Gro Via AIO One Size video review- First Look, plus a coupon code

July 17th, 2010

GroVia, formerly Gro-Baby, DreamEze, All In One One Size organic cotton cloth diaper

GroVia, formerly Gro-Baby, DreamEze, All In One One Size organic cotton cloth diaper

Check out my first look video on youtube of the new GroVia All-in-One One-Size!

As I have mentioned in my blog before, I was a little disappointed that Natural Baby Company, turned GroBaby, turned Gro Via was killing off my favorite AIO, the DreamEze. I am serious about my love for those dipes: I LOVE my DreamEze. They are soft, organic cotton, have never leaked for me, always dry in one cycle. They still look amazing even though I am incredibly abusive to them (the baby wore one to a “Messy Party” last week, and it washed up perfect).

So, I was really hesitant to even get on board with any excitement about the new AIO One Size Gro Vias. I am not a huge fan of the new name, and I typically don’t like one-size diapers, too bulky. Let’s face it, if you know me, I am just resistant to change in general.

Honestly the only reason I ordered them was because they were finally being shipped and I am having some friends over next week for a CD Swap & Learn at my house. I figure what better time to unveil the new OS AIO than at a party, right?

Anyway – check out the video if you want to see the details of what this thing looks like. Overall, I give it a 4.5 out of 5. I am seriously excited about this diaper. I think if you are the type of person that wants to get 24 or 36 of one kind of diaper when your baby is little and then never think about it again, you will love this diaper. If you are the type of person (like me) who likes to have a few of everything, you will love this diaper (and consider switching your whole stash to it, in moments of weakness while you are trying to match all the odd soakers and inserts to your crazy hodge-podge stash). It is that awesome! If you are planning on buying several, shoot me an email – I can put together a package discount just for you, plus you can still use the free shipping offer!

The most awesome feature I think is the stretchy elastic in the back that is tight enough to hold an explosion, but soft and loose enough that you can use these as trainers (pull up style). If that feature works out for me, I will seriously be in heaven with this as my go-to dipe.

Now I will put out the disclaimer that I have yet to get this sucker prepped and on my baby – it just got here today after all, but I imagine it is going to be leak-free like my DreamEze, so I don’t know what complaint I could possibly have. I will be updating in a couple of weeks, and hopefully have some customer feedback too.

Happy CDing!

PS – When you watch the video, at the bitter end, there’s a coupon code for the site – www.simplebaby.com. Ignore the dumb thumbnail, youtube doesn’t let you pick anymore!

A letter to Coco for Father’s Day

June 18th, 2010
Jason & Coco

Jason & Coco, the day she was born


I decided in honor of Father’s Day, I would share a letter I wrote to Coco about her daddy the month before she was born. I found out early in my pregnancy that she was likely a girl, and it really concerned me. I felt so easy about being the mom to a boy (who will be 14 tomorrow! What?!), but for some reason, thinking about mothering a girl brought out a lot of issues for me. Recognizing how fortunate I am to have such an amazing partner has been a huge part of embracing being a girl-mommy.

A letter for Coco, February 2009

Dear Coco,
Since you will be here soon, and I will just have to come to grips with having a girl, I thought I could at least tell you why I love your Daddy and then maybe someday it will help you to weed through all the jerks and find someone who deserves you.

Jason lives each day with no expectations, only joy and excitement as to what might happen. Even when I am stuck in day to day drama (and sometimes he is too!), he will surprise me with a tiny baby pine cone he has found on the ground that we set in the window and watch for days as it opens and the seeds are exposed for planting.

Jason knows something about everything (although he would never admit to that). He loves to learn new things and share ideas and concepts and just talk about the universe. There is a running joke in our relationship that he can do anything except floral arrangements. Of course, in all the years we have been together, I have actually seen him do some pretty nice floral arrangements too.

Jason is always learning. He is a philosopher and thinker of the highest order. He would have fit right in with Socrates or Plato, if they had been heavily tattooed and enjoyed a lot of black coffee.

Jason is confident in his decisions. Not in an annoying, pushy way, just radiating inner peace and certainty.

Jason is private – I am the only one who knows many of his inner thoughts, something that makes me the most special person in the world. I love that he trusts me to share things with me, and I take that responsibility very seriously.

Jason does things full tilt, and lets me do them too. He doesn’t have a tribal armband tattooed on his bicep, he has a full 40+ hours of ink with over 30 hours by some of the top artists in the country. Other than asking some reasonable questions, he doesn’t balk at any idea I have for our house, our dog, or our children.

