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A budding fashion plate in her leather jacket and wrapped scarf, Ella Sofia Gordon took in the Baby Phat and KLS Collection Fashion Show.
The 2-year-old attended the event — held Tuesday at Roseland Ballroom in New York City — with her parents, NASCAR star Jeff Gordon and model Ingrid Vandebosch.
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Philips is rolling out its first Sonicare for Kids electric toothbrush ($70) and my 7-year-old daughter, Olivia, had a chance to try it.
Geared toward children four- to- 10-years-old, the toothbrush has kid-friendly features like the KidPacer musical tone which tells brushers when to switch to another quadrant of the mouth.
The quadrant-switching tone didn’t impress my daughter that much. But she loved hearing music while brushing, regardless of its purpose, especially the pleasant little melody that’s played at the end when the timer has run out.
“It’s like singing a song while I’m brushing my teeth,” she says. “I used to hate brushing, but now I love it.” She also thinks the three changeable covers for the toothbrush are pretty cool.
Who knows how long the pricey gadget will retain its allure. But for the past four days, it’s been such a hit in our home — unlike the much cheaper battery-operated cheaper versions —I haven’t had to nag Olivia to brush her teeth, not even once!
– Joanne, NYC mother to newborn and 7-year-old daughters
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Just weeks away from welcoming baby number four — a girl! — Heidi Klum takes children Johan, 2 ½, and Leni, 5, to taekwondo class in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
The Project Runway host and husband Seal are also parents to son Henry, 4.
Leni wears Sentimental Silver’s Dainty Daisy Personalized Necklace ($45-75).
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It’s another girl for LaKisha Jones! Taking to her Twitter account, the American Idol alum announced the birth of her daughter, Ava LaRynn Davis, with husband Larry Davis.
While LaKisha stayed mum on details surrounding the birth, the songstress couldn’t help but sing praise for baby girl’s highly anticipated — and overdue! — arrival.
“She was late but so worth the wait.”
Baby Ava joins 6 ½-year-old big sister Brionne, LaKisha’s daughter from a previous relationship, at home. According to the new mother-of-two, adjusting to life with a newborn once again is taking a bit of time! “At home getting back into baby mode, [it's] been 6 yrs,” she writes.
LaKisha and Larry will celebrate their one-year wedding anniversary next month. The pregnancy was confirmed in March, with LaKisha revealing baby-on-the-way was a second daughter in May.
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It’s been close to two years since the death of actor Heath Ledger, time which Michelle Williams has spent coping with the immense grief that comes with her former fiancé’s passing.
Dodging the unsolicited media attention, the actress and her daughter Matilda Rose, who turns 4 next month, have spent time in both Brooklyn and upstate New York, as Michelle slowly comes to terms with her “boundaries” for the outside world.
“I can talk about grief, because that’s mine; about single parenting; about trying to balance work and kids,” she reveals in the October issue of Vogue. “But what I don’t have to talk about is what happened between Heath and me in our relationship.”
Staying true to her word, Michelle is open about her day-to-day struggles as she seeks peace while raising Matilda as a single mother. In the months following the couple’s split and Heath’s subsequent passing, a “seriously distracted” Michelle was left to cope with the pain each day. “[I would] cry, nap, sit and stare, try to figure out what to make [Matilda] for dinner, talk to friends on the phone,” she admits. “I was holding it together by a string and a paper clip in the fall and winter. I didn’t know if I could keep it all together.”
Relying heavily on her close friends and family, Michelle can remember the moment she finally caught a glimpse of light at the end of the dark tunnel. “Women and kids really got us through the winter. One got me gardening in the spring, and that’s when it started to turn around,” she says. “I remember being on my hands and knees. The ground was cold and muddy. I pushed back the dead leaves and saw the bright green shoots of spring.” For Michelle, the new life that had sprung up served as a personal reminder.
“Under all this decay something was growing. Caring for the garden reminded me to care for myself.”
In addition to her new found love of gardening, Michelle sought solace in The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion‘s memoir of her journey through the loss of her husband and daughter in the same year. “You console yourself by saying it’s all a deepening process. After the first year, the pain is less intense; it’s less immediate,” Michelle explains.
Fortunately for the actress, a constant memory of Heath is never far, as the couple’s daughter Matilda is the spitting-image of her late father.
“But every time I really miss him and wonder where he’s gone, I just look at her.”
Click below to read about how Michelle explains the public’s interest to Matilda.
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As it would for any mom, having two babies back-to-back took a toll on Gwen Stefani‘s figure. Up until very recently, she tells USA Today that her closet was filled with maternity clothes as she swung between weight gain and loss; What’s more, losing the weight after son Zuma Nesta Rock, 13 months on Monday, was “no miracle.”
The 39-year-old No Doubt songstress and fashion designer notes in the interview that it took a full eight months to reclaim her pre-baby body.
Tougher still, however, was Zuma’s decision to self-wean this summer — a change Gwen says she wasn’t ready for.
“I didn’t want him to [quit], it felt like a total rejection. It was really hormonal, and trying to stop in the middle of the tour was insane.”
With a 40th birthday rapidly approaching next month — Gwen says she wants “a really big cake” — a recently reunited band, a “reborn” L.A.M.B. line and more, she shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon. “I don’t get any sleep,” Gwen concedes.
In addition to Zuma, Gwen is mom to 3-year-old Kingston James McGregor with husband Gavin Rossdale.
Source: USA Today
– Missy
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Alexander ‘Sasha’ Pete Schreiber takes a break from romping on a ramp to listen to dad Liev Schreiber while strolling in Soho on Tuesday. The pair, plus mom Naomi Watts (not pictured), were walking back home after some time spent playing in the park.
Two-year-old Sasha’s little brother Samuel Kai, 9 months, skipped this outing!
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