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Kristen Bell and bump featured in Samsung commercial w/husband Dax Shepard

Posted on December 13, 2014
Veronica Mars’ Kristen Bell and her husband Parenthood‘s Dax Shepard are super adorable in the new Samsung commercial about the Holidays.  The long spot features Bell’s baby bump prominently as the couple are expecting their second child shortly. They welcomed daughter Lincoln last March 2013. 
In the commercial, Shepard makes runs to get foods to satisfy Bell’s cravings, and seemingly seems unhelpful in helping her pick the choice of cute maternity looks. Bell summed it up in her tweet presenting the commercial calling it what life is like in the Bell/Shepard household, the Daily Mail noted. Funny!
Check out a few stills and the commercial below!






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Top 10 Boy & Girl old-fashioned names becoming more popular.

Posted on December 13, 2014
It warmed my heart so see that traditional names are coming back into style and are becoming more popular among parents. Babysitting.net chronicled the top 10 girl and boy names making a comeback.
Girls’ Names
  1. Anna – “Anna” is one of the girls’ names that never seems to go completely out of style. Originating from the Greek or Latin version of the Hebrew name “Hannah,” Anna means “grace” and came in at number thirty-eight on the list of most popular girls’ names in 2011.
  2. Charlotte – The French feminine diminutive of “Charles,” Charlotte’s meaning, “free man,” has masculine connotations. Still, Charlotte was the twenty-seventh most popular name in 2011 and is the name of Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze, Jr.’s daughter.
  3. Ella – At number twelve on the list of most popular girls’ names for 2011 is “Ella,” which is of Germanic origination and means “all, completely; fairy maiden.” Mark Wahlberg, Ben Stiller, Eric Clapton and John Travolta all have daughters with this old-fashioned moniker.
  4. Eva – The Latin form of the Hebrew name “Eve,” meaning “life,” Eva is eighty-third on the list of most popular girls’ names for 2011. Derivations Ava and Eve are also very popular.
  5. Grace – A virtue name meaning exactly what it says, “Grace” is number sixteen on the list of most popular girls’ names for 2011 with notable choices by celebrity parents Lance Armstrong and Christy Turlington.
  6. Julia – Derived from Latin and meaning “youthful,” Julia was the fifty-seventh most popular name for baby girls in 2011.
  7. Lucy – The English feminine variation of “Lucius,” Lucy was the seventy-second most popular name for girls born in 2011. While it may be most memorably connected to a certain flame-haired comedienne, “Lucy” was also chosen by country crooner Zac Brown for his daughter.
  8. Rose – Latin for “rose, a flower,” Rose is an old-fashioned name that has enjoyed something of a revival. At number two-hundred and ninety-one in 2011, “Rose” was the final selection of Jennifer Garner & Ben Affleck, Jon Stewart and Ewan McGregor. The presence of the boys’ name “Jack” also calls into question the influence of the re-release a certain epic film about a doomed romance on new parents.
  9. Stella – From the Latin for “star,” Stella is the seventy-third most popular name on the 2011 list. Chosen by both Paul McCartney and, more recently, Matt Damon, Tori Spelling and Dave Matthews, Stella’s popularity is still rising.
  10. Violet – Latin for the color and the flower, Violet comes in at number one-hundred and one for 2011 and was also chosen by Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck for their eldest daughter.

