Love and Hip Hop: Atlanta star Erica Dixon updated her fans and followers on Instagram on the progress of her twin pregnancy.
“Twins are doing much better… I’m feeling good….. God is great!!” she captioned an upclose bump progression photo of herself and daughter Emani with castmate Lil Scrappy “Just a few more weeks to go until I meet my angels.” she captioned under a photo of her cradling her belly.
Dixon, a feisty member of the popular Vh1 channel show has never announced who the father of the twins are.
She clapped back at a curious commenter who asked her about the daddy, “Non of your business. You’ll know [when] i want you to hun but everyone is good, healthy, and happy. Hope the same is for you.”
In a previous photo with her daughter Emani with fellow cast member Lil Scrappy, she commented, “My girls and I out and about. I’m worn out now?”
When baby gets too big to be bathed in a kitchen or bathroom sink and it’s time to transition to the bath tub, new parents quickly become acquainted with the back and neck strain associated with bending over a tub and trying to keep a firm cradle on baby while sudsing and rinsing her off.
It’s just something we dealt with. The cold hard bathroom tiles under our knees. The eventual crick in the neck that develops. The pain from being hunched over in the most uncomfortable position while trying not to get the bathroom too wet or slippery.
It can be a daunting and in some cases, dangerous task. I mean we’re just talking bath time here! But yeah…
Fortunately for modern moms, manufacturers and product designers have stepped up to the plate to come up with solutions. For example, Modern by Designs makes a Bath Kneeler and Elbow Rest that is guaranteed to provide max relief to parents and their achy joints.
The kneeler is made of a durable neoprene material that is water-friendly and dries pretty fast. There is a memory foam padding on the top that cushions the knees and eliminates the discomfort of the hard floor and a non-slip rubber bottom keeps mom or dad or caregiver from slipping and sliding in case the floor gets wet.
To add function, the kneeler has an elbow rest that is also equipped with a net that can conveniently store bath toys, shampoo and bath wash.
There are 4 extra large polyester mesh pockets that can be organized and customized. The material is such to repel the growth of mold as the kneeler dries in between uses. In addition, the elbow rest set comes equipped with 6 strong suction cups, safely securing the elbow rest to the side of the tub for maximal stability.
After each use, you can just leave it right there to dry or hang it on a hook. Toss it in the machine to wash when it gets too funk and hang to dry.
Simple. Easy Breezy and convenient!
The makers even throw in an extra bath organizer attached to 2 extra strong suction cups to eliminate the time searching for bath essentials. It also helps to keep the bathroom tidy and organized. Best of all, you can store the wet bath toys in the organizer to dry, so no more moldy bath toys!
Keep them right there for easy access each bath time!
They also offer a 100% money back guarantee for anyone who is not satisfied with the product. That’s a plus! You can return it within 30 days of purchase for any reason with no hassles, the company guarantees.
And at a $39.95price point on Amazon.com, you cannot go wrong anyway, especially if you can return it if it doesn’t meet up to your expectations but I think it will given all the positive feedback I’ve read on the Amazon page for this product!
Actually, Modern by Designs is offering Bellyitch readers 10% off their purchase.
When you become a mother yourself, something funny happens, and you see your own mother in a totally different light, and it is wonderful. Your relationship with your mother changes undoubtedly, immeasurably, and forever as it’s almost impossible to fully understand the perspective of your mother – until you are one yourself. It is likely that you and your Mom fight sometimes as all mother/daughters do and if not so much as an adult there will sure to have been cross words as you were growing up. There are often things that mothers and daughters fight about over and over again, and you cannot understand why your mom won’t change her opinion on the matter or budge even the tiniest bit in her stance. You might think its something in her personality? A stubbornness? But in all honesty, it is probably to do with her being your mom and putting her concern for you before anything else. Take a look at this list to see how your relationship with your mother changes when you have kids:
You Have Empathy For Past Situations
Between the morning sickness and going crazy from your hormones to every single terrifying and emotionally dizzying part of having an actual child, you suddenly have a lot of empathy for what your mom was going through when she had you. Often you just assume your Mom knew what she was doing, she had some kind of manual to tell her and that she would have been perfect when she was going through all this back then, but you soon learn that that is not the case.
You Speak To Her A Lot More
When you’re pregnant or have a newborn baby, it’s likely that you’ll call or visit your mom a lot. You won’t even have to worry about missing her calls and taking a day or two to call her back because it’s you who is calling her every three hours now as she knows exactly what you’re going through and as the saying goes ‘Mother knows best’.
You Welcome Her Advice
While in the past you might have thought she didn’t know what she was talking, you would refuse her advice and stop her in her tracks when you felt advice coming on. Now, all of a sudden you want her opinion all of the time because her advice might enhance the wellbeing of your child. You also recognise that your mom has a little more experience in the mothering department than you do.
