1st Birthday Bash 10 Days of Giveaways Day 3: Reading

I feel it is very important to teach my son a love of reading. My mom always emphasized a love of reading and I am forever grateful to her for it. She read to us, took us to libraries, bookstores to meet authors and on one occasion we all met King Babar. Now as a mom I want to expose my son to the love of reading and all the fun adventures books can provide. Each time I read to my son I know he is learning but he is also spending time with me and usually sits quietly when I read, that is one of the parts I love the most. He and I just sitting together, paying only attention to the moment and really spending quality time together.

I reviewed a few books from different companies for this event and I want to thank my sponsors for the great giveaways the have provided. I look forward to discovering new knowledge and traveling to new places through the new books we will read in the next year.

What is your favorite book you read as a child that you now love to read to your children or grandchildren?

Shushybye and Goodnight: The Deluxe Edition CD Review and Giveaway

Music always seems to get my son dancing. He loves instrumentals the most. He sways his body, bobs his head and gets his hands going crazy. With that in mind I wanted to see if there was music that would make him sleepy. I wondered if he would just dance as always or would there be a tune that could lull my sweet dancing boy to sleep. When we were given the opportunity to from Shushybye.com review a copy of Shushybye and Goodnight: The Deluxe Edition I thought wonderful I can see if he will fall asleep to music.

Just as I suspected he danced his little heart out to the first few songs. He liked the intro song, he shook his hands around like an animal!  Snoozles in My Room, song number 9 made me laugh, not too sure why it just cracked me up. After dancing to all 14 songs before it finally came two songs, A Shushybye Lullaby and A Shushybye Prayer that he indeed did enjoy to sooth him. I do have to add there is one song that I did not enjoy. Number 13 on the CD titled How I Love To Play (With My Shushybye Toys) made me a little upset. The song seemed to push that a kid needs to have all the Shushybye toys to be happy and play. I get that its marketing I just dont really like that it was made into a song for the CD. Other than that song it was a fun CD that a child would enjoy dancing to.

You can buy a copy of Shushybye and Goodnight: The Deluxe Edition at their website for $8.99.

In honor of my son's 1st birthday Shushybye has agreed to send one of my lucky readers a copy Shushybye and Goodnight: The Deluxe Edition CD.

Here is how to enter the giveaway for the Shushybye and Goodnight: The Deluxe Edition CD
MANDATORY Entry: "Like" Shushybye on Facebook
Leave your email address in your comment so I can contact the winner.

Extra Entries: Can be done after leaving a comment for mandatory entry.
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*Limited to US residents; 18 years old and above. Giveaway starts November 21, 2010 and ends December 5, 2010 at midnight PST.  Winner will be emailed and has 48 hours to respond before another winner is selected. I was not paid for this giveaway or post. I was provided a free copy of the CD Shushybye and Goodnight: The Deluxe Edition to review.

KinderGlo Review and Giveaway

One of the products I knew would benefit my son in sleeping would be a night light. I did not want just a standard plug in or one that sits on a dresser top. I wanted something fun and also useful. I searched all over the internet trying to find the perfect one and was excited when I found KinderGlo from another mom's recommendation.

I love this nightlight for so many reasons I do not know where to start! First they are so cute and yet cool! My son LOVED the Moose. They have many designs to choose from, including Angel, Bear, Elephant, Hippo, Owl, Brontosaurus, Tyrannosaurs and the two new designs Quarter Moon and Moose. My son and I had the privilege to review the Quarter Moon and Moose. The quality of the product is amazing. There is a softness to the plastic that I find wonderful since my son seems to bonk his head sometimes on hard plastic toys. Thankfully they are durable too since he throws everything he gets his hands on. I love that this product will never get hot to the touch and I can safely let him hold it while he gets sleepy watching the light show. Since we had two KinderGlo lights at times I would set them both on the dresser and start them at different times creating a amazing little light show. The lights seemed to soothe he quickly, I can see his eyes get heavy when he watches them, its so cute. He loved to hold the ring of the Moon and hold onto the antlers of the Moose, he wouldn't let me take it from him so Moose went on a few car trips and to a few grocery stores. A few moms asked me what the toy was and I was thrilled to show them how cool it was that it is a portable night light! Although my little guy did seem to get a little annoyed other people were messing with his Moose lol.