Boys’ Names
  1. Andrew – Meaning “strong and manly,” the name “Andrew” is of Greek derivation and enjoys a perennial popularity. At number sixteen on the list of most popular names for baby boys in 2011, one Harvard study claims that it is the most popular name for boys born to highly educated parents.
  2. Benjamin – From Hebrew meaning “son of the right hand,” Benjamin was the nineteenth most popular name for baby boys in 2011. Supermodel Gisele Bundchen and her quarterback husband Tom Brady chose “Benjamin” for their son, as did John Travolta and Kelly Preston.
  3. Charles – French from German, “Charles” means “free man” and was the sixty-second most popular name for boys in 2011. Celebrities Jodie Foster and Russell Crowe both named their sons Charles, with the shortened “Charlie” also quite popular.
  4. Harry – A diminutive of Henry meaning “estate ruler,” Harry is becoming more popular than ever due to the choices of Princess Diana, David Letterman and Billy Bob Thornton as a name for their sons, along with the immense popularity of the Harry Potter series.
  5. Henry – Enjoying it’s highest spot on the list of popular boys’ names since 1956, “Henry,” also meaning “estate ruler” came in at number fifty-seven in 2011. Julia Roberts, Minnie Driver, Heidi Klum and Colin Farrell all have sons named Henry.
  6. Jack – A diminutive of “John” meaning “God is gracious,” Jack was the forty-fifth most popular name for boys born in 2011. Matt Lauer, Luke Perry and Meg Ryan are just a few of the celebrities who chose this name for their sons.
  7. Leo – From Latin for “lion,” Leo came in at number one-hundred and sixty-seven in 2011 for popular boy’s names, and was chosen by NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon as a name for his son.
  8. Jacob – From Hebrew meaning “He grasps the heel. Supplanter,” “Jacob” was the most popular name for little boys born in 2011. Bob Dylan named his son Jakob, with Stephenie Meyer dubbing her leading werewolf “Jacob” in her phenomenally popular Twilight books.
  9. Eli – Moving from number two-hundred and thirty-five in 2000 to number sixty-five in 2010, Eli is a Hebrew name meaning “uplifted.”
  10. William – The third most popular name for boys in 2011, William is of English from German derivation and means “resolute protection.” With the marriage of Britain’s Prince William, the name has become even more high-profile.

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Mila Kunis keeps it real during first post-baby interview (VIDEO)

Posted on December 12, 2014

Kudos to Jupiter Ascending star Mila Kunis who kept it real while doing her first interview since welcoming daughter Wyatt Isabelle this October.
First, she credited Breastfeeding her fist child with actor Ashton Kutcher for her weight loss, which is important for encouraging more women to nurse trot babies after giving birth. 
“Breatfeeding is a great workout,” the That 80’s Show alum told host Craig Ferguson on his The Late Late Show.
Second, while sharing how great it’s been taking time off, connecting with her new baby and bonding, she also acknowledged how maternity leave is a luxury for most women, and many don’t have paid leave so thy can relax and make memories with their newborn. 
“Nowadays, people can’t do that. Everyone [in the household] has to have a job,” she said, adding that she plans to take Wyatt with her when she does return to work. 
Bravo and Kudos, Mila!

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Study: Why pregnant women shouldn’t microwave food in plastics and should avoid dryer sheets

Posted on December 12, 2014
A recent study found that women who were exposed to two common chemicals in their home at a high level while pregnant had children with lower IQ scores. 
In the first of its kind study, researchers found that children exposed during pregnancy to elevated levels of the chemicals  di-n-butyl phthalate and di-isobutyl phthalate  had more than 6-points lower on their IQ score than children who had lower levels of exposure, researchers found. 
The difference in percentage points in IQ is a big deal.
“A six- or seven-point decline in IQ may have substantial consequences for academic achievement and occupational potential,” senior author Robin Whyatt, DrPH, Professor of Environmental Health Sciences and deputy director of the Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health at the Mailman School said of the study published in the journal PLOS ONE


And the thing is: there is no effort by the government to warn pregnant women, generally, of the impact of phthalates.


“While there has been some regulation to ban phthalates from toys of young children,” lead author Pam Factor-Litvak, PhD, associate professor of Epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University in New York.”There is no legislation governing exposure during pregnancy, which is likely the most sensitive period for brain development. Indeed, phthalates are not required to be on product labeling.”
Even though phthalates are hard to avoid, researchers recommend women limit their exposure to them by not microwaving food in plastics, avoiding scented products as much as possible, including air fresheners, and dryer sheets, and not using recyclable plastics labeled as 3, 6, or 7.
The study was conducted on 328 low-income New York city women and their children. 

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Blake Lively’s Chic Street Style: Get the LOOKS!

