I am going to take a little break from the Friday giveaways due to our family situation right now that I have been blogging about. I have months of giveaways lined up for the future though so rest assured they WILL return:). Thanks so much for your support and understanding!
Our winner from last week for the Tiny Tales is Danielle.
For the rest of you, this item will be on sale on our website for 10% for one week only!
The modern, classy design that is cute but not "cutesy" will let you keep Tiny Tales conveniently on the kitchen counter. The sturdy acrylic box is also a snap to clean when baby discovers the fun of flinging his or her first spaghetti dinner! (Timesaver hint: Store a 4x6 photo of the milestone with the paper, and you'll be ready to create an album at the end of the year.) So how do you enter to win? Simply share this giveaway
with at least 5 friends via email or post it on your blog and then post a
comment below to this post letting me know what you did. You have until
9PM PST on May 6th to enter, good luck! On Sale for 1 week only: Also, the Smart Mom Teething Jewelry
that we featured and gave away last week to our winner Alexia are now on special for one week only (until next week Thursday night). Buy any Smart Moms necklace and get a matching bangle bracelet totally free (a $12.60 value)!
Please note: To get the FREE bracelet, simply choose that option from the
selection when you order. A sneak peak: This last weekend my very good friend Sarah and a
friend of hers, Allison (THANK you Sarah and
Allison), took some maternity photos for me at 35 weeks. Below is
one of them. I will share a few more next week and comment a bit more on
my pregnancy thus far. Only about 4 weeks left now!
This week we are giving away a Tiny Tales Kit (you choose from Baby, Toddler or Expecting). Retail Value $30.00
These clever kits make capturing poignant moments seem like child's play, so you can spend more time making new memories with your Bundle of Joy! Simply check off one of the fun categories, jot down the story, and slip the note behind the appropriate divider.
Happy Friday! I hope you are all doing well. I am feeling very tired lately. I even took a nap yesterday which is very rare for me. I am feeling each and every pound I have gained in this pregnancy and think that possibly the scales are hiding the true number because I am feeling so big and awkward. I had a fun little "fall on the floor" in Pizza Hut this last week as I tried to scoot out of my booth before a spilled drink saturated by lap. I was in a heap on my butt and looking over seeing that hardly a drop of soda was on my bench (guess I should have stayed put). Then a few days later I was carrying my daughter down some stairs leaving the house of a friend (in the dark) when I miscalculated how many steps there were and fell on my knees (quite thankfully no permanent damage was done and Ashlyn was fine). So really I am thinking I might do well to just give myself bed rest for a while before I really do some damage! Only about 5 weeks to go now so there is an end in sight:)!
This week we are giving away a Pinkbench Headband (you choose the style)! Retail Value $14.99 each
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Pinkbench's unique headband is a one-of-a-kind, because it really does what it says: It stays on your head and does not hurt. This patent-pending headband allows you to work or play all day and it actually stays in place. You will forget you even have it on. I think they are perfect for days you have to quickly pull yourself together or just for something fun to add to an already great style!I was wearing one just the other day and can say "It works and it stays put!"
Our giveaway item from last week (the Dose Keeper) is on sale for 10% off for until next week Thursday night. This is a great product for easily keeping track of when you last administered your child medicine! Lucky Dee F., Marlena, and Cindi our the 3 winners from last week to get a free Dose Keeper.
Here is how you can win: With my pending delivery I am looking for some ways to try to "gear up" and make things easier after the birth (work-wise). It occurred to me that you guys must have some wonderful tips to share other moms about something that has worked for you. We have had lots of "It Worked for Me" posts on our blog but I would love to have some content from you. Not only will it be fun to read but will allow me to schedule out several blog posts so that after the baby comes I don't have to think about posting new content for a while -- a win, win right:)! So PLEASE share with us something that you do that could be a tip for the rest of us. To submit your "It Worked for Me" idea, please fill out this survey http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07e29zpyogfexpw5y1/start and share an "It Worked for Me" idea that I could possibly share on our blog. Thank you! I can't wait to read and share them! You have until Tuesday the 22nd and 9PM to enter.
Happy Friday. I hope your week has been a good one. I am doing well as is our family. I am now almost 34 weeks pregnant and feeling pretty good so far. In two weeks I am visiting my good friend Sarah who will take some maternity photos for me and I am looking forward not only to visiting her and some friends from where I lived in CA before we moved to ID but also to capturing some great photos before our little boy is born. I will be sure to share a photo or two at that time with you as well:). 
Amy was our lucky winner for the Sweet Roll Swaddler. This product is on sale for the next week at 10% off for anyone who didn't win but wanted to have one of these unique swaddling blankets that allows the feet to be free. It is perfect for car seats, strollers as well as some baby carriers.
This week we are giving away a product that many of you voted for us to add to our site several weeks back. It is the Dose Keeper and this product provides an organized solution for peace of mind when recording and administering medicine to your child. It comes with 10 easy to tear sheets for 50 dosing entries and is prices affordably at just $5.99. Accidental overdosing is very easy to do, especially if you are giving medicine throughout the night or switching between caretakers to give doses. A product like this is worth the peace of mind! This week we are giving away three Dose Keepers!
