Children

Summertime at The Children’s Place

May 14, 2012

The Children’s Place store invited me to go shopping (with their money)for some summer clothes for the grands last week. I love The Children’s Place at the Grove in Los Angeles.  It is a HUGE store, but not crammed packed with stuff.  Don’t get me wrong there is a ton of inventory but it is [...]

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A Letter to My Daughter

May 2, 2012

I have loved you from the minute I found out about you.  I was terrified, but thrilled to know you were going to be born.  You took your sweet time (even then things had to be your way LOL), but you came out hollering and beautiful. I made some really stupid choices when you were [...]

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Diaper Pods

April 6, 2012

An innovative new way to dispose of disposable diapers.  I received prototypes for this product and tested it out on the twins over the weekend.As you will see in the video below, there is a small plastic bag nestled in the bottom of the diaper.  Neither twin noticed this addition of “bulk” in their bottom, [...]

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Cooper and Me

October 23, 2011

I received a new book to review recently, but this time it was a little different.  This time is was a children’s book. Cooper and Me is a bout a little girl going to school for the first time.  She is sad that her dog (and best friend) Cooper can not go with her.  She [...]

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October 22, 2011

I announced to my friends that I was pregnant with her at my 18th birthday party, at Chuck E. Cheese. I told her father I wanted to raise her on my own 3 months later. On the day we were going to induce labor my water broke. She was over 3 weeks late. My mother [...]

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The Gruffalo

September 5, 2011

I was sent a cute movie called the Gruffalo for review.  Obviously it really doesn’t matter what I thought of it.  Take a look at the two video clips below to see what Caitlyn thought. A little info about the movie: Based on the best-selling children’s book, The Gruffalo is a magical tale of a [...]

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Bright Beginnings

August 2, 2010

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of PBM Products. All opinions are 100% mine. One of the best gifts Marisa got at her baby shower was a gift certificate to Diapers.com.  What a great idea, to sell diapers online and have them shipped directly to your home.  No schlepping of babies [...]

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Wondering What to Buy?

November 24, 2009

Holiday shopping season is here again and the Global Influence network has some great gift ideas for you, tried and tested by real moms. Click on the links to check out what our team of reviewers had to say about each of these gift ideas, and then take a moment to enter our fun giveaway [...]

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Click-a-Roni

September 28, 2009

Picking toys is not easy but I have found a website called ebeanstalk, dedicated to selecting good, safe learning toys and baby gifts. BUT they need help from moms like me to help pick the toys. The toy they sent is called Early Years Click-a-Roni from International Playthings, who makes great baby toys and holy [...]

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