Top 30 Baby Trends in 2008 - From Race Car Baby Carriages to Pregnant Men

If your read everything with the word baby in it, then you need to see this list.  It contains the most viral 30 baby trends and articles in 2008.

Be warned that some of this list will shock you.  And some of it just isn’t even real (well, specifically Morbid Baby Candy isn’t edible, and it’s certainly not delicious).

This is one of many features in our new FREE Micro Trend Reports section.

Top 30 Baby Trends

1. Fashionable Pregnancies - Angelina Jolie’s Vanity Fair Interview

Angelina Jolie is yet another celebrity proving that pregnancy can be beautiful. In the July issue of Vanity Fair, not only does the actress pose in a beautiful shoot, but she also reveal intimate details… [More]

2. Pregnant Man - Thomas Beatie to Give Birth (VIDEO)

This is truly one of the most amazing feats of mankind.

A married man, in concern of his wife who could not conceive, requested to have her fetus installed within his very own gut. Could this amazing… [More]

3. Morbid Candy - The Chocolate Newborn Hoax (GALLERY)

Oh my God, these fake chocolate newborn babies are so realistic and creepy!

The collection features various positions and styles; yawning babies, sleeping babies, boys, girls…

I believe they would… [More]

4. Cheese Made of Breast Milk - Human Cheese (VIDEO)

If the thought of adults drinking human breast milk make you cringe, what about the thought of eating fermented human breast milk on your crackers?

The video shows exactly where Human Cheese, a new social… [More]

5. Males No Longer Needed for Pregnancy - Sperm Created From Female Embryo

Scientists have created sperm from a female embryonic stem cell, leaving our male futures, for lack of a better word, lonely. The accomplishment come from the University of Newcastle scientists who now… [More]

6. Top 100 Baby Innovations - From Pregnancy to Toddlers (SUPER GALLERY)

Mothers play such a dominant role in society, and as their worlds are infatuated with their little ones, particularly at their earlier life stages, we’ve created a cluster to show you all the neat innovations… [More]

7. Barbed Wired Crib - Baby Furniture by John Greg Ball

This crib is not really designed with barbed wire. It just looks like it. The design is supposed to mimic and make light of the physical restraints and many spatial limitations that human beings create… [More]

8. Listen to your Fetus at Home - Bebe Sounds (VIDEO)

Bebe Sounds comes with two headphones so you and your partner can listen to to what your fetus is up to. This isn’t a sophisticated Doppler machine; it just amplifies sounds like your babies’ heartbeat,… [More]

9. Branded First Finger Foods - Cheerios for Tots

General Mills has launched a new product for tots in its Cheerios line. It is in a new convenient package and according to Cheerios.com, “it’s pour-able, shake-able, refillable and is designed to fit… [More]

10. Transformer Kids Furniture - Ooba Nest Collection (GALLERY)

In 2007 we learned that Baby Einstein videos failed to make babies smarter or more cultured. Chicago based Ooba has created a line of modern baby furniture that will surely instill the 2008 baby with a… [More]

11. Disco With Your Baby - Clubs Cater to Mothers with Babies (VIDEO)

Baby Loves Disco started in the US, by dancer Heather Murphy, and has now landed in the UK (when I am based) and I love it. It is the ultimate in a child friendly night out – a disco with your baby!… [More]

12. Pregnant Men - In an Absolut World, Men Have the Babies

Swedish vodka company, Absolut, has run some pretty creative ad campaigns, but this one’s rather fitting after the recent news broke of the world’s first pregnant man.

This ad implies that in an Absolut… [More]

13. Pregnant Ballerinas - “MaEternal” (GALLERY)

Twelve pregnant women auditioning for “MaEternal”, will have a chance to dance in the newest production by Balletlorent.

