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Elisabeth Röhm Rocks Out With Easton

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If there is a recurring theme for Elisabeth Röhm and her 1-year-old daughter Easton August Anthony, it is definitely music! The 35-year-old former Law & Order star says that the bond began early, while Easton was still in utero, and Elisabeth would sing along – loudly! — while driving her car. “I asked my doctor … if it would hurt Easton, because I really didn’t want to disturb her,” she tells US. “He said, ‘I guess it’s okay’…I don’t think he’d ever been asked that question before.”

“That set the tone of Easton and I, and music in our family.”

The good times have only continued since baby girl arrived. ”If Easton could talk, I think she would say she probably likes dancing with me [the best],” Elisabeth reveals. “She kind of holds on to her crib and rocks out with me as I entertain her.” Her preference is definitely for rock and roll. “She likes music she can move to,” Elisabeth reveals. “I wasn’t somebody that played classical music all the time I was pregnant…I did what my doctor said to do; I was just happy. I really focused on just being happy, a lot.”

“I was one of those people that really wanted to have children. I can’t describe the feeling of when you see them when you come home. That encapsulates my experience of being a mom.”

Singling out the ability to trust herself as the best piece of parenting advice she received, Elisabeth offers up thanks to her own mother for being on hand after Easton was born. “It gave me tremendous confidence,” she explains. “I realized she had done a really great job.” As Easton recently celebrated her first birthday, Elisabeth says she’s careful not to dwell on each milestone reached and instead focuses on being “really in the moment with her.”

“I think you can spend so much time saying ‘I can’t wait until they walk, I can’t wait until they talk, I can’t wait until they do this,’ that you are not really with them right there. A child is a gift. All my friends – whether they have kids are not – are coming over more and more, just to spend time with her. She’s like all children…magical.”

Easton is Elisabeth’s daughter with Ron Wooster.

Source: US

– Missy

Brooke Shields Shelters Her Daughters From the Spotlight

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Brooke Shields is no stranger to child acting: she starred in her first commercial for Ivory soap when she was only 11-months-old. However, despite her own experiences, a childhood spent in the spotlight is not one she envisions for her own daughters, she tells Time Out Kids. “Times are different. I wouldn’t let my children join the industry until they’ve graduated from college,” she shares. “They need a degree, and then at that point I’ll help them do whatever they want.”

While their mother may be sheltering them from the lense, Brooke admits that Rowan Francis, 5 ½, and Grier Hammond, 3, are already natural-born entertainers. “Like all little girls, there is a theatrical element to them,” she notes. That said, any tell-tale signs for a future in show biz ends there!

“They love singing and dancing and all of that, but I don’t think they have that hankering [to be in the business]. They know I work so hard, and they wouldn’t have the patience!”

Fortunately for the girls, a day with mom away at work – or enjoying time with her gal pals – means making fun-filled daddy-daughter memories with their father Chris Henchy. “He knows how hard it is for us mothers,” Brooke reveals. “He’s always like, ‘I’ll take them! You sleep in,’ or ‘You go and do something with your girlfriends.’ He’s not afraid of one-on-one time with them.”

The normalcy of the foursome intrigued publishing company Harper Collins, leading them to prompt Brooke to write a children’s book. With her first book — Welcome to Your World, Baby — a success, the 43-year-old was happy to pen a second children’s story. Her inspiration for It’s the Best Day Ever, Dad!? None other than her own family.

“Oh it practically is our family! [My girls] do all of that with [their dad]. It became a sweet way for me to pay tribute to [my daughters] without exploiting them.”

Source: Time Out Kids

– Anya

Holly Robinson Peete Laments New Move

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The last few weeks have been busy for Holly Robinson Peete and family! In a blog for MomLogic, the 44-year-old actress writes that she, husband Rodney Peete and the couple’s four children recently spent spring break in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. “The beach was gorgeous, the water crystal blue, and kids fished, played on the sand, jet skied and mommy returned tanned and relaxed,” Holly shares. All good things must come to an end, however, and soon it was time to work! Twins Ryan and Rodney, Jr., 11 ½, Robinson, 6 ½ and Roman, 4 – together with their mom! — shot the family’s “annual” commercial for Colgate, and then it was on to New York City to do promotion for My Brother Charlie, a book Ryan wrote about having a twin with autism.

Somehow in the midst of it all, the family moved from its home of 12 years. “Anyone with small children knows this is never easy,” Holly writes. While the kids were “excited by the prospect of new surroundings,” they developed cold feet when the big day arrived.

“We had the same breakdowns many of you have probably experienced: Will I have to change schools? If I do, will I make new friends? Will my old friends still be my friends? What about my bedroom, will it be the same or different? But I don’t want to sell that at the garage sale, can’t I keep everything? What about Harriet (the dog)?”

In closing, Holly wonders where her spring break has gone. “Take a moment for yourself … before you have to think about summer vacation,” she suggests.

My Brother Charlie is slated for publication next spring to coincide with Autism Awareness Month.

Source: MomLogic