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What celeb moms are up to on Instagram (PHOTOS)

We stalk your fave celeb mom who we have Bumpwatched in the past so you don’t have to. So…what is some of our faves up to these days?
Nicole Richie is group selfie pic’ing after a night out with the girls.
Rasheeda is looking Boss and fit and trim while out and about.
Fergie is enjoying a girls night out.
Brandy Norwood is enjoying a Friday night out
Busy Phillips is marveling at her new funky and kinda scary nail art.
Beyonce is showing off her killer abs while prepping for a tour w/hubby Jay Z.
CaCee Cobb and hubby Donald Faison are celebrating pal Zac Braf’s birthday
Gwen Stefani is sharing throwback Thursday photos of herself as a child.
Phaedra Parks is attending a celebrity event with RHOA pal Porsha Stewart
Hillary Duff is having fun going out
Kim Zolciak is marveling at how great her hubby Kroy is at cutting baby nails
Ivanka Trump is showing off her cute babies.
Melissa Joan Hart is celebrating her recent birthday.

Pregnancy, Diet Pills and 8 other things that can ruin your smile

This week, I’ve been having a host of problems with my teeth and just discovered I may need to get braces to correct some of the issues. And timely research led me to discover that despite taking really good care of my teeth and gums, doing to the dentist twice a year and brushing and flossing daily, there are several other factors that can  can wreak havoc on your teeth and gums, and put a serious damper on my smile.
Oh boy!  According to Marc Liechtung, DMD, a fellow of the International Academy for Dental and Facial Aesthetics, and principal at Manhattan Dental Arts, pregnancy and a host of other factors can impact a woman’s smile.
Some of these factors include:
1.     Diabetes–Diabetes reduces the body’s resistance to infection, so you’re at a risk for gum disease. Brushing, flossing, and monitoring your blood sugar can help.
2.     Tobacco—Smoking not only turns your teeth yellow, the tar forms a sticky film on teeth which can lead to gum inflammation, tooth decay and loss.
3.     Pregnancy--It’s especially important to take care of your teeth and gums when you’re expecting, since studies show a link between untreated gum disease and pre-term and low-birth-weight babies.
4.     Diet pills–Like many over-the-counter and prescription medications, diet pills decrease salivary flow, which causes dry mouth and puts you at risk for gum disease, tooth decay, cavities, and discomfort.
5.     Puberty–The hormonal surge that occurs during puberty can cause more than acne—it can also result in swollen gums that are more sensitive to plaque. This can lead to gum infections, gingivitis, and mouth sores. “But typically the gums only respond in such a manner if hygiene care is poor,” adds Dr. Liechtung.  Make sure your teen brushes and flosses daily, and sees a dentist regularly.
6.     Dieting--Restrictive diets and poor eating habits can deprive you of the vitamins and nutrients necessary for a beautiful smile.
7.     Aging–As you age, you’re more susceptible to decay near old fillings or root surfaces unprotected by receding gum.  Increasing your fluoride protection is the key.
8.     Birth control pills–Because oral contraceptives mimic pregnancy, they can also lead to gum inflammation and infections, including gingivitis. If you use birth control pills, it’s not a bad idea to discuss their effect with your dentist before major procedures.
9.     Too much whitening–It is not clear whether bleaching erodes tooth enamel, but it can increase sensitivity, especially when done too often. Moderation is the key.
10.  Antidepressants—May cause tooth enamel defects.  Their common side effect is dry mouth which can be helped by increasing your water intake.
Some of these can be controlled by taking dry mouth gels and sprays, adjusting eating habits and changing up on your lifestyle choices. Sadly, aging cannot be avoided. At least knowing is half the battle and there’s always…braces! *sigh* 
photo: iStock

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IVF Clinic implanted another couple’s twins into Italian woman

An Italian woman is currently pregnant with another couple’s twins after a mix ump at an IVF clinic caused the wrong fertilized embryo to be implanted in her uterus. 
The Sandro Pertini Hospital in Rome didn’t alert the woman of the mix up until she was already three months along in the pregnancy.  The switch apparently happened sometime in early December.  The nation’s ministry of health is investigating the incident and has ceased all further implantations at the clinic until it concludes its look into this melee. 
Read more about the mix up in USA Today

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2014 MTV Movie Awards: What JWoww, Mila Kunis, Jessica Alba and Jenna Dewan-Tatum Wore

 
Some of our Bellyitch Bumpwatch first time moms-to-be and alums hit the red carpet and posed backstage at the 2014 MTV Movie Awards held last night, Sunday April, 14 at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, California.
TV personality Jennifer “JWoww” Farley snuggled her bump while wearing a jeweled trim black gown and rumored pregnant actress Mila Kunis posed with her “Best Villain” award while looking conspicuously preggers in a black Thakoon shift dress. Kunis is reportedly expecting with fiance Ashton Kutcher.


