Articles that kind of deal with baby stuff

Interesting one called "How the Playpen fell out of Favor"

http://www.slate.com/articles/life/family/2009/08/what_ever_happened_to_the_playpen.html

I love playpens in stories but it can only be taken so far. Now that I think about it in terms of plotline there isn't a whole lot that can be done in a playpen.

I think the whole point of a playpen is to keep junior out of the parents hair so they can clean and cook dinner. at least that's what my mother did for my little brother and I when we were babies. said it helped her tremendously. just my thoughts on the subject.