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A Big Bang baby!

Simon Helberg, who plays Howard Wolowitz on the show, and wife Jocelyn Towne are expecting their first child this spring, their rep confirms to PEOPLE.

The actor, 31, and his wife, an actress/writer/director, were married in 2007.

Helberg’s hit sitcom is up for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series at Sunday’s Screen Actors Guild Awards.

– Sarah Michaud with reporting by Monica Rizzo

Courtesy Faux Fur Ever

Oh, the weather outside is frightful…

But that doesn’t mean your little one can’t cover up in style.

Faux Fur Ever, a chic line of faux fur hats and scarves for adults, has just launched an adorable collection for kids.

Handmade in the U.S. with high-quality Tissavel fur, the company’s mini trapper hats ($146 – $150) are so luxe and well-crafted you’ll pass them down for years.

Added bonus: They’re offering an exclusive 20 percent off with free shipping discount to Moms & Babies readers. Just enter code: cbb20 at checkout.

Happy Friday! Take a break this afternoon to give these links a read:

• VIDEO: Pink and Willow wish Ellen a happy birthday! – EllenTV.com
• Canadian company creates doll to teach kids about VBAC – iVillage.com
• Home births rise nearly 30% – MSNBC.com
• RECIPE: Homemade belly better for combating stretch marks – ModernMom.com
• Worms repeatedly found in Capri Sun packages – Yahoo! Shine

My Mom tells me stories of when I was a little girl. Apparently I talked her--and anyone else who came near's--ears off. It's not too hard to believe. To this day I'll strike up conversations with complete strangers, and my poor husband constantly hears my most frequent question: "Are you listening to me?" Of course this answer is always yes, and I always proceed to have him prove it by reciting the last thing I said. Most of the time is close enough. My daughter is no different. Even in her near 19 months of age, she's always babbling and telling us what she thinks. She's not much of a loner. At all. She likes being around other people, and us, and getting out of the house. When we walk into stores she'll wave to passerbys and give a resounding "HI!" People smile and say hi back. A lesson of "stranger danger" will have to come much earlier than normal with my friendly child. In some ways I wonder if she is going to love talking even more than I do. My mom tells me when I was young, and wouldn't go to sleep, she's put me in my car seat and drive around town until I did. To this day, I can still barely stay awake in a car. If Lil' J is quiet in the back (and I'm not driving) I'm out. My daughter on the other hand, is not this way. She rarely falls asleep in the car unless it's really late, or she is just extra pooped from a really long day. Otherwise, she's up talking my ear off and begging for entertainment. I don't know if this is normal for kids her age, but she can't just sit and ride in silence. I mean, she did have a few months in there somewhere where she seemed to, but now she either needs to have a snack, a toy, or me singing her favorite songs. Depending how far our trip is, the snacks usually run out, the toys fall, and I'm belting "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" as we are pulling into our neighborhood. The funny thing is, no matter how much she seems to be ticked at me for making her ride strapped down in coach, she never wants to get out right away when we get home. "Come on baby, let's go inside" "No," This is her new favorite word. Though I don't totally hate it yet because the way she says it with her country twang accent and drawn out "O" it sounds more like a question. "No?" I unsnap her buckle and try again. "Don't you want to go see Daddy and Snoop? They are inside." She shakes her head and tells (or asks?) me again... "No?!" And she buckles herself back into her seat. Yes... She knows how to do this, but thankfully can't undo it. She has a love/ hate relationship when riding in the car. The throne she sits in while we cruise around has varied since the day she was born. Being as tall as she is, she outgrew her infant seat fairly quickly, and the next seat up we had didn't face backwards, so we got another, and finally, we have one more convertible seat for our second car. While a second seat isn't crucial, it's been a huge help to save us from days where one of us forgets to leave the seat for the other. And let me tell you, that's happened and it's not fun. "Hey honey, how did picking her up from school go?" "Well, I got there and realized I forget the car seat." GAH! What seat are we using now? Which is our favorite? Well, we have three Gracos, one that isn't convertible so she hasn't tried it yet, and a RadianRXT Shadow. That last one sounds like a car right? Compared to the rest of them, it weighs about as much as one. And since we're on the topic of cars, I'm going to use this analogy to compare them. I got one from Dino to review and was totally excited to get it in the car and see what she thinks of a fancy seat. If all of our car seats were cars. Our Gracos would be like Toytas. Not very expensive, but reliable. And our new RadianRXT Shadow would be like a Lexus or a Mercedes. It has the reliability plus all the bells and whistles, but it's going to cost you quite a bit more. As I assembled it (which didn't take very long at all, but there were a few belts I had to move around and adjust) I geeked out and used the QR reader codes with my phone to watch video demonstrations to make sure I was doing it right. And they have helpful people manning their twitter and facebook pages too. There's extra padding, a steel alloy frame, it's the highest rear facing car seat, NCAP tested, and they can ride in it starting at 5 pounds. It seems humongous to me and hard to picture my tiny infant in it, but there is an additional infant support attachment that came with it, that we can add. Kids can ride backwards in it up to 45 pounds, and it's narrow enough to fit three across. Based on reviews I've read with parents who have three kids and a sedan, this is a huge deal. I'm pretty sure her favorite feature is the cupholder she can fit even her really wide sippy cups into. You can attach up to four(not sure why we'd need four but maybe one day I'll learn and buy more). That thing has come in handy when I've forgotten her cup and we go through a drive through to get an ice water. She kicks her feet with excitement and puts her drink in that thing. It's just a cup. Seriously. But it helps! Now how much will this luxury car seat cost ya? About $339.99. Now some of you may be thinking "Oh that's nothing," and other like me are probably spitting out their morning energy drinks. But before you waste any more of that drink, I'll tell you that I just looked it up and they're only $289 at Walmart. Still a bit more than the average car seat price, but so is a Mercedes compared to other cars. I'll let you decide if it's worth it and give you a chance to win one (below). I suppose in a few years I'll be glad I have all of these car seats (which luckily don't expire for 5 years). I'll have enough thrones, for all my little talkative (and hopefully some sleepy) rug rats. How do your kids roll in the car? Talk your ear off? Sleep? Comment and you'll be entered to win. Read the rest of the rules below for more entries. a Rafflecopter giveaway