Posted on December 11, 2014
Blake Lively has surely made the case for being the most chic pregnant celebrity these days. The Gossip Girl  actress was spotted recently  out and about in New York city in the most fly Alicia Adams cape covering a comfy maternity jersey shirt, dark denim maternity skinny jeans and tassle booties while toting a Celine shoppers bag and a burgundy Preserve structured tote.
More recently, photogs caught the beauty leaving her New York City hotel room in a really cute blue Gucci coat, a striped Francoise long sleeve shirt, accented with a Mikal Winn necklace while carrying her staple Preserve tote again. And she is still balancing her bump on those 2 1/2 inch heels! wowza!

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Jewish families integrate Christmas with Hannukah trees

Posted on December 11, 2014

Are you surprised that more and more Jewish families are adopting and putting up Hannukah bushes and trees, and even Menorah trees in their homes?

With Christmas being such a major celebrated holiday and season in the United States, many parents of Jewish children have found a way to meld the festivities with their own religious beliefs and culture.

More and more families are hanging Hannukah stockings, and integrating the traditional festival of lights with the customs of Christmas.

Miami Herald
A Pew Research survey released last year found that 32% of Jews said they had a Christmas tree in their home the previous year.
It’s common especially in interfaith families among Jews married to non-Jews.  The survey found that 71% said they put up a tree. 
My mother is Roman Catholic and my father Muslim and he looked forward to decorating the tree and exchanging presents more than us kids even. Over the years, it could easily be argued that the Christmas season has become secular to a certain extent.
That’s exactly what those who are critical say.  The reason it’s easy for non-Christians to adopt Christmas traditions is because the holiday has become  an excuse to get caught up with the consumerism that has taken over Christmas. It has become less about the birth of Jesus Christ and more about an excuse to go crazy in the mall. 
Your thoughts? If you are Jewish, have you or would you consider putting up a Hannukah tree?

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Princess Charlene and Prince Albert welcome fraternal twins, Jacques and Gabriella

Posted on December 10, 2014
Congrats to Princess Charlene and her husband Prince Albert of Monaco on the birth of their fraternal twins yesterday evening, December 9.
And because of the way the lineage rules work in the principality, even though the boy, Jacques was born after his sister Gabriella, he will be next in line to the throne.
This is the first child for the former South African Olympic swimmer and the next in line to the heir of the throne who announced the pregnancy this past June. 
Their son Jaques also skips ahead of his 22-year old half- sister Jazmin Grace Grimaldi and half brother 10-year old Alexandre Coste, who his dad fathered from prior relationships with a Californian woman and a Togo, West Africa flight attendant, respectively, years before marrying Charlene in 2011. 
*There is a Game of Thrones reference in her to “the Snows“*
The monarchy rules also prohibit children from unwed unions from ascending to the throne.
Another interesting tidbit of this story is that the double bundle came into this earth at Princess Grace Hospital, named for their grandmother, the late Hollywood actress Grace Kelly. 
Normally, there is a 21 gun canon salute after a royal baby is born but this round, Albert ordered 42 for the two newborns. 
The babies are the first twins in the royal household, which dates back to the 13th Century.
Nice! Congrats!

h/t Daily Mail

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2014 Must Have Holiday Survival Items

Posted on December 10, 2014

We’re counting down to Christmas and the Holiday season is upon us!

After work holiday parties, weekend shopping trips, tree decorating, cookie baking, all go on during this hectic time of the year.

