The Belly Bandit and BabyLegs, win them!
By Heather Ledeboer | Category: Hot New Finds | Posted Saturday, May 30, 2009
Mom 4 Life is sponsoring two giveaways I thought you might want to know about:
The Belly Bandit at The Fashionable Housewife Hurry to enter, you have until May 31st at Midnight EST.
BabyLegs cool at Mom Most Traveled This contest runs until June 4th.
Weekly Giveaway – BellyBelt
By Heather Ledeboer | Category: Mom 4 Life News & Giveaways | Posted Friday, May 29, 2009
Congratulations to Theresa, who has one a Psi Band of her choice!
All Psi Bands are 10% this week (until Thursday nights).
(just a note that we have a shipment on its way with more)
Also, you have three more days
to enter to win the "Mother Load"!!
Remember you can enter to win more than once!
Retail Price: $22.95
One winner will receive a three panel combo kit!
The one-size BellyBelt Combo Kit by Fertile Mind, includes three colored panels and four elastic belts to work with your current collection of pants, shirts, and shorts. The adjustable belt pieces (seen below) all your clothes to grow and shrink with you through all your maternity and postpartum stages.
The winner will be randomly drawn. You have until Tuesday evening, June 2, to enter. Good luck!
Only 5 days remain, get your last entries in to win!
By Heather Ledeboer | Category: Surprize Me! | Posted Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Hurry, only 5 days remain to enter to win our Mother Load contest! Remember, you can enter more than once and there are several ways to enter!
Ways to enter:
1) Vote in the Pregnancy & Newborn Reader's Choice Awards. Mom 4 Life is nominated in the "Favorite Online Baby Boutique" (the #19th category on the page-we are 4th down on the list). You have a chance to win additional great baby products just by voiting from the Pregnancy & Newborn team as well! Click here: http://www.pnmag.com/login to begin. When you have submitted your vote, copy the URL of the page and come back and enter it here where asked to do so on this page.
2) If you have a blog, post a review of one or our products or our website (or tell your readers about this promotion!). Please include at least one hyperlink to our site or the product on our site that you are reviewing and if possible, also include a photo. See below for what to do next.
3)If you have a twitter account, post a tweet about our website or one of our products, again with a link directed to our website. Click here if you need help on how to get a URL from your tweet. See below for what to do next.
4) If you are part of a public message group, post a thread about our website or a product we carry including a hyperlink to our site. See below for what to do next.
5) Add our Mom 4 Life Mother Load banner to your blog or website (you can find the HTML for it on the right hand side of our blog).
Once you have posted your review, tweet, post, vote or banner, copy the URL of that page (or in the case of the Pregnancy & Newborn website, the URL of the page that comes up after you submitt your vote) and go to this page to record it. We will also ask for your name and email address so that we can contact you if you are the winner. If you enter, you will also be added to our monthly newsletter list, if you are not already subscribed (which you can unsubscribe from at any time with just one click).
For FAQ's about the contest, click here and scroll down. Have fun and good luck!
Singing praises for the Smart Mom teething necklace
By Heather Ledeboer | Category: Hot New Finds | Posted Tuesday, May 26, 2009
I got this email from Mom 4 Life, Cindi (who is the mom inventor behind our adorable Yaya rag blankets) and wanted to share with you:
"OH MY GOODNESS. My eyes are watering from laughing so hard. Heather where do I start? I have eyed these teething pendantsfor a while and then forgot about them until you had the give away. I ordered one and got it today (by the way awesome fast shipping). So I put it on and Caden grabbed it instantly and went to the mouth. He had the biggest smile because mommy finally is able to wear jewelry and something that isn't called a "no no", that he can chew on. I tried to put him down and he smiled and wouldn't let go of my necklace. I laughed so hard. Then he followed me around in his walker while I made dinner, pulling on my shorts. I picked him up and he gave me this funny grin and grabbed the necklaceand instantly started smiling and chewing on it. He is chewing on it as I type. TOOO CUTE. I absolutely LOVE it. Too bad it doesn't come with a drool catcher.
I just can't stop smiling and saying how glad I am that I bought it. It is so funny how much he loves this.
Then last night for the first time in a long time Caden got out of the bath without screaming at me. He just grabbed my necklace and started chewing. I think the name "smart mom" teething necklace is appropriate. I am definitely going to be promoting this product and telling them they have to get it at mom4life of course. 
"
Cindi
more devious dishes. . .
By Heather Ledeboer | Category: Recipes & Kitchen Tips, The Journey of Motherhood | Posted Monday, May 25, 2009
Ok this is just too much fun, I feel so devious (insert evil laugh here)!
Today I served up a "kiwi shake" (filled with green goodness) to my kids and their reply was "Yummy"! The "kiwi shake" is my name for the shake found here (scroll down just a tad) called a "slimer smoothie". The only ingredients that I knew Hunter liked out of this smoothie was the Kiwi and Banana and knowing the shake would be green, I figured if I called it kiwi shake he might not think too hard about the fact that he typically isn't into green food;).
Slimer Smoothie (AKA Kiwi Shake)
Serves 3-4
Your kids may have no idea who Slimer from “The Ghostbusters” is. Feel free to change the name to some green character that they will think is cool…the “Incredible Hulk”, maybe?
• 1 cup kale, chopped and lightly steamed to release nutrients
• 1 banana, frozen and cut into chunks (I ended up using 2)
• 1 ripe avocado, peel and pit removed
• 3 ripe kiwis, peeled
• ½ cup coconut milk
• Ice cubes, as desired for temperature and consistency
• Almond, rice milk, or water for desired consistency (I didn't end up using any)
Add first 5 ingredients to Vita-mix or blender and blend well.
Slowly blend in milk or water until you get the consistency you like. Add a couple ice cubes if you want it to be colder (though I don’t recommend drinking very cold beverages, as they are more difficult for your body to digest). Without the ice cubes and milk, pour into popsicle molds and freeze for a healthy mid-afternoon snack.
Personally, I thought it was pretty good but not amazingly great. Knowing that it was good for me was enough to fully enjoy it. I will make it again. Next time, I will try it with regular milk to compare how that tastes vs. the coconut milk and see which I like better. I love that it has kale and avocado in it which are both things that I wouldn't easily get the kids to eat on their own. I will also try it as a Popsicle next time and see what they think of that version.
Have fun with it and let me know what you think!
Thanks to Mom 4 Life, Dia for sharing this with me online!
