Monthly Archives: July 2009

NUK BPA Free Learner Cup

Age 0-1 year, Age 1-3, Food and Drink, New posts, ,

NUK Learner Cups - BPA Free

The Nuk BPA Free Learner Cup easy grip handles are ergonomically shaped with anti-slip soft grips, making it easy for your ‘learning to hold a cup’ baby to hold.  My son, now 9 years old, was holding a cup by the time he was 2 months old.  Just kidding.. I was trying to be funny like the competitive moms at those kids gym classes. Madelyn however, was not quite as coordinated from what I remember and didn’t hold her cup until she was a little older, like 3 months.  Ha!

The soft, spill-proof spout is gentle on baby’s gum and is top rack dishwasher safe.  No more hand-washing cup tops!  Available in a variety of colors, NUK Learner Cups ease the transition from breast or bottle to cup while baby enjoys the colorful cup.

  • The NUK Learner Cup is part of NUK system and compatible with NUK wide neck bottles
  • Top rack dishwasher safe. Handles are removable for easy cleaning
  • offer a variety of colors: blue, red, green, in 5oz size

Gerber NUK accessories are now BPA free. Look for the BPA free logo on package.

Learn more about NUK Learner Cups here.

Alicia Hagan, editor

Office Depot’s Project Backpack and Sharpie contest

Age 7-10, Ages 10-13, New posts, School, ,

Office Depot Project Backpack

This is a super fun project for school-age kids!  My son is 9 and he had a blast decorating his backpack.  Granted, he refused to draw a rough draft on a sheet of paper or use a pencil on the backpack first so I was a little frustrated.  But he’s 9.  I’m working on the photographs of his backpack tonight.. check back tomorrow for them!

The Project Backpack contest offers customers a chance to have their Sharpie-Designed backpack reproduced and sold in Office Depot stores nationwide.  A purchase is not required in order to enter the contest but if you purchase a qualifying backpack from Office Depot you get to choose 2 FREE Sharpies to decorate it.  Otherwise, you can download the Sharpie backpack template, decorate it and upload your design. The Grand Prize winner will receive a check in the amount of $5000.

Follow these easy steps to enter the contest:

  1. Go to your nearest Office Depot store to pick out the qualifying backpack (sku 789-795) and select 2 FREE Sharpies to decorate it. Click here to find an Office Depot store near you.
  2. Decorate your backpack and take a picture of it. Need inspiration? Visit www.sharpieuncapped.com
  3. Fill out the online entry form and upload the image of your decorated backpack.
  4. If you do not have a qualifying backpack, there is an alternative way to enter the contest. Simply download the Sharpie Backpack template, decorate it and upload your design.

Contest entries are accepted until September 19th, 2009 and there is a judging and voting phase after that.  The finalists will be announced November 15th.

Grand Prize
One (1) Grand Prize will be awarded to the Finalist who receives the most votes. The Grand Prize will consists of a check in the amount of $5,000 for the winner and the winner’s back pack design will be produced and sold in Office Depot stores in 2010.

First Prize
One (1) First Prize will be awarded to the Finalist who receives the second highest quantity of votes. The First Prize will consist of a check in the amount of $3,000.

Second Prize
One (1) Second Prize will be awarded to the Finalist who receives the third highest quantity of votes. The Second Prize will consist of a check in the amount of $2,000.

Check out the Project Backpack website here for contest rules, prize, contest, and voting information.

You can see some inspirational designs here.  Good luck!

Alicia Hagan, The Mommy Insider Editor

The Mommy Insider readers can receive a free “What You Need to Know.” pamphlet with important Diabetes information

Health, News,

Will Rogers InsituteWill Rogers Institute, a non-profit organization that has been around since 1936, honoring the memory of Will Rogers by promoting and engaging in medical research while educating the general public on topics of health and fitness. We all recognize the Will Rogers messages from movie theaters, but now WRI is taking their message to the web!

Will Rogers Institute is teaming with John Ratzenberger, best-known for playing mail carrier, Cliff Clavin on Cheers. John has spent the last 14 years of his life promoting health literacy and informing as many people as possible about the warning signs of diabetes. Ratzenherger’s son has Type 1 Diabetes, where antibodies (your immune system) actually attack your pancreas and shut down insulin production! It is imperative to catch the warning signs early off in your kids, but warning signs can easily go unnoticed. Many parents may also not realize the severity of this disease, which is why it is so important to educate one another!

To hear from Ratzenberger about his mission to educate as many people as he can about Diabetes, please watch and share this very special announcement: http://www.westglen.com/online/17741.html.

The Mommy Insider readers can receive your very own free pamphlet with important Diabetes information, titled: “What You Need to Know.” To order, simply visit: https://secure.webaloo.com/wrinstitute/orderbooks.asp.  And while you’re at the website, check out and learn more about the ways in which you can get involved and support WRI. It is through the help and aid of the general public that keeps programs like this going! For more information, check out http://www.wrinstitute.org.

As a parent, it’s tough to think of a child going through such an experience. But as the child, it is even tougher, as it’s going to be a lifelong battle for them. Learn more today, and help others too by spreading the word! – Melissa

WRI Facebook

Click here if you’d like to donate

Alicia Hagan, Editor, TMI

My Frigidaire Gallery Refrigerator serves some great filtered water!

