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Prince George and parents arrive in Australia (PHOTOS)

Pardon my obsession with Prince George of Cambridge but I just can’t resist his adorable chunky cheeks. He is such a cutie patootie and his little personalized sweaters are so adorable.

His mom Duchess Catherine and Prince William carted him on their trip to Australia that started this week. 

The former Kate Middleton is going to learn how after baby is born it is less about you and all about the kid. 

Many New parents worldwide can relate. 

She did look polished and almost perfect again, this time in red and wearing a favorite designer of the Royals: Catherine Walker. 

Loving the photos the official Royal publicist tweeted out of their arrival today.
A couple decades ago, Will’s mom carried him to Australia when he was a baby and back then it was a bigger deal to make an overseas trip with an infant under 12 months old. 

 

7 ways to get your children to develop healthy eating habits

With the childhood obesity crisis making the news just about every week, it’s important for parents and nannies to encourage healthy eating habits in kids. The habits they learn now will influence how they eat throughout their lifetime. Here are some tips that will help you keep your child’s diet on the right track and give him the knowledge and skills he needs to make life long healthy eating choices.
  1. Introduce a variety of foods at a young age. It’s easy for toddlers to get stuck in a chicken nugget (or other favorite food) rut. While you shouldn’t try and force your child to eat a particular food, you can limit the amount you offer of an unhealthy but favorite food choice, and instead offer a wide variety of other healthy options. By giving your child lots of choices and letting him decide which foods he’ll have and how much he’ll eat, you’ll avoid the power struggles this age is known for.
  2. Keep lots of healthy snacks on hand. Kids of all ages snack several times throughout the day. This intermittent eating is actually a healthy way to consume the daily calories they need, however, children can get into nutritional trouble when snack time is seen as an excuse to have sugary foods. Stock your pantry and refrigerator with lots of healthy choices, such as fruit, bite sized vegetables, low fat yogurt, nuts and cheese. A quick online search will turn up literally hundreds of healthy snack ideas. Having these types of snacks available will help kids make tasty, nutritious choices.
  3. Don’t try to keep your child completely away from sweets. Sweets are not bad when eaten with awareness and in moderation. Helping your child make good choices about sweets is an important part of preparing him to maintain a healthy diet outside of your home. Let’s face it, when your child gets older he will have to make food choices at school, at friends’ homes, and in many other situations. By not making sweets taboo, you make it much more likely that he’ll eat them in smart moderation when they’re offered.
  4. Avoid high sugar processed foods, soda and energy drinks. The American Heart Association found children as young as 1 to 3 years typically consume around 12 teaspoons of sugar per day. By the time a child is 4 to 8 years old, he consumes an average of 21 teaspoons of sugar per day. This problem only gets worse with age, with children who are in the 14 to 18 year age range averaging about 34.3 teaspoons every day. Those amounts are more than 3 times the recommended amount for a healthy diet. Avoiding a lot of processed foods and sugary drinks is one of the easiest ways to curb your child’s sugar consumption. There are plenty of foods like fruit and milk that contain natural sugar to satisfy your child’s sweet tooth.
  5. Don’t make fast food a habit. Going through the drive through on the way home from ballet class or a soccer game is a quick and easy way to solve the question, “What’s For Dinner?” However, fast food is filled with fat, sugar, preservatives and lots of calories. It’s one of the leading contributors to obesity, heart disease and many other health complications. Do meal planning and grocery shopping in advance when your days or nights are going to allow you little time to make a healthy dinner. With a little planning and advance preparation, healthy can also be quick.
  6. Get kids involved in cooking. Kids love to help out in the kitchen. When they’re involved in meal planning and cooking, they’re more likely to eat healthy options without a lot of pushing back. Learning to cook at a young age will also help them develop the skills they’ll need as young adults, when they’ll need to prepare healthy choices for themselves. Even the youngest child can help pour ingredients, stir and mix. Cooking together is also a great way to connect as a family.
  7. Grow a garden. Gardening is a wonderful family activity. Allowing your child to participate in the food cycle from the very beginning gives him a real understanding of where the food on the table comes from. This helps him learn to appreciate fresh and organic choices and turn away from highly processed foods. It also helps him to understand the importance of protecting the environment, gives him first-hand experience with sustainability issues, and connects him to the earth in a meaningful way.

