Mommy's little helper.
To train or not. This post was submitted by an Anonymous reader in the A Place to Vent group. My 1 year old has not slept through the night since he was born. Though he goes to bed at a decent time (8 PM) he wakes around 3 AM every night. I've held him, rocked him, tried just rubbing his back, and more, but the only way I can calm him down is with a bottle. Our doctor suggested just letting him Read more
Good night, sleep tight, don't let the bedbugs bite. If only those phrases were all it took to put baby down. Getting a newborn to sleep through the night is one of the most talked about issues in infant care. Parents become fiercely supportive of their chosen sleep training method and its guru. Marc Weissbluth, one of the nation's most popular pediatricians and author of Healthy Sleep Habits, Read more
Don't be shy . . . It's time to talk sex toys! And Hysteria director Tanya Wexler is writing us a prescription for pleasure. Tanya's film — what she calls "the vibrator movie you can bring your mom to" — is in limited release and stars Hugh Dancy, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Rupert Everett. When working on a romantic comedy that centers around the invention of the vibrator, you end up with some Read more
The Sapphires has turned out to be one of the sleeper hits to emerge from Cannes, thanks to The Weinstein Company, which has already acquired rights to the film. I caught a screening of the funny film from Down Under during the festival, so read on to find out what I thought. Who's behind it? Director Wayne Blair was behind the lens of the picture, which is based on a play by Tony Briggs. Read more
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We've all got fairy tales on the brain, as the very first Disney princess, Snow White, is having her moment in the sun. Two star-studded movies about Snow White, her evil stepmother, and those seven mining dwarfs are hitting the big screen this year. First up was the Lily Collins-Julia Roberts version Mirror Mirror, and come June 1 Kristen Stewart will take on the role in Snow White and the Read more
It feels like just yesterday it was summertime in Mad Men world, but alas, we've already arrived at Thanksgiving. It's not exactly a celebratory episode: Betty's cranky about both her new diet and Don's new wife; Pete's still struggling to figure out his life; and Don and Ginsberg have a showdown at work. Roger, on the other hand, is still using his money to get everything he wants, which Read more
This week's confession comes from our anonymous Confession Booth group in the TrèsSugar Community. Weigh in with your advice below. OK, I'll admit it: I cry too much. I just can't control it. I swear I would if I could. But I literally can't. It's out of my control. Tears come in front of any one, and strangers even, and it makes me look so weak and vulnerable. So last night, while we were Read more
After a hard fought season, Jermaine Paul has won season two of The Voice. It was a touching moment when Carson Daly called his name, and no one was more emotional than Jermaine, crying as he sang his anthem from last night, "I Believe I Can Fly," as the final performance of the season. So close was the race, in fact, that Carson noted that a mere four percentage points separated Jermaine and the Read more
It's prom time again on Glee, and this year's festivities contain just as much drama as last year's, plus infinitely more dinosaurs. That's right — Brittany decides to exercise her presidential rights in order to celebrate the peace that apparently once existed between cavemen and dinos. It doesn't make much sense, but it does give Brittany the opportunity to prance around in a Read more