So how do you enter to win one? it is really quite easy. Simply cast your vote in the Pregnancy & Newborn Magazine Reader's Choice Awards and leave a comment here with this post letting me know you did it. To make it very easy, you can follow the directions outlined here in this link. The direct URL for the link is http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07e29vzjycferxagbg/start If you choose to also fill out the survey attached to this link (it is just 2 questions long and you can do it as you fill out the survey) you will ALSO be interested to win a $25.00 gift certificate (winner to be announced at the end of this month) AND at the end of the survey you will get a link for 10% OFF all Mom 4 Life orders until the end of April! Not bad eh?
Feedback on last weeks' survey:
You liked the Utterly Yours Pregnancy Pillow! 95% of you felt it would be a good addition to Mom 4 Life.
What you really liked:
-that it is much more compact than most pregnancy pillows
-you liked the fabric choices
-that your husbands would appreciate how small it is
Main concerns expressed were:
-that the white fabric on the inside of the pillow might get dirty (however, I found out that the fabric is washable)
-that it is something that is hard to justify buying if it is only used for a short time (I agree but during pregnancy, how much would you pay for several months of more restful sleep and then what a nice hand me down gift it would make to a pregnant friend right)?
We have placed our first order for these pillows and if you would like to be contacted when our shipment arrives just email me!
The Murval Diaper bags were not as well received overall. Some of you really liked them, the look and the price point but others of you didn't like them much at all. I guess this isn't a big surprise as diaper bag preferences are so varied. Because we already carry a lot of diaper bags on our site I wanted to see a really strong positive response in order to consider adding this one as well and I didn't get the feedback needed to justify adding this one to the site. Thanks so much for your great feedback!
Happy Friday and congratulations to Shannon who is the winner of our super cute Hair Clip Holder! For those of you who did not win, you can get yours for 10% off until next week Thursday!
This week you can win: A Sweet Roll Swaddler. Sweet Roll Swaddlers are an adorable, simple way to soothe your newborn. Sweet Roll Swaddlers help calm your fussy baby by giving them the snug and secure feeling of the womb. They also aid in breast feeding by keeping those flailing little hands tucked away. Velcro closure and open leg design allows for "swaddling on the go," providing easy access into carseats, strollers, and baby carriers...a true blessing for weary parents and their babies. Retail Value $42.00
To be entered to win: I have two products for you to weigh in on this week via a short 7 question survey here. Please let me know what you think by Tuesday the 8th at 9:00PM PST. Thank you so much!
So what did you think of the Goober Baby Tote Bag?
You liked them and thought they would be a good addition to our site. You liked the cute fabrics and how versatile these bags are (you can use them for wet bags, makeup, small toys, etc). I have put in our first order and if you would like for me to email you when they arrive in stock just let me know (although I will try to also remember to mention it here for you:).
Happy Friday and a big congratulations to Barb for winning our Slurp & Burp Nursing Cover and to Angela for winning the Polliwalks shoes. Of course if you didn't win the Slurp & Burp Nursing Cover, head over to Mom 4 Life now to get yours at 10% off for one week only!
This week we are giving away something both fun and functional (I love items like that). If you have a little girl in the house (or know some one who does) this Hair Clip Holder (that comes with 6 adorable hair clips) is sure to be used for years. Available in 5 different styles, you are sure to find one that fits your little girl's personality! Retail value is $36.00. Here are the two sisters that created this fun product:
To be entered to win: Simply click here to take this week's survey. it is short and sweet and covers a new product option that I have looked at a few different times and thought, "hmmmm, could be useful, what would my customers think about it?" So here is your chance to let me know! Please finish the survey by Tuesday the 1st at 9:00 PM PST in order to be entered to win.
Recap from the website survey from last week Wednesday: Overall, you guys really like the design and logo for our website (yeah:) and have had very little navigation problems. Thankfully, most of the suggestions you provided for improvement are in the works for our next updated version of the site coming this spring (i.e. a better search box, see all option, not being directed away from the website when you add something to your cart with a not-so-easy return, the option of having a buy now button right next to the colors you want to order rather than in a long drop down box). Overall, you found the categories clear but the "Holding" category did cause some of you some trouble (not knowing for sure what would be there). A few of you suggested the name be changed to "Babywearing". I liked that idea and have implemented it already so thank you! I am hopeful that will be less confusing to those navigating around on the site. Thank you so much, your opinions are so helpful!
Recap from last week Friday's survey: Last week you gave your opinion on the Wupzey High Char Food Catcher. Although you were almost all very encouraging to have this item added to Mom 4 Life (because you thought other moms might like it or need it), very few of you reported that you would buy it yourself. You felt that you were likely going to have a mess from the food going over the top of the tray anyway so perhaps just investing in a food mat or eating over a wipe-able floor might be just effective in the long run as it likely wasn't going to catch all the food anyway. I tended to agree with most of you. I thought this was a unique concept and I like the creativity that this mom inventor showed but I guess I personally haven't had much trouble with food going down and out near my children's feet. Food going on the floor over the edge of the tray has been a much bigger issue. So I am going to pass on this one and thanks again for your valuable input!
