MumMe: Your feet would smile if they could

(Warning: These socks may cause compulsive smiling and bring unsolicited compliments and attention from random strangers. Wear at your own risk).

I have never had so much fun with a pair of socks. I mean who knew how cute matching socks could be? In fact I want to have more matching clothing for my son and I..wait and my husband. We'll be that family, LOL!
I am impressed with the quality, they have kept up with a lot of washes and they our favorite. When we had guests over we both got a lot of compliments on how cute they were. A great gift indeed!
How did I get them?
Being a contributor blogger for PTPA I had the opportunity to review a MumMe gift set of these fun, cute, quality made socks.

Charlie and I got this pair!

Here are our cozy, happy, fun feet

Where you can get them?                 
This make for a great gift and stocking stuffer, see their fun styles. Shop {here}

What else I like about them?
They are soft and made of organic cotton, the grips of the socks are PVC free, they are slightly longer so they fit active babies perfectly(no slipping off!).
Learn more here and see who the Mom is behind this fun line {here}

Enter to win a $30 Giftcard from MumMe Wear!

Monkey Foot Designs: My favorite wet bag

My first impression on my Monkey Foot Designs double pocket wet bag was...LOVE!
I loved the print, the quality, the material and the double pockets so one section can be used for clean diapers and the other for dirty.
It's made of cotton on the outside where as most use the same PUL as the diapers I found this to be a nice change in design and function. The inner material is stronger a and touch different as well, it is called ProCare.

Here are some more distinct features:

• ProCare lining seams are sealed to provide even more "wet proofing"! Most other wet bags are just stitched together - the holes created when stitching can cause wicking / leaking if you carry a water-logged item. I double-stitch and zig-zag the seams, and also seal the seams to prevent water from reaching the sewn areas.
• Inner and outer layers are sewn separately to avoid wicking
• Bags feature a ~ 40" strap with swivel clips at the end and a slide (to allow the strap to be adjusted in length)

What does my fabulous Wet bag look like?

Talk about fun! So many uses for this bag

What I used it for:

love this size for toys!

To be honest I wanted this and the super cute matching small wet bag to use for my sons Leap Pad and use the smaller one for the Leap Frog cartridges.  I can fit my iPad2 in it perfectly!
You can use this in numerous ways, in fact I use it as my go to bag when all I need is my wallet, phone, some toys, and wear it around my hip when I am toddlerwearing so I am truly hands free.
It washes easily and I can even use it alone for potty training on the go as it fits our toilet seat cover perfectly.

WIN IT!

Monkey Foot Design is generously giving a fan of Everything Mom and Baby a Medium Double Size Wet Bag of their own so you can use it anyway you like, like me!

Sustainable baby products from Hevea

The name "Hevea" originates from the Latin name for a genus of rubber trees, Hevea Brasiliensis.

Some of you may already know the Danish line Hevea, but did you know it was created by a mom looking for natural, sustainable products herself? I didn't and I love the line even more knowing a mom is behind the Hevea brand.

These guys from the bath collection Pond is what my son had fun playing with and are his new favorite bath toys and mine as well.

Why it's our new favorite?
Did you know that most rubber ducks are made with PVC which does contain BPA so with warm water BPA leaches into the water and our skin absorbs that water as we splash away.




What we love:
Hevea is free of PVC, BPA and pthlates, also no synthetic is added. What I especially love is there is no silly hole to collect mold!
Imagine your little one squirting that dingy water back into the bath.  I love how Hevea has made their toys whole to avoid the grime and mold.  These rubber toys are made of 100% natural rubber. No knowing all this I highly recommend Hevea to all new moms looking for the best for their babies. 

From the Hevea Website:

The Pond, contains three squidgy tiddly toys - duck, fish and frog - just right for tiny babies and tots. Hevea bathing toys are soft and malleable, yet durable. It’s easy to grasp and squeeze for even the tiniest hands, encouraging baby’s all-important early development skills.