Meanwhile, Jessica Alba went bold with color and structure in Piece D’anarchive Bordeaux top paired with a Kenzo fall 2014 neon skirt, a clutch by Narciso Rodriguez with Jimmy Choo pumps and Jenna Dewan-Tatum went sheer and black in Pamella Roland.
Fab!

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Brandy Norwood tells Queen Latifah she will freeze her eggs soon

Tuesday, during The Queen Latifah Show, singer and star of BET‘s The Game Brandy Norwood told Latifah that she plans to freeze some of her eggs at her next doctor’s appointment. 
The mom to 11-year old daughter Sy’rai, said she was “hopeful but realistic” when it comes to having additional children.
“Chances are looking a little slim for the future kids. I’m 35,” Norwood told Latifah. “I feel like my next doctor’s appointment, I’ma have to freeze my eggs. I’m not sure if I’m going to have more kids; I’m hopeful. I have faith.”‘
She also said she avoids exposing her daughter to the limelight so she could grow up as normal as possible. 
“I like that our life is simple,” she added. “I like keeping the sense of normality to our life” 
In 2002, Brandy became the very first celebrity to showcase a pregnancy, labor and birth on reality TV when she starred in an MTV Diary special about it, MTV special Diary Presents: Diary – Special Delivery”. 
And true to Reality TV poor record with couples featured on it, Norwood has long since split with Sy’rai’s dad producer Robert “Big Bert” Smith.
Photo: The Brandy Blog

watch a segment from the appearance here:

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Celebrity moms rock the ACM red carpet (PHOTOS)

Many of our relatively new Bellyitch Bumpwatch moms looked FABU walking the red carpet to the 49th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada this past Sunday, April 6th.  The event, each year, honors the best in country music. 

Shakira honored her paternal grandparents homeland by going with Lebanese-born designer  Zuhair Murad wearing a stunning midnight gown with black mesh cut out from his Fall 2014 collection.

Jewel went glam in a white with black lace embellishments Georges Chakra dress, Jerome Rousseau shoes, Kotur clutch and  Carla Amorin and Doves rings and Doves earrings.

Former child actor and newly married, Jamie Lynn Spears looked youthful in an Aztec print mini dress with red pumps on the red carpet. 
Hillary Scott, wearing  the Stella McCartney Ray two-tone stretch-cady dress, Tom Ford boots and  Kimberly McDonald jewels,  posed with her Lady Antebellum bandmates and rock icon Stevie Nicks on the red carpet before later performing on stage.

photos: Starcast, Zimbio

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6 Things to consider when buying your baby’s crib

For many expecting parents, visions of pastel, color-coordinated nurseries dance alongside mounds of fluffy pillows and luxurious baby bedding. Unfortunately, these bedding sets are almost always more stylish than safe, and in some cases they can be downright dangerous. There are some guidelines that new parents should adhere to when choosing a crib and bedding for their upcoming bundle of joy, making sure that certain requirements are met and dangers avoided before Baby’s first slumber in her new nursery.

