In recent parenting trends, parents are beginning to put down the spoons, and are choosing to follow the method of baby led weaning. It may sound uncommon to some to consider the idea of not feeding your baby with an airplane spoon full of mashed up foods, but many are setting this old classic to the side and allowing their babies to pick up their food and feed themselves. According to Parents.com, dietician Clancy Cash Harrison claims, “Baby-led weaning supports the development of eye-hand coordination, chewing skills, dexterity, and healthy eating habits.” Maybe it is time to give the idea of letting your one-year-old feed themselves a try.
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Parenting Trend: Baby Led Weaning
Celebrity Wedding: ‘Bachelor in Paradise’ Couple Raven Gates & Adam Gottschalk Are Engaged
By Bonnie Griffin
In the latest celebrity wedding news, Bachelor in Paradise couple Raven Gates and Adam Gottschalk are engaged. According to UsMagazine.com, the celebrity couple announced their engagement June 2nd when Gates shared photos of the proposal on her Instagram. The romantic proposal took place in Dallas, where Gates can be seen wiping away a tear when Gottschalk gets down on one knee on top of a high rise building.
There’s another Bachelor celebrity wedding on the horizon! What are some ways to announce your engagement to family and friends?
Movie Review: Aladdin
Disney’s live-action movie Aladdin is a vibrant take on a classic animated movie starring Will Smith as the Genie and Mena Massoud as Aladdin himself. Aladdin is about a kind-hearted street urchin desperate to impress a girl who happens to be a princess. In his attempt to impress Princess Jasmine, Aladdin falls prey to the power-hungry Grand Vizier who convinces him to go after the genie’s lamp, but Aladdin decides to keep the genie to himself and he is faced with some hard decisions when the power of the genie nearly steers him down the wrong path and almost costs him the girl.
Check out our movie review on Aladdin, a fun-filled film for the whole family!
Celebrity Baby News: ‘Bachelor’ Stars Arie Luyendyk Jr. & Lauren Burnham Welcome a Baby Girl
In the latest celebrity baby news, Bachelor stars Arie Luyendyk Jr. and Lauren Burnham are parents. According to People.com, Luyendyk confirmed on Wednesday that the pair welcomed their first child together, a beautiful baby girl. After meeting and falling in love on The Bachelor, the celebrity couple has maintained their relationship in the public eye throughout the pregnancy, although they have not yet released the baby’s name.
The latest celebrity baby news is that this Bachelor couple welcomed a baby daughter. What are some ways to work on your relationship while at the same time having a young child?
Food Trend: 5 Ways Pickles Are Better Than Bread on Sandwiches
With ever-changing diet fads, food trends often come and go as quickly as the season, but every now and then one trend offers great flavor and doubles as a healthy food option. That is precisely what pickle sandwiches offer at Elsie’s Sandwich Shop in New Jersey, according to Elitedaily.com. This sandwich shop has replaced the bread on their sandwiches with large halved pickles, and the response has been amazing. From people watching their weight to those with bread allergies, people are raving about these pickle sandwiches.
Food Trend: How to make your sandwich stand out with a delicious bread substitute!
Hair Beauty Trend: Crystals, Chains, and Studs
Hair beauty trends change from year to year with many top designers setting new fashions that are meant to capture that true “wow” factor. This year is no exception, as fashion shows are bright with models’ hair catching more attention due to hairstyles accentuated with crystals, chains, and studs. According to Allure.com, Christian Siriano’s fall 2019 collection included Swarovski-crystal-studded makeup on the models, and hair highlighted with chains and studs. The look really tied into the designer’s collection.
Beauty Trend: How to make your hair “bling” with the help of crystals, chains, and studs!
Bonnie Griffin
Summer 2019
Editorial Intern
Bonnie Griffin is a graduate student at Southern New Hampshire University where she is a student in their new online MFA Creative Writing program. Her main areas of study are in writing in the romance genre and teaching writing online. After working as a freelance writer for other authors and publishers, she published her first paranormal romance novel in 2017 as B.M. Griffin, and has since published four books in total with many more already in the works. Bonnie hopes to turn her love for writing into a career by teaching others in the profession she is so passionate about, while also continuing to write books that she is proud to put her name on. Bonnie lives in Richlands, North Carolina with her husband Jason, their two daughters, and two dogs she considers her third and fourth child.
