I have been a love and sex editor for almost a decade now. I also happen to be a yoga teacher who posts photos of yoga poses frequently in order to gather like-minded people on social media. This means that every day, I curate content about sex, write about sex, and think about stories involving sex. Every day I also do yoga in appropriate yoga clothing.

Neither of those facts means I want to have sex with random Internet pervs.

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Ever since the dawn of the Internet, there have been women writing and men harrassing them. It happens every day. If it's not rape threats, it's misogynistic cries to "get back in the kitchen" or mean names. This month, I am doing a yoga challenge on Instagram. Yesterday morning I woke up to several sexually explicit comments about my "flexibility" and other unwelcome commentary.

Guess what? I am not posting photos for your sexual pleasure. I am doing so to get tips on yoga, meet other likeminded yogis, and grow my teaching business. But as a woman on the Internet, somehow all that is misinterpreted to mean I am somehow "open for business." Worse, some of my friends might even suggest I am "asking for it."

Why? Because I post photos of myself. Because nothing in this world is so shocking or offensive as a woman who openly embraces sexuality and doesn't totally despise herself.

Well here's what: I don't. But my embracing my sexuality and non-hatred of my body is not an invitation. I am not asking for your nasty comments. I am not asking for your thoughts at all. And unless they are about yoga or your own marriage, keep it to yourself.

I am proud of what I do, both in terms of spreading love of yoga and love of sexuality. As a culture, we are all too easily shamed into secrecy about what happens in our bedrooms. The world would be a much better place if we were all more open about sex. Maybe more women would be having regular orgasms. None of this means I am looking for "strange" (guys who are not my hubby). My openness about sexuality has no bearing on my interest in banging randos. Sadly, I know that for every person who would defend me (and you know who you are), there are at least a dozen other men (and women, too) who would say I am asking for it. By putting myself out there. By daring to write sexually explicit content.

The thing is, I am married. I am faithful to my husband and in love with my husband and am not interested in any other men but my husband. But I shouldn't have to mention that. Because whether or not I am married or single or taken or polyamorous, I am almost definitely not interested in BigCock321, a "man" with no photo who almost definitely wanks off in a dingy basement in North Dakota. Of course, he knows I am not interested. He just wants to make it clear to me — and to all women — that he is the boss. We are just eye candy for him and objectifying us makes it easier to discount our opinions or other contributions to the world or to intellectual conversation.

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I don't think I am so "hot" that men come out of the woodwork to hit on me. I am no different than any other woman who dares to put themselves out there. We all get harrassed. We all get called fat and ugly and get rape threats. We all get men private messaging us and asking us personal questions and sending photos of their penises. We are all so used to it now, we don't even bother to complain.

But I am complaining now.

We aren't asking for it. We don't want it. Our choice to write about sex or post photos of ourselves or our kids is not "asking" for your commentary on our bodies or marriages or sexuality. Shocking as it might seem, we don't want it. We aren't interested. And I am no longer afraid to tell you exactly what you can do with your "BigCock123."

When adorable baby animals stare at you lovingly from inside their cages in the pet store, it’s hard to resist making a purchase. But what do you really know about that meowing, barking or squeaking ball of fur on the other side of the glass and how they came to be there? For starters, if they are for sale at the pet store, they are being exploited for profit. The dogs probably came from a puppy mill and were kept in horrendous conditions, and the cats could have been from an unlicensed breeder, where they are forced to mate and travel hundreds of miles in a crate without proper food and water. But what about small animals like hamsters? You don’t often hear about the horrible conditions they are born into, but they don't fare any better than cats and dogs that are being sold in stores. The sad truth is that rabbits, guinea pigs, reptiles, birds, mice, gerbils and hamsters are all exploited by pet stores and breeders.

Times are slowly changing, and more people are becoming informed about the horrors animals go through before they end up with a large price tag around their neck. Some cities in North America like Toronto and Hollywood have a legal ban on the sale of cats and dogs in pet stores, and actually encourage adopting cats and dogs from shelters, or host adoption days for animals in need. Unfortunately, small animals are often overlooked and neglected.

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Four years ago, my son Noah and I had two rescue cats, but he really wanted a hamster. As a mom, I want to teach Noah about kindness and compassion for all living creatures, not just certain ones. Hamsters, mice and gerbils might be small, but they have unique personalities and don’t deserve the bad things that pet stores and breeders do to them. Many of these small animals arrive at the pet store dead, overstuffed in boxes and dirty crates. Some small animals die from starvation, dehydration, shipping injuries, sickness or from being shoved around like products. But it doesn’t have to be this way. All you need to do is stop buying animals at pet stores.

A good place to start looking for a rescue hamster is Petfinder. This website allows you to enter your location, and links to local shelters in your area.

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When we adopted Fluffy, a male Syrian hamster, we loved him instantly. I taught Noah what Fluffy needed: a big enough habitat, healthy fresh food, exercise and playtime outside the cage. Fluffy was super friendly and enjoyed having dinner with us — he even loved tofu. Hamsters are nocturnal and they sleep during the day, so if your child wants a pet to play with during daytime hours, perhaps a gerbil, mouse or rat is ideal. (Yes, rats are actually great pets and very clean.) Hamsters may nibble on occasion, so are probably better for a child that is a bit older.

We weren’t looking for another hamster, but I saw a Facebook post in a rescue group I belong to that a tiny dwarf hamster born with three legs was going to be killed. So we adopted her too. She couldn’t live with Fluffy, so had her own habitat. She was a bundle of love and energy. Having three legs only added to her need for speed. She ran, climbed and cuddled, and if she could have understood she was saved from death, I am sure she would be grateful. We named her Hope.

Fluffy and Hope lived long lives (for hamsters, that is), but our time with these little souls is always too short. Both of them passed away last year. Enough time passed, and Noah wanted to rescue another. We decided to adopt our next hamster through the Toronto Humane Society.

If you check out your local animal shelter, chances are they have small animals for adoption too. Noah searched their website for weeks until he found Rosalie, a 6-month-old furry black teddy bear hamster from Montreal. We had an in-person interview at the shelter, and Noah signed a contract agreeing to take care of Rosalie forever and provide everything she needs to have a good life.

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Rosalie loves watching television with Noah, playing in boxes, chewing sticks and eating peanuts.

In the process of saving three lives, Noah has learned how to treat and care for animals with compassion and love.

Rosalie, Fluffy and Hope are three lucky hamsters. We all have the power to save a life and not contribute to an industry that abuses and exploits animals the next time we decide to add a furry member to the family. After all, the best way to teach children about pets is to rescue one.

Yesterday, my son with got ready for school out of order.

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Our schedule always goes like this — and I mean this, because it never deviates:

• I wake him up and give him 5-10 minutes to get out of bed. I don't ask him to take the blanket off, no matter what.

• I ask him what he wants for breakfast and make sure that I listen to him when he says he wants a certain color plate. If he has specific food requests, including how to make it, I have to follow it.

• While he eats, I make lunches.

• We clear his plate, and he takes medicine.

• He gets dressed.

• He plays for 5-10 minutes, and I do not interrupt this, unless we're short on time. The fear of being late supersedes play time.

• He brushes his teeth.

• He brushes his hair.

• We put on shoes and go out the door.

• I do not make him late.

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This time, he skipped multiple steps and just put them back in line. He never skips steps. If I try to skip any, I'm met with anger. I carefully navigated the remainder of our morning, unsure of how to address the change, unsure if I could, if he knew he had even made the change.

