Online video communities are chock full of digital videos of dancing babies. Parents + digital camcorders can sometimes turn into a dangerous situation.

They become totally addicted to filming their little bundles of joys (can ya blame them, tho?). A video of their first steps quickly turns into 500 clips of the kid dancing away to a leap frog fridge dj!

Good thing there are tons of affordable camcorders on the market, so all parents can learn how to capture family videos. If you know someone who is expecting and is in the market for a compact camcorder, I’d recommend any entry level flash memory camcorder by Panasonic, JVC, or Sony.

JVC Everio GZ-MG555 HDD Camcorder

Sony Handycam DCR-SR200 40GB HDD Camcorder

Panasonic Palmcorder SDR-H18 HDD/SD Camcorder