Jason is an amazing stepfather and already an amazing dad. As much as I love going to my midwife appointments with him during our pregnancy, I almost enjoy going alone just as much. I get to hear the midwives gush about how wonderful they know he will be during labor. ☺

Jason relentlessly aspires to perfection but does not hold it over my head when I don’t.

Jason is flawed. He makes mistakes and admits mistakes gracefully. So, I can too.

Jason is always ready to go to war with me. Not against me, not just when I really need him, but always.

When I feel undeserving, Jason reminds me that I am more that worthy of the love he heaps on me. He reminds me that I am not one thing or another because of him, or in spite of him, but that we are better together than anyone else could be.

Jason is everything I would want you to find in a partner. Not a doormat, nor a control-freak. Not a neat freak or a complete mess. Insistent of his space, but respectful of mine. The perfect balance for me, most of the time.

If your choices are to find someone just like your daddy, or someone completely unlike him – I guess you would see what my vote would be. It doesn’t matter if he has thirty piercings or plays in an obscene band that plays naked covered in chicken blood. Or if he prefers to play scrabble for a hot date or gardens every morning (whatever moves you, right?). As long as you are validated, engaged, beloved and fascinated every day, it doesn’t matter what the packaging.

Love,
Mom

Happy Father’s Day to my wonderful husband and all of the amazing daddies out there that protect and validate their wives, daughters and sons, 365 days a year.

Yogurtland!


At Coco's birthday this year

I smell like wet alpaca – love for the crafty WAHM

June 15th, 2010

It's almost like a close up of a cat hair ball, only I made it!

I am trying to be crafty. It’s something I have struggled with for years, I really, really, really want to be good at being crafty.

I have tons of tee-shirts stored up for the day I finally figure out how to work my hand-me-down sewing machine and can sew recycled tee-shirt bags.

I have upholstery thread and upholstery fabric for making training tools for my kung fu husband.

I have cloth diapers, that I brilliantly did outsource the sewing of, but that lack snaps because I wanted snaps and the seamstress only does aplix. I have the actual snap pliers for said cloth diapers, and the snaps, but I have terrible snap-application skills (I mean bad!). Coco has since outgrown that size. :-/

I have mod-podge for all the crafts I tried to make for Christmas presents last year. I trashed many glass balls because glue and photo paper just didn’t create the magical heirloom I had hoped. We did manage to make cookie dough ornaments, but I suspect it’s because the kung fu husband had a hand in it.

These are just the examples I have run into in the last week as I wander around the house, preparing for a garage sale. None of those supplies, incidentally, will get put in the garage sale – I still have hope I might do the associated crafts. I had planned on selling the diapers, but what would I get for them, $5 each? Nah, those will be part of my friend Bonnie’s stash, if she has a girl. I also have all the expected sewing notions, knitting needles, crochet hooks, and scrapbooking tools.

The other day I found a lady on craigslist selling raw alpaca wool for only $10 a pound! Another craft project begins. Of course, later I would see that I could have bought actual CLEAN wool for just a few dollars more, but isn’t part of the fun the fact that it isn’t clean?

I wasn’t deterred that it is full of nebulous “vegetable matter”. That added to the charm. At least on Saturday morning it was charming. For anyone who is like me and has no idea the process wool goes through to become your favorite longies – it gets shaved off of the animal, then it gets washed, then carded, then some other steps, then spun, then dyed and finally knit or crocheted into my longies.

What a grand idea to buy 2 pounds of raw wool (half brown, half white, for variety)! The only step I skipped is one I probably would have enjoyed.

I think today I determined what my problem is. I got lots of online tutorials on what to do with raw wool. The simplest thing seemed to be a felted ball. Even I can do that, right?

But they just require SO much actual effort. To read the directions, follow the directions, etc, etc. Technically, I am supposed to wash the wool. That involves gently rinsing in cool water (after using a dog slicker to remove the “vegetable matter”. Then I would use soap and hot water and gently jiggle the wool into a ball shape, eventually applying more and more pressure and… well, I’m just tired talking about it honestly.

I decided I would give it a whirl. But there are lots of things to be done on a Sunday, and honestly, I didn’t get around to doing it until almost 8 pm. So, I decided to try one ball, which I didn’t actually clean, but did pick through a little bit and got out the larger globs of “VM”. I then balled it up, sunk it in hot water, coated it with soap, and felted it for a while. Eventually though, my hands got itchy and the baby got antsy, and the hubby called to say he had found a baby mockingbird, what should he do? So, my semi-rolly ball got shoved in the toe of a knee-high, and I moved on to something else.

