Katie Homes Opens Up To InStyle Magazine About Motherhood and Her Marriage To Tom

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InStyle Magazine scores hot mommy Katie Homes for their January Cover and manages to get her to open up about life with Tom and her role as a mom.

Here are some interview highlights:

On Christmas:

“I like being Santa, finding the unexpected gifts, staying up late to wrap them, sneaking down in the morning, the coffee cakes, the hot chocolate…I love the whole thing. My dad loves Christmas too and infused that spirit in me.”

Things she loves:

“The smell of my daughter’s breath, a fresh cut lawn, pulling up to a film set for the first time, hugging my husband.”

Her Favourite Role:

“I’m living my ideal role. I love being a mom and a wife. In terms of my career, I’d love to do a period piece.”

Please pick up a copy of the magazine for the rest of the interview.

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RECALL: Dollar Tree Store Toys Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard

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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Greenbrier International Inc have issued a recall on about 300,000 Baby Toys Baby Bead & Wire Toys and Speed Racer Pull Back & Go Action! Cars because the recalled toys contain excessive levels of lead, violating the federal lead paint standard.

The Baby Bead & Wire Toys are colored wires and colored beads that can slide on a natural wood platform. These bead toys have item number 903419 and date code 71 printed on the back of the packaging. The Speed Racer Pull Back & Go Action! Cars are yellow with black stripes and white with red stripes. Item number 873820 and date code 77 is printed on the back of the packaging.

The toys were sold at Dollar Tree, Dollar Bill$, Dollar Express, Greenbacks, Only One $1 and Deal$ stores nationwide from March 2007 through October 2007 (Baby Bead & Wire Toys) and from September 2007 through November 2007 (Speed Racer Cars) for $1.

Parents are being asked to take these toys away from children and return to the store where purchased for a refund.You can contact Dollar Tree Stores at (800) 876-8077 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or visit the firm’s Web site at http://www.dollartree.com

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RECALL: Infantino Teethers Due To Choking Hazard

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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Infantino have issued a recall on about 28,000 lion teethers because the plastic nose can detach, posing a choking hazard to young children.

Infantino® has received eight reports of the nose detaching, including one report of a child gagging on the bitten off nose.

This recall involves Infantino® lion teethers. The yellow and orange plastic teethers have date codes 6116, 6129, 6158, 6137, 0606, 0806, 0906, and 1006. The date codes are located on the back of the lion’s head, above the Infantino® logo. Lion teethers with other date codes are not included in this recall.

The toys were sold at Babies “R” Us, Pottery Barn Kids and other specialty stores nationwide from June 2006 through December 2007 for about $5.

Parents are being asked to take the recalled toys away from young children immediately and contact Infantino® for a replacement teether or a product of equal value.

You can contact them toll-free at (888) 808-3111 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. PT Monday through Friday, or visit the firm’s Web site at www.service.infantino.com

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Katie Price Ordered To Pay Up For Firing And Humiliating Her Nanny

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Mom of 3 Katie Price was ordered to pay her former nanny £4,000 compensation after firing her while being filmed for her reality show The Baby Diaries.

The incident was captured on film by a camera crew documenting the birth of Katie’s third child Princess Tiaamii, and viewers saw the model putting nanny Rebecca Gauld’s possessions into a bin bag on the reality show.

Rebecca, 25, was fired from her £250-a-week job during a fight over holiday time off.

According to The Sun, Rebecca told an employment tribunal: “I was very distressed by the events of the day – having lost my job and my home. The presence of the television cameras added to this distress.”

Rebecca was hired 18 months earlier by Jordan and husband Peter Andre, 34 to look after the couples two children Harvey, 5, and two-year-old Junior.

She admitted to signing a form consenting to being filmed but claimed she was told she would only be in the background.

The tribunal in Croydon, South London ruled she was unfairly dismissed. Lawyers for Katie admitted the firing was technically unlawful.

I guess having the cameras rolling all of the time is not always a good thing… Maybe the next nanny will have better luck.SOURCE

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