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Idris Elba & Eric Benet: Celebrity men who’ve shared photos of their breastfeeding partners in social media

Posted on May 13, 2014

First Eric Benet in 2012 and now Idris Elba in 2014.

In April, Elba welcomed his first child with partner makeup artist Naiyana Garth and last Saturday, he posted a photo on his Twitter account of little Winston innocently flipping the bird while breastfeeding with the hilarious caption, “I’ve been drinking, I’ve been drinking…Drunk in Milk” as a parody to a lyric in Beyonce‘s song “Drunk in Love” off her last self-titled album.

Funny stuff!

A couple years prior, in January 2012,singer Eric Benet (Halle Berry‘s ex-husband) also shared a photo (which has since been deleted) of his wife Manuela Testloni on Instagram also nursing their daughter Lucia while she was unknowingly holding up the universal sign for peace.

Both celebrity men shared the photo because they found amusement in the finger gesture their respective babies’ were holding up when they snapped the pic, not knowing, perhaps or thinking in doing so, they would be de facto advocates for breastfeeding.

In fact, back in 2012, Eric’s share sparked a bunch of controversy, online discussion and some public shaming of public breast exposure during breastfeeding. If it’s taboo when its seen in the general public, it’s become doubly taboo when shown in social media for many more to see. It’s a topic which we’ve seen come alive again recently when last March 2013, a famous athlete’s model girlfriend did the same thing and was virtually shamed off the web, accused of doing it out of pure vanity, not for the purpose of promoting nursing.

It looks like we may have evolved since 2012 and/or the vocal opponents to such natural images are realizing to keep their trap shut and deal with it and/or the image got buried in all the other news items that have been dominating our minds and news feeds.

Anyhooo. All are sweet and endearing and we encourage more of this type of sharing by celebs to help destigmatize public breastfeeding.

Kudos Idris and Winston (and mama Naiyana, of course)!

Winston is Elba’s second child; he has a daughter, Isan, from a previous marriage to Dormowa Sherma.

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Kristin Cavallari welcomes 2nd son (Pregnancy Style in PHOTOS)

Posted on May 13, 2014

Congratulations to Kristin Cavallari and her husband Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler on the birth of their second child, son Jaxon Wyatt last Wednesday, May 7.

The Fabulist co-host announced the news on her Instagram account. She and Cutler are already parents to 20-month old Camden Jack.

Let’s reflect some of her fab pregnancy fashion looks from the past few weeks from her social media shares shall we?

With Chrissy Teigen before a taping of The Fabulist

In a Steve McQueen dress and shoes by her Chinese Laundry imprint

Shopping for her baby’s going home outfit with E!

Holding up a copy of her Fit Pregnancy cover

Before a taping of her E! TV show, The Fabulist

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Kelly Clarkson’s baby is due to arrive on June 18

Posted on May 12, 2014

Kelly Clarkson and Brandon Blackstock‘s daughter is due on June 18, according to their Babies R Us registry.

Kelly Clarkson’s baby is reportedly due on June 18.

The ‘Beautiful Disaster’ singer and her music manager husband Brandon Blackstock have set up a registry at Babies R Us for their daughter, which apparently reveals the due date of their first child.

According to RadarOnline.com, Kelly has asked her close friends and family to buy unisex presents for the tiny tot, with cuddly toy animals featuring heavily on the list of 83 items.

The total value of the registry reportedly amounts to $3,000 and covers everything from baby basics like a breast pump to innovative presents like a baby sign language book and a hippo-shaped humidifier.

Kelly – who announced she was expecting a girl in January – clearly had her family members in mind when she chose goodies like bibs printed with the words ‘I Love My Grandma’ and ‘I Love My Aunt’.

The 32-year-old star also appears to be hoping her daughter will follow in her footsteps and be musically inclined, since she included a rainbow xylophone and a Baby Einstein lullaby CD.

A Cookie Monster puppet towel and a red car seat are the only presents to have been purchased so far.