"I got dressed before breakfast, Mom," he finally announced in between slurps of cereal.

"Yes, you did. What made you do that?" I asked, hoping my voice sounded casual.

"I don't know. It feels weird though. Like I'm forgetting something," he responded.

"Well, we can double check everything if you think that will make you feel better," I offered as I zipped up his lunch kit. For a brief second, my own panic set in as I imagined the rest of his day: Would he be upset about the lunch I packed without him? Would he be distracted in class? Would it cause him to be more controlling with his play on the playground?

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder doesn't look how it's often portrayed. It's not the trendy memes you see on Facebook about needing to decorate a Christmas tree a specific way or the way people assume that it's about being clean. (My son is a bit of a hoarder.) It shouldn't be surprising to anyone who knows anything about mental health and illness that it's far more complex than all that.

It's the way our mornings are structured to a tee, and when they fall apart because we had a late night or I slept through the alarm, it turns into chaos. He panics, literally, because he needs to do those routines, those things that seem silly to anyone else. That routine makes him feel safe.

It's the way he falls apart, being both angry and sad, if you break plans with him or me and he's known about it. He's built you into his day. He's planned for it and he's prepared for it. In his mind, it's supposed to happen and it has to happen. When it doesn't, he doesn't know what to do next.

It's the way he struggles with the kid who bullies him. He worries about this child hurting his friends — or him — daily. He worries about what he'll do if something happens. He worries about playing with the bully because the rules tell him he needs to include everyone.

It's the way he does things in threes. He'll give you three chances. He'll repeat the same wrestling move over three times, just to get it right. He asks things three times.

It's the way he asks me the weekly schedule every Monday morning and continues to ask the same questions after school, even if I've already told him. He needs to know the unfamiliar. He needs to know what's happening next; it's not a want. It's a legitimate need.

It's the way he remembers everything. He remembers when I didn't wear my seat belt and reminds me all the time to do it up when we drive away. He remembers when I fell down the stairs and he reminds me to be careful on them. He remembers when I was late picking him up from school that one time.

It's the way he keeps track of the students who ran in the hallway, who didn't wash their hands, who didn't listen to the teacher (this bugs him astronomically — you are supposed to listen to your teacher) and who had to be sent to the office. I hear it all because he has to tell me about it.

It's the way we always have to give him transition time, even when the schedule is predictable. When big changes are coming, for instance moving into a new classroom, it takes months of prep work, lots of talking, and lots of support from school administration and his therapist.

It's the way, as the weather gets nicer, that he talks daily about tornadoes and fires and thunderstorms. He's worried about natural disasters, even when we've told him that he's safe, when we've assured him it's going to be OK and when we've shared statistics. The inability to control these things bother him.

It's all of this and so much more.

As a parent, it's being surprised when he does things out of turn, something other parents wouldn't give a second thought, something that has been hardwired into our normal. It's worrying about him having to field the same questions about the reality of his OCD and wanting to help him feel confident in knowing that there's nothing trendy or weird about who he is, about how he acts.

Because no matter what anyone thinks they know about OCD, this is his normal. It might not fit into the stereotypes that are perpetuated, but it's how it is, how he is, who he is.

And I happen to think all of that, all of him, is just wonderful.

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No big deal, but Elsa Pataky posted a photo of her husband, Chris Hemsworth, baking their daughter a birthday cake, the biceps of his mixing arm perfectly lit by the glow of the kitchen light as if from heavenly beams above. Is there anything sexier than a man baking his baby a cake? No. No, there is not.

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I think I'm supposed to be saying something about the cake? Because this is the food channel? Whatever. Um, I can't really think right now.

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Here is a close-up of the cake Hemsworth decorated. He says it's chocolate. We say raawrrrrr.

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Well done, Chris Hemsworth. Well done.

Dear readers, I am hopping on a plane now to see if I can get the recipe and some cake decorating tips directly from the master baker. The people need to know, right?

Actors in films make older men/younger women relationships look so easy. Carey Mulligan and Peter Sarsgaard in An Education. Julia Roberts and Richard Gere in Pretty Woman. Bogie and Bacall, in their films and real life (the two were married until his death in 1957). All of these couples are intellectual and emotional equals. They effortlessly trade quips and banter and have off-the-charts sexual chemistry.

As someone who was attracted to older men in my early 20s, allow me to reveal a side to these relationships not often discussed: As long as you're young enough to not be thinking about children yet (because, if you are, I would advise dating someone who shares your family goals), a relationship with an older man can be a win for you — but a total loss for him.

Until about age 22, I didn't have a lot of life experiences. I was raised by extremely loving, but fearful parents, who put a premium on safety above all else. This instilled in me a burning urgency to experience everything at as rapid a pace as possible. I felt I had a lot of catching up to do. When I met and fell in love with *John, who was 12 years my senior, I now had the perfect excuse to break out of my shell and start living an "adult" life.

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Here was a handsome man who had his own swanky apartment (and didn't live with roommates he found on Craigslist), a good job that didn't call for him to go on Starbucks runs for bosses and a collection of smart, sensible brown and black shoes that hadn't been endorsed by a single sports figure. On our first date, we went to see a movie and then swung by Gristedes to pick up yellow curry, basmati rice and chicken so we could whip up dinner together at his place. Contrast this with the date I had two weeks prior with a 23-year-old guy who made me pay for my Pabst Blue Ribbon (you guys, they were like $2.05 a can back then) and moaned for an hour about how no one at his record label job appreciated him, and you might understand why John was like an alien from planet Holy Crap, This Is What Adulthood Can Look Like.

I don't know what in the hell John thought he was going to get from our relationship. I was young, yes. Skinny, sure. My breasts have never been massive, but may have been bouncier, I guess? But John wasn't old. He was in his 30s and women in their 30s are as intoxicating as a Jo Malone musk. Had he been 15 years older, I'd say, oh, he was just a sugar daddy. But that wasn't the case. I, in that delightfully ignorant way many of us carried ourselves at 22, assumed John and I were embarking on a partnership of equals.

To prove how equal I was, I moved out of my family's home within three months of meeting him, without so much as a plan, and moved into an apartment I had no business renting because God knows I couldn't afford it. I bought classic cherry-wood furniture using a credit card that sent me bills that would remain unopened on my kitchen counter. I started drinking Pimm's and soda. These swift changes were to serve as proof in a court of law that I was a very grown-up person indeed.

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Of course, there was no way to cover up certain cracks in my facade. After our second year together, I developed a sudden desire to go out — all of the time. But I resented telling him which restaurant or bar I was clocking hours in, and checking in with him reminded me of being under my parents' roof (and thumb). So, instead, I rebelled against him, treating him like the very opposite of my equal, and stayed out all night with friends. I then turned into a diva when he so much as questioned my whereabouts. How dare he? We're equals!

After three years of dating, when he spent the night at my family's house during the holidays, I still insisted that he sleep in a different bedroom — because my parents couldn't know we were having sex. He was lovely enough to go along with it without protesting, but here was a 37-year-old man being forced to sleep in a twin bed beside a painting of all of the characters from Disney's Fantasia. John never called me out on it, but my truth was the elephant in the room: I cared about him deeply, but I was using him to help me live out an imaginary concept of adulthood that I had — one where I could remain the "good" daughter, take a nice apartment and fancy dinners out without earning them and be "free."

