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North American Bear Co {review & giveaway}

Post author By Suz
Post date November 12, 2012
24 Comments on North American Bear Co {review & giveaway}

It’s fairly surprising to me, but the babies don’t have many stuffed animals. Their Nana gave them a small lamb rattle & little bear at our first shower. My aunts gave them the huge stuffed owl that’s in their monthly photos. And they have a brown bear from my Mom. That’s pretty much it. I was thinking the babies needed some additional soft toys to hugs & play with just about the time I was contacted by North American Bear Co.

I was already a fan of their stuffed toys. I’d unsuccessfully entered to win some North American Bear items from pretty*swell. For a few months, I’ve loved getting behind-the-scenes glimpses via their twitter & instagram pages. So when they offered to send Zach & Lucy some new stuffed animals to love, I of course said yes.

Soon after, Zach & Lucy received little Baby Long Legs in Puppy & Bear and they were also sent the big Baby Long Legs in Puppy & Bunny.

I gave the babies the big Baby Long Legs during their 5 month photos, suffice to say, they love them. Lucy was fascinated by the long ears & legs.

Zach in typical fashion, was a little more reserved & just enjoyed snuggling with his Puppy.

The small Baby Long Legs are perfect for their small hands. At their age, they’re just beginning to grasp toys {& bring them to their mouths}. Soft, light, cute stuffed animals like these from North American Bear Co are great. I went a little photo crazy this past weekend, but they were having fun with their new favorite toys & I was loving the light in my parents’ den.

baby long legs squeakers 1 — Zach & Lucy love their Baby Long Legs squeakers!

Since North American Bear Co is so awesome, they’ve agreed to share the stuffed animal love with one of you too. That’s right, just in time for Christmas, one of you can choose anything from their ‘What’s New’ category {$50 limit}. If I were you & had a little girl to shop for this Christmas, the beautiful Muffy VanderBear would be my pick. I think Lucy & Zach might just have to have these Chrismouse squeakers in their stockings!

To enter, just check out North American Bear Co & leave a comment telling me your favorite item.

For a second entry, make sure you follow @suzstreats & @NABearCo on twitter, & tweet about the giveaway. Something like, “I entered to win up to $50 of stuffed love from @NABearCo & @suzstreats. You can too! http://tinyurl.com/d9k8rp7“. Be sure to leave a comment with the link to your tweet.

Feel free to follow them on Facebook & instagram too if you’d like.

I’ll end the giveaway next Tuesday 11/20 at 10p. I’ll draw the winner using random.org & stay tuned for the winner to be announced on Zach & Lucy’s 6 month bday 11/21!

Good luck!

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Giveaway Winner

Thank you to all who entered the FuzziBunz cloth diaper giveaway. I went through & a couple people had made multiple entries in one comment & a few had done one entry in multiple comments. So it worked out to 50 entries! I’m so glad to hear so many friends & followers are also fans of cloth diapering.

I put in 1-50 in random.org & the winner was…

# 39!

Congratulations to Kristin for your comment {it was actually your first one that did it}!

Kristin, check your email & I will put you in touch with Kelly Wels for your FuzziBunz cloth diaper.

Thanks again to Kelly Wels for sending me Changing Diapers which has helped encourage me & my family into cloth diapering multiples & thanks too for sponsoring this cloth diaper giveaway.

Friends, I’m hoping as I get more into cloth diapers & other baby products, that I’ll have more baby product reviews & giveaway heading your way!

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Changing Diapers {a review & giveaway}

Post author By Suz
Post date January 31, 2012
52 Comments on Changing Diapers {a review & giveaway}

Saturday night, I dreamed I was at a cloth diaper conference & was super overwhelmed. The colors, brands, AIO, one-size, prefolds, covers! Ah! I woke up relieved though, since, thanks to cloth diapering momma friends & Changing Diapers: A Hip Moms Guide to Cloth Diapering by Kelly Wels, I *think* I understand the basics of cloth diapering. Enough that I’m beyond excited about cloth diapering our babies.

Yes, you read that right. No disposables {or very few} in our house. Cloth Diapers. But not your grandma’s cloth diapers. Modern cloth diapers are cute & fun & create the most precious fluffy baby butts!

