Win A Copy of the New Baby Book: Baby Signs

We have 5 prizes to award including; One (1) Grand Prize winner and four (4) First Prize winners. But first, a few words about this great new baby book, BABY SIGNS.

BABY SIGNS is based on American Sign Language and will help encourage the use of non-verbal gestures to communicate. Research has proven that babies who are taught to use signs to express their basic ideas before they can say words are happier because they can communicate with others.

For more information visit: BABY SIGNS

One Grand Prize winner will receive:

• A Copy of the Baby Signs Pop-Up book ($25.99 value)
• $50 Babies ‘R Us Gift Card

Four First Prize winners will receive:

• A Copy of the Baby Signs Pop-Up book ($25.99 value)

To enter simply add a comment. You don’t have to say anything nice about the book or anything bogus like that. Just comment that you want to enter and we’ll include you in our random drawing at the end of July. Winners will be posted on our site, emailed, and the prizes shipped in early August.

Of course if you win and want to send a pic or two of your baby reading BABY SIGNS that would be wonderful!

Good luck!

Enter for a Chance to Win a Vacation for Four to Walt Disney World

Long on desire for a vacation, but short on cash? Then sign up for Mama Bite and enter for a chance to win a vacation for four to Walt Disney World® Resort, from Ideal Bite. Includes a special behind-the-scenes experience at Disney’s Animal Kingdom.

Vacation package includes:

• Round trip coach class air transportation for four
• Four (4) night accommodations at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge
• Four (4) 5-day Magic Your Way tickets with Park Hopper® option which include, access to the Magic Kingdom® Park, Epcot®, Disney’s Hollywood Studios™, and Disney’s Animal Kingdom® Park
• PLUS special enhancements to make your celebration even more magical including a personal itinerary planner, a VIP Tour Guide for six hours, a Disney’s PhotoPass® package and a Disney Gift Card worth $200 USD

About Mama Bite:

From family road trips to eco-friendly sunscreen to DIY crafts, Mama Bite gives you bite-size ideas for living light green this summer. Fun, healthy, eco-friendly tips are served up in a daily email each weekday. And to make greening your summer even more fun, we’re giving you a chance to win a family vacation for four to Walt Disney World® Resort, including a special behind-the-scenes experience at Disney’s Animal Kingdom® Park, just for being an Ideal Bite subscriber. Now that’s worth celebrating!

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Fathers’ Day Contest: Does your dad deserve to win a Blu-ray Disc player?

Attention all moms! We’re looking for dads worthy of winning a Blu-ray player and 10 discs.

All you have to do is quickly explain why your dad deserves to win a Blu-ray package and tell us what Blu-ray movie that you and your dad would most want to watch with mom. Post your entry on the Discussion area of the Blu-ray fan page.

Contest will end June 11. They want to get the prize into the hands of the winning dad before Dad’s Day.

The prize for the winning Dad will include:

A Panasonic BD35 Blu-ray player and the following Blu-ray movies…
- Valkyrie (Fox)
- Taken (Fox)
- Striking Distance (Sony)
- No Way Back (Sony)
- Role Models (Uni)
- The Express (Uni)
- RockNRolla (Warner)
- Gran Torino (Warner)
- Invincible (Disney)
- Pirates of the Caribbean Trilogy (Disney)

Blu-ray Fathers’ Day contest page on facebook: Blu-ray Discs

What is a Blu-ray? Visit the Blu-ray site

Or review the Blu-ray info on Wikipedia

Check out their 12,000+ fans on their facebook page: Blu-ray Disc

Why Baby’s Name Will Sound Like Everyone Else’s

If you’re not finished with the baby-naming game this article in Wired will shed new light on how we come up with baby names and why they tend to travel in herds.

Naming has become increasingly difficult as available domain names disappear faster than the independent farmer did in the 1900’s. I mean how successful can your child become if they don’t have a brandable name complete with it’s own domain name?

Seriously though, don’t sweat over choosing the perfect name because there isn’t such a thing. Your kid is going to be just fine with almost any name you attach to them.  For more information on why the name is going to sound like everyone else’s any way read the full article on Wired: Why Your Baby’s Name Will Sound Like Everyone Else’s

Beware of Online Cons Involving Reality TV Shows

We received a request via email today that I want to share with you to help remind you of the dangers surrounding the internet.

Most people I know have received millions of dollars from descendants of deceased rulers and other very wealthy individuals. Well maybe they haven’t actually received the money, but the emails sure seem to keep pouring in from all over the world. Sadly, that leads me to believe that it works from time to time costing some poor sucker money and self esteem.

But I’m concerned more about seriously dangerous cons that can be pulled off if common sense caution isn’t exercised.