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Bump Watch: JWoww silences conspiracy theorists snapped with a bump-hugging top

Well right on time! Jenni “JWoww” Farley may have silenced a few of the side barkers alleging she isn’t really pregnant at all. 
This weekend, the Jersey Shore alum was photographed coming out of a nail salon wearing a bump hugging maternity tank layered under a grey sweat jacket. 
She looked lovely, smiling and emanating some pregnancy glow. 
The mom-to-be and her fiancé are expecting their first kid Summer. The Snooki and JWoww cast member of the MTV reality TV spinoff is expecting at the same time as her bestie. 
Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi announced this weekend that she too is expecting her second kid with her fiancé Jionni LaValle. The two women said preciously they wanted to be pregnant at the same time. 
photo: Starcast 

New Trend? Twitter employee live tweets her labor and delivery

After giving birth to my third and last kid back in 2007, many people called me crazy for posting about it on this blog shortly after. It’s 6 years later and people are actually live tweeting their labor and delivery in 140 character increments! Wowza!
That is what Twitter employee Claire Diaz-Ortiz started updating her followers as soon as she started feeling labor pangs and ended her #InLabor sharing with a photo of her daughter,  Lucía Paz Díaz-Ortiz!
She isn’t the first to carry this off, but being an employee of Twitter helps get her more notice. Designer, former star of a BravoTV show and mom to three, Rosie Pope sort of live-tweeted her last kid’s birth in 2012.
Congrats!!

Ingenious or the ultimate overshare. What are your thoughts?

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Celebrity families support Safe Kids Day (PHOTOS)

Celebrity parents came out for Safe Kids Day yesterday in honor of the Safe Kids campaign to build awareness of preventable accidents which are the #1 killers of US children.
Currently pregnant Ciara, Drew Barrymore and Kendra Wilkinson Baskett came out with their respective families to the event held at The Lot in West Hollywood, California on Saturday, April 5th. Attendees learned about bike and water safety, fire hazards, playground hazards and more.
Former star of the popular 90s show Saved by the Bell, alum Mark-Paul Gosselar and his beautiful wife Catrionna McGinn and their brood smiled beautifully on the green grassy “red carpet” for photos.
Garcelle Beauvais and twin sons Jaid and Jax
Actress and children’s book author Garcelle Beauvais and her twin sons Jaid and Jax Nilon looked supercute posing for pics as well. My have they grown since their mom was on our bumpwatch list back in 2009. 
Malink Akerman
Recent Bellyitch Bumpwatch alum Malin Akerman went casual chic in a cute asymmetrical crop top and denims as did relatively new 2nd time mom TV host and former beauty pageant Ali Larter.



Ciara and Barrymore both read to children attendees to the event, sponsored by Chevrolet, Children’s Tyenol and other companies and organizations.







Runner Alysia Montano, TV Personality Vanna White and  Wilkinson cut up in ront of a wheel of information at the event. 
Other celebrity supporters of the effort include:

Find out more at http://www.safekids.org/skd/.

Ciara and Drew Barrymore
Hank Baskett, Kendra Wilkinson-Baskett and son Hank Jr.

Ciara in a cute white maternity dress, a gold cuff and colorful flats.

Photos: Zimbio, Getty for Safe Kids, Starcast

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Spring Break Maternity Resort Wear Lookbook

It is spring break and resort season. Some families will be using the opportunity of their children being off a week for Spring break to head to the Caribbean, Europe, overseas and local beaches  to unwind and relax. 


This season lace is big and the breathable material is great for moms-to-be who do better with comfortable designs.  We’ve curated some stylish trends to inspire you, powered by our partners at Shopstyle.
Motherhood at ShopStyle

Motherhood Jessica Simpson 3/4 Sleeve Decorative Trim Maternity Blouse

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Evian does it again with its “Baby and Me” viral ad (VIDEO)

Back in 2009, Spring water bottler Evian captured hearts and YouTube views with its creative commercial featuring babies in diapers dancing in roller skates at a skater park to a hip hop classic, “Rapper’s Delight.


