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Missed Baby Camp But Still Got Some Goodies

Aruni — Mon, 05 May 2008 20:51:25 +0000

Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to make it to Johnson & Johnson’s Baby Camp but fortunately they sent me some goodies. My kids aren’t babies anymore so some of the items I’ll probably give to some friends with new babies or maybe even use them myself! They wrote a nice note saying they were disappointed I could not make it to the camp and sent me some of their classic and new products:

Baby lotion
Moisture care baby wash
Baby cream
No more tangles® shampoo + conditioner – straight hair
No more tangles® shampoo + conditioner – curly hair
2 bottles of no more tangles® leave-in conditioner

Smelling the scent of their classic line brought back memories of when my kids were babies. Sigh. Nice for a moment of nostalgia, but I’m thankful those early days are over! We still have an almost empty bottle of their original baby shampoo that we sometimes use on our daughter.

Here are links to some of the posts other bloggers who attended wrote about the baby camp:

Mom’s Favorite Stuff: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3

Plain Jane Mom: So why did J&J send me to New Jersey anyway?

SoCal Stuff: My Mommy Went to Baby Camp and All She Brought Me Was This Lousy Lightup Mirror

Maryamie: What happened at Camp? Johnson’s Camp Baby Report Day 2 and 3

From dates to diapers: Camp Baby

Marketing Roadmaps: Camp Baby Post Mortem Part One: The Mom Bloggers’ Perspective (a long, but good one!)

The LadyBug and her Blogging Mama: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3

Wow, I even found the Flickr J&J Camp Baby pictures and J&J Camp Baby blog they set up for the event!

I’m sure there are more posts out there about Johnson’s Baby Camp, so please leave the link to your or someone else’s post in the comments below and I can add it to the list. I would search the Internet endlessly myself, but I’m home with a recovering sick kid and wondering how I’m going to get caught up on all of my other work. Plus, I’m feeling a bit achy myself. Bleh!

I only have one request for J&J. Please give me more than a few weeks notice next time because I will take any excuse to get pampered!

The Cutest Dancing Shoes Ever!

Aruni — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 19:37:51 +0000

I just saw this post on Boing Boing. Oh my gosh, how cute is this!?! I wonder if it’s one size fits all…

Parent-child dancing shoes

Posted by Cory Doctorow, October 16, 2007 9:49 PM | permalink

These felt dancing shoes from Finland are designed to be worn by a parent balancing a child on her/his toes while dancing. Sweet! Link (via Neatorama)

Breastfeeding Tip: Use Two Boppy Pillows – Baby Tip by Babble Soft

Aruni — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 12:00:24 +0000

Here’s a tip on breastfeeding a newborn: Use TWO boppies. When I had my son in 2002, I received a boppy (breastfeeding pillow) at my baby shower. I really liked using it but discovered that I often had to put cushions or pillows beneath it to get our newborn son at a comfortable position for feeding. The cushions would slip out or somehow (I don’t know how) he would kick them out. I would then find myself hunching over and my back aching a bit after a while. When my daughter was born in 2005, I received another one and happened to try stacking them and putting them both around my waist. It was great! Since I’m a bit short-waisted having the two breastfeeding pillows made me sit up straight thereby forcing me to maintain good posture (a plus). Having two boppies was helpful to me in the cradle, cross-cradle, and football positions. In the football position, I would put both boppies stacked on each other to my right or left and then I would place my daughter with her head toward me and her body/feet behind me resting on one of the sides of the boppy. I used two for the first probably 12-16 weeks of her life.

Of course it’s not that easy to take a boppy with you when you are breastfeeding/nursing-in-public so on those occassions I propped them on our big, fat diaper bag because I always had it handy.

If you can’t afford another boppy, try to find a really sturdy/hard cushion that you can place under the boppy for the football position. You’d have to find two slightly firm cushions if you want to use them for the cradle and cross-cradle positions. You can also ask a friend if they are done with their boppy…I just gave one of ours away to a friend. We also used our boppy for tummy time, sitting support, and all sorts of fun things that I’m sure you are not supposed to use it for.

Aruni

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Inside Out Teddy Bears?

Aruni — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 16:04:59 +0000

I recently subscribed to a blog called Boing Boing: A Directory of Wonderful Things and saw a post on Inside Out Teddy Bears. How interesting. As stated below, I agree that people will tend to feel more empathy for these creatures than feel comforted by them. I wonder if Build-A-Bear workshop will start offering the option to create these inside out stuffed animals? See below for the entire post:

Here’s an interview with artist Kent Rogowski, about his “Bears” photographs. Furry, huggable teddybears, gutted and inverted.

Q: I love these bears so much. They remind me of my early sewing experiments. What happens when you take such a beloved and iconic toy and transform it by literally turning it inside out?

A: (…) Teddy bears are designed to be innocuous and non-threatening creatures. Inside-out the bears are still sometimes recognizable but are now much more complicated and contradictory. The seams of the bear now look like scars, and some bears lose their limbs and other appendages depending on how they were constructed. When you look at the inside-out bears they appear to have a history or a past. They no longer offer comfort but instead seem to want our empathy.

These are phenomenal. I think this one’s my favorite — the poor li’l guy looks like he’s all tubed in to a catheter or an oxygen tank. Link to interview by Nicole Pasulka at The Morning News, here’s the gallery show in NYC through August 10, and here’s an Amazon Link to buy the book (thanks Rosecrans!).

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Mom-To-Be Depot Launched June 26, 2007

Aruni — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 02:00:31 +0000

Mom-To-Be Depot just went LIVE this week. I wish they were around when I was expecting. What a great resource for expecting moms! Mom-To-Be is Your one-stop-shoppe for everything you need when you’re expecting – “must-have” products, expert advice and more! See below for their review (4th one down) of Baby Manager!

We LOVE This product!!
Baby has arrived – how do you track feeding, pumping, medicine, etc.?
BabbleSoft keeps you right on track. They created “Baby Manager” – a web and mobile software that helps you track all the important things - from diaper changes, to feeding times, and more. You can take notes, upload photos, allow your healthcare professionals access to this. It’s so cool because now you finally don’t have to write everything down and keep things organized in a notebook. Join the 21st century and have it all tracked for you. We think this is a pretty cool tool. When the doctor asked me how often the baby ate, when I was nursing, how long on each side, etc. – I hadn’t a clue. I guessed – and was probably way off. When you’re at the pediatricians office and they ask how many ounces does the baby drink in a day – I hadn’t a clue. Some quick math made me guess way beyond what the real number actually was. Now, I can give accurate information – and know what’s going on. Why do you need to know all this? Because babies develop patterns and cues to ensure their health and happiness. This tool helps you accomplish that. Go to www.babymanager.com for a free trial!

I don’t know about you but when looking at the review above ours for My Lacy’s panties, I wondered if the woman who is modeling the underwear has ever been pregnant. I know my tummy doesn’t look like that after having had 2 kids.

Aruni