We'll be adding lots of celebrity goss and other useful newsy bits here as the month progresses....
 Yet another parenting survey has shown that parents are more and more influenced by holiday destinations when naming their kids – with over 18,000 parents choosing to call their babies after places like Bali, Capri and Cuba over the past 10 years. Florence, Rio and Paris are the favourite holiday themed names chosen by mums and dads, closely followed by India, Sydney and Lucia. And it’s not just holidays abroad that are inspiring parents with a total of 1,255 Devons born over the past 10 years – not to mention 6 Brightons and 4 Dublins!
A survey by Drayton Manor Theme Park has found that the average family will have over 80 arguments during the summer holidays. This includes rows about money and what to do with bored children.
Singer Alanis Morissette is pregnant. It will be the first baby for the The 36-year-old star and her new husband Mario Treadway. She made the announcement in the American magazin Us under the title '25 Things You Don't Know About Me'. Very sneaky!
US Mum Veronica Real-Mayorga has given birth to quintuplets at 30 weeks of pregnancy. The babies have been called Isaac, Priscilla, Aaron, Joel, and Matilde and they range in weight from 2.5 pounds to an amazing nearly 4 pounds.
25 year old pop singer Lily Allen and her partner Sam Cooper are expecting their first baby. Lily, who suffered a miscarriage in January 2008, is three months' pregnant. Lily, the daughter of the actor Keith Allen, started dating her 32 year old partner, who is a builder, last summer. The star told The Sun: 'It brings me great pleasure to tell you that Sam and I are expecting our first child. It goes without saying that we are both absolutely delighted.'
Speculation is rife that ex-Spice Girl Mel B is pregnant. The 35 year old has made no secret of the fact that she'd like another baby.
Patsy Palmer is pregnant with her 4th baby.
Supermodel Gisele Bündchen has controversially said she thinks there should be a law encouraging women to breastfeed. She said: "Are you going to give chemical food to your child when they are so little? I think there should be a worldwide law, in my opinion, that mothers should breastfeed their babies for six months."
Mum-to-be and singer Alicia Keys has married her rap producer boyfriend Swizz Beatz in France. Alicia, who is due to give birth in November, wore a flowing white Vera Wang gown, like Chelsea Clinton, and carried a bouquet of purple lillies.
According to a Kiddicare survey, 91% of parents hire a car seat for their little one on their summer holidays but nearly half of them don't bother to check if the car seat is up to European standards or fitted correctly into their hire car.
More news snippets wil be added as the month goes on.....
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February 2011 News Snippets