Half an hour or so later, I had the brilliant idea that perhaps I could do this an “easier” way. So, for my next attempt, I just wadded up an enormous amount of alpaca fur, mushed it around and picked out the largest, sharpest pieces of “VM”, tied a piece of wool yarn around it and shoved it in a knee-high pantyhose.

After everyone went to bed, I threw my pantyhose into a mesh bag and washed them on hot, then dried them as fully as I could. I suppose they are felted (sort of), but they do still smell like wet alpaca. They will be good fun to play fetch with the dog, but, certainly not going to be the go-to Christmas gift this year at my house.

So, this is my ode to the crafty WAHM. It is why I will pay $100+ for a Waldorf doll to a competent mommy who uses wool in the doll’s head that is “VM”-Free. Beautiful artistry and lavender scent are truly a bonus. It is why I will go to the craft shows and leer at your craftiness, wondering how you make all of your buttons line up so straight. Oh, to be creative and take yarn, or paper, or wood, or fabric, and make something actually useful.

Here is a haiku in her honor:

A Talented WAHM Haiku


I wish I could craft.
Amazed by you, crafty WAHM!
Do you sell wholesale?

…I promise to work on my crafting skills at least enough to teach my daughter that it’s fun to use your hands and get dirty, but don’t expect to see any of my creations in an Etsy cart near you.

It is so much easier to just buy it! So, in honor of my shopping skills being so much better than my crafting skills, look for wool dryer balls made by competent craftsmen, appearing soon at simplebaby.com.

I also am on the hunt for a bath product that will make me forget the smell of wet alpaca. I’ll keep you posted.

I’m Pro-Choice! A blog about breastfeeding & Redbook

May 7th, 2010

Maybe that title is a little misleading, because I am not going to be discussing abortion today. My feelings on that conversation aside, I have a serious thought that I need to share.

I really don’t care if you breastfeed your baby. I don’t care if he is born via planned induction or c-section. I don’t care if you vaccinate, or feed him cereal at 6 weeks old. As long as you are making an educated decision and you are happy with it, rock on. And let me, having made an educated decision I am happy with, rock on, too.

How does this fit in with the fact that I am a crazy homebirther lactavist? I think it meshes pretty well actually… but we’ll get back to that.

Redbook released an article that has the breastfeeding community a little perturbed.

No, You Don’t Have to Breastfeed the title screams. Actually, a doctor screamed that at the author who was thankful to hear it. So she switched to formula and is thrilled.

Now, the comments vary a lot, and the tempers are flaring. I guess I can appreciate that perhaps Redbook is owned or supported by the evil Nestle (which I do try to avoid their products, and Gerber too, since I think they now own it) although I have somewhere to be in an hour and I am not going to fact check. Redbook itself appears to be pretty anti-breastfeeding, which is worth them not getting my $$, and maybe even a snippy email. But author Erin Zammett Ruddy I am cool with.

redbook breastfeeding fiasco

She is right – your baby won’t die if you formula feed. It will be good enough. For me, in my house, we actively avoid doing something that is “good enough”. Frequently I fall short, even trying to excel nutritionally for my baby – I am a serious cola addict, so I guess in that sense I am doing what is “good enough” by my standards. Even as a BFer I have been judged for that, so how can I judge someone else?

But that’s our choice.

When I was considering home/birth center/ natural birth, there were three types of people who I encountered. Those who had done it, or seen it done, and encouraged me. Those who had not, and freaked out that my baby would die, and I might not survive (or at the very least would be emotionally scarred for life from the unbearable pain).

And those who thought it was a little odd, but asked a lot of questions. That last category of person deserves a medal. Or a Starbucks gift card at least. Those were the people who were thought-provoking.

Even if they found my choice disdainful, they were calm in asking about it, they asked honest, probing questions. Their questions made me evaluate why I was making my choice. Was it to be a supermom? What it to be different than the norm? Or was I truly swayed by the mountain of factual and anecdotal data that statistically and spiritually I had a chance at a better birth experience going this route? Okay, that last question was loaded. :-)

I’ve been a crazy lactavist longer than a crazy natural birther type. I had an epidural induction in 1996 at age 19 and was a crazy lactavist within a couple of months. It’s great for baby, better for me. I hate washing dishes. I hate cooking (any part of it, the mixing, the measuring). Even if I had bought ready-to-feed formula, those darn bottles wouldn’t have washed themselves. I was actually in the minority in my social circle then. I was a little weird among the mommies, and even weirder around similarly aged peers. But I believed it was my choice, not theirs on how I fed my baby. Not my mother-in-laws. Not my neighbors.