Update on a recent item added to our site because of your feedback: We just added the Parking Pal to Mom 4 Life (you voted on this product in a recent survey) and I have to say I think I might be adding one to our van! Also, you might want to visit the first page or two of our "new items" link as my assistant Anica has been hard at work adding new products (there are over 20 new items listed just this week)!
Happy Friday! To start out with, don't miss out on the fun Polliwalk shoes giveaway we are doing here on our blog.
For our giveaway last week we gave away a custom bath towel by Yikes Twins. Our winner is Stephanie Joy, congratulations! For the next week (until next week Thursday) you can get your own Yikes Twins towel at 10% off!
The survey last week was for the Parking Pal. 200 of you chimed in with your feedback on this item. 90% of you felt this would be a good fit for Mom 4 Life and 10% said no. Here were some specific comments you left regarding adding to to Mom 4 Life:
"Your products are really cool. I scour the Internet all the time for clever mom stuff, but your site has stuff I've never seen before."
"Your products are smart and efficient, this one just isn't."
"Absolutely! This is an awesome safety product and I am always telling my kids to stand right there. a magnet they could touch would be great."
"I like it because it is different then anything I have seen and think that is exactly what Mom 4 Life is (different, must have, and unique)"
"It's a good idea in theory but the child would still have to obey the parent and stand there. We all know how that goes. LOL"
"I think the more things you have available the better."
Here was some specific feedback you gave in favor of the Parking Pal:
"This is neat! I like this idea a lot. I think I might try to purchase one."
"Great idea"
"My baby is too young but I can see this as a useful and un way to keep her safe"
"A cute idea."
and against it:
"I can use any magnet that I already have on my car for this. Why pay? Great idea though."
"I think this is ridiculous. My kids would never hold still simply because of a magnet. But the idea is a good one."
"I don't like putting stickers/magnets on my car."
One of you mentioned "Cute idea, but shipping is high" I just want to remind you that Mom 4 Life doesn't charge shipping so this product will be a better overall value on Mom 4 Life:)!
So with all that said you can look for the Parking Pal on Mom 4 Life in the near future as we just placed our first order this week! I will let you know on the blog when it is added. Thanks so much for your wonderful feedback.
This week we are giving away a Slurp & Burp Nursing Cover. We gave away one of these several months back and had a wonderful response so we wanted to give away one more!
What exactly is a Slurp & Burp™?
It is a loop of layered cotton material that is worn like a sash over one shoulder of the mother and under her opposite arm- please refer to wearing instructions. The patented design allows the mother to be completely covered while allowing the baby to be uncovered.
How to Wear The Slurp & Burp To enter to win: I have another interesting high chair product for you to review. I am curious to hear what you think about this one. I was contacted by this company to consider this product and want to see how many of you would find it useful as it is sort of different from the typical high chair accessory. Click here to get started on the survey. I will pick the winner shortly after 9PM PST on Tuesday the 25th so please do the survey before that time if you wish to be entered, good luck!
Carrie is our winner for the Little Helper Signing Stickers from last week's giveaway! For those of you who didn't win. Head on over to Mom 4 Life and get yours for 10% off for one week only! This week we are giving away a fun item (scroll down to the bottom of the post to see what it is). We added a few new family videos on YouTube. Click here if you wish to see them (the first three are the newest ones).
A recap of lasat week: over 120 of you chimed in on your thoughts about Milkscreen, a product that allows you to test for the presence of alcohol in your breast milk. As expected, your feedback and opinions were varied but overall I was surprised at how many of you liked the idea of this product even if it was not something you personally would use or had a need for. Below are 5 random comments (of 71 total comments provided) for and against this product and I honestly had to look hard to find 5 comments that were really against it:
In favor of it:
"Even conservative people may have a glass of wine now and then so just because this product screens alcohol does not mean anyone who uses it is being an irresponsible mother. It is a unique product that can help make a mother's life easier and provide peace of mind for those who need it."
"When I was nursing, I just decided not to drink because my milk was too important to "dump". However, I know many mom who did pump and dump and I think this product would be very useful for them."
"We are all human and sometimes want to celebrate a birthday or anniversary. The milkscreen product would allow a nursing mother to have a glass of wine or etc. with her husband. I think it is a neat product to offer. It would not be something I would purchase, because a drink is not that important to me. However I could see how some mothers would occasionally."
"Better safe than sorry. Babies are too innocent & precious to turn your back on a product with stigma attached- it's not like the product encourages nursing mothers to get wasted!"
"When I'm breastfeeding, I just don't drink alcohol. However, I know that some moms do. If this product made the difference between a mom guessing and being wrong vs. testing and being safe, I think it's a great idea. I hope that such moms will use this product."
And against it:
"I strongly believe that if you are nursing you don't need to be drinking alcohol. =)"
"I think that a lot of moms would be less likely to purchase from you in the future, as I think this might degrade your overall company image."
"Personally, I think if you are nursing or prego you should abstain from alcohol. The occasional glass of wine would be okay, but that is my opinion."
"I can see where some women need to feel "normal" or honestly just "need a drink" to unwind, but I feel that offering such a product, really the creation of such a product, will give women a sense of security that dismisses their responsibility to their child. If you want to drink, don't nurse."