Courtesy Molly Sims

There it is!

Two weeks after confirming she’s expecting, Molly Sims officially debuts her belly in the opening shot of her pregnancy photo gallery.

“I thought it would be fun to document my baby bump on the site each month, starting today,” the model, 38, writes on MollySims.com.

“That way all of you can see how far along I am, and I’ll have all of the pictures to look back on once the little bun in the oven arrives.”

Due at the end of June with her “honeymoon baby” — she wed Scott Stuber in September — the Project Accessory host is in her second trimester and trying to soak up each new experience — even the nausea! “I’ve already been through the morning sickness (every morning from 4 to 6 a.m. for seven weeks — it was the worst), the strange cravings (I’m looking at you, Kraft Mac Easy), and daily episodes of what I call, ‘Pregnancy brain,’” Sims, who is 18 weeks along, blogged earlier this month.

“But, believe it or not, I’m cherishing every moment.”

In addition to posting monthly photo updates of her growing bump on her website, Sims will also blog about her pregnancy, including more on her newfound cravings and transformation from model to mom.

– Anya Leon

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Look who’s already rocking the red carpet!

From her ankle boots to her chic scarf, Simone Masterson-Horn is quickly becoming quite the fashionista, which is no surprise considering her aunt (and godmother!) is trendsetter Tori Spelling and her dads are the actress’s best friends Bill Horn and Scout Masterson, a.k.a The Guncles.

But we’re not the only ones to notice this mini style star! Kiddie fashion blogger Natalia Caver also has Simone on her radar and has even created a site dedicated to the 19-month-old’s adorable ensembles.

“[Simone] is a little princess, funny with a great personality, and a lovely wardrobe,” Caver tells PEOPLE.

“One day you see her with fancy dresses like Suri Cruise and [the next day] with fur boots, a scarf, and a beret like her cousin Stella McDermott.”

Known to step out in brands ranging from Target to Zara, proud dad Horn jokes his little girl knows what she wants — and isn’t afraid to voice her opinion! — when it comes to her sense of style.

“Simone is starting to point to things she wants to wear and often lets us know if she isn’t in the mood to wear something we’re about to put on her. We’ve created a clothing monster!” he says.

– Anya Leon

I have totally fallen prey to second time mom syndrome. Corbin turned 2 months old on January 19th, so this is like a week late! However, his doctor's appointment was just on Wednesday, so it's not too terribly bad. Corbin now weighs 11 lbs 9 oz and is in the 29th %ile. I don't think the girls have gotten past the 10th %tile in their weight in 3 whole years! He is also 22.25" long. Corbin is wearing size 2 Huggies diapers and we've moved to 3-6 month clothing. Little man's not going to fit in his Easter outfit at this rate!

Mom and daughter – Courtesy Elisabeth Röhm

Elisabeth Röhm, best known for her roles as Serena on Law & Order and Kate on Angel, is marking a year blogging for PEOPLE.com.

