Vacation sex is usually great. You’re away from the stresses of your everyday life. No kids, no cooking, cleaning, or working. But what if you’re staying at someone’s house? Say, the house of a cousin, college friend, or even your grandparents. Is the vacation sex going to be as good as if you were staying in a hotel? It can be. But you have to get the lay of the land, so to speak, when you get there....
So it makes perfect beauty sense that Sephora and Barbie have teamed up to release a collection inspired by the world’s most iconic doll. Beauty lovers and Barbie fanatics, you’re about to get blessed with official Barbie beauty kits! Fans will also get an exclusive Barbie cap. If for some anti-boombox reason you don’t want the full kit, each Barbie product will also be sold separately. The Donut Shades palette has six delicious colors: Cream, Candy, Almond, Honey, Chestnut, and Cassis....
“While it is highly recommended for a mother to stop smoking while she is breastfeeding, it is not an absolute contraindication to NOT breast feed,” says Melissa Goist, MD, an ob/gyn at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. Or put in plain English, “Although smoking while breastfeeding is strongly discouraged, if you do smoke, we still highly encourage you to breastfeed.” In other words, the positive health perks of breast milk outweigh the negative impact of smoking....
Your answer is here! When to start: This is the big question; isn’t it? When to start? The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that moms breastfeed for the first 6 months of life, but they also suggest babies begin eating solids some time around 6 months. So when, exactly, should you start? “Most babies can start ‘solids’ between 4 to 6 months, depending on their readiness,” says Danielle Fatemi, a pediatric dietitian with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics....
“I knew I wanted each of my students to mix their own color, but I wanted it to carry greater significance. I wanted them to mix colors to discover the rainbow inside of their beautiful skin,” she says. This year, she wanted to jump right into the project and set a precedent from the start. “The tendency, when I was growing up, was for teachers to try to pretend that they did not see color,” Johnson says “My culture, my language, my religion, and even the texture of my hair are all inextricably linked to the color of my skin....
More from CafeMom: 18 Gorgeous Celtic Baby Names That Are Totally Overlooked It doesn’t matter if one is a fan of fun-loving Christmas movies, enjoys the anticipation of unwrapping gifts on Christmas Day, or just doesn’t want to be a Grinch, Christmas touches our hearts and inspires some pretty awesome baby names. And it would make baby’s birthday pretty special, if it happened to coincide with the season of joy and cheer....
But with the election mere weeks away, it’s impossible to ignore the battle for the White House (as well it should be). And that all-consuming fervor has even permeated to the four corners of the Internet, in the form of strange political swag. Gone are the days of wearing a red, white, and blue-spangled pin on your lapel — the era of showing your political leanings with beer koozies and embroidered pillows is here....
And it’s a good thing she did, because I developed extreme hyper-pigmentation and rosacea in the third grade. Seeing how self-conscious I was about it, my mother (a DIY beauty enthusiast before it was even cool) quickly consulted her book of beauty concoctions. She came up with this magic mask that has helped moisturize my skin and reduce my redness. title: “The Diy Face Mask My Mom Made To Calm My Rosacea” ShowToc: true date: “2024-09-24” author: “Dale Gregg” And it’s a good thing she did, because I developed extreme hyper-pigmentation and rosacea in the third grade....
As if you need one more thing to worry about, right? Well, here’s a bit of comfort: Sagging skin doesn’t discriminate. Even macrobiotic maven and yoga-enthusiast Gwyneth Paltrow’s knees have been called out while super-skinny former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham’s kninkles have also been noticed! While this clearly isn’t a medical condition anyone needs to be worried about, it can certainly be disheartening when you want to look your best in a skirt or shorts....
Same with foreplay. Gets your ready. Gets you heated. Feels good. Might even feel better than sex itself. And there’s a reason for that. And it has nothing to do with your underwear. It has to do with men. Or women. Your partner. The person you are having sex with. It’s because once you are getting down and dirty and having the sex then that’s it — it involves the pleasure of the person you are having sex with....
