Annie Idibia Ties Baby Olivia To her Back While Cooking in The Kitchen

Backing baby the traditional way is something a lot of us have done, and in rural parts of Africa, it continues to be the norm. These days in urban cities like Lagos, many moms turn up their nose, and would rather use a baby sling or carrier.

But sometimes, nothing beats the traditional wrapper and oja carrier to put the baby on the back. Mercy Johnson did it for her baby Purity while on set, see here, and now Annie Idibia is showing us how it's done in the kitchen.

Shonda Rhimes On Combining Motherhood With Career And Being An Angry Black Woman

Shonda Rhimes is the creator of ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ and ‘Scandal’ and is also executive producing new TV show, ‘How to Get Away with Murder’ featuring Viola Davis. She's also the single mom of three children, a twelve year old and two younger children.

The usually affable, if a no-nonsense go getting TV executive had her feathers ruffled a few weeks ago when a New York Times writer described her as is an ‘angry black woman’ [read here]. Shonda called out the writer on social media and sparked a conversation on sexism and race.

Nicki Minaj Talks About Wanting To Be A Mother After Watching Beyonce With Blue Ivy

A few days ago, rapper Nicki Minaj showed off some looks from a menswear-inspired photoshoot with L’Uomo Vogue, here. The top rapper also sat down with the magazine for a quick chat, and opened up about wanting to have a family of her own, how her father's abuse of her mother has influenced her and how she is a control freak.

She also spoke about performing with Beyonce and then seeing her being all motherly with Blue Ivy and how that was an eye-opener for her about combining motherhood with a high-profile career in entetainment.

Did Kim Kardashian Really Forget North West in a Paris Hotel?

Some reports are insinuating that Kim Kardashian almost left behind her daughter, North West, after she checked out of a Paris hotel. A new video which has just surfaced online, and shows the reality star on their last day in France, after Paris Fashion Week ended, is supposed to be the proof.

Why Would Any Mom Do This To Her One-Year Old?

I am a fan of Chacha Eke and her adorable little daughter Kamarachukwu Darlene Faani, see preious pics here and here. The little girl turned one today and the actress just released these pictures from her birthday studio photoshoot..

Should you blame the first time mom, or whoever runs the studio for allowing these troubling pictures of a baby in full make up? And what's up with the old woman wigs too? And the phone, car keys, and porshe in the backdrop, what happened to colorful decorations for the little girl's hair and having cute back drops of toys and such?

If one wants to play dress up with their little girl, by all means! Ideas boku - professions, traditional outfits, play, outdoors, and more. This little girl looks overwhelmed and not a day under 50 with all the makeup and wig. I hate to call out any mom, but this is so not it!

My only consolation is that the little girl later looked to have some fun, and may be too young to remember this. But mom should hide these pictures or make sure there's a funny story to go with them.

Jennifer Aniston Says Birthing A Child Does Not Define Her Value As A Woman

Many questions have followed Jennifer Aniston throughout her career, especially during her marriage to Brad Pitt, one of the most desirable men in Hollywood, their eventual divorce, and Brad going to have several biological and adopted children with Angelina Jolie.

Now that Jennifer Aniston is engaged again to fiance Justin Theroux, some of these questions have started up again including; "When is she getting married? Will she have children? Is she pregnant now?"

In an interview with TODAY's Carson Daly, Jennifer Aniston shared her take on the expectations that come with the questions.

“I don’t have this sort of checklist of things that have to be done, and…if they’re not checked, then I’ve failed some part of my feminism or my being a woman or my worth and my value as a woman because I haven’t birthed a child. I’ve birthed a lot of things, and I feel like I’ve mothered many things. And I don’t feel like it’s fair to put that pressure on people.”

Below is the video of their conversation and more of what she spoke about in the interiew;

Covers - Omoni Oboli With Her Three Sons For Motherhood-In-Style Magazine

Omoni Oboli covers the new issue of Motherhood In-Style Magazine with her sons, each holding flash cards that label their mom the #coolestmumever.

Inside the issue, she opens up about balancing work and family, her hubby Nnamdi Oboli and three sons, Tobe, Gozi, and Chizi – 9, 11 and 13 respectively.

