A mom blog by TV host & new mommy Jill Simonian.
I’m won’t lie: I’ve never been a baby-wearing mama. Some might say I once had a vendetta against it (for no good reason, I just don’t like the idea of feeling pregnant all over again after the baby is out). I’ve gotten major smack from my baby-carrying friends. But let’s let bygones be bygones. Two [...]
Kate Middleton. Kim Kardashian. Jessica Simpson. We contrast and compare… BUT WHY DO WE CARE? I recently chatted about ‘Kim vs Kate’ pregancies (both women due in July) on HLN’s “Showbiz Tonight,” and on my drive home from the CNN studios I really started thinking about this. WHY do we care so much about celebrity [...]
Pregnant model/actress/recording-artist Amber Rose sure knows how to show everyone up. (To be perfectly blunt, I’m still trying to pinpoint some of her work.) But by now, everyone who cared about the Grammys red carpet watched how Rose fabulously made her way down the arrivals line sporting her big I’m-having-the-baby-in-a-few-weeks bump in a (reported) Donna [...]
So I literally just finished watching the season finale of Keeping Up with the Kardashians and am wiping away the tears as I write this. Damn it Kourtney. Yeah, I know your sweet little girl is a few months old now and the events in this latest episode are old news (you giving birth to [...]
Blame the recent New York Times article for what you’re about to read (or at least the timing of me writing it). Let’s talk baby weight. Gaining it, losing it, and how celebrities on covers of magazines make us feel bad. Correction: How they make SOME PEOPLE feel bad. As a lone duck I’m here [...]
You ready for another *Real Fab Mom*? MEET ANYA SARRE. She’s sassy. She’s smart. She’s sweet. She’s stylish. As in, THE celebrity stylist for TV’s top rated Entertainment Tonight and The Insider. Oh yeah… she’s also expecting her first baby in July. With her long blonde hair, head-to-toe designer duds and a glamorous lifestyle that’d make [...]
This weekend I got to re-live my pregnant days (as if they were so far away). Honored to be one of the ‘official’ bloggers of Pregnancy Awareness Month, I attended the huuuuuge kickoff event here in LA (I still can’t believe my belly missed it by a matter of weeks). If you were there, you [...]
Don’t flip out. I’m not aiming to actually grow a bump again, but I am getting a little pregnant for the month of May… it’s kind of a requirement if you’re involved in Pregnancy Awareness Month… And I’m totally excited about it! PAM celebrates, supports and empowers pregnant women and families. Sunday May 6 is [...]
Listen up mamas! I’m starting a new feature here on TheFabMom. Allow me to introduce our FIRST (drumroll) *Real Fab Mom.* MEET COURTNEY FRIEL. She’s fabulous. She’s fun. She’s focused. And yes… she’s super foxy. As in, an Entertainment Reporter for both Fox News Channel and KTTV Fox 11 in Los Angeles (weekdays, on the 10pm [...]
Consider yourself warned, Rosie Pope. You may have a sunny smile and sincerely sweet personality, but I’m wise to your type. Last time I attended a fabulous event that showcased enviable maternity clothes and preggy-mama needs…. THIS HAPPENED. (Y’all remember that?) So when I got an invite to attend the fabulous LA store opening for [...]
What a bunch of perverts you all must be… ha! (I do have the most fun coming up with titles for this little blog… but I digress.) My new baby is *officially* one week old… NOW! Last week this time I was having crazy contractions while trying to will the baby to not force me [...]
Aw hell…. I’ll show you mine regardless. My bump… and my diaper – (OOPS! I keep getting ahead of myself!) – I mean, HOSPITAL bag. I’ve got the usuals, but since I’ve done this before I’ve added a heavily-overlooked go-to lifesaver to my having-a-baby supplies. WATCH: THE REST OF MY LIST? Toothbrush/toiletries… A fluffy [...]
STOP. Obviously, I have (as it’s been more than a week since my last post). Had no other choice. Countless false contractions, cramping and various things falling out from down under (that’s as most of an explanation as you’re gonna get) have convinced me that it’s time to STOP for a little bit. (I self-induced [...]
I’m bracing myself for it. I’m looking forward to it. I’m scared of it. I’m embarrassed by it. And I’m proud of it. The first time was about a year and a half ago: I was laying on my back naked from the waist down, numb and shivering, Hubby was holding my hand and his [...]
This ‘Fab Mom’ crap is getting a bit tiresome now that I’ve got 3 (THREE!!!) weeks until Go-Day #2 (aka: the birth of my second baby). I feel good on the inside (minus a cold that WON’T go away), fat on the outside, and just want to lay on my couch for the next 21 [...]
Yesterday was my birthday. (I turned 29… again.) Which reminded me of this post that I did exactly a year ago. It also happened to be the very FIRST post that officially appeared on The Fab Mom (as opposed to my other little short-lived blog I had before this one). Here’s a flashback for those [...]
6 weeks away until Go-Day. What’s driving me crazy (the most)? Everyone keeps telling me to sit down and take it easy. With all respect, YOU sit down and take it easy. Strangers in the Nordstrom Ladies’ Lounge tell me I shouldn’t be picking up my 23-lb toddler. My mom tells me not to bend [...]
Viva Las Vegas! Booze. Wild sex. Hangovers. All of which I had nothing to do with on this recent trip. It was the most controlled and sober Sin City experience I’ve ever had (and hope to have, for that matter). Thank you, Baby Bump. But I did have lots of fun. Mostly thanks to Hubby, [...]
Hi all. Jill Simonian here. I’m a TV Host & Entertainment Journalist who somehow ended up with TWO *surprise* baby girls under the age of 2. I'm still trying to figure out how this happened. LadyP barged in September 2010 and LilMiss arrived March 2012. TheFabMom was born in 2011 as an experiment to keep life flirty, fun, focused & as close to fabulous as possible after babies. Here you will find my personal stories, realizations & rants about keeping mommyhood, lifestyle and my work on TV fab... all with a wild toddler and bouncy infant. Got tips? Send 'em my way!