Frigidaire, New posts,

Frigidaire Gallery Refrigerator

I’ve had a great time with my new Frigidaire appliances. I buy more food, cook more (we don’t live off hummus and carrots anymore!), and have washed more laundry than ever.  I can’t wait for my new dishwasher!   I am much more motivated to do laundry on a regular basis, and to cook since I have a new refrigerator, range, microwave, and washer and dryer.  I’m so much more motivated to do laundry now that I know I’m going to see a brand new shiny red Affinity washer and dryer than I was when I was using a 20+ year old washing machine and several year old dryer.

One of my favorite things about the refrigerator is that we can serve ourselves filtered water with ice, anytime. I know.. a lot of you have had high-tech refrigerators that dispense ice and water from the door for a long time, but I was behind the times when it came to my refrigerator.  We definitely drink more water now that it’s filtered and so easy to get.  I’m not one to buy bottled water so I didn’t drink much water but now I fill my cup up a few times a day, probably still not enough, but I drink more water than I did before getting my new Frigidaire Gallery Refrigerator.

I had a regular stainless steel refrigerator before the new Frigidaire Gallery Refrigerator and the fingerprint situation was such that the fridge could have been sold as an art piece.  This refrigerator however, doesn’t allow for the smudgy fingerprints as much as the old one so which is great and I can even put magnets on the front of the refrigerator as you can see in the photograph to the left.

Frigidaire Gallery Refrigerator

Some features of my Frigidaire Gallery Refrigerator are:

  • SpaceWise™ Organization System
  • Quick Ice
  • Quick Freeze
  • SpillSafe™ Shelves
  • Real Stainless Steel
  • Ice & Water Filtration
  • Magnets can be put the front of the refrigerator doors

More Frigidaire links to check out and how you can win Frigidaire appliances:

  • Frigidaire More Me-Time Guarantee
  • The Frigidaire DAILYDARE
  • Tell Frigidaire what 5 things you would do with an extra hour and you’re automatically entered for a chance to win a suite of NEW Frigidaire appliances!
  • Frigidaire on Facebook

A summer party with Playtex and a giveaway!

Cleaning & Cleaners, Holiday, New posts, Past Giveaways, , , , ,

I recently had a great summer party at my house despite the fact that the thought of organizing and having a party makes my brain hurt.  That’s the ADHD. I can’t process the thoughts required to put together a party which includes decorating, food preparation, and then clean up.. just thinking about it makes my brain hurt.

My summer party actually turned out really good. I didn’t get stressed before or during the party which was exciting in itself.  I made a few appetizers including Sweet Potato Chips that were pretty delicious once I finally got the timing right.

Playtex sent me a few pairs of gloves to try out before, during, and after my party and I’m telling you, they were pretty awesome. First, I used the GreatLengths™ Gloves to clean my glass patio table and chairs one of which had bird poop on it (see photos below.. not of the bird poop!).  Before having the gloves I would have just used a few paper towels to clean it off and would have been totally grossed out but the gloves took out the gross factor which was really nice.  I also used these gloves when cutting flowers from the garden.  I was lazy and didn’t want to go to the shed to get my regular gloves out but these worked really well.

GreatLengths™ Gloves

  • Test them out when prepping your grill and/or wiping down your patio furniture for the party; these gloves are ideal for the extra messy clean-up jobs (like getting bird poop off of patio chairs)

CleanCuisine™ Gloves

  • Use them while preparing spicy recipes like salsa or try them out when preparing meat or fish for the grill so you are sure to keep clean and germ-free
  • Try using them while chopping garlic or onions which often stings hands and/or leave a lingering odor

Living® Gloves

  • A twist on the classic Playtex® Living® gloves, this new version is ideal for clean-up tasks like washing dishes and cleaning the kitchen
Here are a couple of super-easy, quick appetizers (great for moms!) to try out at your next party:

Oven Roasted Corn on the Cob – courtesy of FoodNetwork.com
Ingredients:
4 ears fresh corn
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Place corn husks directly on the oven rack and roast for 30 minutes or until corn is soft. Peel down the husks and use as a handle when eating.  My whoops.. Out of habit, I took the corn husks off before roasting the corn the first time with not such tasty results.

Sweet Potato Chips
Ingredients: 2 sweet potatoes
Directions: Slice two sweet potatoes very thin.  Lay as many slices as will fit without overlapping directly on your clean microwave turn table then spray the slices lightly with olive oil cooking spray (salt optional).  Microwave them in increments of a few minutes checking for desired crispness.

Playtex Gloves

Learn more about Playtex Gloves at the Playtex website here and buy Playtex gloves at your local grocery store or drugstore.

GIVEAWAY!
Playtex is giving 1 lucky reader 3 Glove samples AND a $50 gift certificate to the grocery store of their choice to buy food/drinks for their own Patio Party.
This is the perfect time of year for a nice patio party!  Leave a comment below telling me why you want to win and if you have something fun or funny to tell me about a previous party you held, you’ll get two entries!
Entries accepted until August 18th.