I made my cloth diaper decision over a year ago entering & winning a few cloth diapers on blog giveaways, but Jason wasn’t really on board. Then I went to San Diego, met a lot more cloth diapering ladies & came home with a bunch more cloth diapers {thanks to the Haute Green party}. It was also at the Haute Green party that I met Kelly Wels & heard more about her website & her new book. Her marketing team sent me a copy of Changing Diapers shortly after I found out I was pregnant, but it’s taken me a little while {hello triplets!} to post.Changing Diapers breaks down the cloth diaper basics for those totally new to CDing but still has enough great information for those already using cloth. It even has a cloth diapering multiples section which helped {along with the $$$ factor} win Jason over into using cloth for our babes. I love the break down in the middle over every kind of cloth diaper & the most popular brands. Kelly includes beautiful photos & while she discusses brands & quotes real-life cloth diaper users, she doesn’t push one brand over another. Changing Diapers even has a blank chart in the back so you can keep track of the types, brands, sizes of cloth diapers you own.

Changing Diapers Favorites — A few of my favorite pages: the multiples chapter, diaper covers, prefolds & snappis.

In case you’re wondering, our plan is to use cloth from the beginning {well as soon as they’re home from the hospital}. My triplet momma guru Jenny has graciously handed me down their newborn & size one prefolds. I’m working my way to building up my stash of diaper covers & snappis. Since prefolds appear a little more tricky, I’m excited to have ten or so AIOs {all in ones} & pocket diapers that are more grandparent-friendly as they look very similar to disposables {I’ve overheard my mom & aunt telling family how cute those are!}.

Kelly is happy to share her love of cloth diapers to everyone in Changing Diapers. You can learn more about Kelly & cloth diapering on her website as well as pick up a copy of Changing Diapers for yourself or one of your pregnant friends.

And since we’re in the mood for giving, start your own cloth diaper stash {or feed your cloth diaper addiction!} by entering below to win a Fuzzibunz one size diaper.

Leave a comment tell me your first thought when you hear “cloth diaper”.

For a second entry, follow Kelly & I on twitter & tweet “Enter to win a Fuzzibunz #clothdiaper #giveaway from @KellyWels & @suzstreats at http://suzstreats.com/changing-diapers”. {edited to add: ok to tweet once a day. Please make an additional comment linking to your tweet.}

Good luck! I will close the giveaway & draw a winner using random.org next Tuesday February 7th at 11a EST. Can’t wait to hear what are your impressions of cloth diapers!

I was provided a copy of Changing Diapers free of charge for my honest opinion. I am an affiliate of Changing Diapers, but I was not compensated in any other way.

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Baby closet craziness

I started this post back in August {at the beginning of my Infertile Fridays} but had been holding off on hitting publish until I had a chance to take photo evidence to reveal my baby stuff hoarding secret.

Before I was even engaged, I’d amassed a pile of wedding related things I hoped to use. Favorite programs, invitations, photos I’d taken of friends’ flowers & dresses. I had ideas of location, time of year & colors. I’m a planner & it made it much easier once that ring was on my finger & the real planning needed to be done.

That said, you shouldn’t be surprised that I’ve slowly been gathering future baby things over the last couple of years. Enough that there has been a “future baby closet” for a while. It’s the closet of our office/man cave/future nursery/junk room so it works. It began when I saw the Vera Bradley owl pattern was being retired & thus the baby bag was on major sale. I love the versatility of that pattern & knew several friends who’d enjoyed that bag. A quick click or two online & it was at our doorstep. Then one day I was shopping at Target {before we were even TTC} and noticed there was an owl themed gender neutral set on sale. I went home, discussed with Jason then bought it, crib sheets & all. Nothing like being prepared way before the fact right?!

Then I discovered blog giveaways. Free baby stuff. And next thing I knew a Sophie, ruffle butt training pants, a Bird E Studios diaper wristlet, a nursing cover & an owl patterned cloth diaper were added to the closet. Then the Haute Green party at BlogHer happened & I very happily came home with eight more cloth diapers, wipes, cloth diaper laundry detergent & a Fuzzi Bunz to-go wet bag. Another cloth diaper {Soft Bums} was won recently & I also received burp wraps earlier this fall. Yep, all this before my first positive pregnancy test.

& since we announced our news, my super sweet friend Kelly gave us our first future baby gift. A precious owl lovey! I’m obsessed! My parents brought down a five pack of teeny tiny newborn onesies last weekend.

While she was in town to help, Mom & I went through the baby stash at the bottom of this closet. Of course all the ones of things need to be multiplied by three now! We organized the crib set {& later discovered at Target that while they no longer sell that one, Circo still makes another neutral one that will coordinate}, put all the toys in the diaper bag, & all the super cute cloth diapers in the tote bag. Ignore the mess, as this has been my secret closet until now…