Bullied For Being Dark, Skinny And African - Tiwa Savage Opens Up In Birthday Message to Mother

Tiwa Savage celebrated her mother who added a year today with a touching message on Instagram. The singer shared the memory of how she was bullied for being dark skinned and how her mother helped her overcome it, and taught her good character in the process;

"During my high school days I was bullied for several years, I would get jumped on the bus, head flushed down the toilet and so on, it got so bad that I did something drastic and life threatening because I was so depressed. My mother was called to school on several occasions and each time she came she would ask to see the other students bullying me and would always pray for us all.

Of course they would joke and laugh but my mother was always so calm and reserved and she would take me home, cook me Naija food (we were living in london at the time) and she would make me realize how loved I was and how rich my culture is, how beautiful I am being a nigerian girl (I was bullied for being African, skinny, dark and I had a strong naija accent) what my mother didn't do was fight, shout or argue with the other girls or their parents (who were at times very rude and disrespectful) Instead she showered me with love and reminded me where I was from.

Aisha Falode Writes Open Letter To Son's Killers Six Months After His Death

Sports broadcaster Aisha Falode is still seeking justice for her 19-year-old son, Tyler Fray, who fell, or was thrown from the rooftop of a 17-storey building on February 15th 2014 in Dubai [read story].

Since then no one has been charged for the incident by the Dubai police. Aisha Falode writes;

In years gone by, I read detective books and watched Crime series depicting how murderers sleep at night. How they wake up in sweat with nightmarish images of the soul they had taken, and are so filled with dread and guilt of their crime that they spend their night dripping hot, sticky sweat of horror at what they had done.

How they stare at the night, wishing somehow it would never come, I mean, murderers live in such fear wishing they could turn the hands of the clock or go back in time and re-enact the whole scene of their evil deed, so as to reverse the killing of their innocent victim.

Kim Kardashian On Finding Her Voice With Marriage And Motherhood

Kim Kardashian has opened up on being outspoken since she had a daughter and got married to probably the most outspoken man in showbiz. She told People magazine;

'I think when you have a baby there's like no time for any like shit. 'Excuse my language. You don't have time for it and sometimes I see things and I'm like, "I'm not gonna let that slide. This person was wrong" or whatever.

'I'm feeling I speak my mind a little bit more after I've had our daughter. I don't know if it's a combination of being married to someone that's superhonest and open and says whatever he wants whenever he wants to or just not having time really for anything else but the truth and just being real."

20-Year-Old Mom Commits Suicide After Toddler, Omoyele Gonzalez, Dies Unexpectedly

An Ohio mom killed herself hours after her mysteriously died at their home, police said.

Kayelisa Martin, 20, allegedly committed suicide Thursday by walking in front of a semitrailer after cops found her little 14-month-old son, Omoyele Gonzalez, dead in his bed at her Canton apartment.

Cops are continuing to investigate the deaths and say an earlier car crash could be relevant to their inquiries.

The mom and son were involved in an earlier accident at 6:35 a.m. the same day after Martin lost control of her Nissan Maxima when the wheel started to shake.

The vehicle hit a fire hydrant, shrubs and landscaping rocks before traveling across a parking lot and stopping. Martin was cited for operating a vehicle without reasonable control.

New Mom Refuses To Stop Smoking Marijuana While Breastfeeding Her Baby

A woman with a legal card to use marijuana for medical purposes, recently had to sign a waiver before being allowed to breastfeed her newborn. The hospital wanted Crystal Cain to acknowledge that she is aware of the potential risks to her baby of getting high while nursing.

The new mom also smoked throughout her pregnancy, supposedly to deal with nausea and anxiety as adviced by her midwife. Her baby was born almost two months premature and needed an incubator for a few days. Still Cain says she has no plans to stop smoking.

"There are several studies that indicate that it doesn't, it can't transfer through your milk ducts, your body automatically kind of filters it.” 

However, the American Academy of Pediatrics advises against mothers breasfeeding their babies while using marijuana.

Kerry Washington Admits It Was Tough Being Olivia Pope While Pregnant

Kerry Washington welcomed her first child with husband Nnamdi Asomugha, daughter Isabelle Amarachi Asomugha, back in April. So for most of the last season of Scandal, the 37-year-old Scandal actress was pregnant, and she successfully concealed her baby bump to play Olivia Pope on the TV show.