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After almost four years of dating, as we were undergoing the painfully long and drawn-out process of breaking up, another brick of realization hit me in the face. John got to enjoy a few perks from dating a 22-year-old. I was the woman he didn't have to take seriously because I didn't yet take myself seriously. I was the woman who wouldn't ask for babies or even marriage. I was the woman who didn't know how to pay all of my bills in one month without going into debt — but as long as I was OK with keeping the important parts of our lives separated, he could view my behavior from a distance and call me "quirky" and a "free spirit."

Me turning 26 drove home the reality that "quirky free spirits" who rely on their partner to be the adult do not make for good roommates or life partners. Our relationship dissolved because it had to, because he needed to move on and because I needed to feel real fear, the kind you experience when you find a cockroach under your bed at 3 a.m. and there's no one to call. The kind that you feel when you apply to a school you've always dreamt of attending and have to navigate the student loan process knowing there is no one there to foot your bill if you miss a payment.

I dated a wonderful older man who helped me grow up by refusing to be with me. And I'm forever grateful to him for that.

If a mother wants to breastfeed her baby, nothing (and nobody) should stand in her way, or at least that's the way it should be. But one Australian woman has been denied that right after a court in Victoria turned down her appeal for full access to her newborn.

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According to reports, the infant was removed from the mother shortly after she gave birth and placed in the care of a relative. Apparently, the woman has a history of substance abuse and has had three other children previously removed from her care.

Initially, the mum had unrestricted access to the baby, but due to a change in carers and care arrangements, access was then restricted to six hours a day, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.

After the new arrangements were established, the mother went to the Supreme Court to claim that the restricted access meant she could no longer breastfeed her baby as before. Her lawyer also requested that the mother and child live with the father of the baby to enable them to form a family unit. However, the court dismissed the application on the grounds of the father's own alleged history of alcohol issues.

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We have to trust that the family court always acts in the best interests of the child — and we don't know the full details of this case.

But if this mother was already having full access to her child, in order to be able to breastfeed her as and when was needed, it seems unfair that that's no longer possible simply because of practical issues.

If there are concerns for the child's safety and well-being, then that's a different story entirely. But that doesn't appear to be the problem here. Regardless of what she may have been through in the past, if this mum is dedicated to breastfeeding (and bonding with) her baby, the court should do everything within its considerable powers to facilitate that.

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Fans of Jill Duggar Dillard are looking for any clue that she might be pregnant. In fact, they’re so eager for confirmation of her pregnancy that they’re taking her silence as a sign that something is up. Recently, Dillard hasn’t been posting frequently on any of her social media profiles, and the rumors are swirling that it’s because she’s trying to hide her baby bump.

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It is a bit suspicious that in the last four weeks, none of Dillard’s pictures have shown her in them and that in the last week, she hasn’t posted anything. But that doesn’t mean that she’s pregnant. There are plenty of reasons why someone needs to take a break from social media — not the least of which could be just a desire to have a little peace!

Adding to my skepticism that the Dillards are expecting is the fact that they just returned from Latin America earlier this year. El Salvador, where the couple was visiting, made the list of countries to avoid due to the Zika virus threat. It is very possible that Dillard was bitten by a mosquito and needs to hold off on having children for up to two years to avoid any health risks or complications.

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There’s no proof that she’s carrying the Zika virus, but why chance it when the problems are so easily avoidable?

Jill and her husband, Derick Dillard, haven’t been shy when talking about their desire to have more children, so it makes sense that her fans are on high alert for any news. The couple have also expressed an interest in wanting to adopt. Jill and her sister, Jessa Duggar Seewald, both have talked openly about their plans to adopt, so if anything baby-related is happening, that makes the most sense.

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Or, again, Jill is just taking a break and finds things beside herself more interesting to post on social media.

If she is pregnant, or getting ready to announce baby news, I hope she and baby are healthy and happy. If she’s not, I’m sure she’s enjoying watching her fans flip out ,looking for clues.

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There's one person who can keep you from tearing your hair out on your wedding day, and as much as you love him, it's not your fiancé. It's that person with an earpiece who's waving down traffic, orchestrating lighting and making sure you stay hydrated all while remaining cool, calm and collected. This person is your wedding planner, and unless you're eloping, or only having 50 guests at your wedding, they are a vital part of the process.

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I'm currently working with one of the best wedding planners in New England — Stephanie Diaz Eldredge, a senior planner with Cape Cod Celebrations. I can say with some assurance that I'd have thrown in the towel on my wedding long ago if it wasn't for her insane wedding planning skills. Her company was just named a "best of weddings" pick by The Knot for 2016, and if it were up to me, they'd win it every year from now until forever. So why exactly do they warrant such praise? Simple — they captain the unwieldy cruise liner that is your wedding and get it into port without anyone jumping overboard.

I was curious what tips or anecdotes these captains might have for a couple with a wedding ceremony looming ahead of them. Here's what Stephanie Diaz Eldredge and Jamie Bohlin, the owners of Cape Cod Celebrations, had to say:

1. Pinterest — helpful or hurtful to the process?

Jamie: "We love Pinterest to help gather ideas, get a feel for what the clients want and be able to build off of it, but when a client is looking for an original idea, sometimes Pinterest is not going to help. We actually wrote a blog post a couple of years ago called the Wedding Pintervention. It certainly is a blessing and a curse!"

Stephanie: "Pinterest is great to find new, creative ideas for weddings. It can be difficult when a bride falls in love with an idea but doesn’t have room in the budget to execute it."

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2. Speeches — what are some pointers?

Jamie: "For speeches, we recommend limiting it to three if you can at the wedding. Welcome by either the parents of the bride or the couple, then the Best Man and Maid/Matron of Honor. All other speeches should be held at the rehearsal dinner. We highly recommend that the speeches are kept to five minutes or less and it is super helpful to have a theme. This is not the time to reminisce about drunken college parties, huge mistakes or past relationships. Keep it short and sweet and involve both bride and groom. And try not to drink a lot before you speak."

Stephanie: "Try to keep away from the horror stories. Special quotes or recounting favorite moments of the couple together are great. And keep it short and sweet, five mins max, two to three minutes is the sweet spot."

3. Vendors — what type of vendor is typically the hardest to work with?

Jamie: "I would say that it is any vendor that is running late or is messing with my timeline! So those vendors could potentially be the hair and makeup team by not staying to schedule or the photographer or videographer who decide to take the bride and groom out for sunset photos right when the entree is about to be served."

The lesson here is if you're meeting with a potential vendor and they run late, drop them like flies.

4. Seriously, what can brides do to minimize stress and maximize fun on their big day?

Jamie: "I personally recommend taking 'wedding planning vacations' — as in take a week off and don’t do any wedding planning! Or exercise like yoga or running or anything really helps clear the mind of the craziness!"

Stephanie: "I always advise brides to remember why it is that they are getting married. Rain or shine, late or on time, it’s hopefully about marrying the person who means the most."

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Man, it feels good to know I have all that expertise standing behind me. If you're about to start the wedding planning process, I would highly suggest getting a good planner on board first thing. If you're on a budget, consider cutting expensive flowers or lowering your head count to make room for one. It'll be worth it when you're not the one making calls to a vendor who's three hours late on the day of your wedding when your makeup is not even half done.

Walking doesn't get enough credit, often overshadowed by its sexier workout counterparts: running, HIIT training and whatever boutique workout happens to be trending.

But it's a damn shame that it so often gets overlooked because walking is, hands-down, the most accessible workout around. You literally need nothing more than your body and a pair of shoes to hit the road and start burning calories.