"I guess I don't see the need for a product that would allow mothers to feel better about drinking. If there is any concern, why even do it!"
When asked if you felt like this item was a good fit for Mom 4 Life's selection of unique and useful products, 70% said yes, 25% said no and 5% gave no response. So there you have it! It was pretty fun really to see how you all responded and I thank you for your honest feedback.
I have known about this product for about a year and had decided against caring when I first was presented with it simply because I figured it might be too controversial to be worth it and I didn't want to send the wrong message to my customers by offering it on my site. I decided to revisit the idea and see what you guys thought about this product and found that you were much more open minded to it that I expected.
Want to know my personal opinion on milkscreen:)? Ok here it goes: To give you some background, on the survey when asked, "Have you ever been in a situation where you avoided an alcoholic drink because you were nursing and didn't want to pass it on to your child or have you ever "pumped and dumped" milk because you had a drink?" 28% said no and 66% said yes (the remainder of you provided an answer in the form of an "other comment". I feel that a product like milkscreen is totally unnecessary for a mom that doesn't drink (obviously) but for the rest of the moms out there (which looks like about 66% of you), it provides an opportunity that if they choose to drink, they can do so with the knowlege/assurance that they are not passing on the alcohol to their child. In almost every case I can think of, it seems like that knowledge would be a positive thing because what mom would willingly expose their child to alcohol if they have that awareness? Not many. Obviously moms can avoid the situation all together by not drinking at all. However, this product is reaching out to the (aparent majority of) moms that might like that choice so it seems to be providing a service that, until now, was not available to those moms--peace of mind. Breastfeeding is such a beautiful and positive thing. I would love for moms to be able experience it as long as possible. I nursed my daughter until she was almost two years old. When I did wean her, it was because I had to take some antibiotics and I didn't want her to have it from my milk. We were very close to being all the way weaned at that point and I knew that the antibiotics would be in my milk and passed on to her, so I ended up just opting to wean her at that time. I know that I could have continued nursing her though it and she would have likely been just fine drinking my milk with the antibiotics, but it was just in the back of my mind and as moms we hate to willingly expose our children to things they don't need. I could see a mom being in a similar situation as myself where she has been nursing for a long time and is thinking of weaning and would like to have an occasional glass of wine. If a product like this could help her know when it was safe to nurse and therefore extend the length of time she nursed, that seems pretty great to me. So there are my thoughts. I welcome you to leave feedback below on any of the comments above or my opinion:). Our product waiting list is currently quite long so I haven't fully decided on this product yet but it could very likely be something that you see on Mom 4 Life in the future.
This week we have a super fun item that your kids are sure to love! I am sure you have all seen the cute bath towel options that are out there but you will love the FUN variety of hand made styles that are offered from Yikes Twins! Choose from infant or child size and characters like unicorns, monsters, horses, super hero's, lions, ducks, bunnies, dogs, frogs and more! Truly, you have to take a peek at these to see how precious they are. You can even have them personalized with your child's name for only $5.00! Wouldn't these be a cute gift item?! This week we are giving away on infant or child size towel in your choice of style.
To enter to win: Click here and take the 9 question survey:), you have until Tuesday the 18th at 9:00PM to enter, good luck!
Happy Friday! So on my list of things to do this last week was to upload some of our family videos onto YouTube for our far away friends and family to see how our kids (and my belly) has grown. I figured some of you might also enjoy taking a peek so I will offer the link here where you can visit our recently added videos and browse at your leisure:). My favories are the one of Hunter, our 4 year old son showing off his muscles and the one of my 2 year old daughter Ashlyn, praying before dinner--enjoy!
Our winner for the Jamie Rae Sun Hat is Rebecca E. from WA, congratulations! She picked out the Pale Pink Sun Hat. For the rest of you, enjoy our special one week offer on this product: Buy one and get the second hat at 20% off. The 20% off will be refunded when we process your order if you enter "2nd hat 20% off special" in the notes section during checkout. I am sorry it isn't automatic, our current website isn't fancy enough for a discount like that. Give us time though and hopefully our next upgraded website will be:).
This week our giveaway item is a cute tin of Little Helper Signing Stickers (retail value: $28.99). These stickers were developed to help make signing with baby as effortless and fun as possible. With the Around the House set of Little Helper stickers, signs are clearly explained through easy-to-understand illustrations and simple captions. By placing the stickers directly on items and in areas where we play, interact and engage, families create a subtle reminder to use hands as well as voice when communicating with baby.
To be entered to win, please click here and fill out this week's survey. I am really excited to see what you think of this new survey format. It is different from the last few weeks and although it isn't free for me (bummer), it is much easier overall I think to work with. Alas, the one thing I will say upfront is that you still don't have clickable links, it seems that this is just not an easy feature to come by in survey platforms so I appoligize in advance for that but I do encourage you to let me know what you think of this new survey system. Have fun and good luck! You must fill out the survey by Tuesday March 11 at 9:00PM PST (take note as in the past it as been midnight).
