6 Things I Wish I'd Known About Having a Premature Baby
by Lisette Allen In December 2015, my water unexpectedly broke in my 33rd week of pregnancy. Two days later, I'd given birth to a small but completely healthy daughter. For many, the word "premature"...
View ArticlePeta Murgatroyd Gets Real About Leaky Boobs
Dance goddess Peta Murgatroyd of Dancing with the Stars fame and fortune is not afraid of keeping it real when it comes to breastfeeding her 5-week-old son, Shai. (Papa is Murgatroyd's fiancé Maksim...
View ArticleLaura Benanti's Daughter Ella Rose Is Here
Tony-winning performer, Supergirl actress and friend of SheKnows Laura Benanti and husband Patrick Brown are new parents! Broadway baby Ella Rose Benanti-Brown arrived yesterday. She was born at 3:33...
View ArticleCountry Star Thomas Rhett and Wife Have not One but Two Babies on the Way
Forget it. Just forget all the other baby news (and yes, we know there's been plenty lately). This is the best story yet this year — and not just because the couple in question is the country music...
View ArticleHoda Kotb Adopts a Baby Girl
On Tuesday Today anchor Hoda Kotb surprised fans with news that she’s adopted an infant daughter, Haley Joy, who was born (sweetness alert) on Feb. 14. “She’s a Valentine’s baby,” Kotb, 52, said on a...
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Zoe Saldana Has a New Baby
In today’s episode of Baby Names Brought to You by Free-Spirited Celebs: Zoe Saldana (Avatar's blue protagonist) and her husband, Marco Perego, announced the arrival of a third kid to their family — a...
View ArticleWhy a Mom Is Carrying Her Terminally Ill Baby to Term
At their 20-week ultrasound, Oklahoma parents Keri and Royce Young got devastating news. Their baby had anencephaly — a birth defect in which a baby is born without parts of the brain and skull. They...
View ArticleGeorge and Amal Clooney Are Having a Boy and a Girl
What. Even. George. Amal. Listen up. This is a very dangerous game you’re playing at, you two. First, you swipe Bey and Jay’s baby thunder with follow-up news of your own twins (we still want to know...
View ArticleAmber Tamblyn and David Cross Have Their Baby, Win Best Baby Announcement
For the record? We’d be totally down with hanging out with cool cats Amber Tamblyn and David Cross and their new little one. The couple, married in 2012, just had a baby girl — and they pretty much...
View ArticleAlyssa Milano Calls Out Post-Baby Body Expectations
Alyssa Milano, we like you. Not only is she adorably hard-core crushing on Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau like the rest of us (have you seen him doing the planking thing on his desk yet?) but...
View ArticleNick Cannon Is a Dad for the Third Time
America's Got Talent star and comedian Nick Cannon is perhaps (sorry, Nick!) best known as Mariah Carey's ex — and dad to their 5-year-old twins. We kind of want to make an inappropriate...
View ArticleDads Can Suffer From Pre- and Postpartum Depression Too
In recent years, there's been a lot of focus on diagnosing and treating mothers who suffer from prenatal and postpartum depression. And now a recent study shows that new dads can suffer too. In the...
View ArticleWant Your Kid to Get the Best Hospital Care? Be Polite
Caring for a sick infant in the NICU is a stressful situation for both parents and medical staff. Watching your child in crisis is one of the scariest things a parent can go through — and there’s no...
View ArticleTess Holliday's Teary Instagram Post About Motherhood Broke Our Hearts
We really, really want to give Tess Holliday a big hug right now. The plus-size model and lifestyle guru has an 8-month-old son, Bowie (who's teething), and she is completely exhausted. A brutally...
View ArticleMy Postpartum Depression Didn't Look Like What I Expected
I didn’t want to kill my baby. Or myself. That’s what they all said to watch for. When my doctor came into the hospital room to check on me, she said, “She’s perfect,” about my new baby girl and, “She...
View ArticleWarning: MiraLax Might Have Scary Side Effects for Kids
Could the popular over-the-counter constipation laxative MiraLax come with some frightening side effects? Some parents think so. Controversy over the drug started when Philadelphia mom Jeanie Ward...
View ArticleTori Spelling and Dean McDermott Announce the Arrival of Their Fifth Child
Reality TV stars Tori Spelling and her husband, Dean McDermott, just announced the arrival of their new son, Beau Dean. (Maybe they like the BoDeans — we have no clue.) Beau Dean is the couple's fifth...
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Mom Breastfeeds on Live TV and Almost Gets Away With It
When babies are hungry, they are hungry. So you feed them — even if you are on live TV. And it's also a pretty good way to keep a baby quiet during a 5-minute TV segment. Writer and guest contributor...
View Article6 Reasons Having Three Kids Is Easier Than Two
Ask multiple parents about ideal family size, and you’re likely to get multiple answers. But one trope that keeps coming up over and over is that having three kids is harder than having two because...
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Natalie Portman Has Her Baby Girl, Finally
Well, it's about time, Natalie Portman. We were getting antsy there, wondering if you punked us with the whole pregnancy shebang just because you looked so good in your '60s-inspired Jackie O maternity...
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