Giveaway Winner Take 2: Welcome to Motherhood Prize Pack

Thank you to all who entered the Welcome to Motherhood Prize Pack giveaway here at FormulaMom! You helped make my very first blog event a major success! Don't forget there are still two giveaways open for the cloth diapering mamas (or dads!) so check out the Pooters and Zookies giveaways! They are now open until 5/20!

But on to the important stuff! The original winner failed to confirm the win within 48 hours so I had to draw again! The winner of the Welcome to Motherhood prize pack is...

mummytotwoboys!

Congratulations! Check your email shortly for more information! You have 48 hours to confirm your win and provide your information or another winner will be drawn.

Giveaway Winner: Welcome to Motherhood Prize Pack

Thank you to all who participated in the I Love My Mommy Mother's Day event here at FormulaMom! It was truly an amazing experience (my first big blog event) and it couldn't have been a success without you! The winner of the Welcome to Motherhood Prize Pack is...

elegantdaily!

Congratulations! Check your email for more information! You have 48 hours to confirm your win and provide your information or another winner will be drawn.

Once again, thank you so much to everyone who participated! It couldn't have happened without you! I'm excited about the next event in the works at FormulaMom... Summer Fluffin', a cloth diaper event! In the meantime, don't forget that there are still two chances to win in honor of all the cloth diapering mothers out there! Check out the Pooters and Zookies giveaways for more chances to win!

Mother's Day Review & Giveaway: Zookies #clothdiapers

If you hadn't realized that I have an addiction to cloth diapering by now, it should be starting to become very clear! Sure, Mother's Day is about mom but trust me when I say that any new cloth diapering item is like gold to a cloth diapering mother which is why I am so thrilled to have Zookies Diaper Covers & More sponsoring a giveaway as part of my Mother's Day celebration!

When I first discovered Zookies, her amazing prints for her diaper covers caught my eye. It seems like most of the amazing prints come from WAHM and Zookies is no exception! Another great feature of the Zookies covers are that they are available sized (XS - L) or in a One Size version as well. I love the variety available from Zookies!

I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to try a medium Zookies cover in the Fish in the Sea print shown below.

Mother's Day Review & Giveaway: Pooters Diapers #clothdiapers

In honor of all the cloth diapering mamas on this Mother's Day, Pooters has generously provided me with a Pooters One Size Hemp Fitted Diaper to try with W and a Pooters One Size Bamboo Fitted Diaper with a Gen-Y Minkee Diaper Cover!

Now let me tell you that Pooters is not just another cloth diaper retailer. The Pooters website is also a great information resource! On the site there is a wonderful How-To section that has information on getting started with cloth and figuring out what to buy. You can also read cleaning tips and find troubleshooting suggestions! I was first interested in Pooters after reading about the diapers on a blog I follow but was very excited to find such a wonderful information resource as well!

Pooters is run by a stay-at-home mom who is extremely friendly! That is something I appreciate in my customer service experience, so I had to mention it. She first began her journey into cloth diapering for green reasons and then discovered the wide variety of benefits! Pooters was launched as a way to help other parents and provide a great information resource.

Now, back to the diaper! When the diaper I arrived, I was impressed by how soft it felt. The Pooters One Size Hemp Fitted Diaper is my first hemp fitted. I have used some hemp inserts in our pockets before and was pleased with how they have helped with absorbency but I had never used a hemp fitted. The Pooters One Size Fitted Diapers are made of 6 layers of soft, organic bamboo or hemp - providing extra absorbency beyond your average cotton fitted diaper. After reading that information I was worried some diaper would arrive that felt like a bunch of sticks or something. Yes, I admit that the words hemp and organic in the same sentence gave me that visual. Sometimes my mind is a strange place!

After prepping it, by washing it 5 times (not the full 8 to increase to full absorbency) I was ready to see how it fit on W. Now, as you know, I'm not the biggest snaps fan but that is only because it has been challenging to get a good fit on W with snaps. Many of them never seem to be quite where I need them to be to get a good fit. This was not the case with our Pooters One Size Hemp Fitted Diaper!

I Love My Mommy Mother's Day Giveaway Event! Over $315 in prizes! #win4mom

The day has finally arrived! The I Love My Mommy Mother's Day Giveaway Blog Hop has begun! You have until Tuesday, May 10th, 2011 at 10:59pm CST to enter for a chance to win the FormulaMom Welcome to Motherhood prize pack.