I was horrified to learn that people think they have a right to tell you how to parent, what to do, and to criticize you if it isn’t what they did.  What about this “It takes a Village” crap? What about working together to support mothers and daddies and babies?

Our egos and belief that we know what is best for other families is what keeps us apart as a community.

It isn’t about formula or breast milk or cosleeping or crib sleeping. It’s about supporting one another to create an environment conducive to learning and sharing and growing. Encouraging one another to do our own research and our own developing is the greatest gift we can give. Sharing our own testimonials about life choices without shaming those who choose differently fosters positivity and growth.

I realize that I am being idealist. But I am realistic that my reach and my influence will not impact every child born. But it might impact one, or two, or twenty, because I will try to listen more than I talk, and choose my language carefully when I do. I will still screw up and offend people – but at least my heart will be in the right place.

I will still defend breastfeeding to “the man” when we are kicked out of a clothing store. It doesn’t make me a bad lactavist to believe others have rights too.

So feed your baby however you see fit. And let me feed mine. Don’t curl your lip that I am nursing my 15 month old. Or handing her a whole slice of tomato at 6 months (that was a whole different ball of dirty looks/ fascination)… Don’t think that because I choose to cloth diaper I think disposables are wrong and horrible. They are wrong and horrible for my baby, but it might be that laundry makes you really cranky and a cranky mommy washing diapers would be wrong and horrible for your baby.

I believe in tolerance and being educated. I believe in being pro-choice (in the true sense of the word).

I think the article could have been better written. I suspect maybe they knew the way it was written would bring an enormous amount of traffic to their site. But Redbook isn’t known as an authority in medical advice or even in education.

If someone is choosing how to feed their baby with no other input than Redbook, well, that kid probably has bigger problems than bottle or breast. But then we get into eugenics, and everyone agrees that isn’t acceptable right?

p.s. Sorry if this is rambling on… it just had to escape my brain.

Natural Baby Company rebranding, reinventing as GroVia

April 23rd, 2010

My beloved organic Dream Eze are going away! I’m super tempted to buy out whatever I can, and horde it just in case I someday want to have another baby (that’s how much I adore these!). Instead, I’m going to discount them 30% on what I have in-stock, and what I can order while supplies last. That’s less than $15 bucks for AIOs and less than $14 for fitteds. And I’ll cross my fingers and trust that the powers-that-be will unveil something amazing in early May!

Here is the “official statement”:

The Natural Baby Company has just let us know that they are in the midst of a big change. In the beginning of May they will officially announce that they are rebranding the Company, and all of their products will be known, worn & loved as, GroVia. They will make improvements to current products that we all love, as well as introduce new products under the GroVia brand.

We will continue the sale of DreamEze and NBC products at a reduced price while products last, and will begin selling GroVia brand products in mid-May, so stay tuned!

Dreameze manufacturer is now becoming Gro Via!

To all my mommy friends

April 15th, 2010

I don’t get to spend enough time with many of my mommy friends. I really don’t get to spend enough time with lots of my friends – but I specifically thought of my mommy friends today.

I was watching a birth slideshow of a friend who’s newest little one just turned 6 months old, and just cried and smiled and remembered. And it’s funny, because she and I don’t get to spend that much time together, and we’ve only known each other a year or so… but I have such empathy and a feeling of closeness to her. I think it’s part of being in a similar place in life. (Well that and she was once at my house trying to help me shove my boobs in my two week old’s mouth.)

It is unique to learn more about each of you every so often, in between stopping the babies from hugging too tightly, or eating unknown foods off the floor.

It is amazing to be in the presence of other women who also so deeply love their babies that we can just sit and talk in semi-broken conversation about really deep or really shallow events in life and “get it”. No one is offended if we don’t finish a topic, or if I jump up and run away right in the middle. Or if we just stared at each other dazed for a few moments, to tired to even get out a few polite syllables.

So when we get a few minutes once every month or so for a phone call, or we run into each other at a baby shower, or catch each other in passing, know that I cherish that. I cherish particularly those friendships that are coming from the unspoken common place that is mommyhood.

FAN-tab-ulous – FAN Challenge Update!