Kelly – who is a stepmother to Brandon’s children Savannah, 12, and Seth, eight – was delighted when she discovered she was pregnant since the couple only had been trying to conceive since their wedding in October.

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Inside Lil Kim’s Royal Themed Baby Shower (PHOTOS & VIDEOS)

Posted on May 12, 2014

Lil Kim had her baby shower this weekend at the Broad Street Ballroom in New York City. The lavish, ornately decorated and extravagant affair was designed by TV host David Tutera and filmed for his WETV show “CELEBrations” which will premiere this summer on August 1 at 9pm.

Mr. Papers and Kim pose for pictures.

Perhaps it was a Games of Thrones/Royal Baby Shower theme as medieval court buglers dressed the part and announced the Queen Bee’s arrival in a detailed jeweled gold bump hugging evening dress.

The color theme was variations of royal purple and gold.

Before the event, Kim picked up the baby shower cake.

Some of the celeb guests attending the event included several reality TV show vets of yesteryear including Hip Hop rap pioneer Sandra “Pepa” Denton from the 90s female rap group Salt n Pepa and theVH1 show Let’s Talk About Pep and The Surreal Life and Tiffany “New York” Pollard from the VH1 shows I Love New York and Flava of Love.

Mr. Papers, Lisa Raye and Juelz Santana

Of course her child’s father “Mr. Papers” was in attendance at the co-ed event, as well baby’s god dad Fred the Godson and rapper Juelz Santana, Single Ladies actress Lisa Raye, Love and Hip Hop New York’s Kimbella Vanderhee.

Her fans and some guests to the red-carpet affair shared some early pics and videos of the event and arrivals on their respective social media accounts.

Lisa Raye gives remarks

Lisa Raye’s daughter plus sized model Kai Morae, Kimbella Vanderhee, Mob Wives star Drita Davanzo, Lisa Raye, Gia and TV personality Claudia Jordan

Kai Morae, a guest and Tiffany “New York” Pollard pose for a pic.

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5 celebrities welcoming their 5th baby (How does it Equal 15 parents tho?)

Posted on May 9, 2014

FIVE is the number for this FIFTH day of the work week for some celebrity birth and pregnancy stories around the web involving baby number FIVE.

But in this era of blended families and separation and divorce so common, there are 15 parents in this story. Read on:

After welcoming 4 daughters, country singer Zac Brown and his wife Shelly finally welcomed their 5th child, a son, this week on May 5th! The couple are parents to 3-year old Joni Mason, 4 1/2 year old Georgia Slone, 5 1/2 year old Lucy and 7-year old Justice. In 2011, after Joni was born, Brown joked that he planned to keep on trying until he got his boy. I guess Shelly was down for the plan! (smile)

Meanwhile, Bruce Willis and his wife model Emma Heming-Willis welcomed their second child, daugher Evelyn Penn Willis, also on May 5th they are parents to 2-year old Mabel Ray. And this is Willis’ 5th child as he is dad to 20-year old Tallulah, 20, 22-year old Scout, 22, and 25-year old Rumer with Demi Moore.

[Side note: Demi’s other ex Ashton Kutcher is reportedly expecting his first kid too with fiance Mila Kunis]

Finally, shortly after announcing that she is pregnant with her fifth child, British TV personality and model Katie Price announced to split with her hubby Kieran Hayler who is dad to their 8-month old son together Jett Riviera. The couple married last January 2013 after dating only a few months.

This will be Price’s 5th child. She has three other children with exes Peter Andre and Dwight Yorke: 12-year old Harvey, 12, 8-year old Junior and 6-year old Princess.

Also across the pond, singer Kerry Katonia of Atomic Kitten welcomed her fifth baby with her beau George Kay Kerry is already a mother to three daughters and one son, to her past husbands Brian McFadden and Mark Croft.