· 100% natural rubber - sustainably produced
· BPA, phthalates and PVC free,
· No added colours or synthetics
· No perforations/hole in the bottom - eliminates grime and mold build up inside
· Soft and tactile to the touch
· No squeaky noise
· The stylish packaging is made from recycled and biodegradable materials
  with Hevea signature graphics printed in soy ink
· Handmade in Spain.

Meets EU standard EN71

$39.99

Little Jummy Bibs ~ Fun Christmas stocking stuffers

Little Jummy bibs is made by a WAHM from Langley, British Columbia.  What makes her bibs great is she offers her bandanna bibs in an array of prints. From Dr.Seuss to Winnie the Pooh you're sure to find  just the right one for your little one.

She started her business when her son started drooling wanted something that would work for soaking up the drool as well as look stylish for when he gets older for when he started to eat food.

The back is hook and loop closure. To be honest I use her bandanna bibs more like a neck warmer as my tot hates having his zipper zipped all the way up. She can custom the size for you as well as they are normally made with a 15" rise and 8" width.

Enter to win a Little Jummy of your own and a matching burp cloth! If you'd like to buy one, just visit her Facebook page or email: 

littlejummy @ hotmail dot com

I love mine for keeping my son warm actually. He hates having the zipper all the way zipped up on his jacket therefore leaving his throat exposed. My Little Jummy takes care of that and he's a bandit on the loose! So cute.
To win one of your own just click {here}. It'll take 30 seconds! Let her you know I sent you & Facebook has no affiliation with this giveaway.

Honeydumplings ~ Ecoluxury sleep essentials for baby & child

How can I describe this fabulous Canadian line? 

 Quality, gorgeous, cozy, soft, organic, neutral, a must have for all new parents.

  

I recently had the pleasure to review their swaddle blankets (which I want to carry for my shop!) and what I especially love is their newborn cap. It's so smart because it has a built in cushion.
The whole line from the where the buckwheat is sourced to the cotton they use, it's all made in Canada.

From adorable stretchy swaddle blankets to their coveted buckwheat mats this line is complete luxury for any new family and if your looking for something special this Christmas look no further than honeydumplings. A sure heirloom line that will be treasured. Their swaddle blanket is perfect for the mom to be to bring to the hospital.   The swaddle blanket is designed with a unique, fold-down swaddle corner® to help position baby properly - making swaddling easier.  

This is the set I received and  my friend has a newborn and she could not stop raving about this for her swaddled little baby. It has a great stretch, made of organic cotton and the lightweight, open-weave design allows the air to flow around the baby’s body and prevents overheating caused by larger blankets.  I'm not a fan of those hospital blankets.

The stretchy blanket ensures a snug, secure wrap without risk of becoming undone.  
And the cap. Love the cap because it's  ideal to help protect a baby’s head from repeated pressure.  Since pillows are no longer recommended this is the alternative.

Buy your set {here} and use this code: mama ash to save 15%!

* Offer is good until the end of November and can be applied to anything on the honeydumplings site*

Browse their latest catalogue and fall in love with the line {here} 

Holiday Gift Ideas: Shop at Clara de Paris

I love all things French. French cooking and baking are my # 1 stress busters along with French wine and how can I not love French fashion?  I remember my mother always had me dressed in beautiful European dresses, knee high socks and the sweetest shoes from Germany or France.

This Christmas give a unique and heirloom present, their cashmere onesies are beyond beautiful and luxurious.
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Clara de Paris is a divine online shop based in Montreal, Quebec and has a great appreciation for French quality and designs.  After noticing children strolling the picturesque streets of Paris dressed in adorable classical refined fashions and the birth of their baby girl Clara de Paris could finally take part in this style of living and have now moved back to North America; she brings to you the way how Europeans dress their kids.
All orders over $75 ship for FREE!

