Pampers Little Miracle Mission Giveaway – $50 AmEx Gift Card

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This giveaway is closed. Congratulations to the winner, @Ardy22! It's been an honor for me to work with Pampers ever since I was invited to a blogging event at their headquarters in July 2008.  All three of my kids wore Pampers diapers, even though they were often more expensive than other brands, because trial and error taught me that Pampers were softer and way more absorbent. After my first son was born in 1996, when Chris and I were still struggling to get by on entry level jobs, my Mom would often drop by with packs of Pampers diapers and wipes, which were always so appreciated. Pampers knows that many parents are struggling right now to provide even the basics for their families, especially with all of the recent natural disasters we've had. The Pampers Little Miracles Mission campaign on Facebook gives everyone a way to help out without having to spend any of their own money! All you have to do is go to www.facebook.com/pampers and click the Miracle Missions link on the … [Read more...]

Lil Baby Cake Diaper Cakes! So Cute!

The Mom-Created Lil Baby Cakes is a one-of-a-kind site for purchasing handmade, made in the USA baby gifts, including the absolutely amazing "Diaper Cake". I've been having so much fun just browsing the site, wishing I had a friend about to have a baby shower so that I would have an excuse to buy a diaper cake and some of the great Baby Gifts! Lil Baby Cakes has a charming collection of gifts for baby girls and boys as well as neutral gifts for expectant parents who are waiting to be "surprised". Some of the gifts available include super-soft Gund teddy bears, "Satineesnugs" which are soft blankets combined with a stuffed animal, and "Big Brother" or "Big Sister" photo albums to help siblings feel special. "WOW" your guests at a baby shower by purchasing any of the centerpieces at Lil Baby Cakes, which would also make incredible Baby Shower Gifts. Made from real, usable Pampers Swaddlers diapers and the highest quality baby products from Burt's Bees and Johnson & Johnson, each … [Read more...]

How YOU can help wipe out Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus

Yes, YOU, you right there, reading this site. Do you have five cents? Your five cents can SAVE A LIFE. WOW, right? In poor countries like Angola, women give birth on dirt floors and then their umbilical cords are cut with knives made from a piece of sugarcane pulled right out of the ground. Do you know what lives in dirt? TETANUS. In this country, we get vaccinated against tetanus as infants, and then booster shots if we get cut on something. These poor women who have their umbilical cords cut with dirty knives don't have that, unless WE HELP. By the way, once a mother or newborn gets tetanus, they are going to die. Painfully. It causes excruciating muscle spasms and renders them unable to eat or drink, and then they die. The video I watched during the UNICEF presentation in Cincinnati was agonizing. But it also made me hopeful because I CAN HELP. I have five cents. There are a few ways you can help- one is by clicking the widget in this post and in my sidebar and donating what you … [Read more...]