Now that we have this light I cannot ever imagine not having it. He gets sleepy watching it and yet he can also play with it and hold it when he is awake and playing. I know we will have this light for many years and he will be able to use it to find his way around in the dark when hes older. I recommend this light for a great gift for a child of any age.

KinderGlo is very easy to use. Just one button push to set up Auto Fade after 30 minutes or Continuous On as well as select between a light show or a constant one color on. The KinderGlo also requires NO batteries. It is rechargeable with a base and plug in charger included. We used the KinderGlo over and over the past few days and have not recharged it yet. Another great feature about the KinderGlo is that it is B.P.A. Free and Lead Free. 

You can buy KinderGlo portable light online for $24.95. Right now KinderGlo is offering my readers a $3 off Discount code when you use the code KGMUWIYG at Amazon.com code valid until 12/31/2010.

In honor of my son's 1st birthday KinderGlo has agreed to send one of my lucky readers winners choice of the Quarter Moon or an Elephant (retail value $24.95).

Here is how to enter the giveaway for the Night Light:
MANDATORY Entry: "Like" KinderGlo on Facebook
Leave your email address in your comment so I can contact the winner.

Extra Entries: Can be done after leaving a comment for mandatory entry.
If the extra entry says 1 extra entry leave 1 comment and 2 extra entries leave me 2 comments and so on.
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*Limited to US residents; 18 years old and above. Giveaway starts November 21, 2010 and ends December 5, 2010 at midnight PST.  Winner will be emailed and has 48 hours to respond before another winner is selected. I was not paid for this giveaway or post. I was provided a free Moose and Quarter Moon light to review.

1st Birthday Bash 10 Days of Giveaways Day 2: Bedtime

My little guy has always been a short sleeper. He would love to take mini naps all day but never for a long period. This tends to leave him cranky and me unable to get much done while he naps. I have tried a few products that have helped my son sleep a little longer for a nap and some products he giggled and danced to, which did wear him out and aid in making him sleep a little longer. Overall I know he will find his own sleep pattern that works for him and in the mean time I will enjoy that he is a little guy and is still figuring things out.

I read a lot of online tips and advise from magazines and other moms and if you would like to read a few articles on sleeping and 1 year old you can find them at Parents.com and Babycenter.com.

Kiddo Tags Review and Giveaway

Now that we plan on being On the Go more often I am sure we will be seeing more children and playing more often. With that in mind I knew I would need a good set of labels for his sippy cup, bottle, toys and coat. I would not want to mix up something he drinks out of with another child so labels are a little way of making it easier to spot what item is his and which isn't in a group setting. Plus for me I think its cute and fun way to personalize his stuff. I was given the opportunity to review Kiddo Tags and  Dwink cup and I am so glad I tried them. I was able to select from 12 different back ground colors and over 50 adorable characters for my label. I selected orange back ground with a crab. I was surprised how cute it turned out. The Dwink cup is great too. My little guy is just now learning to use a straw and the Dwink cup makes it so he cannot squeeze out all the contents. The labels held on in the dishwasher and maintained their color and vibrancy after many washes.

Kiddo Tags makes many useful tags like shoe dots, pacifier dots, iron ons and many more. I love using quality tags for labeling my son's books, the crab is just so cute! You can see all their products on their website here.

In honor of my son's 1st Birthday Kiddo Tags has agreed to send one of my lucky readers a set of mini tags and a dwink cup like I reviewed.

Here is how to enter the giveaway for the Kiddo Tags:
MANDATORY Entry: "Like" Kiddo Tags on Facebook
Leave your email address in your comment so I can contact the winner.

Extra Entries: Can be done after leaving a comment for mandatory entry.
If the extra entry says 1 extra entry leave 1 comment and 2 extra entries leave me 2 comments and so on.
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Follow Kiddo Tags on Twitter  +2
Enter any of the other giveaways during the 1st birthday bash +2 entries for each giveaway entered.
Blog about this giveaway and leave me the link +10

*Limited to US residents; 18 years old and above. Giveaway starts November 20, 2010 and ends December 4, 2010 at midnight PST.  Winner will be emailed and has 48 hours to respond before another winner is selected. I was not paid for this giveaway or post. I was provided a free set kiddo tags and a dwink cup for this review.