This Fall Clara de Paris brought in a unique cashmere collection from babies and children called French Yummy.  Every piece is made of 100% cashmere and has Swarovsky transfer elements on the chest.  I think it's a given I'll have to get my son this one.

Holiday Special Feature & Giveaway from Westcoast Baby: Infant Kimono

 Does this make your heart or uterus ache?! LOL!  It makes me wish for another baby to wrap up in Canadian made, bamboo goodness!

Westcoast Baby was founded in 2004 by Amanda Moat and Nicole Vaslot while on maternity leave with their second children. Westcoast Baby has taken traditional Japanese shapes and vintage practicality and added a whimsy of funky colour so you can add some tradition and funk to your baby's wardrobe.

The kimono's are super soft and perfect for a newborn.  It has clean stitches and made with quality and care, worth every penny, for only $29.95.
A lovely gift for the new baby in your life this Holiday Season.  It is soooo soft and beautiful, I know. I have a white one!

When I get baby #2, he/she will be leaving the hospital in this!

Why Westcoast Baby chooses bamboo? Here's a few reasons:

• Bamboo clothing is easy to launder in a clothes washer and dryer.
• Because of the smooth and round structure of its fibers, bamboo clothing is soft and non-irritating, even to sensitive skin. Some people with chemical sensitivities can not tolerate bamboo clothing.
• Bamboo clothing is hypoallergenic. 
• Bamboo is highly absorbent and wicks water away from the body 3 to 4 times faster than cotton. In warm, humid and sweaty weather, bamboo clothing helps keep the wearer drier, cooler and more comfortable and doesn't stick to the skin. 

Westcoast Baby has an array of fabulous products to offer you for one stop shopping. Their limited edition section is clourful, fun and funky.  They offer cloth diapers from AppleCheeks and skin care.

Westcoast Baby would like to offer a kimono of your own!
Do you have a newborn on the way or a gift you'd like to win and giveaway?
Enter Here for a Yellow Bird Kimono. Gender neutral if you don't know what's coming your way and a beautiful burst of sunshine, I love this kimono.

Magz Bagz are my kind of Bagz! ~ Giveaway

I truthfully don't even know where to begin when speaking about Magz Bagz.  I mean the quality is amazing. The bag is so functional, easy to clean, nicely made (no loose stiches or threads hanging), the colours and patterns are making me break out of my shell. They are FUN!

I recently had the pleasure to review a Magz Bagz Sling Fling bag. I picked the sling because as some may know I am chasing my tot around when out and about. A sling fling is like a back pack so I don't have to fidget around with a bag over my shoulder plus I toddler carrying a lot.  I can just wear the bag in front on my chest if I'm back carrying with ease or if he's tired and wants to snuggle on the front well you get the picture, I just sling it on my back.

I love the room of my Magz Bagz. Cloth diapering moms, there is loads of room and a fabulous, roomy inside pocket.  I can even fit my carriers(Onya Baby is pictured below) and slings in it. There's still room for more.
The front of the bag has a zippered pocket and a pocket for the bottle.
It's all made in Canada! It's made of 100% cotton which is then fused with a phthulate free coating, to provide a bag which has both mildew (anti-microbial) and UV inhibitors built in - this lengthens the life of the BagZ plus the many spills and dirt of the day are easily wiped away with a wet cloth. MagZ-BagZ won't crack or peel - they're good to -40 degrees!!

 

 With the Holidays swiftly approaching this is on my Holiday Must Have gifts. Megan of Magz Bagz has bags for the man in your life, the teens in your life and for the preschooler in life.
With beautiful lunch bagz,  Kidz back packs to wrist bags for the teenz.

I have a discount code for you that is good until Nov.30/11 to SAVE 15% with code: EMB02

GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED

* Which Magz Bagz SlingFling do you love? Tell us which one you prefer!
We have a Wee Play with a matching change pad or do you prefer to pick your own from the large/small collection.

Wee Play

Get Bonus Entries!