Also, this week Donald Trump Jr.‘s wife Vanessa tweeted that she has FIVE weeks left until she welcomes her 5th child. The Trumps, who have been married for 8 years are parents to 6-year old Kai, 4-year old Donald III, 2-year old Tristan and 15-months old Spencer.

Was our math right? Did you count 15 parents too?

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Celebrity Roundup – Lunchtime Links

Posted on May 8, 2014

Here is what’s buzzing about currently pregnant celebrities and celeb parents on various sites that cover them online and across the web today and earlier this week:

Chelsea Clinton showed off her bump while on a stroll this week. (Daily Mail)

Mila Kunis was showing off her growing belly too (E!Online)

Snooki was giving all a peek of her fit bump on her Instagram account. (MTV)

Megan Fox showed off her sons Bodhi and Noah to Ellen DeGeneres. (CelebrityBabyScoop)

Beyonce is rumored to be pregnant with her second child. (UrbanIslandz)

Pete Wentz ‘s girlfriend was looking super cute on the red carpet. (Wetpaint)

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Savannah Guthrie shows off bump at events all weekend, Katie Couric rumored to be her maternity leave replacement

Posted on May 7, 2014

First time mom-to-be TODAY show host Savannah Guthrie has been having a ball showing off her growing baby bump at events recently.

This weekend was a busy one. Today, the seasoned journo wore a black floral dress to the Fed Up premiere at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Just this past weekend, she was all smiles while posing with co-host Matt Lauer at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner at the Hilton in DC all pretty in pink, and went floral again the night before at the annual New Yorker pre-WHCD party at the W Hotel in DC.

And just last month, she was being honored at The Hollywood Reporter’s 35 Most Powerful People In Media Celebration at The Four Seasons Restaurant on April 16, 2014 in New York City.

Sharing the spotlight today was the news that former host Katie Couric has been rumored to possibly sit in Guthrie’s stead when she departs for maternity leave after giving birth to her first child with new husband of a few months Michael Feldman.

Among other big names floated around to sub include another alum Meredith Vieria, the former panelist host on The View who took over after Couric left TODAY the first time in 2006.

Interesting…. Who do you think they should select?

photos: Getty

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RHOA’s Phaedra Parks reunion comments: Meanest reality TV attack on older single women who want to have a baby (VIDEO)

Posted on May 5, 2014

Just when I thought we had hit rock bottom with catty fighting women insulting and offending other women who are trying to conceive, we go and discover a new floor below.

A couple weeks ago, during the finale of the VH1 show Basketball Wives: LA one cast member told off another member who is a cancer survivor and is struggling while trying to conceive to go “take her medicine” and injections to try and make a baby, boasting how she already had 3 healthy ones.

Last night, on part three of the Real Housewives of Atlanta finale, cast member and past 2x Bellyitch Bumpwatch mom to two, Phaedra Parks sunk quite low to insult her arch nemesis Kenya Moore.

In a shade-filled “read” on the former Miss USA, Parks attacked the fact that Moore was exploring sperm banks in search of an appropriate anonymous donor for a child she hoped to conceive and raise on her own. Moore had previously said that she did not want to conceive a child out of wedlock but at her advanced age of over 40, she noticed her options were wearing thin and decided to consider that route.

So to get back at Moore for her own history of inappropriate contact and communication with Parks’ husband Apollo Nida, the recent Mortuary school graduate and law firm owner went after Moore’s Trying to Conceive (TTC) plans, stating during the show last night:

“She needs a story line so she keeps re-bringing it up. This happened in 2012. It’s 2014 and she’s still trying to use it because she has nothing else going on. And while she’s sitting around, running around talking about my husband, the father to my children, and she spends her weekends peddling thru sperm banks, looking through catalogs to try to find a donor. Honey, you don’t know if your baby daddy will be an axe murderer or a child molester. But what you will know is that he needed $10 to get himself a medium-sized pizza so he ejaculated in a cup so you can have a kid. Check that.”

A few thoughts come to mind.