The email we received today was from a Casting Director with “___ Productions” working on behalf of a “major cable company”. Here’s the message (I’ve “XXXXXX”ed some of the contact info):

Hi there,

I’m working with one of the major cable networks to cast a new series for families.  The show will send stay-at-home moms on a vacation to relax for a few days, and leave dad at home with the kids and the housework.  It will be a great opportunity for moms to have a well deserved break, as well as giving dads a chance to spend some more quality time with the kids.  The show is heartfelt, but fun, and meant to build better relationships and understanding about how much a stay-at-home mom does for the home.  Dad wouldn’t be required to miss work.

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Her mum would have loved her so much

“Her mum would’ve have loved her so much”

Those are the words spoken by the father of a baby who was born two days after his wife died.

Two days after Jayne Soliman was declared brain-dead, her grieving husband saw her life-support machine turned off.

In a moment of unbelievable poignancy, he was then given their baby daughter to hold for the first time.

Doctors had kept 41-year-old Mrs. Soliman’s heart beating after she suffered a brain hemorrhage.

At 26 weeks, baby Aya weighed just 2lb 11/2oz.  The tiny Aya was placed on her mother’s shoulder for a moment before being handed to her father.

For more on this st0ry: UK Daily News

Things No One Tells You About Marriage

Like a first vacation to Waikiki Hawaii and the destruction of the images in your mind collected from a lifetime of fantasizing about the lush tropical Hawaiian Islands…

Marriage can also deal a death blow to many long held fantasies of what married life would be like.

There’s a great article about marriage and the 7 things no one told you about it that offers some direct viewpoints and useful suggestions. For the full article visit:

Seven Things No One Tells You About Marriage

Here are some of the highlights:

1. You will look at the person lying next to you and wonder, Is this it? Forever? When you get married, you think that as long as you pick the right guy — your soul mate — you’ll be happy together until death do you part. Then you wake up one day and think to yourself, “This is so not what I signed up for.”

2. You’ll work harder than you ever imagined. Early on, when people say, “Marriage takes work,” you assume “work” means being patient when he forgets to put down the toilet seat. In your naivete, you think that you will struggle to accommodate some annoying habit, like persistent knuckle cracking or flatulence.

3. You will sometimes go to bed mad (and maybe even wake up madder). Whoever decided to tell newlyweds “Never go to bed angry” doesn’t know what it’s like inside a bedroom where tears and accusations fly as one spouse talks the other into a woozy stupor until night meets the dawn. If this scenario sounds familiar, I’ve got three words for you: Sleep on it.

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The Duggar’s Have Child Number 18

Bob and Michelle Duggar gave birth to their 18th child yesterday (Dec 18th), a girl named Jordyn-Grace Makiya Duggar. They now have 8 daughters and 10 sons and dad says “We both would love to have more”. Clearly they have mastered the art of having a lot of children and raising them in an orderly fashion. And not that it matters, but they are also debt-free.

How do they do it? They will share that with you in their book and their new TV show on The Learning Channel.

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Looking for Moms for the ABC TV Wife Swap Show

Calling all career moms who are passionate about their careers and families. I received a plea for help from the casting director of the ABC’s hit show Wife Swap. They are currently hoping to cast a Mom who is passionate about her career and her family.

They would like to showcase a “modern, working woman”. Not sure if that means moms without careers aren’t “modern” and I certainly hope they realize ALL moms are WORKING if not modern. Hey Wilma… what say you?

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Mom Loses Hands and Feet Due to Hospital Mistake

Tabitha Mullings was a vibrant young NYC mother who went to a Brooklyn hospital for what she thought was a kidney stone. She wound up leaving without her hands and feet because of what her lawyers call a “medical mistake.”

After being treated for a kidney stone she was sent home only to be returned the next day after a bad infection had caused her circulation to stop delivering blood to her extremities. By the time doctors finished fighting off the infection gangrene had set in and her feet and both hands had to be amputated. She also lost some of her vision to compound the tragedy.

Admirably Ms Mullings says she isn’t angry, but rather “disappointed”.

“It’s not anger, it’s just a disappointment, and I don’t want this to happen to anybody else. That’s why I’m coming out with this now. It’s just a disappointment,” she said. “I don’t sleep as good, but I do have my nights. It’s a struggle, it is a struggle.”

Last Friday, Ms Mullings was moved to a rehab center where she will be fitted with prosthetic hands and feet which she’ll have to learn to use.

“My goal is to walk out of this hospital with my hands and my legs, walk out of here before Christmas so I can spend it with my beautiful children and family. And that’s my determination,” an emotional Mullings said as she left the hospital.

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