Archive for July, 2008

Enter our new weekly sweepstakes and you could win this Jewels and Pinstripes "New Girls in Tinseltown" gift bag — similar to the one that celebrity parents like Matt Damon, Diane Farr, Milla Jovovich, and Tori Spelling also received!

Created by Jewels and Pinstripes, this gift bag celebrates new babygirls and everything terrific that comes along with them. It’s filledwith a great mix of fun and practical goodies, such as: a personalizedkeychain from Key to My Heart, hair clips from Ladybugs and Lullabies, the 3-in-1 Bebe Belay, personalized Mabel’s Labels, Jesse Walker Knitgoods, The Patchwork Bear Lovey Blankie and Signature Patchwork Bear (as seen in Tori Spelling’s daughter Stella’s nursery), baby shoes from stride rite, the Carrie bag from Pout, an adorable birth day box by Bloomers Baby, teething jewelry by Chewable Jewels, diapees and wipees‘ pouch and minkie blanket, delicious chocolate covered strawberries from Shari’s Berries, stationery from Boatman Geller, personalized jewelry from Me and My Girlfriends, a baby pouch from tot-to-go, KINeSYS Kids Performance Sunscreen, the award winning Dose Keeper, and clothing from Life is Good, Danajill Designs, and Simple Pleasures AZ. To see everything in the bag, visit Jewels and Pinstripes.

Click here to enter to win this amazing bag! An identical bag will be auctioned on charityfolks.com to benefit the Plasticos Foundation.

And, be sure to come back NEXT Monday to see what you could win in our next giveaway!

Like many pregnant women, Maria Bello turned to her love ones for inspiration when it came to naming her baby boy seven years ago. The 41-year-old credits her son’s first name, Jackson, to Augustinian priest and professor Ray Jackson, who happened to be Maria’s college mentor.  Unfortunately, he passed away three years before her son’s birth.  As for Jackson’s middle name, the actress explains that a Celtic healer had revealed to her long before she was pregnant that she was surrounded by "blue energy." Quite simply, Maria says "So when I was pregnant, we thought Blue."

While Maria recently shared that while the family enjoys spending weekends surfing, Jackson’s "real bug", according to his mom, is basketball.  Calling her son "obsessed" with the sport, Maria admits that "one of his first words after ‘Mama,’ ‘Dada,’ and ‘dog’ was ‘basketball.’"

Jackson’s father is TV executive Dan McDermott. Maria’s latest film, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, opens Friday.

Source: Page Six Magazine; Photo by Anita Bugge/WireImage.

Pamela Anderson and son Dylan Jagger, 10 ½, checked out the sights at Central Park’s Sheep Meadow on Wednesday in NYC. Dad is Tommy Lee. Pamela, 41, will star in her own reality show, entitled Pam: Girl on the Loose, which premieres this Sunday evening at 10 p.m. on E!

Photo by Ramey.

Any company that professes to read Shel Silverstein twice before bedtime and eat creamed carrots has me at hello. Me Giantis an inventive, humorous Seattle-based company making some of thecutest tees around, so it’s no wonder it counts Grier Hammond Henchy,2, among its many fans. We recently received samples from Me Giant’s Chirp Daddycollection, which combine animals with animal sounds that quite franklyhave nothing to do with one another. It’s makes about as much sense ashalf the things that come out of our toddlers’ mouths, which isprecisely why I absolutely love these tees.

Click to read the rest of Missy’s review.

All her life, Sheryl Crow says, she’s had "strong maternal instincts" — and those instincts told her time and time again that someday she "would be a mom." While a breast cancer diagnosis at the age of 44 might have extinguished the dream of motherhood for many women, Sheryl says that for her it was only made stronger. "There was a shift in my life when I got diagnosed, because it demanded I look at everything and redefine my life," she says. All the soul searching led the now 46-year-old Grammy Award-winning songstress to arrange for the private adoption of her now 15-month-old son Wyatt Steven, whom she proudly says is "all boy."