1. While Phae-Phae is the queen of reading, this particular one sounded too structured, polished and well -rehearsed. At one point, Apollo pulled out his mobile phone after accusing Moore of texting him again a week ago (an accusation Moore denied immediately). But he could have gotten out his phone to feign an opportunity to pull up the script so Phaedra could refresh her memory. She can be seen on camera twisting her neck slightly and taking a peek at his phone. hmmmmm…..

2. This is not the first time the self-described Christian woman went below the belt to attack fertility struggles. In a past episode this season, she called Moore’s reproductive system “scrambled eggs.” That was a pretty dirty thing to say considering all the women with fertility issues who watch her show and support her brand.

3. While this round, Parks wasn’t a directly attacking another woman’s fertility struggles, she did make an indirect jab at the thousands of women who have delayed having a baby because of their career and/or who have been struggling to meet “The One” while waiting to marry and have a baby. Some of those women have and are considering an anonymous sperm donor because they desperately want a baby. Way to go to make them feel horrible about their predicament and options, Phaedra Parks.

4. The other sad part to me personally, was all the women, who do not like Moore’s antics and behavior on the show, who were applauding and cheering it on in social media. While cheering on Moore being put in her place and silenced, they are also complicitly putting down all those women out there in Moore’s shoes — some including possible friends, family members and co-workers.

Not cool.

The full episode is below and Phaedra’s spiel starts around the 39:00 mark.

video courtesy: DDotMen

What are your thoughts?

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Bump Watch: Christina Aguilera Rocks the New Orleans Jazz Festival

Posted on May 5, 2014

Mamas to be Rock! Didn’t you know? And if you didn’t you haven’t seen the photos of a very pregnant Christina Aguilera rocking it out, energetically while headlining at the New Orleans Jazz Festival this weekend, Friday May 2.

She covered her growing bump with an oversized white collared shirt and wore what looks like a fitted black dress with jeweled embellishments underneatth and jeweled shear body tights.

Aguilera and her fiance Matthew Rutler, a financial jouranlist, are expecting their first baby together. This will be his first and her second. She has a 6-year old son, Max, with ex-husband Jordan Bratman.

photo: Getty

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Celeb moms on White House Correspondents Dinner red carpet (PHOTOS)

Posted on May 4, 2014

Last night, many of the moms who we’ve featured in the past and who star in television shows that are set in Washington, DC or the White House were spotted on the red carpet to the White House Correspondents Association Association‘s 100th Annual dinner at the Hilton hotel in Washington, DC.

The annual ball is for charity and is usually attended by an A-list of politicians, reporters and celebrities.

Michelle Obama at the 100th Annual White House Correspondents Dinner

Anna Chlumsky and Julia Louis-Dreyfus who star in VEEP and new moms Jessica Simpson and Kristen Bell, and other celebs went to the event as guests of various media organizations that cover the White House.

Veep’s Anna Chlumsky was giving face in black and white.

Sofia Vergara in Romona Keveza Spring 2014 gold asymmetric gown with pale pink chiffon skirting

Cynthia Nixon in a Tibi printed, round neckline, silk gown.

Jessica Simpson in a Carolina Herrera strapless macro-print floral chiffon gown with Neil Lane jewels

Julia Louis-Dreyfus in a Antonio Berardi pre-fall 2014 black gold embellished gown Brian Atwood pumps and Edie Parker clutch and Neil Lane jewels.

The Good Wife star Julianna Margulies in vintage high waist black chiffon Jean Dessès draped gown styled with Roger Vivier clutch and Lorraine Schwartz jewel

Katie Couric was svelte and sexy in a slinky lace number.

Kristen Bell in Dolce & Gabbana and carrying a Christian Louboutin clutch

It girl (not yet a mom but featured often) Lupita Nyong’o in Oscar de la Renta Fall 2014 polka dot tulle peplum gown from Resort 2014 collection with an Oscar de la Renta clutch, Paul Andrew Earrings and Fred Leighton shoes.

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