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By Heather Ledeboer | Category: Surprize Me! | Posted Monday, December 31, 2007
Angel Guard Seatbelt Release Cover – Weekly Giveaway
By Heather Ledeboer | Category: Mom 4 Life News & Giveaways | Posted Friday, December 28, 2007
Happy Friday! Man Friday came quick for me this week. I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. We had a great time with family and even had some fun time out in the snow sledding down a hill together.
Our winner this week for the ITZBEEN Baby Care Timer is Valerie. If you didn’t win, head on over to our website and get yours for 10% off!
This week we are giving away the Angel Guard Car Seatbelt Release Cover. This handy item (normally comes in a pack of 2 but this giveaway is for just one) and deters small children from disengaging the seat belt holding their car/booster seat in place yet it takes seconds for an adult to remove. It has also been tested and endorsed by the Spring Hill Fire & Rescue for ease of removal in an emergency. Is your peace of mind worth those extra five seconds?
Surveys have found that children disengaging the seat belt is an ongoing problem that many parents face. In other cases, an older sibling may undo the seat belt which is anchoring a nearby infant seat thereby compromising the safety of the baby. The ANGEL GUARD has become increasingly popular with parents of special needs children as they strive to keep them buckled in as well. There is a video you can view from our website to show more about it as well. The retail price is $19.99 for two.
Thankfully, this has not yet been an issue for my children but I have heard that many other moms have struggled with this especially as their children get old enough to ride in booster seats.
To enter: simply leave a comment below letting us know if you have any any problems with your child disengaging the seat belt. You have until midnight on Jan 2 to enter, good luck!
How Birth Practices Effects Breastfeeding Part 2
By juliejohnson | Category: The Journey of Motherhood | Posted Wednesday, December 26, 2007
I have been a doula for over 9 years, including running a hospital based doula program at a county facility. There I saw everything from women shackled to the bed watched over by a prison guard 24/7, to teenage girls who insisted that they be back home before 6:00 AM the next day so their mothers wouldn’t know they had been gone. Since becoming a breastfeeding professional, I can look back and see how birth does indeed effect the breastfeeding outcome. Being a birth advocate I want the woman to have what ever she wants during her delivery. It is her choice. However, if she can labor for as long as possible at home, plan to have her labor un-medicated (easier said than done these days) and avoid routine inductions, her chances of having a complicated delivery decreases and she most likely will experience less breastfeeding difficulties.
The good news is almost all breastfeeding barriers work themselves out. In all situations, having a positive attitude goes along way. Furthermore, research states that having a doula (labor support professional) or just having another woman continually present in the room increases 30% a woman’s chance of breastfeeding 6 weeks postpartum. That sounds good to me.Please keep sharing your birth and breastfeeding experiences. We can learn so much from each other.
CAPPA’s Certified Lactation Educator and Trainer, International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, Lamaze childbirth educator, doula, momowner of Birth and Breastfeeding Solutions
Fun with Christmas Cards
By kristinabjornbak | Category: It Worked 4 Me | Posted Monday, December 24, 2007
So, now that your family and friends were kind enough to remember you with Christmas cards, what do you do with them? I know some people just throw them out, but I usually don’t. I’m kind of a card hoarder. Maybe you like to keep them, too, and if you do, here are a few fun things you can do with them.
1. Make rubbings. Occasionally, you’ll get a card that has a textured border, or the whole illustration may be textured. Lay a piece of paper on top, and color over it with a crayon and see the pattern come through.
2. Play memory. If you’ve gotten a fairly large amount of cards, play Christmas Card Memory with your children. Lay out the cards, face up, and let your kids try to remember who sent them.
3. Make puzzles. I heard about cutting up cards to make puzzles, but I suggest taking this idea a little further. Instead of just cutting up the card and that’s the puzzle, try to leave most of the card intact, so you have a puzzle and puzzle frame. Now, these instructions are for you as the parent to do, since it involves sharp objects. Use a craft knife or pair of sharp scissors to remove the main part of the illustration on the front of the card (you can see my rather poor cutting job in the picture). You should have a thin border left on the card itself. Glue this border to the back part of the card, so it stays closed. This is the puzzle frame. With the illustration you removed, cut into as many pieces as you’d like, but remember to keep it age-appropriate.
There are my thoughts. What about you? Do you have anything special you do with your Christmas cards?
ITZBEEN Baby Care Timer – 4 Free Friday giveaway
By Heather Ledeboer | Category: Mom 4 Life News & Giveaways | Posted Friday, December 21, 2007
Welcome back!
Our winner last week was Jill (our lucky number 58 as chosen by Random.org). Jill won the Breast Soother by SmartChoices, congratulations!! For those of you who didn’t win, go get yours now for 10% off and you better go soon as it looks like our inventory is getting low (if we run out just email us to pre order).
This week you can win what I think is a super cool tool to help you stay sane during those crazy times of sleeplessness as a new parent! The ITZBEEN Baby Care Timer was invented by a new mom and dad who found themselves sleep-deprived and needing help to remember baby care details, such as when their baby last ate or napped. They tried charts and journals, but thought there had to be a better way. So, they invented the ITZBEEN™: a multi-purpose nursery tool that helps new parents remember the basic details of baby care. The ITZBEEN™ has four timers that count up with the touch of a button, and a host of other helpful features, all designed with the needs of a new parent in mind.
The ITZBEEN Baby Care Timer has a host of helpful features all designed with the new parent in mind. As every new parent knows, your memory is one of the first things to go when a newborn arrives. The ITZBEEN Baby Care Timer is a multi-purpose tool that helps you remember the basic details of baby care. ITZBEEN has four timers that count up with the touch of a button…so you will always know how long it’s been! The ITZBEEN retails for $26.99 and I think would make a really fun gift to a new set of parents so even if you are not needing one right now I bet you might know someone that would love one!
To win: Simply leave a comment about what you do/or did (or don’t do/didn’t do) to keep track of your child’s schedule. Did you have a journal, chart, software, just try to remember, etc? Would something like this be helpful (or would it have been helpful) and why? You have until December 26th at midnight PST to post your entry, good luck and have a Merry Christmas!
Don’t forget about our Christmas Special that lasts until December 24th, the more you buy, the more you save, click here for details!
