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Creeper Warning: Parents, Avoid These Hashtags with Kids Social Media Photos

Posted on July 1, 2019

You wouldn’t think that hashtags like #pottytrain, #naptime, #splishsplash and #kidsswimwear used in captions of innocent photos parents share in social media should be avoided, but they should because they attract child predators and pedophiles.

A republished story in Good Morning America today includes a list curated by a non profit child advocacy groups of over 100 hashtags that parents should avoid using in social media. The list was initially released in January as part of the group’s @kidsforprivacy campaign that launched in 2018.

Child Rescue Coalition is an organization that aims to protect all children from sexual exploitation.

One way they do that is through the Child Protection System (CPS) — “technology that provides the most comprehensive view of where child predators around the world are downloading and sharing explicit content online -— leading to direct action,” according to the web 

“To a normal person and normal friends photos picture on the beach that’s cute to us cute to us might be seen very differently by predators,” CEO and founder, Carly Yoost told GMA. “Child predators not only use the Internet to distribute pornography, but also to stalk children, share information, and trade tips and techniques on how to seduce and lure them into sexual encounters.”

Find the list here and here and a step-by-step guide for adjusting privacy settings can be found here.

The ones I mentioned above, I would never think would be creepy but the following seem obviously the type to attract criminal creeps:

#nakedkidsclub #nakedkidsagain #nakedkidsarehappykids #cantkeepclothesonhim #nakedkids #nakedbaby #nakedkid #nakedkiddos #nakedchild #nakedchildren #nakedtoddler #nakedkidseverywhere #nakedtoddleralert #sexykids #sexychildren #nudechild #nudekids #skinnybabybooty #peeingkid #nappyfree #diaperfree #babypeeing

Child Rescue Coalition recommends that parents ask themselves the following questions before posting an image of their child:

1. Why am I sharing this?

2. Would I want someone else to share an image like this of me?

3. Would I want this image of my child viewed and downloaded by predators on the Dark Web?

4. Is this something I want to be part of my child’s digital life?

“The point is not to scare parents from sharing photos of their kids on social media,” Yoost said. “It’s to help them do it in a safe way.”

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‘Pretty Little Liars’ Shay Mitchell Expecting After Miscarriage

Posted on June 30, 2019

Months after opening up about having a miscarriage, Pretty Little Liars star, Shay Mitchell shared that she and her boyfriend Matte are expecting their first child.

A couple days ago, the 32-year-old actress shared a photo of her growing belly on Instagram writing, “Does this mean I’m allowed to drive in the car pool lane at all times now?”

She also released the news in an emotional YouTube video titled “Guess Who’s Preggers.”

“When you’re in the public eye there are some things you want to just keep a secret until you feel ready,” Shay said of her decision to keep her pregnancy hush hush. “This for me has been the hardest. This is gonna be really fun and awesome when I’m not trying to hide it anymore.”

In the video, Mitchell talks about all the steps her glam team took to hide the pregnancy.

Now the news is out, she is going to be sharing the journey.

Congrats!

Photo: Getty

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Woman’s Fetus Dies When Shot, Alabama Grand Jury Indicts Her in its Death

Posted on June 30, 2019

In bizaro news…

After Marshae Jones was shot in the stomach, she lost her pregnancy.

Now, a grand jury has indicted her for manslaughter in the death of her unborn fetus, while declining to hand up a criminal indictment against Ebony Jemison — the woman who shot her during a scuffle between the two women.

Despite the grand jury indictment. prosecutors in Jefferson County, Alabama insisted this week that they had not yet made a decision on whether to charge Jones with manslaughter.

Still, the highly-unusual proceedings have sparked outrage across a state where this year, the governor signed into law the most restrictive state abortion ban in the nation.

In a statement issued by the Jefferson County Bessemer Cutoff District Attorney‘s office said that the grand jury had included in its conclusion that the fault in the incident rested entirely with Jones, who was five months pregnant at the time.

“The grand jury, based on the facts presented, determined that Ms. Jemison acted in self-defense and did not warrant charges against her, and that Ms. Jones should face charges for her actions resulting in the death of her unborn child.”

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Essence Features Fierce Warrior Moms in Summer Issues

Posted on June 29, 2019

Essence magazine features three fashionable mom business and fashion stars: supermodel Iman; singer Ciara, and singer and dancer Teyana Taylor and

Loving all three of their respective covers and Alicia Keys‘ (another blog Bumpwatch alum) cover from this past month.

In the magazine, Iman talks about her career and how motherhood factored into her being a makeup mogul before Rihanna came to knock it out the park with her Fenty Beauty.

“When I came on the scene, I was catering to women of all skin colors,” Iman explains. “Regardless of what hue you are, as long as you are a woman with skin of color, whether you are Asian, Latina or African, I opened that gate. And Fenty knocked the gate out.”