February 4th, 2010

Congratulations Bryndi Z on winning the Messy Eater Bib! We are going to keep those fan numbers climbing and keep giving away goodies. Thanks everyone for participating and sharing our fan page!

New to the contest? Here’s how it works: Share the fun (and our FACEBOOK FAN PAGE)  with your friends, and watch the prizes grow…. Select “Become A Fan” from the box in the sidebar of the blog, or find us at Facebook.com.

By the time we hit 2500 fans, we’re going to have seven different winners, including a grand prize of a dozen All-In-Ones. Increase the jackpot by posting something in your status or cross-posting our blog and this contest. The more fans we have at the end of each month, the better the prize lineup.

Winners will be picked via random.org and will be contacted by simplebaby.com via Facebook.

They will then have 48 hrs to contact us back or we will redraw the winner. Contest is open to residents of the US.

**The breakdown – when we have:

  • 250 fans, we will give away a Messy Eater Bib – AWARDED TO BRYNDI Z!
  • 500 fans, we will give away a Sophie the Giraffe – AWARDED TO JAMIE B!
  • 750 fans, we will give away a $25 gift certificate
  • 1000 fans, we will give away a Cambodian jingle anklet.
  • 1500 fans, we will give away an organic doll from Keptin Jr.
  • 2000 fans, we will give away a $100 gift certificate
  • 2500 fans, we will give away a dozen All-in-Ones, winners choice of color and size.

Nursing mom kicked out of Hollister – Seriously, Hollister??

January 22nd, 2010

So, last month, a cool mama, Naomi Yap, of Coppell (an equally cool suburb of Dallas, I lived there for a few years!) was kicked out of the Vista Ridge Mall Hollister for nursing her baby in the dressing room.

Details and video, as well as a bunch of really ridiculous comments, can be found on NBC5’s page.

I’ll not even address the fact that it was inappropriate for the person in charge to go swinging curtains back without asking if anyone is in there first and waiting a moment for a reply. That is heinous regardless of what she was doing in there. If she was trying on clothing and was topless, he would have already been strung up  as a perv. But, we’ll not worry about that detail for now. I’m more interested in the fact that he told her it was against company policy to breastfeed there, like companies publish policies like that in the first place, or employees would know that policy. In retail, most days you are lucky if they know the return policy.

nursing

Interestingly enough, several of my non-nursing friends asked why she had stopped to breastfeed in the store rather than go to the *nursing stations* in the mall. I don’t know what specifically her reasons were, but I will happily give you a few of my thoughts on that situation.

1) It doesn’t take that long to nurse my kid (like 5-10 minutes) which is typically longer than it would take to slink off to the nursing station. I usually won’t be polite enough to go to a dressing room, unless there is nowhere to sit in the store, then I will if they aren’t busy. I have nursed in a Macy’s dressing room and a Steinmart dressing room. At the Macy’s they absolutely knew what I was doing, and they were thrilled that I was keeping my baby from screaming at the top of her lungs. At the Steinmart, I was having a conversation about it the whole time with my mom, so I wasn’t particularly discreet there either. I suppose if someone had said something to me, I would have gotten out of the dressing room, since technically it is for trying things on, and I would have sat on the floor instead. I don’t consider it loitering if I stop for 10 minutes in one place when I am actively shopping in a store. If I smoked two packs a day, and had to take a moment to catch my breath, I can’t imagine it would be considered loitering. Or if I had a broken ankle or something. But I digress…

Typically I am happy to just sit in a corner and nurse. I also don’t use nursing covers (although I did when she was little and I wasn’t coordinated), so put on your big-boy panties and look away if you can’t handle it. That’s what I do, look away, every time I am in McDonalds and have to watch someone suck down a Big Mac like they haven’t eaten in 6 weeks. I’d rather not watch that either. (Hmmmm…. so, if YOU who are opposed to me nursing in public will eat YOUR Big Mac in the bathroom, I will consider nursing there.)

2) My boobs are NOT hanging out. Seriously. Above is a picture of my baby nursing. A close up. Do you see my boob? Her body covers most all of me and she has her mouth over the interesting bits.

3) This is what they are meant for. That’s why they make milk. Which brings me to the most hysterical part of this whole sad story:

4) Seriously – I should be worried about whipping my boobs out at a place like HOLLISTER??? I spend my money there on my older kid, I don’t care about the fact that they run the ads they do – but SERIOUSLY……

Owned by Abercrombie and Fitch, here are the types of ads they run (copyright to A &F or Hollister of course)

In 2003, they had such a racy catalog they have their own Snopes.com entry!