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There's also good news in research regarding the calories you burn while walking. A 2016 study out of Southern Methodist University found that the leading calorie burn equations for walking are outdated, based on too few study participants and tend to be significantly inaccurate. The best part? They tend to underestimate the number of calories you burn while walking, which means that the basic walk just started looking a whole lot better.

If you still want to amp up your calorie burn next time you pound the pavement, there are a few other tricks you can use to maximize the burn.

1. Head for the hills

Seek out stairs or rolling hills to tackle on your walk, and you just might boost calorie burn for hours post-workout. By hiking up an incline, you further engage your calves, glutes, hamstrings and quads, which ultimately leads to greater calorie burn during and following your workout. Just try to maintain the same pace you use while walking on flat surfaces as when climbing up hills.

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2. Pick up speed

Speed walking isn't easy, but it's certainly a calorie torcher. Even the inaccurate equations used to predict calorie burn during walking show a clear boost in burn for every half mile you pick up your pace. This increase becomes even more amplified at very fast speeds because walking at 4 to 5 mph is incredibly inefficient. What your body would prefer to do is break out into a run.

When you force your body to perform inefficiently, it burns more calories to provide the increased energy demand for inefficient movement. So if you can, go ahead and increase your speed to a semi-uncomfortable level.

3. Vary your pace

Interval training is one of the absolute best ways to boost calorie burn during any form of exercise, and that includes walking. A study from The Ohio State University published in the journal Biology Letters in 2015 found that study participants who walked at varying speeds (say, alternating between a fast walk for 30 seconds, then a moderate walk for 30 seconds), increased calorie burn by up to 20 percent compared to those who walked at a steady pace.

This is great news if speed walking for long periods of time is outside your comfort zone. All you have to do is switch back and forth between faster and slower rates for the whole of your workout.

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4. Hit the poles

Walking with Nordic trekking poles (you can find them at almost any major athletic retailer) turns walking into a full-body workout, encouraging a greater arm swing and upper body engagement than traditional walking. Plus, studies indicate this style of walking burns more calories and increases upper body strength without significantly increasing perceived exertion. In other words, you get big results without feeling like you're working harder. I'd say that's pretty sweet.

5. Get heavy

Although it's not advisable to carry hand weights or wear ankle weights while walking or jogging (they can mess up your form), carrying extra weight during your workout does require more muscle engagement, which can build strength and burn calories.Strap on a hiking backpack or a fitted weight vest. Both options enable you to increase the weight you carry as you walk without screwing with your form.

Kim Zolciak takes a lot of heat over the image she portrays on social media; in fact, her photos are often blasted for being fake as critics accuse her of having had plastic surgery and for Photoshopping images. But now, Zolciak is getting real about what work she has, and has not, done.

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Speaking during an interview with E! News, Zolciak came clean about the work that she's had done in the past.

"I had a boob job and I've had a hernia fixed," she confessed, adding, "I had a pretty big hernia from the twins, so I said just do a tummy tuck, which is kinda the same thing, just makes the skin really tight. But that doesn't change my size. I'm the same size I was the day I walked into surgery, I'm just a little bit tighter looking."

This doesn't change the fact that Zolciak is naturally a beautiful woman, and according to her, that has a lot to do with good genes — the saying "I got it from my mama" really applies here.

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"My mom's very small. I'm tall, I'm 5-8, I do have height on me. My mom is 5-4. But my mom's been a size 2 her whole life," Zolciak explained. "I've been a size 27 jean my whole life. I definitely think genetics play a role, and I don't eat tons at a meal. I love dessert, not gonna lie, definitely have dessert every night. Just a little brownie, not a big sundae. I think eating in moderation is key for people. I think the portion sizes that are out there today are just insane."

Zolciak will probably receive harsh criticism for admitting to having plastic surgery (at least from some critics), but the best thing about it — and one of the reasons we have so much respect for Zolciak — is that she doesn't really care about the haters. She doesn't need their approval, and she's going to do what she wants, when she wants and live her life the way she wants.

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"I will always nip and tuck if I feel the need to do so, but I'm open about it. I don't care. You only go around one time, and I especially understand that. And life is very short, so there's no reason for me to lie," Zolciak revealed, alluding to the rumors that she has had a nose job and a face lift.

And yes, many will argue that because she chooses to live her life in the public eye, she opens herself up to the criticism that she receives. While that may be true, what's great to know is that Zolciak isn't fazed by the backlash, and she has "no secrets."

Before you go, check out our slideshow below.

Arizona has had a baby! OK, not quite. But Jessica Capshaw has, and it's child number four for the Grey's Anatomy favorite and her husband Christopher Gavigan.

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Capshaw, 39, shared their news on Instagram Monday with a super sweet, sleepy baby pic to introduce her fans to Josephine Kate Gavigan, who was born on May 2, saying, "I am endlessly grateful for her safe arrival and my heart is so full of love that it threatens to burst."

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Josephine is little sister to Luke, 8, Eve, 5, and Poppy, 3, meaning plenty of helpers for Mom and Baby.

With the name Josephine, which means "Jehovah increases" in Hebrew, the family has continued their affinity for popular yet classic baby names. Josephine has been rising in popularity in recent years as part of the 'old lady' trend we've seen, coming in at number 131 on the Social Security list of popular girl names in 2015. It's a much longer name than her siblings', but it also has the potential to be shortened in various ways, such as Jo, Joey, Josie, Fifi and Fina.

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Capshaw also revealed her pregnancy via Instagram back in December with an adorable family photo, and we're hoping for lots more baby pics on her page as little Josephine settles into her new home. Congrats, guys!

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You can only do so many things with a tie, and you know Dad's already got a closet full of them. This Father's Day, it's time to think outside the (tie) box and consider a gift that could be much more meaningful.

Seriously though, we all know dads are big piles of mush on the inside. The main man in your life is probably going to tear up when your kids present him with one of these cute crafts on Father's Day morning:

Dad’s tool box

Your kids will love creating this special handmade and practical gift for Dad — and you will love this gift because it will help keep Dad organized.

What you'll need:

• Cardboard shoe box
• Tie print out
• Black and silver spray paints
• Foam brush
• Mod Podge

What you'll do:

1. Remove the lid from the shoe box and spray the lid and the box black and silver, respectively.
2. While your paint is drying, print and cut out a tie shape for the top of the box.
3. Once your box is completely dry, use a thin layer of Mod Podge to adhere the tie to the lid.
4. Completely cover the lid and the tie image with a thin layer of Mod Podge.
5. Allow to dry completely. Repeat with other graphics on box sides if you wish, such as his favorite sports team's logo.
6. Fill the box with some old or new tools.

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Follow in Dad’s footsteps picture

This sentimental gift for Dad is sure to be cherished for years — plus it’s simple and modern, and will look great in Dad’s office!

What you'll need:

• Wrapped canvas
• Craft paint
• Paintbrush
• Cardstock paper
• Markers

What you'll do:

1. Apply a coat of paint to the bottom of your child’s foot with the paintbrush, covering the bottom completely.
2. With your child sitting down, gently bring the canvas to your child’s foot.
3. Gently press your child’s foot and toes against the canvas.
4. Let dry.
5. On a piece of cardstock paper, write, “Daddy, I love you and I love following in your footsteps!”

Tip: You can paint the saying on the canvas with a smaller paintbrush if you have enough space.