I know no one, including me, is immune to bed bugs. I know I could pick up a bed bug and bring it into my home. But I don’t really believe that’s going to happen to me, because I’m not the type of person who gets bed bugs. See, that’s the very dangerous attitude that prevents me from taking steps to prevent infestations in my house or helping to tame the larger problem of the blood-thirsty bastards taking over the world, which, if you read the papers, is exactly what they seem to be doing....
Unfortunately, it’s almost 11 p.m. and you’re too exhausted to come up with an activity that is cute and clever, so you straight-up panic. But fear not: In an effort to keep hopeless parents from leaving their elf parked on a mantel all December, the Elf on the Shelf calendar was born. More from CafeMom: The Elf on the Shelf Has a New ‘Nicer’ Rival: Reindeer in Here More from CafeMom: 16 Cute & Clever Ways to Celebrate the Arrival of Elf on the Shelf Whether you choose one of these cheat sheets and stick to it or combine the ideas to make your own, there’s no denying that these things are about to make the Elf on the Shelf a lot more popular with parents everywhere....
(The answer is amazing, by the way.) More from CafeMom: 6 Reasons Plus-Size Women Will Never Look Good in Bikinis But Sirokai didn’t post the photo to prove that one size or body-type is better than the other — she did it celebrate how beautiful both women are, and how worthy any woman is of a high-fashion ad. In fact, this isn’t the first time Sirokai recreated an iconic image in order to prove that body type has nothing to do with how strong and sexy you are....
According to WHO-TV, Nicole and her husband, Shane, welcome Mariana to the world on July 1 and wed six days later with their daughter by their side. But their July 7 wedding ceremony was cut short when they realized Mariana wasn’t eating and refused to wake up. They rushed their newborn to Blank Children’s Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa, where she was diagnosed with meningitis caused by HSV-1, the form of the herpes virus that causes cold sores, which doctors say she probably contracted after being kissed by someone who is a carrier....
More from CafeMom: This Mom Just Nailed What Every Day Looks Like for Boy Moms How did this get here? What is bubble wrap? What’s a package? I am but an innocent tween with no knowledge of this modern innovation you call mail. “It’s a bong,” his mom says, even though I’m pretty sure he knows, and she knows that he knows, and we know that she knows that he knows....
More from CafeMom: 17 Home Birth Photos That Show the Beauty of Having Your Children by Your Side Laura shared that while she and her husband were completely on board, her other friends and family members were terrified of something going wrong. “It’s important to mention that I am an emergency room nurse, and so is my mother. We have seen any and everything that can and has gone wrong in a multitude of circumstances,” she told CafeMom....
She shared photos of the girl’s progress and was impressed to see how quickly her eye seemed to improve. “The power of breast milk,” she wrote. More from CafeMom: This Baby Rocks a ‘Placenta Bag’ & His Mom Doesn’t Care If People Hate It More from CafeMom: Mom Seriously Confused After Her Breast Milk Turns Bright Pink Board certified pediatrician Jarret Patton, MD, FAAP, tells CafeMom that there’s mixed evidence on whether breast milk can actually treat pink eye or ear infections, despite the positive results these moms are seeing....
So over the years, we’ve dined on plenty of alternative Thanksgiving main courses — sometimes in addition to turkey, other times in place of it. One of my favorites is prime rib. It’s a flavorful meat that’s easy to cook and pleases the most ravenous red meat fans. It also makes for some pretty tasty day-after sandwiches. Here’s an easy recipe for a simple prime rib with a really well-seasoned rub from Whole Foods: Herbed Prime Rib Roast...
A turducken is a dish consisting of a de-boned chicken stuffed into a de-boned duck, which itself is stuffed into a de-boned turkey. If you can handle the meat, check out these five interesting tidbits about the fowl monstrosity. Have you ever tried a turducken? Image via jules: stonesoup/Flickr
Here, everything you need to know about UTIs & pregnancy. You’re more likely to get a UTI when you’re pregnant than when you’re not. Your uterus is positioned just above your bladder, and as it grows when you’re pregnant, it presses down, making you feel like you have to pee every 2 seconds. That part you probably knew. But what you might not know: It also prevents urine from draining properly, and when this happens, bacteria can accumulate and turn into an UTI....
