Hilaria Baldwin: Post-Baby PHOTO

Hilaria Baldwin has just posted a pic of herself online… two days after giving birth to second child, a son Rafael.

Rafael joins sister Carmen, 21 months - both the children of Hilaria and actor Alec Baldwin. Alec also has an adult daughter, Ireland - her mother is Kim Basinger.

Back to the photo below… Hilaria is in her knickers and a bra, just a  few days post delivery:

She captioned it, on Instagram:

Update on us... Rafael is doing wonderfully! He is two days old now. Such a sweet little boy. I'm feeling well, been up with him every hour to two hours. I have been planning on doing post belly photos but didn't know if I was gonna have the guts to actually follow through. I hope you understand my intention here: I believe it is important to accept and love our form after going through a bit of a battle bringing life into this world. Deep breath, here we go...all the way from my glamorous hospital bathroom 😘 #ShrinkingBaldwinBabyBump#NoShame #LoveYourBody

It joins another realistic post-baby body: Kate Middleton…

...although, no… she didn't pose in a selfie in her undies and bra), but it proves that just after a baby is born (and likely for a long time afterwards), a woman will have a decent sized tummy bulge, and it is SO normal. Um, hello… you just grew a human! In my case, I grew two (5.3kgs worth of babies).

And so, yes. What Hilaria has posted is positive. Who cares if she looks super cute and her legs and arms are small and her hair is lovely… she is a pretty woman and was pretty before the birth too, and has a lovely body when she is and isn't pregnant (she's also a yoga teacher, BTW).

So, no social media bashing, please. Onya, Hilaria.

You wouldn't have seen me in my in undies, but this post is not about me, it's about Hilaria.

Petition aims to ban baby ear-piercing: why I won't sign

I have signed online petitions before. Yes, I have.

Mainly when people seek to change laws concerning kids and animals, anything relating to violence against women. Gay rights. You know, meaningful things.

But this.

I truly can't even.

And I don't say 'can't even.'

A petition which aims to ban baby ear-piercing?

It strangely makes me think of 'Mean Girls': "stop trying to make 'fetch' happen."

As it applies to this: stop trying to make us 'outraged' about something that has nothing to do with you. Stop trying to make something that is not relevant to you happen.

Piercing my daughter's ears? Butt out.

I had my daughter's ears pierced when she was about five months old. And I think I left it too late!

For us (and by us, I mean people of Italian background), it's a cultural thing.

My mother had my ears pierced when I was young.

It involved my mother, my godmother, my aunt… and some metho.

And guess what? I don't remember it.

Isn't that the whole point? It's done when you're too young to recall the pain?

This petition wants to:

Make it illegal for babies/toddlers to get their ears pierced. Set a minimum legal age requirement.

They say:

Why is this important?

It is a form of child cruelty. Severe pain and fear is inflicted upon infants unnecessarily. It serves no purpose other than to satisfy the parent's vanity. Other forms of physically harming children are illegal- this should be no different.

I don't even know where to start with this. So I will start here: 'cruelty'. 'Parent's vanity.' 'Illegal'.

As my parents used to say, "Fatti i cazzi tuoi."

Which means, "Mind your own effing business."

It's almost funny, this petition. As funny as sending it to Italy and South America where piercing is the norm, and is done sometimes before the baby leaves hospital.

The Italians and South Americans can have a chuckle over their caffe, over your concern for their child.

'How A Baby Is Made' - The 1975 Book Going Viral: PHOTOS

The birds and the bees.

This book.

Nope.

Kiddies - we have to teach them someday about where babies comes from (*dread*) and this 1975 book 'How a Baby Is Made' was written to show them every step of the process. Very graphically.

The book, written by Danish author, teacher, and psychotherapist Per Holm Knudsen chronicles the whole process of making a child, from conception to birth (get ready for those pics) with frank words and lovely illustrations.

Why is this now viral?

Facebook user Crysta-Mai Elassaad posted these pics to Facebook - and now they have been shared over 134,000 times.

Oh, and you can buy the book here! Got $270 spare…?