The babies are back! This time as miniature versions of adults in the reflection of adults walking by a store window. The video for the ad, released last year, has also gone viral and has about 78 million and counting views on YouTube already. Wow!
Enjoy it here:

Happy Saturday!!

Teacher Appreciation Week: 30 websites with ideas on what to get for your kids’ teacher

Teacher Appreciation  week is in May and it is never too early to start preparing. FindABabysitter assembled an impressive list of 30 sites for you to check out in search of ideas. 
Theme Ideas for Teacher Appreciation Week Coming up with a theme for teacher appreciation week might make it easier to tie all of your plans together.  The theme may even inspire new ideas that you may not have thought of had you not come up with a theme.  These five blog entries can help you come up with a theme for your teacher appreciation week festivities.
Ways to Celebrate Teachers  There are many different things you can do for your teachers during teacher appreciation week without spending a lot of money.  Maybe you can wash all of the teacher’s cars.  Or you can have parents donate food for a potluck.  If you ask, maybe you could get a local business to donate food for a special treat day.  The kids can make cards or bring flowers for the teacher on a different day.  Little things can add up and mean a lot to your teachers.  Take a look at these five blog posts and see if you can find any ideas that appeal to you.



Gifts to Make for Teachers

When you make gifts for your child’s teachers you will be putting a little bit of yourself into each gift.  It will be personalized for her and not something that she will receive from 10 other students.  Try to make the gifts useful, like making her a grocery bag.  She would think of you every time she used the bag to carry home groceries.  Think how many years it would last.  Now that many teachers are getting an iPad and other types of tablets, they might need to have a sleeve to protect it.  These ideas and others can be found in these five blog posts.

Ways to Recognize Teachers For a special touch to your teacher appreciation week, find a way to publicly recognize your teachers.  Maybe you put an ad in the paper thanking all of the teachers at your school.  You can also recognize them in other ways, like plaques or awards.  Check out these five blog entries for more ideas.

Gifts to Buy for Teachers

Sometimes teachers receive a lot of gifts that they can’t really use.  How many candles do you really need?  When asked, teachers will most likely say that it’s the thought that counts, but if they are honest they would tell you that gift cards are always appreciated.  These five blog entries share ideas for gifts using store bought items put together in a creative way.

Ideas on a Budget In this economy, the budget to celebrate might be on the small side.  You can find things to do for the teachers that will pamper them without breaking the bank.  Instead of catering a lunch in, see if you can get parents to bring in a covered dish.  For other ideas on how to celebrate teacher appreciation week on budget check out these five blog articles.

Bump Watch: Mila Kunis wears traditional clothes for hiding a bump

Since word leaked that Mila Kunis is pregnant with her and fiancé Ashton Kutcher’s first child, she’s been seen out and about and attended stage events in tops that are perfect for concealing a baby bump. 
For anyone trying to keep a pregnancy under wraps, you’ll want to go with A-line or empire waist tops or dresses and dresses & blouses that billow and gap in the center.
This would be the future Mr. and Mrs. Kutcher’s first kid together. 

Snooki is expecting her second child, due along with bestie JWoww

Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi got her wish about being preggers as the same time as her Jersey Shore bestie Jenni “JWoww” Farley.
She told  US Weekly that she and fiancé Jionni LaValle are expecting their second child. The couple is already parents to 19-month old Lorenzo. 
And it was a little bit of a challenge to conceive but not that much. 
“Jionni and I were trying to have our second baby since November, so every month we kept taking tests,”  she told the mag. “I’m due in the fall around my wedding time. Busy year!”
The Snooki and JWoww star of the MTV reality TV series said she has no plans of putting off her wedding because of the pregnancy. 
“I can clarify that our wedding is still on, and we are madly in love with each other,” she said, “We’ve waited long enough and cannot wait.”
To avoid the 27 hours of labor she endured for her first delivery, the pint-sized NY Times best seller said she planned to eat healthy and continue working out with her trainer sensibly.
She said she wants to look good in her wedding dress even while pregnant. 

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