Taylor discusses her plans to pass on positive messages to her daughter Junie.

“I’m just teaching her early: ‘You are beautiful, you are smart, you are magic,’ ” she told the mag and added that she is hoping to show her the power of love and commitment through her relationship with husband Cleveland Cavaliers NBA star Imani Shumpert. “Love is important.”

Ciara talks about how being a wife and mom changed her life.

“I’m trying to keep getting better, make health-conscious decisions and be the best mom and wife I can be,” she says. “No matter how much success you have, I believe there’s always an opportunity to grow and learn something new. And I’m keeping my sexy up too.” Duly noted.

In this month’s cover issue, another Bumpwatch alum Alicia Keys talks about motherhood:

“Man, becoming a wife and a mother, specifically a mother, really taught me so much,” Keys reveals. “I remember clearly wanting to remove the negative energy around me quickly, and prior to that, I didn’t feel so drawn to do that for myself. But doing it for this new soul made sense to me.”

Her issue is on stands now so you can read the rest of her interview.

Find the Summer Festival Fashion Guide issue on stands soon to read the rest..

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It’s been like every brown gals dream to grace the cover of @essence magazine…. I am one of those brown Harlem gals who has dreamed ?????? ???? am I really looking at myself on the cover of essence mama?!! Wow ?Thank you @essence for the beautiful write up by @britnidanielle, photos & for always embracing #blackgirlmagic #brownbeauties #OurTribe I’m so honored to be apart of this issue ? My cover will be hitting stands tomorrow along with these other legendary brown beauties @Ciara @the_real_iman ???? #girlpower #essence Photography by Itaysha Jordan @itayshaphoto Styled by Marielle Bobo @mariellebobo Hair, Vernon Francois for Vernon Francois/The Visionaries @vernonfrancois Makeup, Christiana Cassell/The Only Agency @beautybychrisc Manicure, Whitney Gibson using Essie/TMG-LA @whitneygnails Set Design, John Geary/Celestine Agency @johngearystudio

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Three Parts of Someone’s Newborn You Should Never Touch and Why

Posted on June 29, 2019
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Photo by: Minnie Zhou

 

Just like pregnant women are community property, so, to a certain extent are newborn babies and infants. When people see them out and about, at the mall, the park, in the synagogue, temple or church, they can’t help but want to squeeze those juicy cherubic cheeks, stroke that curly soft baby fine hair and try to get the baby to grip their finger.

All three of these areas are big NO TOUCH areas for most people and especially for strangers who do not know the baby or its parents.

Here’s why:

1. The hands: At the earliest stages in a baby’s life, its hands are always in its mouth. They suck on their hands, fingers and fists for comfort. Adults have their hands on a variety of different objects throughout the day, often times picking up germs here and there. Most people do not use hand sanitizers nor wash their hands as often as would be ideal during the day. The worst thing a new mom wants to see is your grubby mitts exposing her newborn’s hands to whatever germ may be hanging out on your hands. It’s tempting and often times, understandably when you are overwhelmed by the cuteness in front of you, but don’t. Think before acting. It’s a gross thing to do.

2. The face: Many adults have sensitive facial skin and newborns’ skin can be no different and in some respects, are even more sensitive. They are fresh out the womb and are still developing their immunity. A cheek stroke from you (with your germ-filled finger) is liable to have the poor kid break out in a rash later. The mom may not be in a position to wash off your cooties before it’s too late. Just say no to the “cheek squeeze.”

3. The hair: Similar to the same reason you don’t touch a newborn’s face and hands unless you are its parent, pediatrician or just finished rubbing hand sanitizers on your hands moments before getting permission to approach the baby, you don’t touch or stroke a baby’s hair.

Of course, all of the above rules are flexible and can be waived depending on the situation and your relationship with the parents, but by all means if you are a stranger, it’s best to watch and not touch. If you must, tug at a socks or stroke the forearm. Understand, you’re still pushing your luck.

Just passing along a little public service announcement on behalf of all those new (especially first-time) parents out there who go through public settings full of anxiety on how to best protect their baby from unwanted advances. [That will be the subject of another post]

 

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Celebrity Trend: Naming Baby Girls Junior After Dad

Posted on June 28, 2019

Hmmm… Is this a trend of celebrities naming their baby girls after their dads?

Could be! As the institutional memory in celebrity pregnancy online content, I have noticed a pattern.

Vanessa and Kobe Bryant chose to name their newest arrival, daughter Capri Kobe Bryant.

Two years ago, tennis ace and newest Wheaties box cover model Serena Williams named her daughter after her husband, who famously has a name that is usually given to a girl anyway: Alexis.

