OnTray 2Go Multifunctional Container – Weekly Giveaway
By Heather Ledeboer | Category: Mom 4 Life News & Giveaways | Posted Friday, August 29, 2008
Congratulations to Marlena, the winner of our The Peanut Shell® Hospital Delivery Gowns by Goo-ga 
You guys loved the look of these gowns, I am guessing you might enjoy getting this item at a discount! For the next week you will find this item to be discounted by 10% as our weekly special, enjoy!
This week we are giving away the OnTray 2Go Multifunctional Container that is just PERFECT for keeping things close at hand while you shop. It comes in four fun colors and is super practical. I love putting a handful of snacks in these to keep my kids occupied while I shop. If I am being TOTALLY honest I really try to avoid almost any shopping with my kids if I can however, my wonderful husband is much braver than I am and seems to do so well each time he takes them to the store. BUT, this product is a wonderful alternative to Ziploc bags filled with snacks that fall on the ground or trying to push the cart with one hand while feeding little Cheerios to your child with the other. At the price of just $9.99 (with free shipping) you can’t go wrong.
Want to win it? Simply sign up for our newsletter here. You will get a 5% discount code that you can use from now until forever just for signing up (so the The Peanut Shell® Hospital Delivery Gown by Goo-ga would be 15% off this week because you would have a 10% weekly discount plus your 5% discount). We have two newsletter options (a weekly newsletter that is sent out Friday mornings letting you know about the weekly giveaway and a monthly newsletter that highlights specials, discounts and new products). You can unsubscribe at anytime with one easy click. After you sign up for the newsletter, leave a comment here and you are entered. If you are already signed up for our newsletter you are good to go, just leave a comment here letting me know you want it! Please leave your comment by 9PM PST on the 2nd.
In case anyone wonders how I choose the winner: I use the website Random.org and use their Random Sequence Generator 
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Also, you might enjoy signing up to win a Flip Video camera here on the milkscreen website. This is the kind of video camera that we have and I really like it! If you haven’t heard of milkscreen, it is a innovative product that you will find here on our site that allows you to test your breastmilk for any presence of alcohol.
Food and God
By jennylee | Category: Recipes & Kitchen Tips | Posted Wednesday, August 27, 2008
In the last couple of years, I have been going through some personal health issues that have altered my life is some ways and that of my family. I had a lot of questions as to why certain thing were happening to me and how it wasn’t fair. I even have to admit that I started to question everything, even the existence of God. I wasn’t proud of that but it’s something that kept crossing my mind. I had to make a decision, believe or not believe and through God’s grace I believe in him and believe that my health issues were a way to get closer to him and reach out to him as well as my family. In other words, it was an opportunity to grow in inner strength and spiritually.
I have now accepted my ‘New Normal’ and wouldn’t be were I am today without the hardships I have endured and continue to endure. But the question remained, One can believe but where is the proof. Faith is all you need but the beauty of it all is that the proof of his existence is everywhere around us and in what we eat.
He designed the world for us. It’s too perfect for it to just have had happened by itself or just have appeared one day out of nowhere. What do I mean? Can you honestly tell me that everything came to be just as is? Don’t you think that everything in this world works too perfectly together? Don’t you think there is a greater being, God, behind all the detailed planning of this world and the universe? For instance, in an African forest, it was found that 1/3 of all rain was absorbed into the moss mats. When the moss was removed by humans, the environment experienced severe flooding. Another example, is the way humans can find cures and help sustain a healthy body not through man made medications but through natures’ foods. I have created a list so you can see some of the things certain types off foods can help cure:
- Antiaging Foods: Onion, pear, basil leaf, thyme leaf, guava
- Diabetes: Guava, Grape, onion, garlic, carrots, soybean, orange, cabbage
- Asthma: Almonds, onions, cacao seeds, carrot, eggplants
- ADD: Lentil, peanut, spinach, onion, garlic, cashew, pineapple, bok choi, asparagus, beets
- Antibiotics: Garlic, soybean, watermelon, ginseng, papaya, apple, flaxseed, cabbage
- Arthritis: Avocado, pumpkin seeds, pineapple, soybean, strawberries, tomato, sweet potato, beets, black currant
- Breast cancer: Grapefruit, basil, sage, watermelon, kiwi, tomato, orange, carrot, peach, cashew, cabbage, banana
- Osteoporosis: Beet, asparagus, cashews, pineapple, cauliflower
- Alzheimer’s: Tumeric, onion, sage, basil, parsley, grapefruit, flaxseed, carrot, sweet potato, lentils
- Dandruff: Parsnip, radish, cucumber, peppermint
- Allergies: Strawberry, lemon, grape
- Stroke: Lettuce, Spinach, cucumber, lima beans, asparagus, kiwi, cashews, banana
- Bacterial Infections: Thyme, tea leaf, grapefruit, orange, tomato, onion, soybean
Well you get the idea. Now don’t tell me that all these foods just happened to have the right food properties to help our bodies heal? Like I mentioned, this world and everything in it works too perfectly together to not have had a creator create it and plan it. Nothing comes from nothing. Not even bacteria- which requires six elements to grow- food, acidity, temperature, time, oxygen and moisture. Well guess who created that too? So if you ever find yourself wanting proof, all you need to do is look into your heart just as it says "Now Faith is the Substance of things hoped for, the Evidence of things not Seen". Hebrews Chapter 11:1 but if something happened in your life that has made you question or doubt him then just look outside your window and there you will find the masterpiece that God created for all of us to enjoy and thrive from.