Hello! Friday is the last day of February, isn't that amazing? I am getting very excited for spring to come and Hunter (our oldest) keeps asking when winter will be done so I think he is also ready! There is a theme park near us called Silverwood and they have a water park there. Hunter is very excited to try it out and I believe this is his main motivation for the snow to melt:). I hope your week has gone well. Once again, thank you for your feedback regarding the survey last week. It was fun to see your responses. It was no surprise that almost everyone LOVES the BabyLegs. A small few of you mentioned that you just weren't sure if you would like them or you didn't like the price point. As I mentioned in an email to a few of you I try to think of them less as socks or pant alternatives because those get outgrown so quickly. Because infants - toddlers can wear the same pair of BabyLegs I feel they hold higher value because they have such a long life and you can even have more than one child enjoying them at a time (well not at exactly the same time but you know what I mean:). Also, don't forget that we have many styles on sale for just $10 and we offer free shipping so that helps bring the regular retail down a bit. A few of you mentioned that you had found them cheaper elsewhere. Let me also remind you that we offer price matching and are happy to match any on-line regular retail price (and we can even match most sale prices) factoring in the retail plus shipping cost of the price you want us to match. To do this just send us an email with a link to the product you want to purchase from us and their total cost (retail plus shipping) and we will be happy to reply with what we can do.
The Hooter Hiders were also a big hit and many of you talked about how much you liked this product for yourself or as a gift. A few of you mentioned that you wish the fabric was not one that would wrinkle when washed. I contacted the owner of Bebe au Lait that makes the Hooter Hider about this and she said she understood this but really didn't want to use polyester in her fabrics so that is why she has keep with 100% cotton blends (although there are now some pretty silk options available as well).
The WubbaNubs: it was great to read your feedback on these as well. I found out that you would like to have photos of the product in use to see how it looked in the baby's mouth. So we made some changes to our listing to provide images for you to show the WubbaNub in use. Some of you were concerned that this product would be to heavy and fall out of the baby's mouth. What is nice about the design of this product actually is that the plush toy is quite light (the entire product only weighs about 3 ounces) and so it rests quite easily on a laying down or sitting up baby while its size makes it easy for hands to grasp even when the fine motor skills are not fully developed and allow the baby to more easily keep the product in their mouth on their own. Also, for children that get attached to their WubbaNub it can be detached later with scissors allowing them to still enjoy their plush toy beyond their pacifier years.
The Hand Stamped Charm Necklaces got good feedback as well but some suggestions to improve the images so the mom that makes these has moved this to her list of updates to make, thanks for your helpful comments!
As a result of your votes we have recently added the Dose Keeper to Mom 4 Life. Reasonably priced at just $5.99 this solution to help you prevent drug overdose for your children is a great investment. Many of you liked this product and a few of you had questions as to how much room for record keeping there was. We have made sure to include the answers to your questions in the product listing found on our site to make it easy to decide if this is a product you could use.
Our winner of the Wet Happened? Custom Zippered Wet Bags (that many of you also commented that you really liked) is 
Elena T. Congratulations. Elena will get her choice of fabric for her large bag. For the rest of you, grab yours this next week while it is 10% off and you will be set for summer as well as the diaper mishaps that happen year round!
This week you can win a super cute Jamie Rae Sun Hat! Just in time for our thoughts of Spring and Easter coming up, these hats come in 8 fun styles and two sizes (3-12 months or 12 months - 2T). Each hat has a nice wide brim to protect your little ones face from the sun and is adorned with a cute flower.
To win: Simply click here to chime in on your thoughts on a few new products I am considering. You have until March 4th at midnight PST to place your vote, good luck!
Happy Friday! I hope your week was wonderful. Once again, thanks for your wonderful feedback last week for our survey. I am still deciding on a few of the products you voted on.
Our winner for The Zaky by Zakeez is Liz. Liz gets her choice of color and if she wants a right or left hand, congratulations Liz! Several of you left comments about ways you think this product would be useful for you (putting on your child's back as they fall asleep was a good one)! I like the idea of buying two and using them on either side of your baby in their car seat as shown in the photo. If you were not lucky enough to win a Zaky you can still get yours for 10% off for the next week on Mom 4 Life!
This week we are giving away a large Wet Happened? Custom Zippered Wet Bags by MiniMe BabyGear in your choice of fabric! Wet bags are perfect for all those times you need a waterproof bag.
Made with a whimsical and thick cotton outer print, then lined with a Polyurethane Laminate, called Baby Dry. The inner material is completely waterproof, and great for storing used diapers, wet clothing, or bathing suits. Constructed with the two layers sewn separately, the zippered top secures contents to keep smells where they belong. Best of all, these wetbags are washable, reusable, and a fashionable way to store wet items while keeping your diaper bag dry.
To enter to win the Wet Bag: The last few weeks you guys have provided some great feedback on products. I am interested to get more of a baseline measurement to compare with. I have a survey this week of some products that we currently carry on Mom 4 Life. I know how these products sell. I would like to get your thoughts on them and then I can more accurately compare these numbers with the numbers you provide when you vote for new products. Click here to take this week's survey. You have until midnight Tuesday the 26th to enter, good luck!