Artistic Director Liv Lorent, who happens to be pregnant, believes mothers in… [More]

14. High Performance Breast Pumping - Techy Solution for Working Moms (GALLERY)

We all know that Mother’s milk is the best for babies. Breast pumps have been around for a while now, but not much has been done to bring them to our high tech world. Leave it to designers Miji Rhoe &… [More]

15. Baby Fairy Tale - $15,000 Carriage Crib

We’ve seen the foldable crib for the nomad, and the bullet proof crib for 50 cent’s kids, but we haven’t really seen a crib that comes with a 3 year warranty and option of fairy godmother, Tinkerbelle… [More]

16. Temperature Controlled Baby Stroller - Combi LX-720 Buggy

Combi’s LX-720 baby stroller is humidity and temperature controlled. The Combi buggy also features a sleek new design and new even suspension on its wheels, giving your baby a luxurious ride for the… [More]

17. USB Pregnancy Tests - The p-Teq Hoax

If this isn’t real, as medgadget.com suggests, then it will undoubtedly be a reality in the near future. A product called p-Teq claims to be a USB pregnancy test kit. Pee on it, plug it in to your computer,… [More]

18. Beauty of Babies Tested By DNA - ScientificMatch

Before mating, do you want to ensure your offspring will be beautiful?

Investigating the science of love, ScientificMatch decided that with a couple of cotton swabs and a couple, they could determine… [More]

19. Rollercoasters for Babies - The Giant Gurgle

Finally babies will have the ability to go on rollercoasters! At the Staffordshire theme park in the UK, a new ride called the Giant Gurgle was opened, designed for infants as young as six months.

“Parents… [More]

20. Denim Diapers - Wrangler for Babies

Wrangler targeted the really really young in its denim marketing by designing its denim diaper cover. Made to look like regular kiddie underwear, the diaper cover is designed to keep the diaper in place.… [More]

21. Innovative Baby Bottles - Adiri Natural Nurser is Like a Breast (GALLERY)

The Adiri Natural Nurser Baby Bottle was recently awarded the “red dot” quality seal for high design in the “product design” competition. So what’s the big deal about this baby bottle?

The bottle features… [More]

22. Baby Footwear Fashion - ‘Heelarious’ Petite Pumps (GALLERY)

Hip babies searching for a way to increase their glamour quotient, look no further! These tiny baby pumps are sized to fit infants up to 6 months old and are available in leopard and zebra prints, hot… [More]

23. Device Makes Diaper Changing Hip & Easy - “Ubi” Change Table

It took a Mom, who also happens to be a mechanical engineer, to invent an ingenious device that makes changing a diaper a breeze.  The Ubi change table fits any floor surface and comes in a basic and a… [More]

24. Designer Pacifiers 3 - Juicy Couture Soothers

Not that your little one has any way of appreciating it, but you can now get your darling baby a Juicy Couture pacifier. The Juicy Boy and Juicy Girl soothers will give your bundle of joy that kick of… [More]

25. Baby Strollers with Skates - The Roller Ruby

The “Roller Ruby” stroller designed by Valentin Vodev, is a good idea so long as you don’t drink and drive with the baby on board.

Failed attempts at humor aside, this stroller, which comes with brakes,… [More]

26. Baby Rice Bags - Personalized Yosimiya Sacks (GALLERY)

The Japanese love narcissistic products just as much as we do in the west, but they put their own unique spin on it… like Yosimiya’s custom rice bags for babies! Hey, it’s never too soon to start!

Instead… [More]

27. Posh Baby Strollers - Metrolla Strolla

Finally, a stroller that is designed to traverse stairs. The Metrolla Strolla is an awkward high-chair-on-wheels-looking-thingamajig that would also look good in any urban family’s foyer (pronounced foy-a).… [More]

28. Faux Movie Posters to Announce Babies - 5starbaby.com (GALLERY)

Finally your precious bundle of joy has arrived, and you want to shout your little baby’s name from the rooftops and bombard your friend’s inboxes with photos. But why do it the traditional way? Your little… [More]

29. Recyclable Baby Cribs - Eco Cradle

This cradle is made from recycled material and is perfect for the short time infants need to be in a cradle.  It’s light, foldable and can be assembled or disassembled easily.  Its portability means it… [More]

30. Scientific Threesome - 3 Parent Embryo Could Cure Genetic Diseases

Earlier this week we reported lesbians can now have babies after a discovery was made men may no longer be needed for reproduction, but for those who do want some male action in the baby creation process,… [More]