  1.     Avoid SIDS by Eschewing Soft Bedding – The American Academy of Pediatrics strongly recommends that new parents eschew all crib bedding apart from a fitted sheet for the first twelve months of their baby’s life. Opting for wearable blankets rather than loose blankets and placing babies on their backs to sleep with no pillows or plush toys can prevent the risk of suffocation. If you do choose to use a blanket in your infant’s crib, the Consumer Product Safety Commission suggests positioning your baby so that her feet are touching the bottom rails of her crib, tucking the blanket in at the bottom and sides of the mattress, and only pulling the blanket up to her chest. Keep in mind that babies can overheat much more easily than adults, and you should use only lightweight blankets to ensure that she stays warm.
  2.     Make Sure Your Mattress Fits Tightly in the Crib – Your baby’s crib mattress should be firm, not soft, to help reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and suffocation. It should also fit tightly into the crib to prevent suffocation or entrapment between the mattress and the crib’s sides. Ideally, you should be able to fit no more than two fingers between the side of the mattress and the frame of the crib. The surface of the mattress shouldn’t conform to an adult hand when pressed into the mattress, and it should snap back into place as soon as the hand is removed.
  3.     Forgo the Antiques – The ornate, antique crib used by three generations of your family might be a beautiful piece of furniture, and every child that used it may have survived their infancy, but that doesn’t necessarily make it a safe choice. In addition to the unlikelihood of slats and bars being properly spaced on very old cribs, they may also feature drop sides, which have been banned, and even a layer or two of lead-based paint. Let good sense trump sentimentality, and choose a new crib that adheres to modern safety standards.
  4.     If You Do Choose Decorative Bedding, Play it Smart – If you simply can’t bear the idea of skipping the magazine layout-worthy crib bedding to show off Baby’s nursery to the fullest, be smart about your decision and make sure that the fitted sheet is snug, thin, and breathable. When it’s time to put your baby down, be sure to pull every pillow, stuffed toy, comforter and any other soft objects out of the crib first. Parents determined to have a nursery ready for photographs as well as a lowered risk of their baby suffering from SIDS, suffocation, or injury are forced to compromise in just such a manner, but can have the best of both worlds by playing it safe and smart.
  5.     Do Your Homework About Crib Bumpers – The city of Chicago has banned the sale of crib bumpers altogether, with advocacy groups across the country crying out for similar bans on a national level. Parents are largely divided into two camps these days: pro-bumper and anti-bumper. If you fall into the former, be sure to research the subject thoroughly and apprise yourself of all the risks before tying those bumpers onto Baby’s crib; namely, the risk of suffocation and the impediment of air flow in the crucial area at your baby’s face level on all four sides of her crib. Also, don’t be fooled into thinking that bumpers are safe once the threat of SIDS has largely passed; older babies and young toddlers have been known to use bumpers as a means of climbing out of their cribs, leading to messy falls and giving them access to dangerous situations. Both the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Consumer Product Safety Commission have given crib bumpers a thumbs-down, so it might be wise to think twice before springing for those adorable but potentially-deadly accessories.
  6.     Do a Recall Check – Before purchasing nursery furniture or bedding, make sure that you check for any recalls; repeat these checks regularly after you’ve made your purchase as well to ensure that safety hazards haven’t been discovered since the last time you looked. The Consumer Product Safety Commission website is a great resource for recall information.
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Passover: Ways to get your children involved in The Seder

This is no April Fool’s Joke!  Passover is just around the corner, April 14th,  and it’s time to start planning The Seder, the traditional meal commemorating the Jewish holiday.
For kids, The Seder can be extremely long dinner service and often times, children have no clue what is going on. But there are ways to incorporate your children into the holiday so they too can at least know about the traditions and have a deeper understanding. 
Consider creating a Haggada and have your child draw pictures of the different aspects of Passover before hand. 
They can use crayons and draw themselves reading the 4 Questions, create a picture of the Seder plate that has them looking for the Afikomen
The afikomen (or half of a piece of matzah) is hidden by the head of the household, and when it’s time for dessert it’s tradition that the children hunt for the afikomen and return it in exchange for money or a small prize. The afikomen helps children stay involved (and awake!) during the meal, knowing that their part in finding the afikomen is coming soon and that there is a reward for it once found – a prize and dessert!
The kids can then put the pictures of their visual interpretation of  4 questions in order together and bind with rings or string. During the actual dinner, kids can use their own Haggadah at the Seder to help them be involved on a level that they understand.
Finally, another way to get your children involved is to have them help create some aspects of the Seder meal. From our friends at Carrington Farms, an organic and healthy foods company, enjoy this is a Fried Matzoh recipe which is a twist on a traditional omelet.
INGREDIENTS:
2 sheets of Matzoh, broken into pieces soaked in milk
2 eggs, beaten
Salt to taste
1 tablespoon Carrington Farms coconut oil 
DIRECTIONS:
Soak matzoh in milk, drain milk and add eggs and mix well.
Melt Carrington Farms coconut oil in pan
Add matzoh and egg mixture and fry like an omelet, turn and fry each side 5 minutes
Garnish with Carrington Farms flax, jelly, cinnamon, etc
YUM!