Enjoy:

'The Wiggles: Anthony's Fruity Feast': DVD Giveaway

	'The Wiggles' release are ALWAYS loads of fun for the kids, and I love how they now highlight one of the 'The Wiggles' members and make various versions of the successful kids' show for kids and kidults to enjoy (go on, admit it - you sing along, right!?) Releasing this month, 'The Wiggles: Anthony's Fruity Feast' is the original Wiggle Anthony Field in action, from the acclaimed TV program Ready, Steady, Wiggle! Series 2, Anthony has selected twelve of the tastiest favourites from 'Cowboy Anthony' to 'Captain's Magic Buttons'! They're served up fresh with over 40 songs and a delightful dessert of wiggly bloopers and a photo gallery ('TwinnieWorld' has two DVD copies to giveaway - scroll down for more!) When asked to describe Anthony's Fruity Feast!, he replied, "It's yummy, yummy!" The special features on 'The Wiggles: Anthony's Fruity Feast' are:
- Wiggly Bloopers and a photo gallery. Releasing June 3, $19.95, 12 episodes, running time 140 minutes. NOW! How to enter (to win one of FIVE copies on offer): - 'Like' the Josie's Juice Facebook page - Follow me on Instagram and Twitter if you are on the social media platforms. Also, share a 'The Wiggles: Anthony's Fruity Feast' photo on my @josiegags Instagram page by taking a screenshot of it, then using these hashtags: #regram #josiesjuice #competitions #giveaways #prizes #TheWiggles - Share this link on your Facebook wall - Comment below on why you'd like to win this DVD (although it's on sale now on both formats, only DVD version - with ALL the extras above - on offer here) AND email me at josiegags@optusnet.com.au so I can contact you in case you are a winner. In the email, please provide your address (so many people forget these steps and don't enter a valid email address below, and I spend lots of time trying to track you down, or simply give the prize to the next person - not fun for anyone!) (If you find it hard to comment below because your device won't let you - sometimes that happens on an iPhone, for example - simply send me your entry and mailing address via email at josiegags@optusnet.com.au). *Competition is open to Australian residents only.

My Kid Can't Eat This - Instagram Account

This new account on Instagram - @MyKidCantEatThis - is brilliant.

It brings together all the ridiculous excuses kids have to not that meal you prepared for them, which is always SUCH a fun parenting moment.

It has the subhead: Why your kid can't eat your terrible food. Tag your photos with #mykidcanteatthis to show up here!

Follow the account here. You can also follow them on Facebook here.

And here are some examples below:

The Top 20 Dilemmas of Being a Modern, Multi-tasking Mum by Anna Abignano

I love this.

My friend Anna is a wonderful human, a top mummy, an exceptional PR person, and… a witty writer!

She sent me this today and I knew I had to share.

So, in the spirit of Mother's Day and all the mothers out there who do a KICK-ARSE job, this is for you too:

The top 20 dilemmas of being a Modern, Multi-tasking Mum 

1. Trying to insert a tampon with acrylic nails.
2. Trying hard not to hit your husband with a hot pan when he asks “What’s for Dinner?”
3. Trying hard not to suffocate your husband with a blanket when he channel surfs while you’re sitting next to him folding washing.
4. Trying not to hit your husband with a tea towel when he is still channel surfing while you are still folding washing.
5. Trying not to get third degree burns while you’re balancing a sick, screaming toddler on your hip the same time as attempting to cook spag bol.
6. Getting carpet burn picking up every single grain of rice your 10-month-old throws on the floor, wishing you had floor boards.
7. Getting splinters from the floor boards picking up every single grain of rice your 10- month-old throws on the floor, wishing you had carpet.
8. Screaming your head off and doing a quick dive toward your toddler when you see blood pouring out of her mouth, only to realise she has strawberries stuck in her teeth.
9. Burning off ten kilos scrubbing Sudocrem out of the carpet.
10. Getting back pain picking up and re-folding the washing your toddler has decided to grab and fling all over the living room floor for fun.
11. Being in total denial at the mouldy smell coming from the load of washing you ran two days ago but are yet to hang up.
12. Skidding on milk that was spilt all over the kitchen floor two days ago, but you haven’t had the time (or the inclination) to mop it up.
13. Trying to remember what a mop looks like.
14. Not allowing your husband to touch your droopy, I’ve-breastfed-three-children boobs, then spending four hours a day researching new boobs online wondering if you can somehow disguise the cost of your new breasts on the joint credit card or somehow convince your Bank Manager for a new boob payment plan.
15. Hiding out in your wardrobe eating an entire block of Cadbury Chocolate Hazelnut. Comforting yourself that it’s ok to do so as it contains nuts, and possibly not good for your kids anyway.
16. Cleaning up so much poo that you’ve awarded nicknames to the different kinds of explosions: “Cadbury chocolate poo”. “I-don’t-feed-him-enough-fibre guilt pellets”. “She’s about to get gastro poo”. “Corn on the cob poo”. “What the f$#@ just happened poo”.
17. Rushing your daughter to emergency because she sustained first-degree burns on the hair straightener you forgot to turn off.
18. Finding yourself humming the tune to “Dorothy the Dinosaur” while you’re in the bathroom getting ready for a girl’s night out. Then getting in the car, looking in the rear-view mirror deciding you look like a Yeti because the last time you plucked your eyebrows was possibly three months ago.
19. Wondering whether to chill the wine at midday.
20. Not allowing your husband to touch your legs during sex because you haven’t bothered to shave or wax them for three months. Wondering if you can donate your leg hair to Carpet Court. 

