We bet you didn't know these 5 things about Jessica Alba.

By Elena Donovan Mauer for TheBump.com

Justin Coit / The BumpWhen a popular baby detergent gave her a rash, Jessica Alba didn't ignore it. She got passionate about it -- and started The Honest Company, a line of nontoxic, eco-friendly products. Now, the actress-turned-businesswoman has added a new credit to her résumé: author. Her book, The Honest Life, is packed full of Jessica's healthy and green secrets, from fashion and beauty to cleaning and planning baby's nursery. She's also got these surprises up her sleeve.

She sometimes struggles at things (yes, really!)
Doesn't it seem like everything would come easily to Jessica? Not so! "Writing a book for the first time was challenging-and it wasn't just because I was trying to juggle everything I'm doing," she says. "Because the book includes all the natural-living tips and tricks that I've learned over the years, I found it difficult to hone in on the most relevant content." Her savior? Her husband,

Derreck and KevinI don't know about you, but I am so jealous of my son. He has been such an inspiration to me - to the point of total envy.

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I am used to being the center of attention, with all the work I've done over the years building an organization that takes partially used bars of soap from hotels and recycles them into new bars. With the Global Soap Project, I have earned a reputation of doing good around the world, and for that I am proud as well as humbled. But I am also used to being the center of the universe. For example, every single day I get an email or a Facebook "like" or a kind, encouraging statement from friends around the world that really appreciate the work we have done at Global Soap Project. But someone has been filling in daddy's shoes slowly but steadily, and it has caught my attention.

My son Kevin just turned 13 in February. At his age I was nowhere in comparison. You see, at 13 Kevin is a prolific

Mom-ing It OnlineBy Sierra Filucci, Common Sense Media editor

I admit, I've spent way too long on certain friends' Facebook pages, scrolling through their photos of birthday parties, matching holiday outfits, and luscious four-course meals, immersing myself in their apparently perfect lives.

This modern age of social networks gives us unprecedented access to other mothers' lives. It's so easy to get caught up in their poignant photos and celebratory posts about kids' accomplishments and start believing that this carefully curated online identity is actually the sum of your mom friends' lives.

Inevitably, this leads to self-judgment. Nothing like looking up from a slideshow of a friend's newly designed kitchen to see your own: dirty, disorganized ... depressing.

But what most of us know deep down is that this online life -- the one carefully crafted on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, etc. -- is only the highlight reel. The behind-the-scenes life is much grittier, filled with more tantrums

Baby Feeding I still remember those tiny, impossibly strong hands pushing back against my chest. It was 2 in the morning, just a few hours after what seemed like an endless 21-hour labor, and my newborn didn't seem the least bit interested in feeding at my breast - in fact, he was actively fighting me, like a mini-Muhammad Ali. Fly like a butterfly, sting like a stubborn baby.

Though I had initially planned on exclusive nursing, at that point, in my exhausted, postpartum haze, if someone had offered to take my firstborn away and feed him formula, I wouldn't have said no. Heck, if someone had offered to feed him mushed bread and beer, I wouldn't have said no.

Now, the results of a new study suggest that temporarily including just a little formula in a breastfed newborn's diet (known as early limited formula, or ELF) in those early days won't hurt a mother and baby's prospects for exclusive breastfeeding down the line but could actually help some nurse longer.

The study, by researchers at the

A 5-year-old Newark, NJ boy became a hero after he used quick thinking and A-B-C skills to save his father’s life last week.

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The two were driving home from buying Nathaniel Dancy Jr. school shoes when Nathaniel Sr. suffered an aneurysm and stroke, making him violently ill, according to a report by New York’s NBC Channel 4 News. (NBC reported his name as Nathaniel Darcy, but Nathaniel Jr.'s school, the public North Star Academy Charter School, confirmed for Yahoo! Shine it was Dancy). He was able to pull the car over, but then got out of the car, vomited, and became paralyzed by a seizure. That’s when Nathaniel Jr., who is in kindergarten, sprang into action, grabbing his dad’s phone and calling his grandmother.

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“He said, ‘Come and help me and my daddy. We’re in trouble,’” Susan Hardy-Blackman told NBC New York. She asked him where

By Paula Miranda for TheBump.com

Veer / The BumpI was never the type of girl that dreamed of the day that I would be married or have children. Instead I dreamed of the day that I would be recognized for other accomplishments in my career. While I listened to my friends share the names of their future children, I was busy thinking of what countries I would travel to first or what I would say to the President when I first met him.

As time went on and I grew up, I learned an important lesson about life: you can plan all you want but nothing is certain.

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As a young twenty-something I got pregnant. The pregnancy I had never planned for myself was here, and with it came severe morning sickness. I was sick all day, every day. I tried everything I could think of or read about to feel better but nothing worked. I was a hermit. What felt like eternity finally ended one month before I had my daughter. It was a brief moment of bliss. I felt like

By Paula Miranda for TheBump.com

Thinkstock / The BumpOne of the most important qualities I wanted to make sure my now teenager daughter and I had with each other while she was growing up were honesty and trust. I raised her with manners and morals - important values I think that all children should have. And now, raising a teen and a toddler, I've realized that these life lessons are important for my little one to learn, too. In fact, they're a good life lessons for us all.

When times get tough and my tot and I are in the middle of a temper tantrum stare down, here are the most important things I always try to remind myself of:

1. Lead by example. If you want you toddler to be and act a certain way, make sure your actions are consistent with that, too. Get down to their level and look them in the eyes. When you do this you communicate better with them and let them see through action you respect them. If they turn their eyes away, direct them to look into your eyes so they understand what your

When naming their kids, new moms and dads are finding divine inspiration in Biblical figures, as revealed by the US Social Security Administration's just-released list of the top baby names of 2012. Jacob, Noah, Daniel, Elijah, and James (to name a few) all cracked the top-25 boys' list.

As a counterpoint, the TV shows "Sex and the City" and "Girls" might also have played a role in baby-naming last year: Aiden, Charlotte, and Hannah are all hanging out on the list, too.

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