Nicole Richie ans her boyfriend Joel Madden started a new foundation that will help mothers in need. It is a new online gift registry that will launch in the fall called the Richie-Madden Children’s Foundation.

In an exclusive interview with People, the foundation advisor Bruce Richman said “Nicole saw that even a clean blanket was out of reach for some of these new moms so she wanted to figure out an efficient way to connect them with companies and individuals who want to help.”

Here’s how it will work: Families will sign up through local social service agencies. A list of baby products they need – such as cribs, strollers or blankets – will be posted on the Web site. Donors can view the wish-lists and choose what to contribute (much like a wedding or baby gift registry). Every product is checked for safety and all products are BPA-free.

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Babies, Babies, Babies… These days Hollywood is just jam-packed with celebrity babies. From pregnancy rumors to the paparazzi going ga-ga over a recent celebrity baby birth, it seems that you can’t talk about happenings in Hollywood without discussing these new little bundles of joy. With babies in the spotlight more than ever, so are Baby Gift Registries! Gift Registries are a great idea for any upcoming baby shower – or even birthday party. It makes getting and giving gifts easier than ever. Have you ever been to a baby shower where the new mom-to-be receives 3 strollers, 4 car seats and about 20 bottles? Most of the time, setting up a good baby registry can help to prevent receiving duplicate gifts.

Many mommies-to-be let their family and friends know about their baby shower by sending out baby shower invitations Unique invitations are becoming more and more popular. Tiny*Prints is a new and trendy site for personalized birth announcements, baby shower invitations, and birthday invitations. They make shopping for these items simple and they offer high-class, unique and personalized products. Celebrities like Jamie Pressly are using Tiny*Prints to personalize their baby shower invitations and Tori Spelling recently used Tiny*Prints to announce the birth of her little one. These birth announcements are personalized to fit your style and can even include things such as, date of birth, your child’s name, and their height and weight.

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What is your favorite celebrity baby name and why? Leave a comment with your answer and you will be entered to win a $50 gift certificate from Tiny*Prints.com!

Babies, Babies, Babies… These days Hollywood is just jam-packed with celebrity babies. From pregnancy rumors to the paparazzi going ga-ga over a recent celebrity baby birth, it seems that you can’t talk about happenings in Hollywood without discussing these new little bundles of joy. With babies in the spotlight more than ever, so are Baby Gift Registries! Gift Registries are a great idea for any upcoming baby shower – or even birthday party. It makes getting and giving gifts easier than ever. Have you ever been to a baby shower where the new mom-to-be receives 3 strollers, 4 car seats and about 20 bottles? Most of the time, setting up a good baby registry can help to prevent receiving duplicate gifts.

Many mommies-to-be let their family and friends know about their baby shower by sending out baby shower invitations Unique invitations are becoming more and more popular. Tiny*Prints is a new and trendy site for personalized birth announcements, baby shower invitations, and birthday invitations. They make shopping for these items simple and they offer high-class, unique and personalized products. Celebrities like Jamie Pressly are using Tiny*Prints to personalize their baby shower invitations and Tori Spelling recently used Tiny*Prints to announce the birth of her little one. These birth announcements are personalized to fit your style and can even include things such as, date of birth, your child’s name, and their height and weight.

***An exclusive offer to our readers!***

What is your favorite celebrity baby name and why? Leave a comment with your answer and you will be entered to win a $50 gift certificate from Tiny*Prints.com!

With all these new celeb-babies being born, I bet the baby isle in Hollywood is running low on diapers and formula! We found a great new service from BabyAge.com that will prevent parents from worrying about things like that. It’s called the Diaper and Formula Auto-Delivery Service.

The new Auto-Delivery Service offers all of the most popular brands of Diapers and Formula, including eco-friendly options. They also offer the biggest boxes available on the market to ensure that parents don’t run out of these must-haves at an inconvenient time. Plus, customers get TOTALLY free shipping on each Auto-Delivery order. Parents pick the delivery schedule and if they want to order a car seat or stroller, etc. they can add it to the order and that will ship out for free also.

This is a great service for anyone who doesn’t have time to shop like Tori Spelling with her 2 babies and a new reality show starting or Angelina Jolie with her 4 kids, twins on the way, and her movie making.

No more running out in the middle of the night or stopping to grab diapers or formula with a screaming child. Plus, doesn’t it feel awesome for someone to cater to you for a change?