Happy Friday. Man you guys are awesome! thank you so much for the wonderful feedback last week for our survey. The only product that had a strong favorable response overall was the Dose Keeper. I have ordered some and they will be added to Mom 4 Life soon! I will mention that a few of the products you voted on (and likely will vote on in the future) I didn't think/don't think I would/will add to Mom 4 Life, but I wanted/want to throw them out there anyway because I love being able to see what you guys like and don't like. It helps confirm that my instincts are right and leave room for a surprise favorite to creep in! It also makes it a lot easier to tell the mom behind these items why I am going to pass on their product or why I want to add it when I have your comments and feedback to help me. Your comments, even when they are not positive, are very helpful for these moms in evaluating and improving their product lines. I don't share any names, but I do share some of your comments with the moms behind these products and they were very grateful so continue to be honest and straightforward when asked for your opinion!
The winner this week was Stephanie T. She won a beautiful red lace Sara Nursing bra with matching Panties. If you want to grab yourself a fun new red nursing bra, this is the week to do it! You will get 10% off for the next week on Mom 4 Life.
This week we are giving away The Zaky by Zakeez. Every baby likes to be touched, to be held, and to feel the soothing protection of their mother, and the Zaky helps by providing boundaries and a sense of being touched. It is like having an extra hand!
The Zaky is the only product specifically developed to have the scent of mom, so it help babies bond with their mothers even when they are away from each other. It is the only product designed to stay with the baby to give him/her comfort and a sense of protection when he/she changes environments (hospital, car, home, sitter, child-care, etc). It is fully washable (comes with its own washing bag) and it is made with extremely high quality workmanship.
The mom that invented The Zaky has an amazing story. If you would like to see a feature done on it on FOX, click here (it made me cry).
This product is so unique, I think it would be a fabulous gift for someone even if you don't have a baby or child young enough to use it personally.
So how do you win your free Zaky? (you choose the color and if you want a right or a left hand): Simply fill out this survey to be entered to win! You must fill out the survey by Monday the 18th at midnight PST to be entered. PLEASE NOTE: the website that I use for surveys was previously giving an error message to some people at the end of the survey. It seems to now be resolved. However, if you get an error message, leave me a comment below asking me to email you when the error message is cleared up to save you time, I am so sorry!
Also, as I mentioned in yesterday's post, I am a guest today on the Babies and Moms Radio show talking about products that make traveling with kids easier. Check it out!
P.S. By the way, thank you again for your feedback a few weeks ago regarding a new slogan for Mom 4 Life, I decided to update our slogan to the winner of the poll: Motherhood's a journey. Gear up.
Happy Friday! I really enjoyed reading all of the survey replies last week, thank you so much for taking the time to fill those out. I thought you might enjoy knowing some of the responses that were gathered so I have included that info for you below. Also, you guys clearly loved the my little seat, baby bonkies and bonkie bag items so I have some Bonkie Bags ordered for the website. I was told that the Bonkie sleep sacks have some improvements that they will soon be doing to it so they suggested that I wait a bit to get those. A sample Little Seat is on its way to me to check out in person before I decide for sure on them but if they look to be a good quality item, I will put them on the list to add as well. I also wanted to thank you for the many, many kind comments you left regarding what you like about Mom 4 Life. You were very helpful as well in some of the comments you left about what you didn't like (and thankfully there wasn't much that you reported). Overall, several of you mentioned that our search box on the website and/or your ability to choose how many products are displayed per page could be better. In addition, some of you mentioned that the "new items" link has too many pages. I couldn't agree with you more. All of these are things that unfortunately I can't fix in our current system BUT the good news is that we are currently working with a company that creates customized websites and these are all things that are on "the list" to be improved upon! I will mention that the "new items" link does not display items alphabetically but lists them in the order they are added so for those of you that like to peek and see what is new, all the newest stuff will show up on the first page (in fact, there are several fun new items there now). One or two of you mentioned that you didn't get a reply to your email or you were still waiting on an older order. PLEASE, please, please know this is not ok with us or ideal. If we have not replied to your email in 24-48 hours during the week, please call us or try again. We do have spam filters that sometimes grab the wrong emails (although we try to check them regularly). We are not trying to ignore you! If you are worried about an order that hasn't arrived, please let us know. We want to see that you get your items quickly just as much as you do. A few of you mentioned that you were sad to see us clearing out our selection of some of our soft soled shoes. The reason for this is that they just don't sell very quickly. I am considering a new style that you will have a chance to comment on today if you take the survey below. One last comment that came up a few times was that some of the items we carry are "so expensive". As a thrifty shopper myself, I can totally understand this comment. I find the the reason why these products are often priced the way they are very interesting and I think you might too so I wrote up a post about this yesterday, read this and let me know what you think!
Our winner of the super cool Simply Silhouettes prize last week is Bridgette, congratulations! She has been contacted and will soon be enjoying her super cute custom creation! I know from your comments that you guys love Simply Silhouettes. So lucky you, they are on sale for $5 off for the next week only! To find out what you can win this week, scroll down under the stats below, good luck!
