The baby girls arrived Tuesday, Oct. 7 vis C-section at 2:46 p.m. weighing in at 5 lbs., 15 oz. and 5 lbs., 2 oz.

“The babies and mom are happy and healthy and resting at home,” rep Cindy Guagenti tells PEOPLE.

The singer, 40, had said on her MySpace page before the babies were born that she and husband Michael Lockwood, 47, were “beyond thrilled and blessed, elated and saturated in happiness.”

We wish them the best!

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The Magazine asked parents to name the products that they can’t live without.

I agree with some of these products, but scratch my head about others…

Here are this year’s winners:

1. Boppy
2. Fisher-Price Swings
3. Johnson’s Bedtime Line
4. Desitin Diaper cream
5. Fisher-Price Jumperoo
6. Fisher-Price Bouncer
7. Boudreaux’s Butt Paste
8. Playtex Diaper Genie
9. Dr. Brown’s Bottles
10. Bumbo Seat

Honourable mention

1. Medela Pump in Style
2. Baby Bjorn Baby Carrier
3. A&D Diaper Cream
4. Balmex Diaper Cream
5. Baby Einstein DVDs

Personally, the Medela pump, the Bjorn Carrier and the Baby Einstein DVDs series would be part of my top 10. These three products collectively saved my sanity with Baby #1.

I am completely in LOVE with Fisher-Price’s infant products. The swing and bouncer pictured up top are also two of my favorite baby products. No one makes a swing like Fisher-Price. The Little Lamb Cradle Swing is fit for Royalty.

Kimberly Coleman-Phox and colleagues at Kaiser Permanente’s Division of Research in Oakland, California found that infants who slept in a bedroom with a fan had a 72 percent lower risk of SIDS, also known as crib death or cot death, compared to babies sleeping in rooms without a fan.

This was regardless of sleep position. Opening a window reduced the risk by 36 percent, they added.

The researchers interviewed nearly 500 mothers, some of whom had lost infants to SIDS.

Their study, published in the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, speculated that ventilation prevents the pooling of carbon dioxide around a baby’s nose and mouth, decreasing the chance of breathing in exhaled air.

The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, which helped pay for the study, said the ventilation findings need to be confirmed by additional research.

It said there still is no substitute for the most effective means known to reduce SIDS — placing infants to sleep on their backs. Other measures include using a firm mattresses and avoiding soft bedding such as comforters, preventing overheating, and not smoking while pregnant or around babies.

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• Tips For Keeping Your Nursery and House ‘Baby Safe’

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Australian researchers are now saying that this idea may be nothing more than an old wives’ tale.

A study by the Australian National University’s centre for mental health research found that there is no evidence to suggest that impending motherhood affects a woman’s cognitive ability.

The research is based on analysis of interviews with 2,500 women aged between 20 and 24 first undertaken in 1999 and again later in 2003 and 2007.

It found that the 76 women who were pregnant during the second or third interviews scored no differently on logic and memory tests than previously.

“And there were no differences between them and control women,” Professor Helen Christensen, who led the research, told AFP.

“It really leaves the question open as to why (pregnant) women think they have poor memories when the best evidence we have is that they don’t.”

Christensen said while it was possible the tests were unable to pick up subtle changes in the brain, it seemed more likely that women blamed pregnancy for minor lapses because it was foremost in their mind at the time.

I will have to disagree with this study. Even though I am doing well with this pregnancy, my brain WAS a big pile of mush during my last one.

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• Get Post Pregnancy Tummy Support With Belly Bandit
• Study: Mothers Bond Better with Babies Born Naturally
• STUDY: Breast Feeding Releases A Bonding Hormone

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Sean weighed 2 pounds, 13 ounces at birth. He had severe heart, lung and intestinal complications. Doctors did not think he would survive. In a Documentary featuring the Phoenix Children’s Hospital, directed my Academy Award winner Cynthia Wade takes you through this amazing baby’s journey.

For those who have never seen an extremely premature baby, this video is an eye opener.

It also spotlights the amazing work that dedicated health professionals are doing.

For more information and to see the entire series, go to www.pchhandprints.org.

A UK company has designed a neat product called The Buggypod Smorph that clips onto the side of your existing stroller to create a double stroller.

The Buggypod Smorph features a 5-point harness, luxury seat pad and a new soft concertina fold footrest.

The Buggypod range is also launching two new accessories - a seriously cool raincover and sunshade.

Avalilable at revelo.co.uk for £89.99

Reverend Dr. Andrew Dutney, a reproductive technology expert in South Australia, said in one reported case, about 30 lesbians living in Adelaide, Australia, were impregnated by the sperm from one man.

Those mothers organized picnics so the children could get to know one another as siblings, thus reducing the risk for future romantic relationships.

In another case, a man’s sperm produced 29 children, all of whom were living in Adelaide. These children are unaware who their siblings are.

All of these children were born about 10 years ago, which means they will reach adolescence in a few years.

In South Australia, the law says infertility treatments are only for infertile couples or those at risk for transmitting a serious defect. Thus, gays and lesbians generally have to find donors “outside the system,” Dutney said.

Related Articles:

• Same Sex Couple Welcomes Quads Or Twins By Each Mom
• British Couple Abandons IVF Twins After They Are Delivered The ‘Wrong Sex’

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In the cover shot, the ‘Hollywood star sits with brunette locks tumbling over her shoulders, with the top of her blouse pulled down to expose her breast - which is somewhat covered by the tiny fingers which just reveal the presence of one of her suckling twins.’

The new mom looks relaxed and happy as she smiles warmly at the camera - and the man behind it - while nestling one of the three-month old babies to her breast in the stunningly candid moment.

The shoot took place in mid-August in the backyard of their French chateau while the actress was out of the public spotlight looking after Viviennne and Knox and the rest of their children.

‘Angelina posed for Brad in one of the photos while breastfeeding,’ a source told US magazine Life & Style. ‘It’s really beautiful and tastefully done.’

‘The photos are amazing,’ adds a second source.

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Nature Discovery In My Backyard is a great book created by a mom, Rebecca Mattano, that will help your child identify some of the cool stuff they find. From identifying different varieties of butterflies and their lifecycle to helping differentiate between a maple leaf and a birch leaf.

Common flowers and birds are explained in a language that your child will understand.

Older kids will also benefit from the Nature Discovery Tips and Nature notes listed at the back.

For more information about the book and others environmental friendly resources visit littleenvironmentalists.com

Jen wears a nom red 9 months tee from Belly Dance Maternity($69)

Ben and Jen recently said that their new baby wouldn’t follow the recent trend in Hollywood of giving babies unusual names.

Ben reportedly put his foot down and said no way to trendy Hollywood names. If it’s a boy, he likes the name Benjamin, not just because it’s his name but it’s that of his hero, Benjamin Franklin.

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