The actress will next appear on CSI: Miami on Jan. 29. She also has a role on The Client List and upcoming films Transit and Officer Down out later this year. She can be found on Facebook, Google + and @ElisabethRohm.

In her latest blog, Röhm — mom to 3½-year-old Easton August with Ron Anthony — gets a 2012 wake up call when her fiancé suggests her resolution includes chucking the mom clothes!

What was your New Year’s resolution? Three weeks in, are you keeping it? Tell Elisabeth about your experience in the comments.

So here we are at the start of 2012 and I’m sure each of us has a mile-long list of things we would do differently from last year. Perhaps little things make the top 20, but there’s always the BIG one that stands out from the rest.

We know that if we at least tackle that one thing, all will be set straight in our universe. One is totally doable, right? With our harried schedules, it seems realistic to say that there would be one big game-changer that we could focus on this year.

I had mine all lined up and picked out earlier this month. I was ready to put it into motion until … dun dun! It came to my attention that I might have picked the wrong New Year’s resolution.

Perhaps a few people over the year had pointed out that there was another matter worthy of my consideration. But I hadn’t really paid it any mind — although I’ll admit it had nagged at me. But when you hear something a few times over and over, I guess one could say that it might be a more imperative matter.

I mean c’mon, you know something is urgent when loved ones are handing out a New Year’s resolution to you!

So here it is. I shudder to say it out loud, PEOPLE.com, but I knew it was true when the last and final person (my trying-to-be-sensitive-but-not-quite-achieving-it other half) said it. Ron told me that I wear too many “mom clothes.”

I mean, it kind of sucked when he compared me to an aging woman in ballet slippers and a cardigan who attended our recent New Year’s brunch. But sadly, I’ll admit that we did look an awful lot alike.

Now, just to set the record straight — I thought she looked good, the middle-aged lady that he whispered about in between his bites of fruit and yogurt (he turned over his new leaf a few months ago). So now he’s in the business of advising others on how to improve their lives and stay young?!

I mean, I’ve always leaned towards the preppy look rather than, let’s say, the Fergie-esque get up, dance and gyrate look, although I appreciate it in others. In fact, I really admire those women who continue to sex it up a little for the duration of their lives. I certainly thought I’d be one of those types, because I come from a long line of women who have stayed youthful and sexy as the years have unmercifully gone by.

Now, let me make something clear: I like the preppy look and by saying that I’m preppy, I did not think I’d lost my edge … that’s just my style preference. I’ve always leaned towards the classic little black dress. To tell the truth, I really like ballet slippers!

However, I had noticed that something changed in my wardrobe choices, starting three years ago. I’ve even blogged about it before. You know … the sensible breastfeeding blouse, to the pants that have added stretch, to the low shoes with all that added support.

I started to go for practicality and comfort rather than style and expression. It happens. We all talk about it. We even laugh about it, as if we are proud to wear our badge of mom honor by displaying those too long sweaters that resemble tents, rather the fitted ones of the past. But I think I may have gone too far, perhaps over the edge into the tacky shoes department.

From my prior blog – Courtesy Elisabeth Röhm

As I watched the woman with her ponytail (no time to blow it out), ballet slippers (there used to be long legs there), cardigan and leggings (all black, square and flowing as to hide any lumps and bumps), I hated to admit that Ron was right.

Not to mention that I kind of wanted to plunge my butter knife into him as he plunged my ego into that cold glass of water. Deep inside I knew it was true, although I became grumpy for the rest of the day.

Even now, as I step away from the computer to look at myself in the mirror, my hair is still in that ponytail due to the lack of a current blowout. I’m in some sort of plastic ballet slippers that really aren’t cool and that I never would have worn four years ago, before Easton was conceived.

I remember looking at those sexy as heck (even my language has changed!) photo shoots I’d see in Vogue, with some statuesque model in three-inch heels and a tight suit pushing a baby stroller with her hair flowing in the wind and sunglasses on. You know, like Victoria Beckham.

I was so sure that would be the type of mom look I’d duplicate once I had a little bundle of joy. Okay yes, for those events that come up, I still know how to pull out those punches. However, I had no idea my inner Martha Stewart would start showing up on a daily basis.

I mean, for goodness sake, I’m in a plaid ruffled shirt right now because it was a gift and not because I like it. It doesn’t even look particularly bad, but it doesn’t look good either. In fact, it looks like a tablecloth.

The other day my gorgeous mom friend — who is just spectacularly stylish — was lamenting her ballet slippers too, and saying she was going to buy herself some new boots with a heel to go to the office in. I was applauding her. All the while, I was wearing some strange non-youthful getup of my own as we perused the web for her new sexy look.

