MORMON NANNIES' RECOMMENDATIONS ARE HARD TO BEAT.

Byline: BARBARA CORREA

MOMSPACE

MORMON NANNY WANTED: Being Mormon may be problematic for a presidential candidate. But belonging to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a plus if you're a nanny.

"All the LDS nannies have to have a recommendation from their bishop and they are strict about who they recommend," said Kari Shafer, the non-Mormon owner of Your Child's Nanny, an agency that pairs caregivers and families.

Shafer said 90 percent of the requests for LDS nannies come from non-Mormon families and have helped boost traffic on the company's Web site, yourchildsnanny.com.

DADDY WARS: Remember "The Mommy Wars," the 2006 book about the face-off between working and stay-at-home moms? Now, some fathers have coined "The Daddy Wars" for the crusade they're waging to win more family time and flexible job conditions. "Just as we all fought for our right to party two decades ago, it's time to fight for our right to telecommute," Brian Reid writes on his blog, www.rebeldad.com.

TOXIC TOYS: Another week, another hilarious YouTube video. This one lampooning the massive toy recalls is sung to the tune of "Jingle Bells": "Toxic toys, toxic toys/make them go away/Please don't bring us toxic toys/this year on Christmas Day-ay." youtube.com/watch?v=hIXGXyQ6L1Q.

BABY SWITCH: A San Fernando Valley mom tells blogger Jennifer Levinson that her video baby monitor picked up images of a different baby in a different location.

"I was just curious and flipped our video monitor from A to B and thought it was strange to see a different view of our crib," the mom wrote. "After looking at it for a few minutes, I realized that it was another baby's crib." Summer, the manufacturer of the device, confirmed that signals can be picked up from neighboring monitors with a compatible megahertz frequency. Summer added, "If you can pick up someone else's picture, they can also see your video."

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