There’s a new trend in social media networking. Baby bloggers. Or perhaps it would be more accurate to call them micro-bloggers, as I haven’t seen a full-length post yet. (Would their small size make them “micro micro-bloggers?”)

An adorable infant, two months and two weeks old, named “MeGrowUp” recently followed me on Twitter. I followed him back and, since then, I’ve been enjoying his antics. His “tweets” are written in an adorable babytalk format that is short and to-the-point but far more comprehensible than the speech of most toddlers.

The kid does have a bit of an ego. Last night, he posted: “NEWS: I rolled to my left side. It is only the second time. I’m so smart.”

Then again, if I looked as adorable as he does, I’d be a bit full of myself, too.

Today he is going to Grandma’s house and hopes to see the “cute cat.” Just an hour ago, he was a bit gassy. After going through this with my daughter for the past few days, I can definitely sympathize with him. In fact, I’ve thought about starting an account for my daughter just so she can “talk” back to him.

It does make me wonder, though, how does the parent of a newborn find the time to create a social marketing world for the baby? I have enough challenges keeping up with all my blogs in various industries, forget about blogging and networking for an additional person!

I got another interesting follower on Twitter in the past few days, too, and followed them in return. “HisBoysCanSwim” is the microblog of a couple, who identify themselves as Tarzan and Jane, that chose not to tell their real-life family and friends they are blogging about their pregnancy.

The couple’s avatar is an unidentifiable but decidedly pregnant belly. (I’m looking forward to watching it expand over the coming months). The Twitter account is used primarily to promote their blog.

I find this whole idea intriguing—keeping your pregnancy details private to friends and family yet reveal it to the entire digital world. Just recently, at the 12-month mark, “Jane” did reveal her pregnancy to close family and friends and, at press time, the couple is deciding when to share the news with the rest of their “real life” world. Nonetheless, they will keep their “Tarzan and Jane” identities secret for the duration of the pregnancy, permitting them to be completely open and honest in their blog without fear of offending, hurting or grossing out people they see in every day life. Can they maintain this anonymity for the next nine months? And will they share the news when the baby is born?

I love this idea, as I’ve self-censored while writing my blog posts in the past in order to spare feelings. Similarly, I started blogging here at Babies Online before I told certain very close family members about my pregnancy, (we wanted to share the news in person) and I didn’t even think to write under a pseudonym! Fortunately, no one from that side of our family stumbled upon my posts! I may be unusual in that my “real life” world and my online friends are fairly segregated groups, but I was definitely lucky that I didn’t upset anyone!

Expectant couples, infants… Who else is on Twitter? At the expense of sounding shamelessly self-promotional, you can stay up-to-date on all the latest pregnancy and parenting news, including celebrity births, product recalls and free giveaways by following http://twitter.com/Babiesonline. You’ll see a tweet every time there’s an update to the Babies Online blog, so you’ll never miss a thing!

“What kind of crazy B movie did I find myself in? Attack of the killer cheese curls? Oi!”

Catchy music, sharp wit, good life lessons and all the greens you need to make sure your movie platter is nutritionally balanced, the new big screen adventure in the wildly popular home-sales phenomenon “Veggietales” serves up two thumbs up. “The Pirates That Don’t Do Anything” is smart, entertaining and a great movie for both kids and parents alike. This film mixes both clever humor and fun with a strong and effective underlying moral lesson without coming across as preachy or overly repetitive. While many of the previous Veggietales cartoons and adventures have been solely based around bible lessons and stories, this film manages to avoid any direct religious connotations while still maintaining a solid good Christian ideal and lesson.

The dialogue in the film was one of the most impressive features, carrying a very crisp adult vocabulary and tone without being overly complicated for small children to understand. I respect the writers of this film in taking a risk with the dialogue and not succumbing to other films’ recent trend to overly simplify and dumb-down content targeted for children. The characters display a very well trimmed sense of humor and timing, while working in dialogue to support the main moral theme without having to directly spell it out. The characters have a very smart sense of humor and displays elements of satire as well as a touch of absurdity without going over the top. This is a very refreshing and encouraging film that gives me hope that other popular childrens’ media companies will follow in the footsteps of.

The worst thing popular media has done lately in my opinion is underestimating our childrens’ intelligence and ability to comprehend complex situations and conversations. This film is both fun and easy to follow along with while still being exciting and attention holding even in sections where the tone slows from the fast quips to a more sincere rhythm. The musical numbers are also very well put together and entertaining, and the kids in the theater along with my three month were bopping along to the delight of all the parents present. If you are going to see one film this year with your child, I recommend that you see this one, I promise you wont be disappointed, have your intelligence insulted or leave feeling like you have wasted your money. This film earns every penny of your ticket price

This is one helping of vegetables your child will not turn their noses up at!