A Winter Wonderland Of Babies Giveaway

Mama on a Green Mission

A Winter Wonderland Of Babies Event Is HERE! We get to CELEBRATE all the new babies in our lives!

Joy Of Momma Joyner and Mama On A Green Mission are both welcoming their 3rd babies in the next few weeks! Along with a wonderful group of bloggers, they want to offer ONE WINNER an awesome Prize Package full of great items for Mama, Baby, and even for Siblings!
The Prize Package Includes:
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That's a Total Prize Package Value of $1,756!!
So, what do you think? Ready to enter? It's simple! Just fill out the Giveaway Tools Form below. There are plenty of entry options, and the more you do, the better your chances of winning are!
The A Winter Wonderland Of Babies Event Prize Package is open to all legal residents of the United States who are 18-years-old or older. This event will run from 12:00am EST Monday, January 27, 2014 through 11:59pm EST Friday, February 14, 2014. Best Of Luck!


Joy Of Momma Joyner, Mama On A Green Mission, and all the participating blogs are not responsible for the fulfillment of the prizes. The sponsors will send the prizes directly to the winner. We are also not responsible for any unfortunate accidents that may result from the use of any of these products.

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We love Step2 Giveaway - ANY $150 Step2 Product!

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Welcome to the We Love Step2 Giveaway hosted by Thrifty Nifty Mommy and Viva Veltoro. Here's your chance to win ANY toy (up to $150 value) from Step2.com!
Step2 is releasing brand new toys this spring and we've got your first look! Check out the new Step2 Great Outdoors Playhouse, the Sit & Play Picnic Table with Umbrella, the Sand Castle Play Table, the Home Depot Sizzle & Smoke Barbeque Set, the Busy Ball Play Table, and the Alpine Ridge Climber and Slider. These are just some of the great new products from Step2 that will be hitting the shelves over the next few months!
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Visit the Step2 website to see all of the great products they have for sale. Also, you'll want to make sure that you sign up for their Birthday Club where you'll get great coupons before your child's birthday, plus other special offers and deals! Also, make sure you like them on Facebook and follow them on Twitter.
Step2, Thrifty Nifty Mommy, Viva Veltoro, and a number of great bloggers have teamed up to bring you a giveaway for ANY toy (up to $150 value) from Step2.com so you can choose the toy that's best suited for your family!
Open to the residents of the 48 contiguous US states, ages 18+. Ends 2/10/14 at 11:59 PM EST. Please enter using the Giveaway Tools form below. Good Luck!
Disclosures: This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook. Thrifty Nifty Mommy, Viva Veltoro and the participating bloggers are not responsible for prize fulfillment. Giveaway is open to residents of the 48 contiguous US states, age 18+. Giveaway will close at 11:59PM EST on 2/10/14. One (1) winner will be selected randomly from all eligible entries. Winner may select any toy from the Step2 website that has an original price (MSRP) of $150 or less; shipping will also be provided free of charge.If the winner would like an item that is more than $150 ARV, he/she will be responsible for the difference plus applicable tax and shipping. Please note, this is valid for ONE item up to $150 original price, not a suite of products. Thrifty Nifty Mommy & Viva Veltoro are Step2 Ambassadors. As a member of this program they receive compensation and products in exchange for sharing their honest opinions.

I've Been Plagiarized...

Like almost exactly. I have never had this happen to me before.

I created this meme (using my thoughts & phrasing) and posted in on my blog and a few of my other social media outlets back on March 15, 2013. You can see the original post HERE.



Posted on Facebook 3/20/13
Posted on Pinterest (to date) 44 weeks ago
Posted on Twitter 6/15/13

I am a Nuby Mommy Blogger and of course follow their Facebook Page.They posted the following image so I saw that the had a "copyright" at the bottom (you can see when they posted it) to a site called MothersQuotes. I am not going to link to anything of theirs. Not their site or Facebook page or even the picture they plagiarized because I don't want to give them the advertisement on my site. But when I came across it, I got angry.



Going through their photos it makes me wonder who else they have stolen from. It also makes me VERY angry that they are trying to make money through stolen "quotes". And how can they even call themselves that when they don't give credit where credit is due? I have reported the page as spam, as well as the image. Please do the same if you feel what they did was just wrong.

What do you think? Do you think they stole my meme and it's rude they didn't give credit? Or am I overreacting?

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Braving Through a Fever {Nuby Medical Kit Review}

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Braving Through the Colds - Nuby Medical Kit Review
I posted the image above last night after the scare on Instagram.