Svan Bouncers, a product of Scandinavian Child and Svan of Sweden, were announced on the Ellen DeGenres Show as part of the Mother's Day "Biggest Baby Shower" special.

Marcia Cross from Desperate Housewives, who just had twins, was on the show and admitted that she owns Svan products including the bouncer. She absolutely loves its stylish and innovative features.  Ellen and Marcia proceeded to then talk about all of the bouncer's fantastic functions.  All the while, the Svan logo was proudly displayed on-stage along with a number of bouncers.  

Every audience member (all of which happened to be pregnant with their first child) received a lilac Svan Bouncer. 

Good maternity pillows are had to find. They need to have a combination of comfort and convenience for mom's to be. If you're pregnant, then you know it's all about comfort and Today's Mom pregnancy pillows are just what you've been looking for! The Today's Mom Cozy Comfort and Today's Mom Cozy Cuddler are excellent, patent pending maternity pillows. Today's Mom has listened to the biggest concerns from users of different pregnancy body pillow and made the adjustments mommy was looking for.

One of the big upgrades on the pregnancy body pillow is the patent pending shoulder comfort system which is unique to this pregnancy pillow. One of the biggest complaints was hard edges which dug into the shoulder while mommy slept leaving loads of discomfort. The Cozy Comfort and the Cozy Cuddler both have a curve shaped shoulder support design which contours to the shoulder and provides comfort instead of pain. Another huge feature on the maternity pillows is the lumbar support. It correctly supports mommy's weight while she sleeps. The belly support is another important upgrade mother's demanded when it came to pregnancy pillows. This maternity body pillow features a belly support which allows the belly to rest on the support and keep baby comfortable. The biggest feature on the Cozy Comfort is the large, square head rest area, while the Cozy Cuddler offers the large square resting area. Both provide comfort like a standard pillow. Other versions of maternity body pillows feature a flimsy, oddly shaped area for the head, but not Today's Mom. The Cozy Cuddler has a unique design which follows the natural shape of mommy's body from head to toe. 

This is one pregnancy pillow which is designed with an easy to remove zipper-cover so the pillow or case can be removed for washing. It is a machine washable, patent pending maternity body pillow and is made of a 50/50 combination of polyester and cotton. Today's Mom knows today's mommy and listened to her demands. These pillows can only be found exclusively at BabyAge.

If you're one of the hundreds of parents who read the Consumer Report that left you fearing for the safety of your child - you're not alone. The Consumer Report issued on Jan. 4 said they tested the type of infant car seat that faces the rear and snaps in and out of a base. It found only two of the 12 seats worth recommending, and it urged a federal recall of one seat, the Evenflo Discovery. Evenflo had immediately disputed the tests' validity. On Thursday, Consumer Reports retracted the negative report on infant car seats because some of its test crashes were conducted at speeds higher than it had claimed. Talk about embarrassment!

The original report said most of the seats tested "failed disastrously" in crashes at speeds as low as 35 mph. They even said that in one test, a dummy child was hurled 30 feet.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has since stepped in and said some of the crash tests were conducted with a car being struck at more than 70 mph.

"Consumer Reports was right to withdraw its infant car seat test report and I appreciate that they have taken this corrective action," said NHTSA administrator Nicole Nason. "I was troubled by the report because it frightened parents and could have discouraged them from using car seats." More than 100 worried parents called the agency's hotline the same evening the original report was released.

Executive director of the National Safety Council's Air Bag & Seat Belt Safety Campaign, Phil Haseltine, said the report had raised doubts among many parents about their car seats despite the "very rigorous standard at NHTSA."

"I think it's going to take a substantial educational effort to undo that damage," said Haseltine, whose organization was created through a partnership of automakers, insurance companies and safety groups.

Consumer Reports has since said they would review its study, retest the car seats and publish a new article as soon as possible. Consumer Reports released a statement Thursday and said they had received information from the NHTSA "concerning the speed at which our side-impact tests were conducted" — supposedly, 38 mph. Consumer Reports spokesman Ken Weine said new information from the federal agency showed that the speeds were higher.

Weine said a recall was still being urged for the Discovery and for another seat which was judged unacceptable because it did not fit well in several cars. Evenflo spokeswoman Jam Stewart said the company would comment later.

