New York’s most famous dry cleaner, Madame Paulette, has a rep for taking care of the fashion industry’s precious duds. As it turns out, owner John Mahdessian also knows a thing or two about kids’ messes. “The best action is a quick reaction,” says Mahdessian, who encourages people to treat stains as soon as they happen. Specifically, here’s what Mahdessian has to say about some of the most notoriously stubborn stains.

Sometimes a children’s story does a much better job of impressing a point on a toddler than anything we as parents can say or do. So we hit up the inspired child development experts at Seedlings Group for a list of great children’s books to address everything from tantrums and sharing to sickness and feelings—for those days when our own parenting skills seem to be falling short.

We trust you’ve already bookmarked BabyCenter, Giggle, and Celebrity Baby Blog. But as you might have suspected, there are plenty more online resources for moms. Our favorites? Well, it’s hard to narrow them down, but for now we’re loving . . .

We devote a lot of time here at StrollerTraffic to new this and trendy that. So this week we wanted to slow down, take a deep breath, and honor the tried-and-true guys. To that end, we proudly admit that we absolutely, gushingly love . . .