Last night we had a little bit of a scare. I had put SweetPea to bed at 9 p.m. I was working on the computer at about 10:45 when I heard her call out saying she needed to go to the potty. This is a huge step for her with her potty training process. She is completely potty trained during the day except for naps and we are working on night time potty training. I ran up stairs and she was burning up!

Nuby Medical Kit Review

Her diaper was already wet, but she did want to try and go potty. I brought her down stairs with our first aid kit that my sister made for me as a baby shower gift back in the day. We have an unreliable ear thermometer and of course the battery was dead. Then I remembered that Nuby sent me this wonderful medical kit to review. The thermometer was very easy to use. You put it under your child's arm/tongue, press the button, and wait for it to beep. SweetPea had a fever of 101.3! I immediately cringed. And ran to get some Tylenol and a luke warm wash cloth. Our medicine dropper that came with our Tylenol started dripping and was making it where I couldn't get ANYTHING into it. But the Nuby Medical Kit comes with a medicine spoon that saved the day, PLUS SweetPea thought it was neat to "drink" her medicine from.

Nuby Medical Kit

I am so thankful for this all in one kit from Nuby. It has everything!
Medical Kit includes:
- Sure-Dose™ Medicine Dropper
- Medi•Nurser™
- Nasal Aspirator with Ear Syringe
- Medicine Spoon
- Nail Clippers
- Digital Thermometer

Available at these retailers:
- www.cookieskids.com
- www.amazon.com

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Thank you Nuby for saving the day!
What are some of your go to cures when your little one is sick?

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Bringing Home Baby: Preparing the Nursery & Registering

Bringing Home Baby: Preparing the Nursery & Registering


Welcome back to our weekly series! This week we are discussing preparing the nursery and registering. At 32 weeks preggo, I am just starting to actually get the nursery together. With that comes registering. I just registered. Online only. Mainly because I just found out that I was having showers. With SweetPea, I started registering as soon as I found out we were pregnant and even did walk through of the stores. I had received a ton of things as hand-me-downs, but knew we needed a ton more. The funny thing about registries is, no one seems to buy from them. There are those few people who do. And then there are those gifts that aren't on your registry, but they are so wonderful for different reasons. With SweetPea, everyone bought us clothes. I had received a ton of hand-me-downs from my former boss and although it was nice to have new stuff for her, we were over whelmed with the amount of clothes we had that she wore some things only once and some things not at all. That's one of the many reasons I'm excited about not finding out the sex of this baby before delivery. There are so many things we need again (because we got hand-me-downs the first time around, so although they made it through 3 babies, they weren't going to make it through a 4th) that don't have to be gender specific. Diapers, Lotions, Soaps, Wipes, etc. Plus I did register for some bigger ticket items that I am not expecting anyone to get us, like a new camera, a double stroller, a travel swing, and a Shark vacuum.

gender neutral shower invitation

I honestly didn't think I would be getting a baby shower because this is my second baby and some people keep telling me I shouldn't because there isn't anything to buy since they don't know the sex (I think they are trying to guilt me in to finding out). But my husband's cousin asked about throwing us one because as she said "Every baby deserves to be celebrated". I thought that was just beautiful. And I am excited about the shower. She found these very cute neutral invitations on etsy (I don't know the shop).
The other great thing about registering is the free gifts you get! I registered at Babies-R-Us and Target where I received some AWESOME little gift packages. The best so far was actually from Motherhood Maternity though.

Since we aren't finding out the sex before hand, preparing the nursery means something different for me. We haven't been decorating like we did with my daughter (although we didn't go all out with hers because we were on a VERY limited income at the time).

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Pink and Brown Polka-dot Nursery

Preparing the nursery this time means shopping sales to stock up on diapers or getting essential items for review to blog about as income. Some of my favorites so far have been my Graco Jogger that included a Graco SnugRide Click Connect™ 35 Infant Car Seat (car seat is ALWAYS a good thing to get NEW with each baby for safety reasons), a sound machine, the Graco Little Lounger (rocker/bassinet), a baby food maker (although we use it for smoothies & pouches for SweetPea now), and a good carrier. Some of the things are already being used like the Talk & Soothe Digital Video Monitor. It has come in handy when I've wanted to spy on my daughter. ;)

A few things I think you should remember going into making your registry and completely your nursery:
1. Not everyone likes registries.
2. You aren't going to get everything you registered for (that's where gift cards come in handy).
3. And you will be grateful for EVERYTHING you get. Regardless on registry or not. Promise.


Below is a linky to share your baby posts. Please feel free to play along! You can view the full list of other posts coming your way, HERE.

Do you have any go to registry items? What's your favorite part about getting your nursery together?