The original report found that all the car seats except the Discovery performed properly in frontal crashes at 30 mph, which is the standard for seats sold in the United States. It also noted that cars are tested by federal regulators at higher speeds — 35 mph for frontal crashes and 38 mph for side crashes — this was the reason the magazine tested the seats at those speeds.

Nason said, "When NHTSA tested the same child seats in conditions representing the 38.5 mph conditions claimed by Consumer Reports, the seats stayed in their bases as they should, instead of failing dramatically."

Consumer Reports' Don Mays, a product safety director, said at the time, "It's unconscionable that infant seats, which are designed to protect the most vulnerable children, aren't routinely tested the same as new cars."

Consumer Reports said with frontal tests performed at 35 mph, the car seats separated from their bases, rotated too far or would have inflicted grave injuries. They aslo "found" that at 38 mph, four seats flew out of their bases following side impact.

Weine said Thursday there was no information casting doubt on the 35 mph crashes. He said an internal investigation was under way and he could not yet say how the test may have gone wrong, or who, if anyone, was to blame.

"This is very early," he said. "We found this information out very recently and as soon as we did we wanted to take the most important step which is openly communicating with consumers."

The magazine is asking their readers and others who may have learned of the tests "to remember that use of any child seat is safer than no child seat, but to suspend judgment on the merits of individual products until the new testing has been completed and the report republished." Guess now's the time to say "Don't believe everything you read."

Posted 9:10am EST 01-19-2007

Have you gained more than a few pounds over the past year? Ever wonder why you can't keep the weight off? A new study printed by USA Today suggests that living with children may be the problem. The study suggests that adults living with children tend to eat more fat than adults in kid-free homes, consuming as much additional saturated fat each week as found in an individual-size pizza.

The study doesn't suggest that it's children who increase fat, but it is the cupboards stocked with cookies, cheese, peanuts and processed meats, all which are high in fat content, all which we feed our children.

"These dietary choices may be due to time pressures, advertising aimed at children that also includes adults or adults' perception that children will eat only hot dogs or macaroni and cheese," says study author Helena Laroche, who works in internal medicine and pediatrics at the University of Iowa College of Medicine. "Once these foods are in the house, even if bought for the children, adults appear more likely to eat them."

Laroche says the report "doesn't prove that the presence of children causes adults to eat more fat," but it shows that people who live with children may have different eating habits for many reasons.

Laroche and University of Michigan researchers examined data from the federal government's National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, scouring detailed food questionnaires given to 6,600 adults who lived with and without children under 17. The survey reviewed what the adults ate over a 24-hour period.

They found that adults who lived with children ate almost 5 more grams of fat a day for a total of more than 91 grams, compared with 86.5 grams for adults who did not live with children. Also, almost 2 grams more of saturated fat (linked to heart disease) were consumed a day. About 12 grams of saturated fat were consumed a week — an amount equal to a 6-inch personal-size pepperoni pizza. The Department of Agriculture says an adult who is on a 2,000-calorie diet should consume less than 65 grams of total fat a day, including less than 20 grams of saturated fat.

Posted 10:20am EST 01-10-2007

The Austin Toddler Bed from Today's Tot will help keep any little boy or girl snug as a bug with its intimate wood design. It is the perfect toddler bed as it provides a transition between crib and adult bed. The fantastic finish gives it a classic look suitable for any nursery design.

The Austin bed is an investment for the family. Because of a birch wood design it will span the generations. It features a clean, simple finish and comes in a variety of colors. The Todays Tot toddler bed can accept a child up to 50 lbs, which is the perfect weight to begin using an adult bed. The toddler bed is set apart from other wood beds because it has removable guard rails to accommodate a growing child. 

Today's Tot also offers matching furniture!  

Sometimes the simplest things will fascinate a child the most. Take the Today's Tot play tables for example. Children are going to love these tables because of the copious amounts of activities which can take place on top of the surface areas. Set up a train set and the Cornwall Play Table becomes a train table. All the tables work well with puzzles, board games, coloring books or other arts and crafts.

When your child growns out of the tables, they can easily blend in the living room as a coffee table. The surface is easy to clean with mild soap and warm water, which is great for any spills. It is low to the ground like other coffee tables and was designed with that in mind.

Don't miss out on the HUGE Clearance Sale at BabyAge going on now! The holiday season has officially started and you don't have to pay an arm and a leg to dress your kid like a celeb! Not sure what to look for? Use our Gift Finder to easily navigate through many items from under $25 to over $100.