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Handprint tile paperweight

Another practical gift for Dad’s office is a tile paperweight, which can also double as a coaster!

What you'll need:

• Ceramic tile piece
• Craft paint suitable for ceramics
• Sharpie pen
• Paintbrush

What you'll do:

1. With a Sharpie pen, write, “Happy Father’s Day!” on the tile.
2. Apply a coat of paint to the palm of your child’s hand with the paintbrush, covering it completely and then press hand to ceramic tile carefully.
3. Let dry 48 hours.
4. After 48 hours, place your tiles in a stoneware baking pan.
5. Before turning your oven on, place your tiles in the oven.
6. Heat your oven to 325 degrees F, then bake for 30 minutes.
7. Remove the tiles from the oven and cool completely before handling.

Tip: If your child’s hand will not fit on the tile, paint a design or picture!

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DAD pictures

This interactive gift is fun to do with the kids and captures each child’s personality.

What you'll need:

• Camera
• Three pieces of poster board
• Pencil
• Markers
• Scissors
• Printer
• Photo paper
• Gallery frame or three coordinating frames

What you'll do:

1. With a pencil, draw block letters on the poster board.
2. With markers, let your kids draw and decorate each block letter.
3. Carefully cut out the letters.
4. Have your child(ren) hold each letter and take one picture for each letter.
5. Print or have the pictures developed.
6. Insert the pictures into a gallery frame (with three openings) or three separate frames.

Tip: If you have one child, do three different poses, if you have two children, double up for the “A” picture and if you have more than three children, get creative!

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Updated by Bethany Ramos on 5/10/2016

If you're a celebrity, looking good 24/7 comes with the territory, and there's a lot of pressure to fit into a certain mold, one that, at times, can be completely unattainable. Which is probably why so many celebs feel the need to Photoshop their images — and this is exactly what Khloé Kardashian did.

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Taking to Instagram in February, Kardashian posed for a mirror selfie in which she showed off her toned body. Except fans noticed that something was not quite right about this photo and immediately slammed Kardashian for editing her image. She was guilty of doing so, but quickly posted the original photo after admitting her mistake.

Knowing that so many people look up to her, why would Kardashian do something like this? Well, we're finally getting our answers.

According to E! News, Kardashian took to her app to explain her reason for altering the photo, and it all stems from a car accident when she was a teenager.

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"To this day, I remember the exact streets (Ventura Blvd. and Coldwater Canyon). I was speeding and the other car ran a stop sign. I was wearing my seat belt but the strap was under my armpit," she recalled. "I was in a small Mercedes and it compacted in the wreck. My head and upper body went through the windshield and my legs were stuck under the steering wheel."

The incident resulted in a severe injury to her leg, one that has left her right leg visibly smaller than her left.

"Whenever I post a picture of my legs on Instagram, everyone comments on how fucked up my knees look," she explained. "My right leg is an inch and a half thinner than my left because my muscles deteriorated and never recovered."

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So yes, Kardashian did Photoshop the image, but it wasn't for the reason you initially thought, as she explained, "...I was trying to make my thinner leg look bigger to match my other leg!!! All I want are big, thick thighs and I hate how skinny my legs are."

Are you surprised that Khloé Kardashian Photoshopped her picture? Is this an acceptable reason to do something like this? Share your thoughts with us in the comments below.

You may not know this, but once a year America celebrates Screen-Free Week, a little piece of information you probably just read on the screen in front of you, which means you may or may not be terribly interested in participating. It's been through a few different iterations — the earliest being TV-Free Week in 1994, a concept that seems positively quaint now. If you want, you can use the same screen you're reading this on to go read all about Screen-Free Week on the website dedicated to getting off the internet for a while.

The concept of Screen-Free Week is basically that we all stop being screen-obsessed zombies for seven days at least, Jesus. I decided to try it with my own family because I'm apparently something of a sadist, and not a particularly smart one at that. So what happened when every Edwards switched their respective screens off? Chaos.

Chaos, failure and total suckitude.

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Day 1

My husband told me what I already knew on the very first day of our challenge, which was that it was going to fail spectacularly. He was on board anyway, but he was clearly trying to keep my hopes low. We decided to start off after school, switch off all of our devices and just soak up each other's company. So of course, my kid came home with a PowerPoint assignment to do.

Other challenges included dinner because I long ago purged every cookbook I ever owned (Why let them take up space? The internet exists, you know) and trying to navigate off-hours work. Dinner turned out to be sandwiches, so our family's usually long dinnertime chat turned into eight minutes of wordless chewing followed by blank stares. My daughter asked if she could go to bed early, and we let her because I actually had work to do that required me being online, and I didn't want to look like a total hypocrite.

I figured we'd adjust.

Day 2

We didn't.

I attempted to remedy the whole cookbook thing by picking up a few tomes at ye olde book house, aka the library, a place we actually know quite well. We go there a lot when we can detach our eyeballs from our screens. We got there around closing and my daughter saw a manga cover that reminded her she wanted to check for the newest installment in her favorite series but came back empty handed.

"Can you check and see if we can get it at [nearby town's] library?"

Nope. Sucks to be you.

She was disappointed, but not overly so, because when we got back to the car, my phone was beeping like crazy, a sign that my brother, aka the adult my child would happily forsake both of her parents for, was trying to get ahold of me. He does this: a machine gun series of texts, followed by four or five voicemails until I succumb to my migraine.

We don't have a landline, but I doubt that even if we did he would be anything less than just as lovably obnoxious in his attempts to make us talk to him. He lives across the country and we see each other every decade or so, though we speak practically every day. I answered finally and snapped that we were doing a screen-free week, to which he replied that he wasn't, and if I was going to suck, I should pass the phone to his niece. I caved, and the two of them along with my kid's cousin FaceTimed for about an hour.

So to say that we made it through the day screen-free would be a lie.

Day 3

I sort of touched on this before, but going screen-free means that work becomes exponentially more difficult for me and my husband because he works in tech, which requires an entire assload of screens to do, and I work remotely, which requires at least an internet connection and — shock of shocks — a screen to experience the wonders of the internet on.

I also work in hour bursts over the day. It's one of the cool things about working remotely — work when you need to, no need to be tethered to a desk all day. It also means that I had to give up my post-school hour block of work, so by the third day I was heading into a serious hole. Not only was my work piling up, but I was getting less sleep because I was sneaking screen time in for work after everyone went to bed.

So by this day, I was already falling behind and stressed out over work plus bone-tired and bitchy without my sleep. So when my kid asked if she could please for the love of God get online and mess around with Scratch to program a game she's working on, I relented before sneaking into my room and writing before taking a glorious impromptu nap.

Another fail.

Next Up: Adding more kids into the mix

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Day 4

A few days a week, I'm a sort-of den mother to a few other kids, and that's obviously awesome for my deprived child who now has additional people to help keep her occupied. I did explain to the extras that our family was trying out an experiment so please keep the TV off, and they all shrugged in what I took as agreement. They're all incredibly sweet, but three post-school girls with voices at post-school volume is a lot to bear on a little sleep, so I sent them outside.

They promptly charged back in and informed me that my yard was overcome with fire ants, because duh, Texas. I assured them the world was not ending, but at least one staunchly refused to return outside when she saw a wasp knocking into the back door, so I relented.

At this point, I had other mom garbage to do like schedule a surgery for my daughter, so I invited them all to give the dog a bath. They did, and after everyone went home I didn't really have time to miss screens and neither did my kid because we were busy cleaning up the afternoon's luxury dog spa.