We have uncovered some must-have tools busy moms and parents should have and use to get them through the bustling period in the family life.
Great Undergarment – This is the season for dressing up in fancy clothes and entertaining or attending holiday parties. A little while ago, there an Oprah Winfrey show episode on bras got many women realizing how wearing the right undergarment can change up their look in clothes and have them feeling more confident. That’s what I can say, personally, about the Vera Vasi  by Marena shape wear. I have been in the high waist pantastics version and love it! I wear it each week! I also agree with the founders, pioneers in post-opp compression products, that it fits better than other popular compression tights and undergarment. It’s not too constricting, and allow room to breathe. Yet the patented fabric smooths out any lumps and rolls, perfectly. The creators, whose compression garments can be found on The Biggest Loser contestants, state the shapewear retracts the skin and helps heal the separation of the abdominal muscle (diastasis recti). I can vouch for the claim that the shape wear promote great posture and leave you feeling more confident and looking slimmer and smoother. 
The material is so top-notched and well constructed that I have even worn it alone as pants a few times. Love it! It’s mid-range priced around $100 but totally worth it when you think about how great you will look in your fab dresses.
After 20 years in the medical post-operative market, Vera Vasi expanded to the retail market and recently expanded to the maternity and post-pregnancy market to help new moms adjust to all their body’s changes. 
Host/Hostess gifts: As you are going in and out of homes for various visits and events, you will need and should take a tiny gift for your host.  Wine is a good bet but for a gift that everyone in the home can enjoy, we recommend King of Pop.com’s handcrafted super yummy gourmet popcorn. They come in all sorts of unique flavors. You can get a few bags and assemble them in a little gift basket or order a few boxes from the company’s website, and keep them on hand for the entire season. Get a RedSox Fan Gift basket, a Gluen-Free one, A Belgian Chocolate Dipped Cookie Tower, a Hanukkah Kosher Gift Basket or more from GourmetGiftBaskets.com. 
Traveling Aids: If you will be taking long trips on the road or on flights, you will need some aides to keep you sane like a map, games to keep the kids busy and to save your neck from strain during long naps, a neck pillow. We can not say enough great things about Cabeau Evolution Neck Pillow which is unlike many other neck pillows in that it prevents head bobbing while you’re traveling and it comes with space for your earphones in case you’re listening to music to drown out outside noise while resting your eyes or traveling. There is also a travel bag it comes with to keep the pillow stain free while traveling. It goes for $39.99 at www.Cabeau.com and at Hudson News.

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The Top 10 Most “Googled” Celebrity Kids

Posted on December 10, 2014
Bellyitch Rewind

BuzzFeed has a quiz article out that asks which recently born or currently incubating celebrity baby will “reign supreme” in the future and be the “it” children that will be the most popular and most followed.
When you first see the headline, one may be inclined to roll  one’s eyes and question why we have become a society that obsesses with children of celebrities.
But given that Bellyitch Blog since 2007 has covered and follows celebrity pregnancies, we must say that we have noticed that indeed there are certain celebrity off springs that get more attention than others. 
Consider the fact that there are several websites like this and this one dedicated to Suri Cruise‘s fashion. And the offspring of Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise is keeping food on people’s table. The author of a satirical website, Suri’s Burn Book, was able to parlay her popular snarky Tumblr blog about the tot to tween into a lucrative book deal. 
Before Prince George even turned, he was already the star of  the What Prince George Wore blog.  Many people are also obsessed of how Blue Ivy and North West are wearing their hair and being dressed by their duo famous parents, Beyonce and Jay Z; and Kim Kardashian and Kanye West
Perhaps because their parents are popular, or they get the most paparazzi following them around or simply editors at magazines keep greenlighting articles about them, there are definitely more popular celeb kids.
From our unscientific and independent survey of various articles, stories and Google images that crop up under the subject “celebrity kid”, we’ve noticed that the top 10, who have the most images, include:

1. Suri Cruise (Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise)

2. Blue Ivy  (Beyonce Knowles and Shawn Jay Z Carter)

Harper and Victoria Beckham

3. Prince George (Kate Middleton and Prince William)

4. Nahla Aubry (Halle Berry and Gabriel Aubry)

5. North West (Kim Kardashian West and Kanye West)

6. Kingston Rossdale (Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale)

7. Mason Disick (Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick)

8. Skylar Berman (Rachel Zoe and Rodger Berman)

9. Zahra Jolie-Pitt (Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt)

10. Harper Beckhan (Victoria Beckham and David Beckham)

What do you think? Who are the most popular celeb kids in your book? Do you think we obsess too much over celebrity children.

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The 10 Portraits you drew as a kid

Posted on December 9, 2014

File this one under “C” for cute!

It’s a guide to 10 of the types of portraits we drew as a kid and certainly, those of us with little ones have seen much already coming from art class and hanging on our fridgerators now.

It’s compliments of Stuart Morris, the leading provider of school portrait tea towels.

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