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Rory Beca’s versatile design is perfect for stylish moministas

Abbey from District Dress Up
After having a baby, it takes a little bit of time for the tummy and body to regain its pre-baby shape. We discovered a brand of colorful, cute and timeless looking clothing with bold patterns and made of comfortable material that would make it relatively easy to feel stylish and confident. Buy a size up in one of Rory Beca‘s impeccably designed pieces, and you’re good to go. 
This line is a fave among younger set, but given how much give many of the pieces have in the draping in the middle, it can can also be great for a first trimester mom-to-be who is trying to conceal a growing bump.
It’s that versatile. We love it. Here are a few of our favorite pieces:

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Tips for organizing your children’s clothing

From the moment of your first baby shower until the day your child officially grows up and moves away, it can seem as if managing her clothing is a full-time job. Organizing the no-man’s-land that is a child’s closet can seem overwhelming, even when you’re a parent who has an enthusiastic affinity for putting everything in its proper place and a knack for carving those spaces out. If mountains of clothing fall out of your child’s closet any time the doors are opened, these tips can help you take control of the chaos and get the closet back under control.

Cull Outgrown Clothing Regularly

Whether you’re sentimental and loath to part with the clothing that documents each of your child’s developmental stages or simply haven’t had the time to tackle the mounds of outgrown clothing your child owns, the first step to creating an organized, clutter-free closet for your youngster is to cull everything that no longer fits or is damaged, and to repeat the process periodically to keep old-clothes collections from getting out of hand again. Donating serviceable items to local charities, selling them to a consignment store, or even passing them along to friends and relatives as hand-me-downs will keep perfectly good items from going to waste and also get them out of your house once and for all. If you’re collecting clothing for sentimental reasons, the process can be a bit more complicated. Paring down the collection of clothes that you’re saving to only those with real milestones attached can help; the outfit she came home from the hospital in, the dress from her first birthday party, or what she wore on her first day of school are great keepsakes. All of the outgrown scraps of play clothes and novelty t-shirts, however, will only serve to clutter some area of your home. Getting rid of things that have no specific sentimental value can help you make room for new things, make it easier to organize her current wardrobe, and give the gift of much-needed clothing to less fortunate children.

Rotate Seasonal Items

If you know that your child won’t be wearing shorts in January, make a habit of switching out his wardrobe seasonally. Unless you live in an extremely temperate, mild climate, short sleeves and sandals probably won’t see much use during the winter months, so make room for the heavy jackets and sweaters of winter by moving summer clothing into storage. When it’s time to pull clothing out of storage and rotate back to the warm-weather items, make sure you take the opportunity to cull anything he’s outgrown over the winter. When the things in his closet are things he uses, rather than things that lurk at the back and unnecessarily take up space, it’s easier to maintain an organizational system.

Invest in an Organizational System

While handy parents can build shelving systems that are customized to the specific dimensions of their child’s closet, those that are a bit less talented in the construction arts may want to consider investing in a ready-made system to make the job of organizing a bit easier. In most cases, these systems can be adjusted and modified as your child grows and his needs change, making them worth the money and easy to maintain over the years. Bins, shelves and adjustable rods make it easier to compartmentalize your child’s clothing and shoes in a way that works for your family.

Space-Saving Solutions

Opting for space-saving choices like hanging complete outfits on one hanger not only makes more room in your child’s closet, it can also save a significant amount of time during his morning routine by eliminating the need to locate coordinating items. Cascading hangers that hold several articles of clothing, hanging organizers that add quick shelving to a closet that has only a rod, and bins for storing shoes and other items are all great and cost-effective space-saving solutions that can make your organizational project run more smoothly.

Keep Clothes in Kids’ Reach

When your child is learning to dress himself and is exploring his burgeoning independence, you’ll want to make sure that he can reach all of his clothing to foster that independence and ability to manage simple tasks on his own. As you’re conceptualizing your organizational system for his closet, building it around the idea of keeping the things he needs most within his reach can create a clean, clutter-free space that he’s able to use without adult assistance.

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