“Where have I stashed my former self?” I was thinking yesterday as I ate my bagel with too much cream cheese (yes, part of my mom getup is some extra poundage — I’m going to shed that too).

I watched the older woman that Ron was comparing me to nibbling on her breakfast and thought, “Ugh!” It’s like that last cigarette you smoke. The final straw had broken. I wasn’t going to be compared to someone 20 years my senior — no way.

I made a commitment to myself today as I threw on my usual gear with distraction that this would be the last day that I’d let my youth faintly slip away. So my New Year’s resolution this January is to burn my mom costume in the back yard and blow the dust off some of my other old relics from those days gone by, at least until I can afford a few new things!

This year, let’s focus the blog a little bit more on us, ladies. I have a few tricks up my sleeve to help us all get that shiny look of youth back in our cheeks and trust me, we won’t have to break an ankle doing it by trying to look like Beyoncé!

Not to mention she’s probably going to have to wear some ballet slippers and sensible shirts soon too with that new baby girl. Don’t worry Beyoncé, we’ll be there for you when you want to get your fashion groove back too!

Tell me your own personal New Year’s resolutions (and are you keeping them thus far?).

Until next time, PEOPLE.com.

– Elisabeth Röhm

Welcome this week’s guest blogger Andrea Van Ness, mompreneur and founder of Thumbuddy To Love™

Teeth malformations: According to the American Dental Association, prolonged thumb-sucking can cause a child to develop dental problems. Thumb-sucking can cause a child’s teeth to become improperly aligned (malocclusion) or push the teeth outward, sometimes malforming the roof (upper palate) of the mouth. Malocclusion usually corrects itself when the child stops thumb-sucking. But the longer thumb-sucking continues, the more likely it is that orthodontic treatment will be needed to correct any resulting dental problems.

Although thumb sucking is a normal habit in infants, it causes serious teeth problems if it continues long after the eruption of permanent teeth. The problem gets more serious if it continues after the age of four or five.

Speech problems and other problems: A child may also develop speech problems, including mispronouncing Ts and Ds, lisping, and thrusting out the tongue when talking.

Other undesirable effects can include problems with jaw movements, narrowing of the cheek bones due to the contractions of the cheek muscles, ulcerations beneath the tongue, and root resorption. More commonly, the thumb may develop calluses or an irritant eczema, and the digit itself may become deformed.

Germs spreading: Another reason you want your child to break the thumb sucking habit sooner than later is that is easy to spread germs on a wet thumb or finger. With the onset of flu season and other bacteria living in our world, it is good to keep hands washed and dry. Thumb sucking can easily spread germs from counters and floors or any surface the child has touched with their thumb/finger and then put to their mouth.

Try and keep your child’s thumb as dry as possible so as to lessen the chances of infections or other bad bacteria. Talk to your child how germs are spread and how thumb sucking can spread germs. With the flu season approaching and swine flu getting lots of attention, stopping thumb sucking can be a good thing and may lessen the spread of germs through stopping the thumb sucking habit.

Social challenges: According to Steven Parker, Barry S. Zuckerman, and Marilyn Augustyn who wrote Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics: A Handbook for Primary Care, “thumb sucking can contribute to impaired parental and peer relationships. It is often viewed as immature and socially undesirable. Parents and peers may criticize, tease, or punish a child for engaging in thumb sucking. These reactions may in turn, adversely affect a child’s self esteem.”

Treatment: Usually, treatment can be done at home and includes parents setting rules and providing distractions. It may be helpful to limit the times and places that your child is allowed to suck his or her thumb and to put away blankets or other item your child associates with thumb-sucking. Offering praise and rewards for not thumb-sucking may also help your child break the habit.

Parents usually start to worry too early, about how to stop thumb sucking habit of their children. It is advised that you do not try to make a child to stop thumb sucking before the age of three (unless you notice a problem to teeth due to vigorous thumb sucking) because it might have the opposite results. Here are some tips:

• Keep the child’s hands occupied with a toy, puzzle or other activity.
• Carefully remove your child’s thumb from his or her mouth during sleep.  
• Give the example of his friends that have managed to stop thumb sucking.  
• Don’t put the child in a state of anxiety or fear. If the child has any emotional problems, or is under stress and needs comforting, you may need to resolve those issues first before your child can successfully stop thumb-sucking.  
• Talk about the ‘bad’ germs that are on our hands and how the child puts them in his or her mouth while thumb sucking.  
• Avoid punishing or shaming the child.  
• Reward the child for not thumb sucking for a progressively increasing time period.  
• Ask the advice of a pediatric dentist. He will explain to your kid what will happen to the teeth if the child does not stop sucking its thumb.
• Introduce Thumbuddy To Love® to your child

