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A re-born is a spooky, realistic-looking doll that, for some women, takes the place of a real baby. (Read LilSugar's take on it here). In the documentary My Fake Baby, you see women taking their re-borns to the grocery store and to the park. (They're made with painstaking craftsmanship by an English mother of four.) One woman is corrected by her grandson who, when she says she has a baby, Read more
Who says the newborn you fawn over has to be real? This Jezebel post about the British trend of childless women spending a pretty penny for life-like dolls that they push around in prams and tend to as their own frightened me. Especially the clips from the documentary about the "moms," called My Fake Baby. In addition to toting the extremely realistic bundles of joy, called Re-Borns, on Read more
Here's a post from our partners at BabyCenter! Every week, we bring you the best parenting and lifestyle stories from the experts at BabyCenter, including this post from Erin Lane about raising girls. Last week I wrote about the five things that worry me about raising my son. This week I’m spilling my guts about what scares me about raising my daughter. There is definitely some overlap. Read more
I got the chance to visit the set of What to Expect When You're Expecting last year, where I chatted with Elizabeth Banks about fake baby bumps, motherhood, and the star-studded comedy. Naturally, the conversation also turned to Banks's other big upcoming movie, The Hunger Games. Banks discussed how she feels about the dark subject matter now that she's a parent herself, compared the film to the Read more
Some of the biggest names in Hollywood will share the big screen in the upcoming comedy What to Expect When You're Expecting, which follows different mothers-to-be as they prepare for the arrivals of their bundles of joy. Cameron Diaz, Brooklyn Decker, Anna Kendrick, and Elizabeth Banks are among the famous ladies who strapped on fake baby bumps to portray different kinds of pregnant women, and Read more
We're thrilled to present this smart LearnVest story here on Savvy! I recently fell off my budget—or, rather, got pushed off by a large, unexpected expense at the dentist’s office. I negotiated a payment plan so I wouldn’t have to pay more than $1,000 all in one go, but that night, as I was walking home, I became really irritated about the payments I’d have to make for the next few Read more
Little girls are increasingly aware of spa services and other "adult" beauty treatments, from Botox to breast implants. The question is, at what point does this interest in beauty become pernicious? Kids have always wanted nail polish and lipstick, and my dad even remembers asking his big sister to put lemon juice in his hair so he could be "blonder" like her when he was tiny, but recent reports Read more
If you've been lamenting that your newborn daughter doesn't look enough like a sassy older lady fond of heavy drinking and wigs, you can stop crying now, because Baby Bangs have arrived to age your infant instantaneously. Baby Bangs are more accurately baby wigs; they're pieces of fake hair attached to a tiny headband that you shove on your unwitting baby's head for snazzy photo shoots or just Read more
It was an eventful week in TV since so many shows had their season finales, and as usual, you guys had a ton to say about them. And though American Idol didn't have its finale yet, this week's episode still brought about some heated chatter. American Idol viewers were unimpressed with Haley's image "Both Haley and Jacob overstayed their welcomes in my opinion. Their arrogance kinda ticked me Read more
Here's a post from CasaSugar Community member KatyHarper from the Su Casa group: My husband and I have just moved into our new house, and I've finally finished decorating (for now, at least). The living room presented a bit of a challenge at first, because it's long and narrow. It's completely open to the dining room and kitchen, which is what I wanted. These rooms have a mix of new items, Read more