* For bonus points please pop over and {Like Magz Bagz on Facebook } and tell her something you like about her bagz! Or that I sent you or tell her BOTH!
*Facebook has no affiliation with this giveaway.

* Tweet it daily, copy & paste this! Win a @MagzBagz SlingFling Bag on @MamaAsh77 and save 15% with her special code! Open to US/Canada. See more here: http://goo.gl/fb/vT6Rm

* Keep my numbers growing on my blog so I can keep offering you great giveaways and Join my Site! Follow Publicly. Just click on the Join this Site button to the right where all my "fans" are :)

Winner will be contacted via email and announced on Facebook, giveaway ends Nov.30/11. Open to Canada and US.
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I hope some of you took advantage of the discount code I got you!


Anyhoo.....we have one winner and that winner is.......#17 LYNDA!


Winner has been sent an email and has 48hrs to claim this win.


Thank you everyone for entering!

TFX Non Stick All in One Kitchen Sheet - Giveway/Review

No more non stick sprays are needed when you use the TFX Non Stick All in One Sheet.
Christmas baking just got better. I've been using this for about 2 months now and love it!

I've been using this with everything that goes in the oven. Cookies turn out lovely, they are even coloured and my pan is not dirty. Pizza comes out perfect too! It's a "green" product by not having to use foil over and over again and you save money.
These are made in Sweden, they are NON TOXIC. TFX is huge in Europe and have now made their way to North America.

Some great points to share:
- Dishwasher safe, all you need is soap to wipe it to clean
- You can cut the sheet to get the right fit for your pan or baking sheet
- Promotes healthy cooking/baking (although I am and will always be a fan of butter)
- You can use this as a oven liner
-  It's reusable over thousands of times and safe



~ WIN IT! ~ OVER


Please watch this video and comment.
Everything Mom and Baby has 2 to giveaway! Tell me what do you normally use for baking and do you like the idea of using something that will not only make baking better but cheaper too by being able to reuse this! Comment here and leave a way to contact you if you win!
Giveaway ends Nov.23/11

Congratulations to HELEN AND EMILY!

{emails have been sent to claim the prize}

Live Battleship {Giveaway is over}

Game night. As a child did your family do game night once a week? Fast forward 20 years and where has game night gone? Kids are glued to the TV or computer...no wait maybe their cell phones with all the texting that goes on now.  Are families becoming more and more disconnected with each other?
How about bringing Family Game Night back? Turn the cell phones off and turn the TV's off. Sit together as a family and play a game. Lets bring it back old school!

Recently in Toronto a wicked media event took place in light of the new Battleship Live. Real Marines were there!  Attendee's went one on one with the Marines to sink their Battleship.

Here's a little trivia. Did you know that it was a guessing game played by two people. It is known throughout the world as a pencil and paper game which predates World War I.  In the 60's there was some controversy about the packaging depicting it being sexist as a mom and daughter were doing dishes and father and son we playing Battleship.  Looking at the boxes now...well there's no sign of that in 2011!

A real Battleship

What's so different with the Battleship we grew up with?  How about a Talking Tower. You can release air strikes and launch missile attacks with the swipe of a hand. Typhoons can take place, this is a seriously cool game.
Watch the commercial {Here}
As you know I work with Hasbro to bring you amazing giveaways and do you know someone 8 yrs and up that would love to win this?!  This would be great to enter and win for this Christmas Season.

Here's how to enter, please comment below:

GIVEAWAY IS OVER


1) Are you going to bring Family Game Night back? Visit Hasbro {here} and tell us some of your favorite games or games you remember playing as a child.  (Mandatory)


2) Subscribe to my blog so you don't miss a thing! {Here} (Optional)

3) Help my Following Numbers grow so I can keep offering you great giveaways! Click on Join this Site and follow publicly. (Optional: worth 5 bonus points!)
Just enter this post 5x.  Just write Follower in the comment section 5 times to get the extra entries.

Giveaway is open to US and Canada and ends Nov.22/11.  Good Luck!