Good to the last drop by Mom 4 Life Danielle
By Heather Ledeboer | Category: It Worked 4 Me | Posted Tuesday, August 26, 2008
This is a fun idea sent to me by Mom 4 Life, Danielle from Ohio:
My son is a chocolate milk fanatic. So, we go through a lot of chocolate syrup! To make sure we get every last drop, we fill the "sputtering, empty" syrup bottle with milk, shake it up and he loves to drink that last and he says "BEST" cup right from the syrup squirt bottle like his own little sipper cup!
Don’t Ignore Second Hand Stores
By kristinabjornbak | Category: It Worked 4 Me | Posted Monday, August 25, 2008
For a long time, I hated second hand stores. It’s not that I’m snooty, but they reminded me of a time when my family (as in mother/father/sisters/brother) was falling apart. The idea of going to a second hand store made me feel stressed and irritable.
Fortunately, those emotions eventually died down, and gave way to a neither here nor there kind of feeling, and I’m so glad it did. When I was pregnant with my second child, now 13 months old, we went into the Salvation Army looking for something specific. While there, I saw a HUGE stack of baby clothes, in good condition, for about $.25 or so. If you’re a parent, you know you can never have too many onesies. Great deal.
More recently, my husband was on a quest to find a certain kind of drinking glass, but couldn’t find one in the retail stores. Once again, he went into the Salvation Army, and found exactly what he was looking for. While there, we were perusing the dishes for no particular reason other than to kill time, when we found a set of 15 or so plastic plates, medium and large sizes, for $2.99. Fantastic, especially since we used plastic plates for the kids, but our stock had dwindled to only two.
Not convinced? Here are some great reasons to at least stop by your local second hand store:
1. Hard to find or borderline antique items may be found there.
2. Who doesn’t love baskets? They can be found cheap there.
3. Extra dishes, especially for children who break theirs.
4. A cure for those "I just bought you those!" blues. Cheap children’s clothes that they can be rough and tumble with all they want.
5. If you’re in to cloth diapering, you can find great material for bum sweaters.
I strongly encourage you to at least stop by one of the stores. You may find something great.
The Peanut Shell Hospital Delivery Gown – Weekly Giveaway
By Heather Ledeboer | Category: Mom 4 Life News & Giveaways | Posted Friday, August 22, 2008
Congratulations to our winner from our giveaway last week. Holly J. won a beautiful Cambodian Jingle Bells Anklet by Baby Emi Jewlery Based on all the wonderful feedback you guys posted, I am guessing you might enjoy getting this item at a discount! For the next week you will find this item to be discounted by 10% as our weekly special, enjoy!
This week we are giving away a brand new Mom 4 Life product: The Peanut Shell® Hospital Delivery Gowns by Goo-ga I think these gowns are simply beautiful and I think you agree. The Peanut Shell has made a few tweaks on the classic hospital gown. The cut is a bit shapelier, the neckline – finally flattering, the sleeves – finally adjustable – all ensuring you’ll sail through your delivery & recovery with ease. The feminine details and added functionality (hidden snaps for easy breastfeeding!) make them irresistible and simply spill over with charm. Retail price: $89.00 (made and HAND-sewn in California). Now this would be a unique gift for the mom who has everything!
Want to win it? Simply sign up for our newsletter here. You will get a 5% discount code that you can use from now until forever just for signing up (so your Cambodian Jingle Bells Anklet by Baby Emi Jewlery would be 15% off this week because you would have a 10% weekly discount plus your 5% discount). We have two newsletter options (a weekly newsletter that is sent out Friday mornings letting you know about the weekly giveaway and a monthly newsletter that highlights specials, discounts and new products). You can unsubscribe at anytime with one easy click. After you sign up for the newsletter, leave a comment here and you are entered. If you are already signed up for our newsletter you are good to go, just leave a comment here letting me know you want it! Please leave your comment by 9PM PST on the 2nd.