About the Author: 

Anna Abignano (pronounced “A-bin-yar-no) is a very busy single mum of two gorgeous kids who never make life as a mother dull! She juggles motherhood by running her own freelance PR business, All About PR, and swears that one day she will own shares in a hair-colouring company seeing as a grey hair sprouts at least once a fortnight. Other than that, she has good genes on her side being told she looks 30 instead of 40. She is hoping it’s a compliment rather than a pick-up line, but honestly concludes it must be true as women tell her that, too. She is currently cooking dinner while her kids fight over the iPod.

This post was also posted at Josie's Juice here.

'Annie' DVD Giveaway

Did you see 'Annie' at the movies?

We did and we loved it so much - and now it's time to enjoy it all over again on DVD! And - you can win one of two copies here!

Academy Award nominee Quvenzhané Wallis (the cute-as and very talented actress from 'Beasts of the Southern Wild') stars as Annie, a young, happy foster kid who’s also tough enough to make her way on the streets of New York in 2014.

Originally left by her parents as a baby with the promise that they’d be back for her someday, it’s been a hard-knock life ever since with her mean foster mom Miss Hannigan (Cameron Diaz).

But everything’s about to change when the hard-nosed tycoon and New York mayoral candidate Will Stacks (Jamie Foxx) - advised by his brilliant VP, Grace (Rose Byrne - I love her in everything!) and his shrewd and scheming campaign advisor, Guy (Bobby Cannavale - Rose's real life boyfriend) - makes a thinly-veiled campaign move and takes her in.

Stacks believes he’s her guardian angel, but Annie’s self-assured nature and bright, sun-will-come-out-tomorrow outlook on life just might mean it’s the other way around.

This new twist on the classic Broadway musical features three all new songs woven seamlessly into the score, which has also been re-imagined and updated for modern times by Australian superstar Sia, and Greg Kurstin.

* DVD SRP: $39.95 * BLU-RAY SRP: $44.95 * CERT:TBA *GENRE: FAMILY*
* DVD DUR: TBA MINS * BLU-RAY DUR: TBA MINS * DVD DISCS: 1 * BLU-RAY DISCS: 1 *

Extras on the ULTRAVIOLET DVD EDITION:

Director’s Commentary
‘You’re Never Fully Dressed Without A Smile’ – Music Video
The Making of Annie

- Sing-a-longs:
- ‘Hard Knock Life,’
‘Tomorrow,’ ‘ I Think I’m Gonna Like It Here,’ ‘Opportunity,’ ‘I Don’t Need Anything But You’

- 'Like' the Josie's Juice Facebook page

- Follow me on Instagram and Twitter if you are on the social media platforms. Also, share a 'Annie' prize photo on Instagram by taking a screenshot of it, then using these hashtags: #regram #josiesjuice #competitions #giveaways #prizes #Annie

- Share this link on your Facebook wall

- Comment below on why you'd like to win this DVD (although it's on sale now on both formats, only DVD version - with ALL the extras above - on offer here) AND email me at josiegags@optusnet.com.au so I can contact you in case you are a winner. In the email, please provide your address (so many people forget these steps and don't enter a valid email address below, and I spend lots of time trying to track you down, or simply give the prize to the next person - not fun for anyone!)

(If you find it hard to comment below because your device won't let you - sometimes that happens on an iPhone, for example - simply send me your entry and mailing address via email at josiegags@optusnet.com.au).

*Competition is open to Australian residents only.