This is a sticky post and will remain at the top of the blog until the event ends on Tuesday, May 10th, 2011 at 10:59pm CST. Please scroll down for other giveaways and new posts!)

I am also offering two giveaways in honor of cloth diapering mamas everywhere! Please check out the Pooters and Zookies giveaways for your chance to win some great cloth diapering products! There will be three winners this Mother's Day! Please read the details of each giveaway! The Welcome to Motherhood and Pooters giveaways are open to the US only. The Zookies giveaway is open to readers worldwide!

Now on to the big prize!


Welcome to Motherhood Prize PackThe Welcome to Motherhood prize pack includes the following prizes:

babybindle: SeatPak (Sponsor Spotlight)
BagsandBabes: Choice of Baby Bow Tie or Leg Warmers (Sponsor Spotlight)
Infantaisle: Bib & Burp Cloth set (Sponsor Spotlight)
ITZBEEN: ITZBEEN Baby Care Timer (Sponsor Spotlight)
Kidsbooks: Children's book package: Puppies Count, Rise & Shine, Search & Find: People, Places, & Things, & Search & Find: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall (Sponsor Spotlight)
Lychee Baby: $10 gift certificate (Sponsor Spotlight)
MamaLittleHelper: $25 gift certificate (Sponsor Spotlight)
Maternitique: 4 oz. Sugar Scrub (Sponsor Spotlight)
Meeno Babies: "Cool Mee" Stroller Liner (Sponsor Spotlight)
SoftPlay: Snuggle Up Elmo — Elmo Loves the Bears plush book (Sponsor Spotlight)
ThanksMama: $10 gift certificate to ThanksMama.com (Sponsor Spotlight)
The Good On Ya Bar: The Good on Ya Bar sample pack (3 bars) (Sponsor Spotlight)
Tommee Tippee: Closer to Nature 5oz bottle set (Sponsor Spotlight)
Woombie: The Organic Woombie (Sponsor Spotlight)

That's 14 prizes valued at over $275 and one lucky winner takes it all! You can learn more about all of these wonderful sponsors by visiting the Sponsor Spotlights! The Sponsor Spotlight posts feature reviews and highlights from all of my sponsors!


How To Win
You have a chance to win the Welcome to Motherhood prize pack by completing one simple entry! Please leave an email address with your comments so I can contact you if you are the winner! Please note: due to certain sponsors only shipping to the US, this giveaway is only open to the US.

Countdown to the I Love My Mommy Mother's Day Event!

The I Love My Mommy Blog Hop starts in less than 10 hours! Every blog participating has at least a $50.00 prize with several over $100!! There are even a few packages valued at over $250, including the prizes being offered here at FormulaMom! From May 5th to May 10th hop from blog to blog and enter to win a variety of prizes and prize packs! Here at FormulaMom I will be offering three different giveaways including the Welcome to Motherhood prize pack valued at over $275 and two cloth diaper giveaways featuring Zookies and Pooters!

While you wait, check out my Sponsor Spotlights to learn more about all of my wonderful sponsors and the prizes being offered! Show them some love because they are making this amazing event possible!

I Love My Mommy Mother's Day Event 2011 Sponsor Spotlight: Kidsbooks

I Love My Mommy
Mother's Day Event 2011
Sponsor Spotlight:
Kidsbooks



Yesterday I got started on my love for children's books and today with my final sponsor, Kidsbooks, I will continue down that road! Kidsbooks publishes fiction and non-fiction children's books and all titles are educationally sound and incorporate "fun" as a learning tool. I really appreciate this philosophy as it is similar to the one I had when I was teaching first grade. Now that I teach technology, the fun seems to be built in for most students, but in the general education classroom it can be a challenge to make certain necessary activities fun for some students. This is why I love the mission of Kidsbooks, where they believe that learning can be fun!

I Love My Mommy Mother's Day Event 2011 Sponsor Spotlight & Review: SoftPlay

I Love My Mommy
Mother's Day Event 2011
Sponsor Spotlight:
SoftPlay



I haven't spent too much time gushing about children's books (yet) but as a former first grade teacher, I will gladly admit that I love books for children! I currently teach computer so I don't have a classroom of books but they are all stored for when I need them for my classroom again or W is ready for them! I currently read board books to him because he tries to put them right into his mouth but I have gotten him quite a collection of board books so we should be good for awhile. We also have a few cloth books and a few plastic books for the bathtub. Once he's ready for regular books, I have over 3,000 for him to choose from and that doesn't include the ones I bought brand new for him!