Alexis Olympia Ohanian, Jr. is named after dad, Reddit co-founder and investor Alexis Ohanian. (She boasts over a half a million followers on Instagram)

Similarly, NBA star Imani Shumpert has a unisex first name that usually is given to girls and thus it’s not a stretch to have his daughter with singer, model and dancer Teyana Taylor be named Imani Shumpert, Jr. (though she is affectionately nicknamed “Junebug” and has 444K followers)

I must admit, the “Junior” at the end adds an extra layer of “kicking conventionality in the buttocks” to me! Gotta love it!

Who else? Add to the list and join the convo at @Bellyitch on Facebook under this post!

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19 Baby Pacifiers Were Found in Family Bulldog’s Belly

Posted on June 28, 2019

This month, Boston vets found 19 pacifiers in the belly of a family dog.

According to Dr. Doug Bruma, the primary primary veterinarian of the three-year old bulldog named Mortimer, had been consuming the pacifiers since April.

The owners, including mom Emily Shanahan, didn’t notice the missing pacifiers but instead took note when Mortise got sick.

Dr. Bruma told the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals  Mortimer going through cycles of nausea and vomiting, and after an initially diagnosis of acid reflux, Bruma took a closer look after the symptoms worsened.

An x-ray confirmed the presence of the pacifiers.

Bruma’s veterinary hospital Angell Animal Medical Center removed the pacifiers using a medical scope that did not require surgery. Mortimer recovered and is back at home.

h/t FM100

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Alanis Morissette Talks Pregnancy at 45, Infertility and Motherhood

Posted on June 28, 2019

Third-time mom-to-be Alanis Morissette-Treadway sat down with Self magazine writer Nicole Cliffe for an in-depth interview on pregnancy, labor, delivery and achieving motherhood in her 40s after infertility.

She and hubby, Mario “Souleye” Treadway, are parents to 8-year old son, Ever Imre Morissette-Treadway, and almost 3-year old daughter, Onyx Solace Morissette-Treadway, but getting there was not easy.

The “You Outghta Know” singer shared that she had always wanted a family of three but had a rough go at it.

“Between Ever and Onyx there were some false starts,” she said in the interview. “I always wanted to have three kids, and then I’ve had some challenges and some miscarriages so I just didn’t think it was possible.”

According to the Mayo Clinic, 10 to 20 percent of pregnancies end in miscarriage and as Cliffe pointed out, “as a society have only recently (so recently!) begun to be more open to discussing miscarriages and reproductive struggles in general,” sharing an email communication where Morisette wrote about her pregnancy losses: “I […] felt so much grief and fear. I chased and prayed for pregnancy and learned so much about my body and biochemistry and immunity and gynecology through the process. It was a torturous learning and loss-filled and persevering process.”

The singer calls herself an overplanner and took over the goal and task to have a family by researching and doing everything possible to make it happen.

“I had done tentacles of investigation on everything, from hormones to physicality, every rabbit hole one could go down to chase answers,” she told Cliffe. “I have different doctors who laugh at the thickness of my files. So, for me I’ve tried every different version from heavily self-medicating, to formal allopathic medications, to now.

“I’m also an over-preparer for those things,” I told her. “I always get that dreaded question, in the first meeting: Do you have a medical background?, at which point I have to be like ‘No, I just want to know.’ I want to know things, I’m curious.”

She gave birth to her first two children at home, with Ever’s lasting 36 hours in total, with 12 hours of intensity. Wowza!

With each, the “You Learn” singer says she suffered from Post Partum Depression:

“For me I would just wake up and feel like I was covered in tar and it wasn’t the first time I’d experienced depression so I just thought Oh, well, this feels familiar, I’m depressed, I think,” she said. “And then simultaneously, my personal history of depression where it was so normalized for me to be in the quicksand, as I call it, or in the tar. It does feel like tar, like everything feels heavy.”

For the remainder of the interview, she opened up about her “birth stories” and motherhood in a fascinating way. READ IT IN ITS ENTIRETY HERE!

Photo: courtesy Self; Steph Wilson. Wardrobe styling by Kirby Marzac. Hair by Dimitri Giannetos at The Wall Group. Makeup by Kayleen McAdams at Starworks. Manicure by Whitney Gibson at Tomlinson. On Alanis: Top by Paco Rabanne. Jeans by Levis. Earrings by Leigh Miller.

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What To ‘Read’ This Summer, Mamas {How To Get Free Titles on Audible}

Posted on June 27, 2019

Summer is a great time to unplug, and unwind, find a space under a tree or tie a hammock around the two oaks in your grandparents backyard and indulge in a good book.

Or if you’re pressed for time and cannot find the time to actual curl up, you could also listen to a good book via Kindle or Audible or some other digital format as you prepare dinner, wait for the kids to get out of practice, commute into work or while doing some other mundane task.