You Need Her
You suddenly become intensely aware of how much comfort your own mother can provide for you. You need her more than ever, and you feel very guilty for not giving her the chance to comfort you more often throughout life when you know she wanted to.
She Understands
When you have a baby, it can feel like your mom is the only person who understands what you’re going through. She is obviously an experienced mother, and you also share DNA, so there is a magical pull there that makes you feel like only your mom gets you right now.
She’s An Amazing Babysitter
You fully trust your Mom with your children, and you don’t feel the need to give her a long list of detailed instructions or call every half hour to check in. You might need to do that with your friends or other family members, but not with your mom. You know that your mom loves your child as much as you do and she’s got this.
You Forgive Her
If there are a lot of grudges and fights that you might have been hanging onto for many years, even your entire life. You’ll be amazed at just how much you are able to forgive your mother for and understand where she was coming from once you’re a mom yourself. In fact, you’ll realise that some of the things you thought she handled poorly, she actually managed pretty well.
You Get Mad At Your Dad
With this newfound appreciation for your mother, you might also notice a newfound disgust for anyone who doesn’t appreciate her. If you see your that dad is not thanking her enough for certain things; then it’s likely you’ll pick him up on it.
You Respect Her So Much More
You now treat your mother with far more respect than you ever have done before. Once you have a baby, you realise how frustrating it is when your own child disrespects you, and you don’t want to put your mom through that pain ever again. In fact, you want to spoil her and show her how much you appreciate her – you can do this with some of AVON’s great mothers day gifts – now that you’re older you know she’d prefer to be spoiled than you making something .
You Let Her Be Right
Before the baby came, you probably had all these ideas about how you were going to discipline them, raise them, feed them and have them sleep. Now that your baby is here and you realise parenthood is far more chaos than you could have ever imagined, you soften up on some of your idealistic parenting ideas and let your mom be right.
You Start Apologizing To Your Mom
Almost every day you will have a moment with your child that reminds you of your own childhood and a time you mistreated or didn’t appreciate your mom. It’s likely that you’ll find yourself calling her to apologise a lot.
You Realise How Strong Your Mom Is
You see you in a completely different light, and you realise that she did things and dealt with things that you never knew. She survived this, and she did it with grace and made it look easy.
You Want To Spend More Time With Her Your mom becomes one of your best friends. Not only do you have a strong biological bond, but she also has infinite wisdom and stories to share. Why would you want to hang out with your friend who doesn’t have kids and who you’ve only known for a few years?
We love Simpson for keeping it all the way real this pregnancy by posting photos of her swollen feet, unflattering pics of her growing bulbous pregnant belly and make up less pics.
The fashion line entrepreneur even recently made fun of herself for breaking the family toilet seat.
The Dukes of Hazard reboot star has been royally rewarded by fans who have consistently commented that they are happy to see a celebrity keep it 100 about the very unglamorous aspects of pregnancy.
Congrats!
The new baby joins The Johnsons’ older kids, 5-year old son Ace Knute, 5, and 6 1/2-year old daughter Maxwell “Maxi” Drew.
Virgo’s are hardworking and practical, which make them likely to handle pregnancy with more grace than chaos. The Virgo’s enjoyment of healthy foods and books make them one of the most common of the zodiac signs to read all of the books on pregnancy and motherhood and eat just right for a healthy pregnancy.
However, the Virgo’s tendency to be overly critical of themselves means that they are quite likely to feel like “bad mothers” before the baby has even arrived. The Virgo is the most likely to take something as simple as slipping and having half a cup of fully caffeinated coffee and turn it into “I’m a bad mommy!”
Last week, Facebook and Instagram were down last week for an entire day…then when it came back, the College Admissions cheating scandaltook over our news feeds and…
Isn’t it great that today is the first day of Spring?!?
You deserve some good news, and some more good news in the form of past posts you might have missed:
Also, last week, we heard bout the demise of yet another mall staple retail clothing store, H&M, which is closing up dozens of store nationwide. Gasp! Here is why I’ll miss it.
Coming to the end of Tex Season and if you’ve vowing to reign in your spending and save for a home, vacay, or biz or “just because”, I’ve got 21 apps to share that can help you get your financial house in Order for the New Year this tax season and beyond.
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If you’ve Marie Kondo your life recently, consider selling some of that stuff you’ve just decluttered at DeCluttr.
Use Billshark to negotiate lower prices on your monthly bills to save you time, money and hassle. The company claims an 85% success rate negotiating bills for Cable TV, Wireless Phone, Satellite TV, Internet Access, Satellite Radio, and Home Security. The larger and older the bill, the more money they can save you, especially on your cable and tv bills!
Tomorrow is the first day of Spring and it is just in time for you to swap out your lighter fabric and bright and colorful pieces from your closet.