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Day 5

I didn't even leave to get the kids from school before I'd cued up a two-hour movie for everyone to watch. Extreme failure.

Day 6

This day was actually fine. It started out questionably because my daughter takes guitar lessons with an instructor who uses an iPad to pull up the chords she should be learning and records the exercises for later, but we all agreed that didn't count toward screen time. I wasn't going to subject the outside world to the special form of torture, just my loved ones. Also, my daughter and one of her friends use this day to build and mod in Minecraft, and I had to nix that but that wasn't a huge issue.

We played tabletop games all afternoon and evening, but not because we were trying to take our minds off of screens. That's just what we do every week on this day. Of course, we couldn't play any games with companion apps, but that's what Monopoly is for.

Day 7

This is the day we officially gave up and just let the sweet radiation of our screens wash over us. It was raining, we had exhausted every craft in the cabinet, my daughter had read the books we'd picked up at the library, and everyone still sort of hated each other from the previous night's game of Monopoly. I threw the towel in and accepted defeat.

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So what did I learn from Screen-Free Week besides the fact that it's a sucker's week? Honestly, not much. I figured it would be challenging, but that I might come away from it with a new appreciation for my family and a desire to extend the week because my heartfeels would inspire me to be a better mom.

Instead, I ended up arguing with them about whether or not they should be able to: talk to family they never see face-to-face; engage in creative play; do a weird but supposedly fun version of math; cook a meal we liked and yeah, veg out a little. The only person who ended up more engaged was my husband, who wasn't able to check work email at home, but that's not even a result of Screen-Free Week. That's just my husband's piece of crap phone crashing the week before and him never bothering to hook it back up.

Going screen-free isn't as easy as it was in 1994 where all you had to do was shut off the TV and go outside. And even if it were, the fact that we have more screens now doesn't make me less likely to tell my kid to do exactly that. It just makes everything else harder. Screen freaks aren't the zombies that all of the PSAs make them out to be. They might not even be freaks. It's not a reflection of character that everything from guitar lessons to board games use screens. It's just a reflection of the tendency of time to move forward.

Not everything new that makes your life easier is bad. Indoor plumbing, for instance. I mean, no one's calling for a Flush-Free Week just because people used to get more exercise getting to and from the outhouse. So maybe let's stop pretending like screens are what's wrong with kids these days and just accept that they're here to stay.

In November 1992, I snuck out of a hospital room in Alexandria, Virginia, wearing only slippers, a hospital gown and a trench coat. Just two days earlier, I’d had major surgery, and my doctor’s orders were to stay put, watch TV and get some rest. Instead, I slipped out of my room, went to a polling location and voted for George H.W. Bush.

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Suffice it to say, I am fairly passionate about the right to vote. And I don’t just mean having the right; I mean using it — showing up on Election Day, making an informed choice and casting a ballot in favor of specific candidates and their policies.

Our political conventions play a critical role in this process. They provide voters with an unparalleled opportunity to learn about each party’s vision for the future and their presidential nominee. That’s why I have helped plan and present three political conventions with the GOP — Reagan-Bush ’84 in Dallas, Bush-Quayle ’92 in New Orleans and Dole-Kemp ‘96 in Houston. It’s also why late last year I moved to Cleveland and became the director of delegate services for this year’s Republican National Convention, which will take place this summer from July 18 through July 21.

My enthusiasm for participating in the political process flows from an unlikely place: my father’s decision in 1968 to move our family from California to Costa Rica and start a flower export business there.

At eight years old, this plan struck me as an exciting adventure. Now a parent myself, I can hardly imagine the sheer guts it took for my dad to begin a new chapter — professionally and personally — on a mountain in an unfamiliar place with our whole family in tow.

My dad wasn’t discouraged by the challenge, and he made it work. He improved our rustic living conditions by personally installing indoor plumbing and electrical wiring on our farm. He encouraged my siblings and me to make new friends and get to know our neighbors. They were hard-working, good humored, kind and generous. Unfortunately, many of them were also poor; they had limited access to quality healthcare, a good education and employment opportunities.

By the time I moved back to the United States at 16 years old, I had learned to appreciate every blessing that comes with being an American, particularly the ability to chart one’s own path in life. When Ronald Reagan was president, I got involved in politics through a college internship with the National Republican Congressional Committee. Thus began the love of my adult life — politics.

You could say that my path is a reflection of my father’s adventurous and entrepreneurial example. I’ve started over more times than I can count and worked in politics, health care, the non-profit world and volunteered for hospice care. Like many women, I took some time away from my career to raise my two children and to care for my dad before he passed away. I have dealt with and lived through divorce, paid college tuition bills and moved at least a dozen times. Now, I am starting my second act with a new job in a new place. My adult life has been filled with hard times, wonderful moments, setbacks and successes. And I cannot wait for what’s next.

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The Republican National Convention is a very important event, and its delegates play a critical role. They establish the party’s platform, set the party rules for the next four years and officially nominate our candidates for president and vice president. My role as director of delegate services is to make sure that all of the delegates have everything they need, from hotel rooms and event spaces to commemorative badges and transportation briefings. I consider it a tremendous honor to provide our 56 delegations with the tools, information and resources they need to do their important work.

I also feel incredibly fortunate to be starting the next phase of my career in this position with the convention. My job comes with an exhausting set of responsibilities that require what some might consider an unnatural level of multi-tasking on very little sleep. In short, it’s the exact opposite of the standard career advice that people my age usually receive: I’m not slowing down and getting ready to retire; I’m ramping up and making these years count. I am part of a creative, dynamic, and smart team. Many of the people I work with are young and working on their first convention. I’ve loved the opportunity to train and mentor them. But my young colleagues don’t just accept advice and guidance from me; they also challenge and push me to be better and to learn new things.

Every morning, I face a compressed timeline to assemble a giant puzzle with thousands of moving pieces. Everything around me — my daily schedule, our host city of Cleveland, even the GOP — is in a state of change. That’s perfect because I am, too.

At its core, the Republican Party is about liberty. We want to make sure that every American can chart their own course, find a new and exciting opportunity, contribute to our economy, and share in our prosperity. Whether you are a millennial woman looking for her first job or a divorced mother of two looking for a new challenge after 34 years, the GOP’s agenda is all about creating the conditions for your success.

Once again, I find myself at the crossroads of what lies ahead, but that’s the most exciting part of it all. I wouldn’t be where I am without the risks I’ve taken. Not sure what I will be doing after July, but I’m excited for what’s next — taking a risk is well worth the reward.

So, whether you’re looking to invent or re-invent your life, I hope you will tune in to hear our party and our nominee make their case. Then I hope you will show up at the polls in November and cast a ballot for the candidate of your choice.

Unless you just had major surgery because… really… that’s kind of crazy.

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For brand-new moms, swaddling can feel a little like a magic trick: One moment your thrashing, squalling baby is giving the lead singer from Gwar a serious run for his money, and the next, they're all tucked up like a cute little burrito, happily snoozing away.

That's why so many parents rely on the technique to get babies all snugged up and ready for a warm, secure nap. But the technique isn't without controversy. There's been noise in the past about swaddling increasing a baby's risk of succumbing to SIDS, and a new study in Pediatrics seems to support that — to a point.

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The study examined 760 past cases of SIDS in infants against 1,759 control subjects, where the commonality was, of course, swaddling. The researchers found that within this small sample, swaddling did in fact increase a child's risk of dying from SIDS by about one-third overall.