However, Kerry admits she struggled with the emotional roller coaster of being pregnant while filming Scandal where her character Olivia Pope was not pregnant. Kerry revealed to The Hollywood Reporter;

"All of last season was a challenge for me, on a few levels. For one thing, I was going through this amazing physical transition, this physical journey of having a baby, that my character was not going through. And I work very physically. What I do is often grounded in the body. That meant I had to figure out how to be this woman while my instrument was changing and evolving every day. It was like seeing the keys on a piano jump around on a daily basis. It was tough for me to even maintain Olivia's walk because of the changes.

Covers - Olivia Wilde Breastfeeds Her Son Otis For Glamour Magazine

Actress Olivia Wilde welcomed baby Otis with fiancé Jason Sudeikis in April, and in the September issue of Glamour magazine, the new mom talks about her experience breastfeeding. Accompanying the interview, is a stunning image of her nursing him [below].

Wilde's cover debuts during World Breastfeeding Week, an annual celebration promoting breastfeeding awareness worldwide. The actress joins other celebrities who have also shared photos in order to normalize the sight of breastfeeding and show support for other nursing mothers.

For more celebrities, including Giselle Bundchen and Yaya Dacosta, pictured breastfeeding in the past, check out this post.

Excerpts from the cover story and more photos below...

Hot Mama! Adaeze Yobo Shows Off Her Fit Body in Swimsuit

Adaeze Yobo and her family, husband Joseph Yobo and son Joey are in Florida for their vacation and she shared this pictures of herself at their hotel wearing a white one-piece swimsuit with a plunging neckline.

See another photo below...

Model Posing Nude While Breastfeeding Her Baby Stirs Up The Breastfeeding Controversy Again

Gisele Bundchen, Miranda Kerr, Jaime King, Yaya DaCosta, Ashley Nicole, Karleesha Thurman, and now Natalia Vodianova. All mothers, all have chosen to breastfeed their babies, all have shared photos of themselves breastfeeding, and all have faced internet backlash over said photos.

While some have praised the women for sharing these pictures, so as to normalize breastfeeding, others have gone so far as to say they are appalled by the images.

The most recent picture to raise internet ire is Natalia Vodianova’s Instagram picture above of her nursing her baby while in the nude.

Mommy Time - Annie Idibia Surrounded by Her Daughters

Annie Idibia was on a shoot for an Africa Magic show and her daughters, Isabella and Olivia, were missing her by the time she came back. She too missed them and she shared this picture of how happy they all were to see each other. Now lets all go Aww...

ThatZ how they rushed me whn I opened d door---- na mi rush Olivia sha #thankful4dem #Ujahgirls

See more pics of the working mom below.. She looks good :)

Halle Berry on Balancing Acting With Motherhood

Halle Berry spoke with Jimmy Fallon on “The Tonight Show” to promote her new TV series “Extant” which is produced by Steven Spielberg and premiered on CBS last night.

In addition to what to expect from the sci-fi production, Halle talked about being a working mother, and how she coped with being a mother for 9-month-old baby son Maceo while shooting the Extant series.

Halle admitted that she was barely home and her husband Olivier Martinez would usually bring the baby boy to her set on location.

See the video clip with Jimmy Fallon below.

Kim Kardashian and Her Sisters Say Yes To the Question, "Can Women Have It All?"

Kim Kardashian and her sisters, Kourtney and Khloe, are business women in their own right and they were featured on CNBC's business segment "Closing Bell" last Monday. 

The CEOs or the various brands were asked about juggling their crazy schedules with family life, and if women could have it all, bearing in mind that PepsiCo CEO said it was not possible.

Kim confessed that it has been more difficult, especially since she had her daughter last June, but that having it all was possible with good prioritizing. She gave the credit to their mother, Kris Jenner, for instilling a strong work ethic in her children.

Read excerpts from the interview below;

First Time Mom Kim Kardashian on Her Favorite Things About Nori and Going Back to Work

Kim Kardashian may have her job cut out for her being a socialite, reality TV star, model, and event hostess as well as businesswoman but it clear how much she loves her daughter, Baby Nori. 

As if in answer to Wendy Williams who questioned her parenting skills [here], Kim discusses her experience as a first time mother and how she has been coping in an interview with Romy and The Bunnies.

Some excerpts below.