Debra Pickett

I always have strangely mixed feelings when I read an article, printed elsewhere, that I had really intended to write. It's weirdly affirming, first of all, since it seems officially approved as a good idea. And I'm generally happy to be able to take something off my "to do" list, even when it's been done by someone else.

But I also feel like kicking myself. Because I really should have gotten around to it.

I'd been meaning to write about urbanbaby.com's New York message boards ever since my best friend told me about the raging debate that had popped up there about whether it was OK to leave your sleeping baby alone in your apartment while you went to the laundry room. (The site also has Chicago-specific content, but it's nowhere near as angst-ridden. Hooray for the well-adjusted Midwest!)

Anyway, Emily Nussbaum has totally beaten me to it, with this amazing feature, just out in New York Magazine.

Now, if someone else would just hurry up and write that 3,000 word ode to the Snoogle pillow I've been planning, I might be able to squeeze in one last vacation before my maternity leave.