He is very game. He has done everything early. He started walking at 10 months and I think that is due to the fact that he’s a very curious kid…I was over at my girlfriend’s house in Kansas City, and she’s got three teenage boys and I could tell he wanted to be with them, so it’s like, ‘I’ve got to start walking!’

Click ‘continue reading’ to hear about whether Sheryl hopes to have more children, as well as her thoughts on introducing Wyatt to her dates.

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Some links for your Thursday afternoon:

• The story of a 24-year-old woman who chose to get sterilized — Jezebel.com
• No time for a family road trip this summer? Take a "staycation" — Today Show
• New testing strips claim to measure the volume of alcohol in breast milk — lilSugar
• The unstable U.S. economy has more women donating eggs for cash — KVVU.com via CNN.com
• A warning about chlorine-resistant parasites that lurk in swimming pools — Good Morning America

Gillian Anderson posed in a patterned halter dress at the UK premiere of The X-Files: I Want To Believe at Leicester Square in London on Wednesday. Gillian, 39, expects her third child, a baby boy, in October.

Photo by Nick Sadler/StarTraks.

beannewyork.com
New markdowns like these Kate Quinn Organic bodysuits for just $11 each or Sage Creek’s organic Zen Kimono sets (a perfect baby gift!) for $31.50. Through Saturday, take an extra 10% off your purchases   with code july31 (expires 8/2/08).

MyPrincessCloset.com
Save 15% on your order when you use coupon code CBB15 PLUS they offer $5 shipping everyday (expires 12/31/08).

Babystyle.com
Save an additional 50% on Babystyle.com’s sale items with coupon code SUMMER50. Sizes and quantities are limited. (Just in time for the Olympics is this
I am 2 tee!)

Shop.Zutano.com
Save 25% on summer Collectibles collection for toddler boys and girls. Get maximum mileage by snagging something long-sleeved like this striped reversible hoodie ($28.50). No coupon needed.

MadeByAngie.com
Getfree shipping through August 15, 2008 on Made By Angie’s covered diaperwipe cases. New to the collection are pink and blueskull-and-crossbones fabrics. Use coupon code SUMMER for free domesticshipping and SUMMERINT for 15% off for international orders.

ItzyRitzy.com
Protect your baby from dirty and germy shopping carts and restaurant highchairs with Itzy Ritzy’s Ritzy Sitzy cover. We used ours everywhere for Anya’s first year. Save 10% with coupon code HOT plus orders over $150 ship for free.

Also, get the same gift bag Nicole Kidman received for Sunday Rosefor $120 (full price is $163.50) which includes one Avocado Damasknursing cover, one Pink &Cocoa Damask bamboo blanket and three sets of two burp cloths inAvocado Damask, Creamsicle Swirl and Pink & Cocoa Damask. (Notvalid with any promotion code discounts; embroidery available uponrequest for $12 per piece.)

TaliGillette.com
Now through the end of August, Tali Gillette is offering her large diamond Mama necklace for 40% off! The necklace which has graced the necks of A-list moms like Gwyneth Paltrow, Jennifer Garner, Sarah Jessica Parker, Courteney Cox-Arquette, Kate Hudson, Denise Richards, Mariska Hargitay, and Maggie Gyllenhaal can be yours for just* $1,437.

If method makes it, I’llbuy it. Not only do their cleaning products come in delicious scents,have cute packaging, and are non-toxic, biodegradable andenvironmentally-friendly, they are less expensive than other brands.The only problem is that even though the line is carried in more and more stores,few carry the entire line (though Target always seems to have a largerselection that most). But did you know you can order the productsonline?

Click here to find out how to score the package deal pictured above!

Heidi Klum and 20-month-old son Johan splashed around in the La Barcaccia water fountain near the Spanish steps in Rome on Wednesday morning. Afterwards, she helped 4-year-old daughter Leni (who had gotten a little wet!) scale some rocks. The Project Runway host, 35, and husband Seal are currently vacationing in Italy with Heidi’s parents.

Photos by VENTURINI/Bauer-Griffin.

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