Here are the results from some of the survey questions last week:
| How often do/have you visited the Mom 4 Life website? | |
| less than 2 times | 3 |
| 3-5 times | 17 |
| 5-10 times | 13 |
| more than 10 times | 14 |
| junkie | 34 |
| once a month | 5 |
| once a week | 30 |
| How often have you bought from the Mom 4 Life website? | |
| never | 22 |
| once | 34 |
| 2-3 times | 30 |
| 4-6 times | 10 |
| 7-10 times | 3 |
| more than 10 times | 2 |
| How did you hear about us? | |
| blog | 7 |
| search engine | 48 |
| friend | 19 |
| message board | 11 |
| American Baby mag | 8 |
| Pregnancy mag | 6 |
| ebay | 3 |
This cute red Sara Bra nursing bra with red lace and matching panties is our giveaway item for this week (you choose the size). Perfect for Valentine's Day, wouldn't you say? Here are some of the great features of this bra:
The retail price on this bra and panty set is $62.00, here is how you can try to win one for free: Please click here to open up a new survey page that will ask your opinion on a few possible new products for Mom 4 Life. You will be asked to include your first name and email address in the survey. This will ONLY be used to contact you if you are the winner. I will not use this information for anything else, promise. You have until Tuesday the 12th at midnight to fill out the survey, good luck! Feel free to leave comments here as well (I would love to hear if this survey was easy to use by the way. I like last weeks' but you have to pay to use it and this one is free so I wanted to compare), but only the names entered via the survey will be entered to win.
Happy Friday! I hope your week was a good one. We have have had SO MUCH SNOW here in the last week, it is really amazing. My dear, sweet husband worked from 5:45AM yesterday morning until 10:00AM trying to clear our driveway of snow. There was so much wind that the banks of snow on the sides of our driveway piled too high for our 4 wheeler (with a snow blade) to plow. You can see him in the photo--click on it to view it at a larger scale- (he is about 5' 11" tall and you can see that the snow banks are above his waist). He was forced to start shoveling by hand. Then thankfully in what we think was purely God's grace someone (who we don't know) came along with a "blade" as my husband tells me they are called, and cleared our driveway in a matter of 10 minutes. I was then able to call up our Mom 4 Life team mebers and let them know they could finally all come to work (because they now could get onto the driveway:)! Oh what an adventure life is sometimes!
Our winner of the Handy Burpee burp cloth is Emily C. Congratulations! For the rest of you, get yours for 10% off for the next week:).
I am REALLY excited to offer you this next giveaway item and I know you will be too. Simply Silhouettes is a brand new product on Mom 4 Life. This would make a great Valentine's Day gift! You send in a photo of your child and choose your style, color, and font (if text is desired). What you will get is a totally personal, unique and memorable way to cherish your child with a high quality custom canvas. The winner this week will get a 8"x12" gallery wrapped canvas (to see what this means read the description here) along with their choice of color, style and font/text (if desired). Retail value is $100.00!
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So how do you enter to win? You really seem to enjoy casting your vote so we are going to do it again this week, this time in the form of a survey:). I have a few products that I have been asked to consider adding to Mom 4 Life. I would like to get your feedback on them. I also have a few additional questions about Mom 4 Life I would like to get your thoughts on. There are 10 questions total. The survey is open to the first 100 people who enter and will close Tuesday the 5th at midnight.
Update: we have now had 100 people fill out the survey so that option is closed. If you would still like to enter, simply email 5 friends to let them know about this great giveaway with a link in your email and cc me in on the email heather (at) mom4life (dot) com as well and you will be entered, good luck!
Happy Friday to all of you! I don't know about you but I thought it was pretty fun to read about all the goals that were set last week Friday on our blog. You guys all sound just like me with lots of things to do:)! I am happy to announce that our shop is fully organized (that was my goal last week) and it looks sooooo nice having everything in its place. The next step is to do a full inventory check but for now I am enjoying the progress thus far. Jenny was our winner last week winning the Tomat Onesie (you can see it If you click here and scroll down). If you didn't win, no problem. Simply enter"tomat 10% off" your order between now and next week Thursday the 31st in the customer comments and we will refund you 10% off your Tomat item(s) when we process your order.
This week we have a Handy Burpee burp cloth to give away (you choose the fabric style). These unique burp cloths are unlike any other baby burp cloth you have seen before. Almost everyone who has ever fed a baby has experienced the infamous spit-up. And what do we do when we sense a stream is coming? We try to catch it in our hands in order to protect our clothes, baby's clothes, the floor and/or the furniture! 
If your baby is even a little bit prone to spit-ups, you want to have a several Handy Burpees on hand. This baby burp cloth has a mom-invented, handmade protective covering for your hand. Handy Burpee is big enough to fit either a man or woman and can be used by both right and left-handed people. There are over 85 fabric styles to choose from! If you would like to read more about it or see the video of how it works, click here.
Here is how you can enter to win your own Hande Burpee:
I have been throwing around the idea of changing our Mom 4 Life website slogan for a while but finding the right one to replace our current slogan ("Products for the journey ahead") has not been easy. I have had a few suggestions lately that I would like to get your opinion on. Please vote using the voting box below (if you are reading this post via email you will need to click here to go to our blog and then place your vote). You can only vote for your one favorite (or you can enter your own suggestion). After you vote, leave a comment in the comments area at the bottom of this post letting me know you voted. If you forget to leave your comment I will have no way to contact you if you are the winner. Please vote by next week Tuesday the 29th at midnight PST.