Now that I've rambled about my obsession with children's books, let me tell you about my next amazing sponsor, SoftPlay! SoftPlay makes interactive cloth products for kids, including cloth books! We only have two or three cloth books and I really like them so I was very excited to discover SoftPlay. They offer a wonderful variety of products from 3D Felt Playsets and Play-A-Story books to Finger Puppet Playsets and a wonderful variety of Cloth Books!

I Love My Mommy Mother's Day Event 2011 Sponsor Spotlight & Review: ITZBEEN

I Love My Mommy
Mother's Day Event 2011
Sponsor Spotlight:
ITZBEEN



The ITZBEEN Baby Care Timer was developed by a set of new parents who found themselves exhausted and needing help to remember baby care details, such as when their baby last ate or napped. They tried charts and journals, but thought there had to be a better way. I can completely relate to this as I was extremely obsessive about journaling everything about W's early days. It started with the paper the midwife sent home with me to track the diapers and feeding times. Once that paper was full, I started journaling it on a steno pad. It got very complicated once I was breastfeeding, then supplementing, then pumping. Add in recording all of that information and it was a continuous cycle of exhausting proportions!

I Love My Mommy Mother's Day Event 2011 Sponsor Spotlight & Review: Tommee Tippee

I Love My Mommy
Mother's Day Event 2011
Sponsor Spotlight:
Tommee Tippee



When researching the different types of bottles available, I was looking for products that would not hinder the breastfeeding relationship I had planned on having with W. While many brands of bottles claimed to help reduce nipple confusion and to promote breastfeeding, I was drawn to some good reviews I had read about Tommee Tippee and also the shape of the nipple. As I began to learn more about Tommee Tippee I discovered all of the amazing products they offer for feeding, weaning, and comforting! They offer everything you could need from bottles to sippy cups and tableware to bibs and pacifiers! I'm excited to bring them to my readers as one of the wonderful sponsors for the I Love Mommy Mother's Day event!

I Love My Mommy Mother's Day Giveaway Blog Event!

The I Love My Mommy Blog Hop co-hosted by Makobi Scribe, I Am A Reader, Not A Writer, Bree’s: What Matter’s Most!, and Simply Stacie. Nearly 100 blogs are participating! Would you like a peek at some of the sponsors offering fabulous prizes that you can win across the hop? Check out the list below!

Every blog has at least a $50.00 prize with several over $100!! There are even a few packages valued at over $250, including the prizes being offered here at FormulaMom! From May 5th to May 10th hop from blog to blog and enter to win a variety of prizes and prize packs! Here at FormulaMom I will be offering three different giveaways including the Welcome to Motherhood prize pack valued at over $276 and two cloth diaper giveaways featuring Zookies and Pooters!

Remember that you have the opportunity to earn early entries into all three giveaways. The Early Entry form will be available for submission until Tuesday, May 3rd at 9:59pm EST. This will give me a day to tally the early entries prior to the beginning of the event and email your total to you!

See you on Thursday!

I Love My Mommy Mother's Day Event 2011 Sponsor Spotlight & Review: babybindle

I Love My Mommy
Mother's Day Event 2011
Sponsor Spotlight:
babybindle


There is a lot of baby gear out there and I own a good share of it! Okay, there's a lot I don't own but our house has definitely been taken over by baby gear since W arrived on the scene about 5 months ago. I see a lot of products that look great, but I've tried to limit myself in what I buy to things that I think I will really use. Lately, my diaper bag is either too small for all that we need or too big when I just need a few things while we're making a short trip out. The solution to the first problem is probably finding a bigger diaper bag but I cannot bring myself to spend the money on that! The solution for my second diaper bag issue has been solved by babybindle and their amazing SeatPak!

