Parenting Children

I am sick. Actually my son is also sick, and he gave it to me, so we are down two family members this week. Moms don’t get sick days and when you have a sick kid on top of it, well it is trouble. My son has a cough and a low fever so we have been using tylenol for his fever at night and honey for his cough which has worked better then over the counter cough syrup!
Being pregnant and sick is the most helpless feeling. Since I am pregnant I can’t take many medications but when my asthma kicked in I had to go on steroids to kick this infection and make sure the baby is getting enough oxygen. If I can’t breathe, neither can the baby.

My husband has been a big help, without his help around here, I don’t know what I would do. We are trying to keep he and my daughter healthy and unaffected by these colds!
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Onto bigger and better things lets get to the winners of my personalized fruit rollup contest! Thank you for all who participated, it was so much fun to read all of the amazing valentines sent and received! I hope your Valentine’s Day this year is as sweet!

The winners numbers were chosen by random.org.
Commenter #7 Mama Zen, #12 stacey moore and #18 Julie Mead! I will email each of you with your code later today, so you can order your own fruit rollup!

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I know Valentine’s Day is a made up holiday but I can’t resist the red and pink home made valentines, the candy hearts and the beautiful flowers. Valentine’s Day was something my mom always made special for us. We would get a shirt or a small toy and would always get some chocolate. She also would something special for us in our lunchbox. I want to do the same for my kids so when Mom Central told me about myfruitrollups.com I knew I had to explore it for Valentine’s Day!

You can go on www.myfruitrollups.com and design and order your fruit Roll-Ups valentines. It is so simple to do, you pick a design you like, it doesn’t have to be a valentine, they have pictures for birthdays, Easter, spring, Halloween and many more. Then you pick either another graphic or write a personalized message. Happy Birthday, Be Mine, what ever you want. You can even pick out the color of your font and pictures! I have to admit I had so much fun designing one for my kids.

Are you as excited about this as I am? WIN a personalized fruit roll up of your own, a $30 value! Leave me a comment here telling me the sweetest Valentine message that you have sent or received by January 28th at midnight and I will award THREE readers a code for a free one! If you can’t wait, order your own by February 2nd to get one in time for Valentine’s Day and use the code BEMINE to get $10 your order!
So go ahead and let me know your sweetest Valentine!

CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED I WILL POST THE WINNERS LATER TODAY 1/29!

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Being at home with kids all winter long is not nearly as fun as it sounded like when I was working full time before kids. It is hard work, monotonous and boring. Getting housework done is nearly impossible when trying to entertain two kids and forget about trying to get to repairs and remodels. We have wanted to remodel one of our bathrooms since we bought our home. There is just never enough time or money.

You may not have enough time or money either but you can win the chance to “relax, restore and renew” and win a full room makeover from Kimberly-Clark products. Chances are you have Kimberly-Clark products in your home right now, they are the name behind Kleenex, Kotex, Scott, Huggies and more. From January 28 to February 15, one person per weekday will be announced on The View and win $25,000 to renovate any room in their house! Oh the possibilities! Enter daily here for your chance to win this amazing prize.

Tell me what room in your house would you renovate if you won this prize and why?

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Congratulations to Anne and Rachel, our two winners from our Rockabye Baby Lullaby CD giveaway!
I will be contacting you shortly for your addresses!

Check back for more giveaways coming soon!

Any parent knows that kids songs, are usually just for kids. I know I want to poke my ears out hearing “Cinderella” sing some day my prince will come or some high pitched kid singing pop goes the weasel, over and over again. The same goes for lullabies.
We would play classical piano music instead of traditional lullabies for our kids, because if we had to listen to it, we at least wanted to enjoy it! I guess you can say we are music snobs, but how much can you take?

Rockabye Baby! saved our day. Rockabye Baby is not traditional lullabies, but rock classics that YOU love that are transformed into beautiful instrumental lullabies. Everyone from The Rolling Stones to Metallica to Coldplay are reconstructed into lullabies using instruments like the glockenspiel, vibraphone, mellotron, harp and bells.
Yeah, I don’t know what they are either, but it sounds amazing.

The kind people of Rockabye Baby sent us a few CDs to check out and we were instantly in love. My husband sings Pink Floyd songs to our kids every night, and he loved the Pink Floyd cd more then my kids did. I even caught him bringing it in his car to listen to while at work.
The Nirvana cd turned all of my favorite Nirvana songs into music for little ears. They are beautiful, calming music that would be perfect for any baby and the parents that love them.

Do you want one of these cds for your very own? You are in luck, I have two Baby Rock Christmas cds to give away. Filled with rock classics like 2000 Miles and Do They Know It’s Christmas? I am sure you will love it so much you won’t just listen to it at Christmas time.
To enter to win one of these cds simply leave me a comment on this post!
Deadline for this contest is midnight November 23. Good Luck!

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5 minutes for mom is having another great giveaway. In honor of breast cancer awareness month Casio is giving away an adorable pink digital camera.
Learn more about breast cancer and how you can help the fight against it here.

I so love Skimbaco the upscale children’s boutique. So when I heard there was a contest over here at So A Blonde Walks Into a Review for a $100 gift certificate to Skimbaco, I had to enter.

Also, 5 minutes for Mom is giving away a pink Dyson vacuum cleaner!
Go enter these great contests!

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For the entire month of August, anyone who comments on any 451 Press site can win a cash prize of $300, $200 or $100! The more you comment the better your chances are for winning, so tell a friend and comment away!

5 minutes for Mom and Best Buy are teaming up together for a great giveaway. They are giving away a $799.99 Insignia® 37″ Flat-Panel LCD HDTV!!!
How great is that, now go over and enter.

www.loveshakbaby.com is also having a giveway. Two winners will each receive a $250.00 gift certificate for Gymboree, my favorite children’s clothing store. Go check it out and enter!

Remember I have a contest going and five winners will get a free pro membership to a online greeting site worth $19.95!

Entering is simple, just post your favorite picture on your web site and link back to my site. All the information on how to enter is here.

Hurry and enter before May 31, 2007!

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