The cases where that risk was highest probably won't surprise you. Babies placed on their stomachs and sides to sleep, for instance, and babies who were swaddled past the age 6 months had the highest SIDS risk.

That might not sound like particularly gripping, groundbreaking information, and it would be great if there was a way that doctors and scientists could say, "OK, swaddling is terrible. You absolutely should not do it," or "False alarm, guys — swaddling is awesome. Carry on." But of course, science doesn't work that way. And in fact, the most useful information gleaned from the study is that when it comes to swaddling, there needs to be a whole lot more clarity on what constitutes good or dangerous practices.

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Even that isn't new. The study screened 283 articles for potential inclusion, and only four made the cut. One of the reasons, the researchers noted, is that there's an "imprecise definition of swaddling."

That's a huge part of the problem right there, and it's one that the American Academy of Pediatrics attempted to address all the way back in 2013, when controversy over swaddling was ramping up again. You can ask a question like, "Is swaddling safe?" but without a universal technique, there's no real good answer.

Child care centers had begun to ban the practice, and studies on first nations' populations showed a connection between tight swaddling and later problems with hip dysplasia. Back then, pediatricians were saying exactly what the most recent study is saying now: Essentially, parents need a clear understanding of how to safely swaddle and, more important, when to stop.

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Safe swaddling is still sometimes recommended, especially for babies who need a little extra help soothing themselves. But the emphasis there has to be on safety. A safe swaddle is one that is not too tight and is in fact open or loose around the hips. You should be able to fit three fingers between your baby's chest and the blanket you've used to swaddled them in. Your pediatrician should be able to show you how to do this.

A safe technique is just one part of the puzzle. Another huge piece is knowing when to stop, and the AAP recommends discontinuing the practice at just 2 months. This is the vital piece of information. In the study, babies over 6 months of age were being swaddled, and that's far too long. There is some amount of weaning that has to take place, and that can be unpleasant, but it has to happen. This isn't something that can be a gradual, yearlong process, like bidding adieu to a beloved pacifier. Transitioning a baby out of sleeping in a swaddle can mean keeping them healthy and alive.

The rest is an emphasis on the universal set of safe-sleep guidelines. Keep babies on their backs to sleep; keep cribs free of bumpers or loose blankets; do not smoke in the home... If you're a mom, chances are high that you can repeat the entire spiel by rote at this point.

The bottom line? Swaddling on its own isn't a danger to your baby if you've done it safely and correctly. But we need to do more about teaching parents what safely and correctly is. That, of course, includes keeping swaddled babies on their backs and making the switch from baby burrito to baby tostada when the time is right.

Yes, our jaws dropped too when we discovered that not only were Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna planning a fairy-tale wedding but they were also expecting their first child together. And while the couple are thrilled that they'll be welcoming a child into this world, apparently Chyna has some reservations about her pregnancy.

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And those reservations have something to do with food, because while she has pregnancy cravings for greasy food and milkshakes, she's reportedly worried that this will affect Kardashian's eating plan. At least, this is what a source told Hollywood Life, who claims that Kardashian has been doing some sympathy eating.

"Blac can't believe she's pregnant again and she's loving every minute of it. However, she has one big concern and that's her fiancé," an insider told the publication. "She's scared that Rob's going to pack on paternity weight during the pregnancy. Whatever she eats, so does he. They've been gorging on burgers, fries, milkshakes — the works. And she's got a lot of snacks and chocolate at the house. She explained to Rob that he can't eat what she's eating."

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Yikes. We hope this isn't the case, because Kardashian has been working so hard to shed the excess pounds, and this could be a major setback, especially if the bad food is so easily accessible.

"She's told him that she's eating for two now and that he has to continue on his strict protein and veggie diet," the source adds. "It's been a little challenging for Rob to eat healthy since he makes food runs for Chyna. Blac compliments him all the time on how handsome he looks now that he's lost weight and encourages him daily to keep up his routine."

There are so many positive things happening in Rob Kardashian's life now, it's probably unlikely that he will slip into his old habits (which also led him to become a social media recluse), but let's hope that this is not the case.

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What do you think? Could Blac Chyna's pregnancy be bad news for Rob Kardashian? Or do you not believe the report? Share your thoughts with us in the comments below.

As the official start of summer looms closer and closer, everyone's got their eyes on the closest pool, just waiting for their chance to jump in. But as the pool noodles and goggles come out, so does the seasonal conversation about keeping kids safe in the water. It won't be long until we're inundated with reminders to apply tons of sunscreen and be vigilant for things like secondary drowning.

That may be why a 7-month-old video of a baby plunging headfirst into the water and rolling onto her back to float while adults look on is suddenly going viral. It fits right into the seasonal conversation about keeping kids safe and allows people to indulge in another favorite pastime — jumping to conclusions about how crappy every other parent but themselves is. The video has gotten a barrage of criticism, and all of it misses the point completely.

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The video, uploaded to Facebook by Florida mom Keri Morrison, keeps a camera trained on Morrison's 6-month-old daughter Josie as the baby takes a heart-stopping plunge into the pool. She rolls over and begins to whimper, while a woman's voice praises her for doing a good job.

Internet verdicts come down swift, as all manner of experts took time out of their busy day as professional parenting experts to tell this mom why she should have her child taken away.

These comments are misguided for two reasons. The first is that what baby Josie is doing in this clip is a very specific type of infant survival technique called a roll-to-back. The combination of instinct and training can teach kids as young as Josie to survive if they fall into a pool.

The second reason is simpler and more than a little heartbreaking. Josie has learned this technique in part because Morrison had a 2-year-old son named Jake whose drowning death prompted Morrison to teach her daughter how to survive in the water.

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Heaping a bunch of ignorant criticism onto a mother who has lost a child in a very tragic situation does in fact make you an asshole, but when you're so utterly wrong in your criticism, that makes you an even bigger asshole. What should Morrison do as a mother who is raising a child on a freaking peninsula? Keep all her kids indoors and in floaties forever so she never has to go through the pain of losing another child?

Or perhaps what she has done, which is the smarter, saner thing to do — take a proactive approach that will increase her daughter's chance of survival. Josie was not in danger. The technique she employed is part of a program of swim and survival lessons from a group called Infant Swimming Resource, whose stated mission is "not one more child drowns." Learning the roll-to-front self-rescue technique is listed as the fourth of five important safety rules on the group's website, the first being adult supervision, which Josie clearly had.

Of course, we're not saying that a bunch of internet commenters don't know as much as a group of professionals teaching a safety course developed by a doctor, but... OK, yeah, maybe we're saying that.

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Anyone who lives near the water knows that putting off teaching a child to swim is out of the question — it's an accident waiting to happen. Babies can take swimming lessons, and if you can swing it, they absolutely should.

We didn't always feel this way. As recently as 2010, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommended putting swim lessons on hold until a child was older than 4, in part because the concern was in parents becoming less vigilant around little swimmers.

Since then, they've updated that position, noting that evidence has begun to emerge that shows that children between 1 and 4 years of age can in fact benefit from and decrease their risk of drowning by taking lessons. Still, they haven't gone so far as to recommend it outright, because knowing how to swim is just one small piece of keeping kids safe in water.

They recommend instead a multilayered approach that includes barriers like pool fences, knowledge of CPR and always, always, always adult supervision. Swim lessons can fit into that safety plan.

