Mom's Milk Boutique Giveaway

Have you ever checked out the website ~ Mom's Milk Boutique~ ? If not, you definitely should. MMB started as a brick & mortar store in Southern Illinois by two sisters and has since expanded to offer an online store.

To celebrate the huge number of fans they have, the ladies at MMB are holding a giveaway and one lucky person is going to win a Butterfly II Beco Baby Carrier! Click here to check it out.

Oh, and good luck!!

I'd buy that for a dollar!

In our house, we have three children, ages 2, 4, and 7 years old. My husband and I believe the two older children are capable of being responsible for tasks such as picking up their room without direct supervision. I do my best to communicate my expectations clearly and in simple language that is easy to understand. The majority of the time, our house runs like clockwork. However, lately, I have found that I tend to repeat the same instructions multiple times in a day. "Go pick up your room, please." or "Time to brush your teeth, kiddos!" It can be so tiring to repeat myself, especially since I am the majority parent.

I have Princess Presto power!!!

Earlier today, about seven hours ago, to be exact, I heard of a book titled "My Princess Boy" from another Mom via Twitter. The book was written by a Mother (Cheryl Kilodavis) in reaction to dealing with the response from others to the desire of her son to dress like a princess. I was instantly curious, as I have blogged about and have been dealing with gender roles recently with my own children. I read the article she linked to and as I expected, some of the comments were malicious and very ignorant on the subject. I shared the link to the article here, on Twitter and Facebook and figured I would read more about it another day.

Please don't share this on FaceBook!

Pull-Ups iGo Potty for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store

Okay, at first I thought, hmmm - kinda weird. Does this mean a child at potty-training age needs to have their own iPhone? What the heck is wrong with an old fashioned kitchen timer? Jeez.

Then my next thought was....I hope some Mom somewhere doesn't forget to turn off this app before going into that important business meeting. "Hi, it's Potty Patty!"

Lastly, as I looked over the app description and screen shots, I noticed the handy feature that allows a proud parent to "share a progress report with family and friends".

Seriously? Yeah, ummm, don't even think about including me in that. I don't want to read an e-mail or Facebook post that your child peed in the potty. Really, no thanks.