Bonnie’s favorite celebrity couple is Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard. She’s been a fan of Shepard’s since he starred in the NBC comedy, Parenthood. Bonnie loves to see the couple laughing and having a great time together; they seem to truly enjoy being together. The video of Kristen meeting a sloth sealed the deal for her when it came to them becoming her favorite celebrity couple.
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Celebrity Baby News: Backstreet Boys’ Nick Carter and Wife Are Expecting Baby No. 2
By Bonnie Griffin
In celebrity baby news, Backstreet Boys’ Nick Carter and wife, Lauren Kitt, are expecting their second child. According to UsMagazine.com, Carter was thrilled when he announced the pregnancy on Instagram saying, “Thank You God for giving us the greatest gift we could ever ask for.” This celebrity couple seems to be very excited to have their second baby on the way.
In celebrity baby news, baby makes four! What are some benefits to having two kids versus just one?
Celebrity Wedding: ‘DWTS’ Cheryl Burke and Matthew Lawrence Marry in San Diego
By Bonnie Griffin
In the latest celebrity news, Dancing With the Stars pro Cheryl Burke from married her fiancé Matthew Lawrence on May 23rd in San Diego. According to UsMagazine.com, the celebrity couple was married at the Fairmont Grand Del Mar. Burke and Lawrence met on the third season of Dancing With the Stars when Lawrence’s brother was a contestant on the show, and began dating in February 2007. The pair got engaged in May 2018.
This celebrity wedding was held in San Diego. What are some factors to consider about your wedding’s location?
Celebrity Parents: Former ‘Teen Mom’ Star Jenelle Evans Is ‘Exhausted’ Amid Custody Battle
By Bonnie Griffin
In the latest celebrity news, former Teen Mom star Jenelle Evans and husband David Eason are back in court trying to regain custody of their children. According to what a source told EOnline.com, Evan and Eason are “hoping to get [their] kids back in time for summer.” The children were taken after allegations that Eason killed their family dog, Nugget. The celebrity couple plan to seek counseling after they regain custody of their children and life begins getting back to normal.
These celebrity parents are fighting for custody of their kids. What are some ways to avoid a custody battle amid a split?
Celebrity Break-Up: Kendall Jenner & Ben Simmons Split Months After Reconciliation
By Bonnie Griffin
In the latest celebrity break-up news, Kendall Jenner and Ben Simmons have split, according to UsMagazine.com. For a bit, things between Jenner and Simmons seemed to be getting serious, but sources say that their relationship has been cooling down recently and the split was not sudden. This celebrity couple decided to move on to enjoy life while they were young, and we can’t fault them for knowing what they want.
In celebrity break-up news, Kendall and Ben have called it quits. What are some ways to know your relationship has long-term potential?
Celebrity Parents: Eva Mendes & Ryan Gosling Are Running Into Trouble Teaching Their Daughters Spanish
By Bonnie Griffin
In the latest celebrity baby news, celebrity parents Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling are discovering that children learn the language they hear the most. According to EOnline.com, Mendes, who is Cuban, wants her children to learn Spanish, but the actress is finding that what the children are actually learning is Spanglish. Mendez told The Talk that she speaks “Spanglish, and that’s what they’re picking up. So it’s adorable, but it’s technically not a language.” Even celebrity children say the darndest things.
Even celebrity parents have issues with various parenting efforts! What are three tips for teaching your child a foreign language?
Celebrity Wedding: Scarlett Johansson & ‘SNL’ Star Colin Jost Are Engaged
By Bonnie Griffin
In the latest celebrity relationship news, Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost are engaged. According to UsMagazine.com, the celebrity couple confirmed their engagement on May 19th. The SNL star, Jost, has been known to gush over his now fiancé to friends and the media over the past couple years, telling Entertainment Tonight, “It’s hard to have a lot of complaints, she’s pretty awesome. I’m very happy. I feel very lucky.” While they have not released a date yet, this is one celebrity wedding Avengers and SNL fans will be on the lookout for.
This pair will be planning a celebrity wedding after two years of dating. How do you know when you’re ready to marry your partner?
Celebrity News: ‘Bachelor’ Alum Ashley Spivey Reveals She Suffered a Miscarriage
By Bonnie Griffin
In celebrity baby news, The Bachelor alum Ashley Spivey shared her celebrity pregnancy story of suffering through a miscarriage in what was a “very wanted pregnancy.” According to UsMagazine.com, Spivey learned of the pregnancy early on, but the devastating news came only two weeks later when her doctor revealed that “the embryo actually had shrunk and the doctor concluded that [she] was experiencing a miscarriage.”