The surest way to keep your baby safe around water is to have them under constant, capable supervision, and there's no substitute for that. But what could possibly be detrimental about also teaching a child what to do in a worst-case scenario?

Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton may look like they have a fairy-tale romance.

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But the executive producer of The Voice, Mark Burnett, is here to remind us that their relationship started during a pretty dark time for both of them.

"I was there in those dark moments," Burnett told Entertainment Weekly in an interview this week. "Because we were working together at the time. It was their private lives but it spills over."

Stefani and Shelton were both getting over divorces when they started dating last fall. Shelton had just split from his wife of four year, Miranda Lambert, in July, and Stefani announced her divorce from 11-year husband, Gavin Rossdale, in August.

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In his interview, Burnett recalled reminiscing about those dark times with Stefani and Shelton.

"And then I said to Blake and Gwen, ‘Imagine in your darkest moments if someone showed you a videotape of right now,'" Burnett shared. "'The love you have, wouldn't it be great?’ And they're both smiling. It would be great. They are so amazing, they're amazing."

Burnett isn't the first to comment on the unconventional beginning of Stefani and Shelton's relationship. In March, Stefani opened up about it to the New York Times, explaining how she and Shelton found solace in one another before realizing they were in love.

"[He] had been going through literally the exact same thing in literally the exact same time frame," she said. "Never in my wildest, craziest dreams would I ever have seen this coming."

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You might be in the mood, but that doesn't always mean you'll make it to the finish line. But before you throw in the towel and start clicking through your Netflix queue, remember that old saying: You are what you eat.

It's true — nutritional experts swear by almost a dozen foods that can get and keep your motor running. If you're looking for fiery, fun sex that is closer to a marathon than a sprint, then these nutritious foods could help to lengthen the time you spend between the sheets.

A general note on nutrition

Without delving too far into it, literature from WebMD to Discovery Health agrees that the best diet for sex is one that leads to a healthier lifestyle. The healthier the body, the better it will function as it's "exercising," but more important, you'll feel better about yourself. Research shows that most of the blocks to great sex (in healthy sexually active adults) are mood, not food. Stay fit, and you'll feel better about yourself and have better sex.

Make your intimate moments longer, stronger and hotter

It can be easy to forget that, at its heart, sex is a cardio workout. Just like someone getting ready to go to the gym or an athlete getting ready to run a marathon, proper nutrition is essential to getting the sexiest results possible. Fortunately, just like sports nutritionists have identified optimal meals for the best results in a run, nutritionists have also discovered foods that will increase your stamina in bed.

The good news is that each of these foods is delicious in addition to giving you and your partner the endurance to keep the love on. The better news is that, unlike running a marathon, you'll really love trying these sex foods and seeing the results for yourself.

1. Foods rich in vitamin B12

Any food rich in vitamin B12 will help the body with energy production, and with so many options to choose from, it's easy to get more B12 into your diet. These options include eggs, shellfish, beef, caviar and fortified tofu. Once you've had your B12 feast, you can expect increased blood circulation and strength. It also helps to elevate mood.

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2. Raw oysters

The myth about oysters being good for you in bed is actually true. Oysters are high in zinc, which stimulates testosterone, a hormone useful for building and maintaining desire in both men and women. They also deliver amino acids that have been linked to sexual desire, and omega-3s, which help keep you in the mood. They also have lots of B12. Win-win. "Oysters create more sexual stamina because you are so turned on. Maybe it is all the zinc and B12, but once people make oysters a part of their eating routine, they crave them. And then they crave something else," says Dr. Drew Ramsey, assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Columbia University and author of Eat Complete: The 21 Nutrients That Fuel Brainpower, Boost Weight Loss, and Transform Your Health.

(It's always best to remember that eating raw shellfish can lead to food poisoning, so get your raw oysters from reputable sources only. Nothing says unsexy diet like tummy trouble.)

3. Asparagus

While there is the nasty rumor that asparagus can make your pee smell, don't cross this pungent veggie off your list of romantic foods altogether. As Tristan Weedmark, Global Passion Ambassador at We-Vibe, explains it, asparagus is chock-full of vitamin E, which can help to aid in the production of testosterone.

And for the couples who are hoping to get a little bit more out of their night of passion, Weedmark says, "In addition to increasing stamina, asparagus can boost sex drive as well as sperm count."

4. Avocados

Lovers of guac, rejoice! Avocados are so insanely nutritious that they are considered by many to be a superfood, and Weedmark categorizes the tasty fruit as a sexual superfood too. For starters, he says, avocados are an extra-rich source of monounsaturated fats and vitamin B6.

"These help keep energy levels up, which is crucial for endurance in the bedroom. They also contain mood-boosting omega-3 fatty acids, and of course, feeling happy can’t hurt when it comes to sexual interest and performance," Weedmark explains.

5. Grapes

Of red grapes, Rebecca Lewis, in-house RD at HelloFresh, says, "They are a good source of boron, which is a mineral that helps stimulate the production of both estrogen and testosterone." Both these hormones have been shown to aid men and women in bedroom performance: estrogen for libido in women, and testosterone for physical stamina of any kind in both men and women.

Next up: Watermelon

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6. Watermelon

Watermelon is packed with citrulline, a natural chemical that helps the body increase oxygen flow in the blood. If possible, try to find a way to mix watermelon with garlic and/or ginger, both of which are found to cause blood to flow into the private parts in both women and men.

More: Tonight's Dinner: Watermelon gazpacho recipe

7. Lemon

When you're making that romantic Valentine's Day, anniversary or TGIF meal for your boo, don't forget to put on the finishing touch — fresh lemon zest is not only flavorful, but it may be an "underutilized enhancer of pleasure," according to Dr. Ramsey.

For men especially, Dr. Ramsey says that a zest of lemon will have an immediate below-the-belt impact. He explains, "Compounds in the pith act much like Viagra, and others in the zest promote a dreamy, pleasurable state by stimulating the brain's opiate receptors."

8. Pomegranate

Pomegranate is an ancient symbol of romance seen throughout literature, and it's making its modern-day comeback in the new millennium. We already know that pomegranates are kind of hard to eat, which means you may have to spend a few extra minutes licking the pulp off your date's fingers. But that ripe and juicy fruit that strangely resembles the female anatomy also has nutritional benefits — as a prime source of antioxidants and a booster of sexual appetite.

"The antioxidants present in this delicious fruit are a triple threat!" Lewis says. "They help increase testosterone production, improve blood circulation and improve mood."

9. Nuts

The puns may abound when serving nuts before sex, but L-arginine-rich nuts, like pistachios, peanuts and walnuts, can have a powerful effect when eaten pre-nookie. Lewis says, "It’s all about the L-arginine! L-arginine is an amino acid, which stimulates the production of nitric oxide, which helps dilate blood vessels, which in turn increases blood flow to the penis, strengthening erections."

Lewis adds, "Bonus: Watermelon contains an antioxidant that transforms into L-arginine once ingested."

10. Chocolate

Is there anything chocolate can't do? In particular, dark chocolate, while already being sexy on its own, helps release chemicals in the brain that lead to euphoria. This can help lead to a prolonged sexual experience. It's also packed with antioxidants, which generally make the body perform better.

Dr. Ramsey says, "Coffee and dark chocolate are Mother Nature's stimulants. Doubters should try a double espresso and 3 ounces of dark chocolate before their next morning romp."

Updated by Bethany Ramos on 5/5/16