Welcome to Friday! I hope your week went well. Mine has been busy. We are training in some new team members for Mom 4 Life (we hope to have their photos up soon on our about us page) and we have been working on reorganizing and recounting the Mom 4 Life inventory in our shop. This is a big job, but as it gets closer to being done it feels so good to have everything in its proper place. I am an organizer by nature so tasks like this are pretty fun for me to do. Because of the size of this organizing task, it has been broken up into chunks of time to work on it. So far myself and Lisa (a new team member) have put in over ten hours and today we will do four more and it still will only be about half way done. I actually have a hard time stopping mid task, are any of you like that? If you are and you live in Idaho come on over, we can put you to work LOL.
Congratulations to Sarah B. from VA. She won our giveaway last week for the Downtime Sleepy hat. For the rest of you that didn't win, we are offering the Downtime Sleepy hat for 10% off for one week so gets yours today!
This week I want to introduce you to a new Mom 4 Life line of children's clothing called Tomat. If you click here and scroll down, you can see their fun designs that effectively combine cute graphic and sayings such as the following:
I love the vintage look of this line (what I am showing here are just some of their many styles). We have infant-toddler sizes including some organic versions. I have one yellow 12 month "Scream for Ice Cream" style onesie to give away. Retail value is $23.00. It could make a cute baby shower gift if it isn't the right size for your child. You can see the style we are giving away here.
To be entered to win this week: I challenge you to do something that you have been putting off. Examples might be:
-organize your garage
-go through your closet and give away what you don't need
-print the digital photos saved on your camera
-clean your fridge
-write some thank you letters
-make a list of the contents of your wallet (including credit card numbers) and store it somewhere safe in your home (such as a safe) so that if your purse gets lost or stolen you will know what needs to be canceled or what accounts need to be frozen
-get your will written
You have two chances to enter. The first is to leave a comment below letting us know what task you are going to set out to do this week that you have been putting of. The second is to come back and leave a comment letting us know when you finish it. So if you make your goal and then reach it, you get to enter twice:)! Ok I can't wait to hear what your goals are this week (mine is to finish organizing the shop)! You have until midnight on the 22nd PST to enter, Good luck!
Hello everyone! I hope your week went well. It was really fun to see the results of your votes last week! Man there were a lot of entries, over 135 of you in fact. Our lucky winner was Heather F. from Warminster, PA:)!
Did you guys just have fun voting and that is why there were more entries or just that you all loved the Secure2me baby blanket and wanted to win one for yourself? Here were the results of your votes last week:
If you are reading this directly on our blog, you can click on the image to expand it into a larger image. I sent in the top three and then the fifth top voted products to Pregnancy Magazine for consideration. I decided not to send in the BoobyDooby "I Love My Kid(s)" Vintage Tee because it is not a maternity shirt and the readers of Pregnancy Magazine are going to largely be pregnant so I didn't think the editors would find it to be the best fit.
Good news for those of you who voted for the Downtime Sleepy hat however as this is our giveaway item for this week! In a unique baby sleep solution, the Downtime Sleepy hat, with its patented, fold-down sleep mask, creates a dark, sleep-inducing environment for your baby. It blocks out light and visual stimulation to help your baby fall asleep and/or have uninterrupted, restful naps when it otherwise would be difficult to do so. This cute hat comes in three colors (natural, blue and magenta) and two sizes (small for 3-9 months or medium for 9-18 months). Visit our site to read more about this product and if you don't see the size or color you are looking for just let us know and we will get a special order in for you. 
The winner this week can choose from the sizes/colors available in stock on our website at the time they are contacted for their address when they win.
To enter to win: Visit our new items page and leave a comment letting us know what two products are your favorites and why. I know I ask you to do this at least every month or every few months but it is only because we add new stuff so often I want to give you a fun reason to go check out what is recently added. You have until next week Tuesday (the 15th) at midnight PST to leave your comment to be entered to win, good luck!
Oh and don't forget we still have our BabyLegs special running where we are giving away 100 free pair of BabyLegs. Check out the details here while you still can!
Oh! Also, we have a 10% off sale (until next week Thursday) on our Secure2me baby blanket.
Happy Friday! It has been an eventful week at our house. We have had family visiting, we have repainted Hunter's bedroom and our bedroom, we had an ultrasound and found out the sex of our baby!! Yes, I had said we were not going to find out the sex but alas, my willpower is weak in this area:). We are having a . . . boy! I am very excited and so loving our boy name (sorry--that bit of info you will have to wait for). I will attach a photo of our little bundle here.
I will also attach a photo of our bedroom makeover just for fun. We painted our room a beautiful chocolate brown and one wall has gold color washing on it to pull out the gold in our bedding. I am working on painting the canvas above our bed (it is sort of hard to see in this photo) with gold leaves to match one of the throw pillows and can tell this may take me a while:). The first photo is before and second photo is after.
Ok so on to the giveaway:). Our lucky winner last week for the Angel Guard Car Seatbelt Release Cover is Angela W, congratulations! For those of you who did not win, you can get one now for 10% off the retail price on our website using the link above.
