Moms & Babies

Around the Web…

Take a moment this Tuesday to give our links a read:

• Woman and her surrogate both pregnant with twins – Los Angeles Times
• What to pack in your hospital bag – lilSugar.com
• 10 pregnancy procedures to think twice about – Consumer Reports
• New daycare service in India is 24-hour – MSNBC.com
• ESSAY: Teaching my daughter about my body – HuffPost Parents

Jennifer Connelly: Why My Kids Never Fight

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Age may just be a number, but for Jennifer Connelly it’s been the secret to her family’s success.

“I’ve got a massive family now. It’s really unbelievable. They are all such extraordinary kids and they’re great together,” the actress, 41, tells Anderson in an interview airing Tuesday.

“They never fight, they look after each other. They are loving.”

Connelly, who is mom to sons Kai, 14, and Stellan, 8, and daughter Agnes Lark, 11 months, attributes the brood’s bliss to her and husband Paul Bettany‘s ability to spread the love.
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Amanda Peet: I ‘Feel Passionately’ About Life-Saving Shots

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Her latest show may have been canceled, but Amanda Peet is still Bent out of shape over the vaccination debate.

After her daughter Molly June contracted whooping cough in 2010, the severity of the epidemic hit home — literally — and now the actress is determined to spread the word to save other children from a similar fate.

“It was pretty scary,” Peet, 40, tells PEOPLE. “It took a long time to figure out what was wrong. No one would think it’s whooping cough.”

After being treated with antibiotics, her now 2-year-old fully recovered, yet the experience had a huge impact on Peet, who is also mom to daughter Frankie, 5, with her husband, Game of Thrones producer and screenwriter David Benioff.
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