Want to start making homemade baby food for your little one, but not sure where to begin? Check out these helpful tips and tricks from other new moms.

Before you get started, make sure you know the signs baby is ready to start eating solid foods and which ones are safe.

Do you make your own baby food? What tips would you give other moms who are just starting out?

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This Whole Wheat Linguine with Arugula and Edamame recipe (from 12 Best Foods Cookbook) is the perfect easy weeknight meal. Bonus: it’s vegetarian and inexpensive to whip up.

>> Get the recipe on The Nest

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If you’re craving comfort food, it doesn’t get any better than Baked Tortellini. Cheese tortellini, breadcrumbs and Parmesan. Need we say more?

>> Get the recipe on The Nest

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The Pitch Perfect and Hunger Games actress welcomed baby #2, son Magnus Mitchell via gestational surrogate with husband Max Handelman!

Elizabeth announced the news on her website today:

“As 2012 winds down and Thanksgiving approaches, I have much for which to be thankful – personal, professional, and Presidential. However, nothing can match the joy and excitement my husband and I felt when we recently welcomed our second baby boy, Magnus Mitchell Handelman.

This experience has exceeded all expectations, taught us a great deal about generosity and gratitude, and established a relationship that will last a lifetime. . . . I now turn my attention to managing two boys under two. For which I am thankful. And all their poop. For which I am less thankful. Wish me luck.”

Magnus joins older brother Felix, who was born in March 2011, also via gestational surrogate. Elizabeth and Max have been married since 2003.

Congrats to the happy couple!

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When it was time for Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott to design the nursery of their fourth child, Finn Davey (who they welcomed last August!), they called on longtime friends Bill Horn and Scout Masterson (a.k.a. The Guncles) who run the PR firm Marque Communications.

“We were thrilled when Tori asked us to help her decorate Finn’s nursery,” said Bill and Scout. “We hope that the room’s decor is a chic and calming space for our little nephew.”

Tell us what you think! Would you try a turquoise, orange and yellow color scheme in your nursery?

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Need a maternity wardrobe update for winter? Check out these cozy, stylish finds.

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In need of new snack ideas to satisfy those pregnancy cravings? Here are some healthy, easy-to-make recipes from our sister site The Nest.

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When she started planning her nursery, Bumpie Jenna H. didn’t know her baby’s gender, which made getting started a little difficult. “I wanted our baby’s nursery to be fun, playful and practical,” she says.

As she looked for inspiration, “I landed on a design from a lion poster I loved.” The yellow, white and brown print (which can be seen in the back of the nursery) helped shape Jenna’s vision for this whimsical, gender-neutral room.

What inspired you as you started decorating baby’s nursery? 

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For our latest Instagram Challenge, we want to see your Halloween pictures — whether you’re dressing up baby or decorating your bump!

The best part? One lucky Bumpie will win four tickets to her local Bring Your Baby Matinees! This month, we’re showing the movie Fun Size on Tuesday, November 6th at AMC Theatres across the country. If you’re not familiar with our matinees, they’re a great way to spend a fun day out with other parents in a breastfeeding-friendly atmosphere, a theater with brighter lights and lower volume, stroller parking and crying babies allowed! (Find out if there is a participating theater near you here.) We’ll select a random winner from all of the entries and contact them on Instagram.

How it works:

From today until midnight EST on Thursday, November 1, upload your favorite Halloween photos on Instagram with the hashtag #TheBumpHalloween. Make sure you include both the hashtag and @thebump so we can see it. (Need some inspiration? Check out these adorable pictures of Bumpies’ best-ever Halloween costumes!)

We can’t wait to see your photos!

For the official rules, click here.

Here are the pictures that have been submitted so far!

Wondering why your photo isn’t appearing here? Your Instagram profile might be private. Instead, you can upload a photo directly from your computer with the green “Add Photos” button on the top of the page (and you don’t have to change your privacy settings). 

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Still haven’t decided on the perfect Halloween costume for baby? This DIY Peacock Baby costume from message board user EmpireMomof3 is beautiful, creative and budget-friendly (total cost is about $15!).

“I decided to make this costume because I wanted something unique that would stand out from the crowd,” she says. “Something that would make people ‘Ohh’ and ‘Ahh’!”

Before you get started, you will need:

• Black, brown, teal and sparkly royal blue tulle (we found lots of options at Michael’s)
• 3/4 inch elastic band
• 3/4 inch elastic headband
• Feathers (EmpireMomof3 used real feathers that were gifted to her from a zoo, but we found some at Amazon and Save-On-Crafts.com)
• Royal blue ribbon
• The costume goes well with a royal blue shirt, black leggings and black shoes

 How to make the costume:

1. EmpireMomof3 used the “no-sew tutu” technique to create the skirt with black, brown, teal and sparkly royal blue tulle tied onto a 3/4 inch elastic. Measure the elastic around the waist for sizing, then tie or sew the ends together. To make things easier and faster, the tulle can be wrapped around a book and cut on one end to make even strips.
2. Tie the tulle strips to the elastic. Once finished, taper the sides with scissors so they are long in the back and short in the front.
3. Using hot glue, attach the peacock feathers to the royal blue ribbon, then tie the ribbon around the elastic. This is the trickiest part of the costume: Make sure the feathers are spread evenly along the tail area (you might try to lay them out before gluing).
4. Finally, hot glue more peacock feathers to the headband.

Will you make this peacock costume for baby? 

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