I Love My Mommy Mother's Day Event 2011 Sponsor Spotlight & Review: Lychee Baby

I Love My Mommy
Mother's Day Event 2011
Sponsor Spotlight:
Lychee Baby


The next sponsor I would like to feature is a great little Etsy shop called Lychee Baby. Lychee Baby offers a variety of whimsical toys and accessories, including plush toys and baby leg warmers! I have always admired baby legs warmers, but could never bring myself to try any because they are a bit on the expensive side at most shops. Lychee Baby offers baby legs warmers for $7 a pair! She also has leg warmers with feet for $10! They are so adorable!

I Love My Mommy Mother's Day Event 2011 Sponsor Spotlight & Review: Meeno Babies

I Love My Mommy
Mother's Day Event 2011
Sponsor Spotlight:
Meeno Babies


Meeno Babies is the next sponsor for the FormulaMom Mother's Day Event and I'm excited to share a great company with my readers! Meeno Babies is the home of the "Cool Mee" Seat Liner Collection. The "Cool Mee" liners are universal and easy to use! I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to try out the Stroller "Cool Mee" with W and I must say that it is one of my new favorite baby items!

I Love My Mommy Mother's Day Event 2011 Sponsor Spotlight: Pooters

I Love My Mommy
Mother's Day Event 2011
Sponsor Spotlight:
Pooters


Once again, I bring you a wonderful cloth diaper sponsor! Pooters is sponsoring a giveaway as part of this event in honor of all the cloth diapering mamas on Mother's Day!

Now let me tell you that Pooters is not just another cloth diaper retailer. The Pooters website is also a great information resource! On the site there is a wonderful How-To section that has information on getting started with cloth and figuring out what to buy. You can also read cleaning tips and find troubleshooting suggestions! I was first interested in Pooters after reading about the diapers on a blog I follow but was very excited to find such a wonderful information resource as well!

I Love My Mommy Mother's Day Event 2011 Sponsor Spotlight: Zookies

I Love My Mommy
Mother's Day Event 2011
Sponsor Spotlight:
Zookies


If you hadn't realized that I have an addiction to cloth diapering by now, it should be starting to become very clear! Sure, Mother's Day is about mom but trust me when I say that any new cloth diapering item is like gold to a Cloth Diapering mother which is why I am so thrilled to have Zookies Diaper Covers & More sponsoring a giveaway as part of this event!

I Love My Mommy Mother's Day Event 2011 Sponsor Spotlight & Review: Maternitique

I Love My Mommy
Mother's Day Event 2011
Sponsor Spotlight:
Maternitique


Maternitique is a great online store that offers natural products for pregnancy, maternity, and baby! All of the products offered at Maternitique are carefully selected to protect the pregnant woman's body and protect the health of her baby. Just because a woman is pregnant doesn't mean she has to give up great health and beauty products! Maternitique has a wonderful mission to "help women look their best, feel their best and do their best throughout pregnancy, birth and motherhood. Our goal is to help inspire happier mothers, easier births, healthier babies and a safer world—and to do it with uncompromising style."

Maternitique has offered a 4 oz. Sugar Scrub by The Spoiled Mama to the lucky winner of the Welcome to Motherhood prize pack! I also had the opportunity to review a 4 oz. Sugar Scrub in the Oatmeal Honey Almond scent.

Mother's Day Event 2011: Sponsor Spotlight - Mama Little Helper

I Love My Mommy
Mother's Day Event 2011
Sponsor Spotlight:
Mama Little Helper


Mama Little Helper offers a great selection of sleeping solutions and cloth diapers. They strive to provide quality and affordability while focusing on safety as well. All the things that are important to a new mom! Mama Little Helper also offers a variety of products for mom as well!

Mother's Day Event 2011: Update

I just wanted to post a quick update to let everyone know that I have centralized all of the early entry opportunities and listed them here. If you have already submitted your form, feel free to submit again with any additional things you do! Just be sure to use the same email address so I tally correctly and am able to email you your total prior to the event! I will also continue to update the list of early entry opportunities as I post Sponsor Spotlights and as I add sponsors!

I Love My Mommy Mother's Day Event 2011 Sponsor Spotlight: Infantaisle (Etsy)

I Love My Mommy
Mother's Day Event 2011
Sponsor Spotlight:
Infantaisle (Etsy)


Infantaisle is another wonderful Etsy shop full of creativity. Infantaisle features some very original products including Toothy Monster Teething Bibs, Bean-shaped Burp Cloths, Wee Pads and Pods.