Erika Christensen Welcomes Her First Child, a Baby Girl

June 22, 2016

Huge congrats to new mom (and June 2016 Momtastic guest editor), Erika Christensen!

The former “Parenthood” actress and her husband, Cole Maness, welcomed a 6lb, 3oz girl, Shane Maness, at their home in California on Tuesday, June 21.

Earlier this month, Christensen spoke to Momtastic about her desire to have a home birth. “I’m definitely shooting for a natural birth at home, without drugs,”…

Alex Richards is a Brooklyn-based young adult writer with a background in photography and television production. She loves making no-budget horror flicks with her friends, cooking, crafting, exploring, and being silly with her two kids, awesome husband, and lazy cats. In addition to her young adult novel, Back Talk, Alex writes for New York Family Magazine, and works with ASAP, a South African organization supporting rural communities of women caring for vulnerable children.