And, from the obscenity case in 2008:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2008/02/04/2008-02-04_va_cops_pull_suggestive_abercrombie_mall.html

I find it hysterical that they commented very quickly on that case, but haven’t released any public statement so far on this one. I guess our demographic isn’t that big of a concern to them.

So, what’s the big deal about nursing in public? Other than the fact that it is legal for me to do, there are a few other bits I want to leave you with.

It is a hard thing to nurse a baby. I think it is easier than bottle feeding once you get the hang of it, but for many moms, getting started sucks. Knowing that they are supported in the community makes a lasting impression, conscious or not.

Nursing is easier when you have seen other people do it successfully. Anecdotally, I would bet most nursing moms would agree with me, but Aruban Breastfeeding Mamas just blogged about it too.

Nursing reduces healthcare costs. Sorry, yes, I know your FF baby was very healthy – I am just talking statistics here. On the whole, breastfed infants require less doctors visits, and breastfeeding mothers have lower risks of Type 2 diabetes and breast cancer.

What that means for the rest of us, well, if we are going to a more socialized healthcare system, should be obvious. I would rather spend my tax money on a skatepark or a tree farm, or a new NASA space program than on sick babies. I’m not saying we shouldn’t take care of sick babies. I’m saying we should do EVERYTHING we can to help each other to have less sick babies.

Even if we don’t go with a more socialized healthcare system – moms in Texas who qualify for WIC get either a) all of their baby’s formula for free for the first year or b) some milk, cereal, carrots, tuna and peanut butter for free if nursing. Would you like to guess what is a lower burden on our tax payers?

I won’t even get into the studies on attachment parenting and creating an overall better society one breastfed baby at a time. Absolutely you can be a wonderful parent and bottle feed, but for some of us (myself included), breastfeeding can make a big difference. I think I was probably at risk of not being the best mommy I could be when I had Todd at 19, but breastfeeding kicked in the right hormones to keep me attached and engaged in parenting him. He is growing into a really awesome member of society and I believe that attachment parenting (which I found through the gateway of breastfeeding) was a big part of that.

It is good for all of us as a society to embrace and encourage all parents in their positive choices, breastfeeding included.

My heart goes out to Naomi. I know that she and several other mammas are looking for a reaction from Hollister here, as am I. As soon as more details come out, I’ll share the links. Alternatively, if Hollister chooses not to respond, well, we will let the lactavism begin. :-)

So – how much will we give away come 1/31?

January 22nd, 2010

Make sure you share the word with your friends. It’s looking good for a Messy Eater Bib, but it’s going to take a few more fans to get to those AIOs!

It’s going to be a FANtastic 2010! The JAN-FAN Challenge is on.

January 2nd, 2010

I am looking for Facebook fans. What’s a great way to gain a few? Give things away, of course!


So share the fun with your friends, and watch the prizes grow…. Select “Become A Fan” from the box in the sidebar of the blog, or find us at Facebook.com.

When we hit our 2500 fans, we’re going to have seven different winners, including a grand prize of a dozen Dreameze All-In-Ones. Increase the jackpot by posting something in your status or cross-posting our blog and this contest.  The more fans we have on January 31, the better the prize lineup.

1st prize – A dozen Dream-Eze organic all-in-ones, you choose the color and size.

Second – 7th place winners will get to choose from the following prizes (Messy Eater Bib, a Sophie the Giraffe, a copy of Gil Rapley’s Baby Led Weaning, Cambodian jingle anklet,  an organic doll from Keptin Jr., a $100 gift certificate).

The first round of the contest will close on January 31st at 11:59 pm CST. Winners will be picked via random.org and will be contacted by simplebaby.com via Facebook on Feb 1, 2010.

They will then have 48 hrs to contact us back or we will redraw the winner.

Winners of second-7th place prizes will be contacted on a consecutive basis to choose their prize. Contest is open to residents of the US.

**The breakdown – when we have:

  • 250 fans, we will give away a Messy Eater Bib
  • 500 fans, we will add a Sophie the Giraffe
  • 750 fans, we will add a copy of Gil Rapley’s Baby Led Weaning
  • 1000 fans, we will add a Cambodian jingle anklet.
  • 1500 fans, we will add an organic doll from Keptin Jr.
  • 2000 fans, we will add a $100 gift certificate
  • 2500 fans, we will add a dozen Dreameze All-in-Ones, winners choice of color and size.