, and a non-mom would never understand it.) This is one of several hilarious videos she has produced […]

Well, I guess you’ve got to give them credit for being resourceful and trying to solve their own problems. However, I’m hoping that ten seconds after this video ended, an adult in the household walked ten feet to the dresser and got a second pacifier. It will save them several hundred thousand dollars in therapy […]

It’s June, so let’s celebrate dads–even dads like this one, who got so excited by a baseball that he seems to momentarily have forgotten that he has a child in tow. To be fair, lots of dads get excited when a home run ball is hit over a fence and they are close enough to […]

“Whoa, is that me??” That seems to be what this baby is saying after seeing herself on camera, seemingly for the first time. However, as one astute commenter noted on Reddit, when the baby puts the phone down, one can see that the picture on the phone is of a baby with glasses. In other […]

Want to meet the Pope? Here’s one way: dress up as Mini-Pope. That’s apparently what the parents of this baby were thinking. In any event, it seems to have had the desired outcome. One can see the Pope’s initial reaction as he throws his head back in laughter, as a member of his security team […]

Here are the ten best names relating to Super Bowl 51!

We’re not sure we’re buying into the caption that it’s Baby‘s FIRST time in the rain, but we’re not gonna get all pedantic about it. There’s nothing more joyful than a joyful baby, except maybe a joyful baby and dad together. These two make a good team. Go ahead and cheer someone else up–forward to […]

March is the hump month, when winter (hopefully) gives way to spring, Women’s History and St. Patrick’s Day are celebrated, and a lot of great names are born. Here’s our top ten.

February is a month chockfull of holidays, as reflected in the notable names Kelly McDonald has selected here–including Abraham, Lincoln and Valentine.