Are you ready for a flash back!? I grew up with this version!

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Someone has won a great game for Family Game Night!
Thank you to who entered :)

The winner is.........# 100, Hugette En

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an email has been sent to the winner and the winner will have 24 hrs to claim the prize!

My Dandelion Wishes

This Holiday season support local and hand made.  When looking for nice crocheted and knitted hats at the mall why not relax at home and click away.  My Dandelion Wishes has a nice variety for the little girls and boys in your life, made by a very talented Mother and made in Canada.

I had the pleasure in getting to know Kady of My Dandelion Wishes as she made the sweetest news boy hat for my son.  At her shop you'll find top quality, handcrafted items for you and your children.  Go ahead and click here and get your credit cards out!  The detail she put into making his hat is impeccable and will keep my sons head nice warm this season.   He loves wearing it.

 For you we are going to offer one lucky reader of Everything Mom and Baby or a lucky reader of Take a Moms Word For It (Kady also writes a fabulous blog) a news boy hat of your own.  This is the modern twist of the classic beanie, Kady can add a flower as well for no extra charge.  This hat will be customized just for you so come and enter!


                                                             GIVEAWAY OVER
Here's what you have to do enter:

1) Visit Dandelion Wishes and tell us your favorite item

2) On Facebook? Please go over and {Like} her page, go ahead and let her know I sent you.
*Facebook has no affiliation with this giveaway.

3) New to my blog fans of Take a Moms Word For It? Like me on {Facebook} too and let me know you're here!
*Facebook has no affiliation with this giveaway.

Giveaway is open to US and Canada, ends Nov.21/11

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And the winner is....................#13

Anonymous said... 13

LOVE! the giraffe hat! So cute! Andrea S You have some handmade goodness coming your way! Thank you to everyone who entered and remember, this Holiday Season try this:  

Snuggly in a Baby Hug by Silly Monkey

Have you ever held a newborn and worried about holding it safely and securely? I am by far better at holding my own baby then someone else's.  It's bizarre but I don't think I am the only one.

Silly Monkey Baby takes the fear away from you as baby is lying on a more structured swaddle designed blanket. Designed by a mom Baby Hug was created to take that nervousness out when holding a new baby as she felt the anxiety of others holding her baby. I know that feeling.
I found holding baby's in it easy to do and it is a nice way to swaddle one's baby. A great shower gift or Christmas gift, it's really the only kind of swaddle blanket out there that offers that kind of support and ease because of the back support type foam, it's actually a poly fil made from polyester fibres so you can wash it and it also won't discolour.   
Baby Hug makes for a nice way to hold baby as a new baby often gets passed around from arms to arms over cooing friends and family. 
My friends baby's were happy in it and they like the added back support in holding the baby's.  To them they felt it more comfy and they also felt more secure in the swaddle with the extra support from the cushion. I think I held baby for a good 2 hrs before it woke for a feeding.
It's also made of soft organic cotton so no harmful chemicals are absorbed into baby's skin. It is a toxic world we live in now.

More Info:

1. Provides proper support of entire body, including the head, neck, spine and legs.
2. Allows for easy positioning when held by anyone including children.
3. Encourages adequate position for feedings and burping.
4. Pouch formation accommodates infants with a level of comfort, safety and warmth.
5. Assures parents with a sense of security when others are holding their newborn.
6. Pouch-like swaddle keeps the baby's face from direct contact of peoples’ clothing.
7. A safe alternative to foam that is flame-retardant, mildew resistant, and won't disintegrate or yellow over time.
8. Made with organic cotton fabric in the USA.
9. 100% machine washable.

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And the winner is................. #54 GIBBERISH

Winner was randomly selected:

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Thank you to all who entered this giveaway. This swaddle is unique and quite popular in Europe with the added padding from what I discovered researching this line. Who knew?!
Winner has been emailed and has 48 hrs to claim their prize before another winner is selected!