This year’s Summer titles I’m downloading on Audible (you can get these FREE with a month trial) includes:

“Where the Crawdads Sing” by Delia Owens

“Narrator Cassandra Campbell serves up a bushel of Carolina accents in this debut novel by nature writer Delia Owens. Campbell’s accents give the mix of classes and regions in the story the same realistic detail Owens provides for the marsh…. Prepare to be enchanted and haunted.” (AudioFile)

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“Sing, Unburied Sing” by Jesmyn Ward

“While the magical element is new in Ward’s fiction, her allusiveness, anchored in her interest in the politics of race, has been pointing in this direction all along. It takes a touch of the spiritual to speak across chasms of age, class, and color. … The signal characteristic of Ward’s prose is its lyricism. ‘I’m a failed poet,’ she has said. The length and music of Ward’s sentences owe much to her love of catalogues, extended similes, imagistic fragments, and emphasis by way of repetition. … The effect, intensified by use of the present tense, can be hypnotic.” — The New Yorker

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City of Girls by Blair Brown

From the number-one New York Times best-selling author of Eat, Pray, Love and The Signature of All Things, a delicious novel of glamour, sex, and adventure, about a young woman discovering that you don’t have to be a good girl to be a good person.

Named a most anticipated book of 2019 by Oprah.com, Real Simple, Buzzfeed, Cosmopolitan, GoodReads, PureWow, Vulture, The Millions, and more.

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“Becoming” by Michelle Obama

“Obama writes with a refreshing candor, as though her keen awareness of her celebrity is matched only by her eagerness to shed the exhausting veneer that helped enable her husband’s political rise. ‘My husband is making his own adjustments to life after the White House, catching his own breath,’ she writes at the end of the preface. ‘And here I am, in this new place, with a lot I want to say.’” — The Atlantic

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“Getting Things Done: the art of stress-free productivity” by David Allen (I own the book version too)

David Allen reads an all-new edition of his popular self-help classic for managing work-life balance in the 21st century – now updated for the new challenges facing individuals and organizations in today’s rapidly changing world.

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“Though Thomas’s story is heartbreakingly topical, its greatest strength is in its authentic depiction of a teenage girl, her loving family, and her attempts to reconcile what she knows to be true about their lives with the way those lives are depicted — and completely undervalued — by society at large.” — Publishers Weekly

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“Emma” by Jane Austen (a classic)

” What a delightful way to enjoy a Jane Austen story! This dramatized version alternates between dialogue and Emma Thompson’s narration over music. I thought the narrators were all excellent, and the sound effects and music really pulled me into the world of Emma. If you are an Austen fan, be aware that this is not a word for word reading. Rather, it is a new way to enjoy a familiar story. ” – Reader Reviewer

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“Heavy: An American Memoir” by Kiese Laymon

“Heavy is a dark book, and the trauma that Laymon orbits is almost like a black hole; its shape is circular. Even when he finally tries to have an honest conversation with his mother (at a casino, of all places) about the things he’s experienced, the harms that befell him, it’s still impossible for either one to understand the other without blame.” — The Nation

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Watch Pregnant City Girls rapper Yung Miami’s Energetic BET Awards Performance

Posted on June 27, 2019

Rapper Yung Miami, one half of the southern rap duo City Girls, gave an energetic performance this weekend whilst in her second trimester of pregnancy at the BET Awards on June 23rd at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, Ca.

The 25-year old, real name Caresha Brownlee, announced this month inside a documentary about her group’s recent and meteoric rise to fame that she is expecting her second child with her partner, producer Southside, but that did not stop her from taking the stage with back up dancers to perform her chart topping song “Act Up” on stage.

The song is off the group’s second album “Girl Code” featuring label mate Cardi B on the hit song “Twerk”.

Their other label mates include Migos, Stefflon Don and Lil Yachty.

Watch below:

Yung Miami has a son named Jai, born in 2013, from a previous relationship with ex Jai Wiggins. Southside has 5 children from previous relationships.

Though the group is a duo, Yung Miami has had to hold it down her partner JT, (Jatavia Johnson) who is currently serving a sentence for credit card fraud in Florida.

According to the group’s management, and their label Quality Control CEO, Pierre “Pee” Thomas, JT is set to be released from prison by the end of the summer.

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Her initial release date was slated for March 21, 2020. In a recent interview with HipHop-N-More, the QC co-founder revealed that JT is due to be released soon, saying, “will be home within the next 90 days.”

Yung Miami’s mom Keenya Young is also serving a sentence for vehicle manslaughter following a high speed chase after she and another man were caught stealing designer bags at Macy’s.

Both girls’ stories are a testament to using talent to escape a rough path and life.

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