Thumbuddy To Love^® addresses all of the above issues:

1. Thumbuddy To Love keeps a child occupied. 2. Thumbuddy can be worn to bed so it encourages them not to suck. 3. Thumbuddy To Love teaches the importance of stopping thumb sucking and growing up to be a big girl or boy. 4. Thumbuddy To Love is a positive teaching tool for parents, teachers and children. 5. Thumbuddy To Love lessons the anxiety by making it fun to stop. 6. Thumbuddy To Love books give the example of friends and heroes who have stopped. 7. Thumbuddy To Love avoids shaming or punishing a child by not using thumb guards or thumb polish which has chemicals in it. 8. Thumbuddy To Love rewards a child with a success calendar in the back of the book and keeps them motivated and positive so that they can quit. 9. Thumbuddy To Love is recommended by Dentists and Pediatricians. 10. Thumbuddy To Love received the prestigious Mom’s Choice Award. You can order Thumbuddy To Love at thumbuddytolove.com or on Amazon.

Andrea Van Ness

Andrea Wulfing Van Ness founded Thumbuddy To Love™ in Boulder, Colorado because she noticed the lack of positive teaching tools to help stop thumb sucking without the use of thumb guards or awful tasting nail polish (Malava Stop) which is full of chemicals. She wanted to help kids with their thumb sucking problem before they have to get braces to save their teeth.

 

We have a Thumbuddy set to give away to one lucky reader. Your choice of Fireman Fred, Ballerina Sue or The Binky Fairy (for pacifier suckers) thumb puppet and illustrated story book with a success chart to help stop thumb sucking. To enter, simply leave a comment below telling us your thoughts on the Thumbuddies.

For bonus entries:

• Like The Survival Guide for Rookie Moms on facebook
• Like Thumbuddy to Love on facebook
• Follow ThumbuddyToLove on Twitter
• Retweet this giveaway : ‘ Help your child give up thumb sucking the positive way with @ThumbuddyToLove #giveaway via @RookieMommy http://wp.me/pC8a1-2Kq ‘

Please be sure to leave a separate comment below for each of your bonus entries.

• Giveaway is open to US and Canada
• Winner will be drawn at random
• Winner can choose one of the Thumbuddy crew: Fireman Fred, Ballerina Sue or The Binky Fairy
• Giveaway closes February 10th, 2012

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Pannkakstårta var en favorit.

Nu har Vilgot fyllt 3 och vi har haft både släktkalas och det första kompis-kalaset.

På kompis-kalaset i helgen hade vi bjudit 6 barn. Generellt brukar man dock säga att 3 år = 3 gäster, 4 år = 4 gäster osv är lagom. Vilgot fick själv välja inbjudningskort, det blev Bilar

Att tänka på:

• Välj en tid som passar de med barn som sover middag. Vi valde kl 15-16.30, då hann Vilgot vakna ordentligt och gästerna hann hem i tid till kvällsmaten. 1, 5-2 timmar brukar vara lagom.
• Det kan vara bra att skriva om föräldrarna ska/får följa med. Jag tycker att treåringar är lite för små att gå på kalas utan sina föräldrar. Det kan dessutom vara första gången de går själv på kalas!
• Välj mat/fika som ditt barn gillar, glöm inte ta hänsyn till ev. allergier. Vi hade pannkakstårta med jordgubbssylt och glass (Tofuline), kanelbullar (Findus), chokladmuffins och bokstavskex. Till det serveras saft. Allt var mjölkfritt.

Paketen öppnades när gästerna kom, sedan var det fika följt av fri lek på Vilgots rum. Vi hade några lekar (kurragömma, Björnen sover och Följa John) i bakfickan men det behövdes inte alls. Kalaset avslutades med fiskedamm och när barnen gick fick de en ballong.

I påsen i fiskedammen låg en clementin, en pixi-bok, en ballong, ett mini-paket med russin och 3 bokstavskex. Både fiskandet och påsen var en succé.

Hur har ni firat era barn?

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Lindsay Sloane is a new mom!

The actress, 34, and husband Dar Rollins welcomed their first child, daughter Maxwell Lue, on Thursday, Jan. 19, her rep tells PEOPLE exclusively.

“We thought we knew what love was until we met her,” the couple say of their “sweet little girl.”

Rollins and Sloane – who has appeared on Weeds, Horrible Bosses and Sabrina the Teenage Witch – wed in 2004. They announced the pregnancy in August.

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01/26/12, a photo by pyjammy on Flickr. I had a really hard time picking today’s picture, because I took some fun ones. But this one’s the most fun, don’t you think? Look at the air George got? And I love the boys’ expressions.