Get inspired by our Bellyitch bumpwatch Alum Draya Michele who attended the The Daily Front Row Fashion LA Awards 2019 on Sunday, March 17, 2019 in Los Angeles, California in a lime/neon green David Koma flared fish tail skirt and black Louboutin pumps.
Or Best Supporting Actress Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o who wore colorful Prabal Gurung frocks while promoting her latest project Jordan Peele‘s Us
While promoting at Good Morning America, the Academy Award winner star of 12 Years a Slave paired one look with a pair of Fendi shades and Shirt and skirt and red reasonably priced Nine West Mana Leather Dress Sandal pumps!
And on another occasion draped a crimson Mackage Mai belted double face wool coat with waterfall collar over another Prabal Gurung dress accessorized Hayward‘s Field Pebbled Leather Top Handle Bag and Medium Neon Orange Loucite Jelly Hoops by Alison Lou.
There are a lot of opinions out there on the best pregnancy tips. Pregnant women are often bombarded with pregnancy tips from friends and family, websites, clickbait articles, and books. With all this information, how can pregnant women know what to believe?
Women often turn to trial and error, taking the time to discover the practices that work best for them and their bodies.
And of course, a doctor’s medical advice is important above all other opinions.
In general, pregnancy has changed for women around the world.
There are some basic pregnancy tips regarded as tried and true—like rubbing lotion on your belly to prevent stretch marks; taking prenatal vitamins; getting plenty of exercise; limiting caffeine; and eating as healthy as possible.
But it might surprise you to learn that over the centuries, women have resorted to downright grossness and discomfort to boost fertility, stay thin, and birth healthy babies.
To find out more about these startling pregnancy myths, Maeband decided to delve into the past. (Continue reading)
Stormi Webster was while toddling around in a green romper in her mom Kylie Jenner’s Insta story. As was Mariah Carey‘s twins Rocco and Monroe.
Not to be outdone was True Thompson in a series of fun videos and pics mom Khloe Kardashian shared of her while she wore a pair of green mirror aviator shades, shamrock barrettes and a $550 pair of Giuseppe Zanotti, Jr
With tax day just two months away, it is cybercriminals’ favorite time of the year.
‘Tis the season for online scams with phishing emails and fraudulent phone calls at the top of the list.
In 2018, the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) noted an astonishing 60 percent increase in bogus email schemes that seek to steal money or tax data. Cybercriminals will try to get you to do something so they can rob your personal information. Beware of unsolicited emails, text messages, social media posts or fake websites that prompt you to click on a link or to share valuable personal and financial information.
Armed with this information, online thieves can swindle funds and/or commit identity theft. Unfamiliar links or attachments can also contain malware ‒viruses, spyware and other unwanted software that is installed on your computer or mobile device without your consent.
Malware is intentionally designed to wreak havoc on and infect your computer files in a variety of ways.
In addition, unscrupulous callers claiming to be IRS employees ‒ using fake names and phony ID numbers – may ring you and insist that you owe money and that it must be paid as soon as possible through a gift card or wire service. If the call is not picked up, the scammers often leave an emergency callback request message.
In reality, the IRS rarely calls taxpayers and initiates almost all contact via the U.S. Postal Service.
The IRS includes a “Dirty Dozen” recap of scams on its website, including the top two ploys listed above and others like tax preparer fraud, fake charities and inflated refund claims.
Protect Against Fraudster Tricks with The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) s “Take Action Tips”
When in doubt, throw it out: Criminals can get access to your personal information by tricking you into downloading attachments or clicking on links in email. If an email seems suspicious, even if you know the source, it’s best to delete.
Lock down your login: Thwart thieves by enabling the strongest authentication tools available, often called multi-factor or two-factor authentication. Most major email and online tax preparing services have this tool available.
Get savvy about Wi-Fi hotspots: Public wireless networks are not secure. If you are filing your taxes online make sure you are doing it on a secure and personal network.
Think before you act: Be leery of communications that implore you to act immediately – especially if you are told you owe money to the IRS and it must be paid promptly.
Ask if your tax preparation service has checked for malware issues and if your tax preparer’s business is cybersecure. Businesses of all sizes are susceptible to cyber thieves so it is critical they have a strong cybersecurity posture by following these NCSA-recommended steps.
“With tax filing in full swing, cyber crooks are doing everything they can to take full advantage of the opportunity,” said Kelvin Coleman, NCSA’s executive director. “Tax time is a haven for hackers, who are masters of manipulation.
With the tremendous inventory of personal and financial shared online, it’s essential to remember that Personal Information Is Like Money. Value It. Protect It.
Following good cybersecurity practices during tax season and throughout the year allows everyone to reap the benefits of connectivity with increased confidence.”
