Category : Giveaway

Happy Baby Review & Giveaway CLOSED

May 26,2010 / By Maria / 215 Comments

HappyBaby products are all organic and 100% natural with no pesticides, no chemical fertilizers, no genetic modification, and no preservatives. All of their packaging is BPA free and phthalate-free, recyclable and earth-friendly! HappyBaby works with Project Peanut Butter, and every package purchased contributes to the effort.I’ve talked about Happy Baby Food’s puffs and yogurt melts before, but they have a lot more than that! HappyBaby sent me coupons for the HappyPuffs, HappyMelts, HappyBellies cereal, HappyBites, HappyBaby Frozen and HappyTot pouches.

The puffs, cereal and yogurt melts are available to me locally at Target, my grocery store, ToysRUs and my local organic market. To find the other items, I made my first trip to Whole Foods (2 1/2 hours round trip), but I still couldn’t find the pouches!

The other day, we all taste tested the HappyBites chicken bites, salmon stix and mac + cheese.

I do wish the bags were recloseable.

The chicken bites and fish bites said to bake at 400 for 8 minutes; the mac + cheese take 15 minutes.

I popped all 3 in the oven and planned to take the chicken and fish out, and leave the mac + cheese in for another 7 minutes, but when I took them out, they were still frozen almost completely solid! After a total of nearly 20 minutes, they were heated through.

The HappyBites have “hidden” vegetables like chick peas, cauliflower, butternut squash and potato (varies based on the product.)

The mac + cheese was like baked shells and cheese in patty form.

My son absolutely inhaled the chicken bites; I couldn’t break them into bite size pieces fast enough. They had a crispy exterior and a creamy interior the consistency of stiff mashed potatoes.

The salmon stix were my husband’s favorite. I thought they smelled like crab cakes as they were baking, and he commented that with a firmer interior, they would taste like it too. He thought they were a little bland, but this is coming from “Mr. Hot Sauce.” I thought they were mild tasting enough that kids would like them, but had enough flavor to exercise their little palates. I reminded him that he wasn’t their target audience!

My 5-year old daughter was being a brat acting like a 5-year old and claimed not to like any of it. She was just angling to get dinner over with so she could go camping.

Prices seem to vary a bit depending on where you go. Where we live, the yogurt melts are $3.29-$3.69, puffs $2.79-$3.29, cereal around $3.79. The HappyBaby frozen were $4.69 and the HappyBites were $4.99-$5.99.

I haven’t been able to find the pouches. Whole Foods is supposed to have the best selection of HappyBaby, but they only had other brands of pouch baby food. I could have sworn I saw them at ToysRUs, but they were another brand as well.

I’ll continue to choose HappyBaby food for their “no junk” promise, tasty organic products, BPA free packaging and social responsibility. I’m hoping that more stores will carry their products so it will be easier to find!

Want to try some? HappyFamily is sending an awesome package to one lucky blog reader. (Value is well over $40, depends on your store’s prices of course!) It includes:

2 free trial coupons for each of their products: HAPPYBABY, HAPPYBELLES, HAPPYBABYPUFFS, HAPPYMELTS, HAPPYBITES

1 FAQ on Probiotics & DHA
1 Nutrition Guide, co-authored by Dr. Sears
1 HAPPYFAMILY Recipes

Here’s how to enter: (entries 2-8 are optional and you may do as few or as many as you like.)

1. Visit HappyBabyFood and have a look around. Leave me a comment with what product looks tastiest to you.
2. Follow my blog publicly. Comment saying you do to get your entry.
3. Fan me on Facebook. Comment saying you’re a fan to get your entry.
4. Fan HappyFamily on Facebook. Comment saying you’re a fan to get your entry. I would appreciate it if you left a comment on their wall telling them you’re visiting from my blog, but it’s not required.
5. Follow me on Twitter. Comment saying you follow to get your entry.
6. Follow HappyBabyFood on Twitter. Comment saying you follow to get your entry.
7. Tweet about this giveaway. Be sure to include @chgdiapers and @happybabyfood in your tweet. One tweet per day. Comment with a link to your tweet to get your entry. You may use this tweet if you like: @chgdiapers has a @happybabyfood #giveaway until 6/9 http://bit.ly/bDVxth #organic #babyfood
8. Blog about this giveaway and be sure to link back here. Leave a comment with a link to your blog post to get your entry.

Open to residents of the U.S. only, I’ll accept entries until Wednesday, June 9th, 2010 at 9:00 P.M., EST.

I’ll select a winner using random.org’s true random number generator and contact the winner by email. Please leave your email address in a comment if it isn’t in your profile. If I can’t contact you I will choose another winner.

Thank you to HappyFamily for providing the free product coupons for the review and giveaway. The freebies in no way affected my review.

Cloth Diapers Giveaway Inserts Made in the USA Natural Fiber Natural Fiber Diapers One Size Diapers Pocket Diapers Review Side Snapping Snap Closure

BabyKicks Bumboo Pocket Diaper Review and Giveaway CLOSED

May 24,2010 / By Maria / 484 Comments

> BabyKicks has been Family owned and based in my home state of Maryland since 2007. I was really impressed to see on their history page that some of it’s production is done by local disabled workshops.

Their products are primarily natural fiber hemp products. Here is some great info to answer the question, “why hemp?”

BabyKicks sent me a Bumboo Pocket Diaper, and they are sending one lucky blog reader the same!

The Bumboo Pocket is a one-size pocket diaper with snap down rise adjustment.

Bamboo Fleece stay dry inner. (Oops, my mistake, bamboo fleece isn’t a stay dry material like microfleece.)

and PUL outer.

Several things make it different than any other diaper I have.

The pocket opening is in the front of the diaper. When they’re in the back, there’s always that chance that you’ll have to stick your hand in a mess to pull the insert out!

It’s also the only side snapping diaper I have. Instead of the wings wrapping around and snapping on the front, the front of the diaper wraps around and snaps on the side.

This makes it easier to keep diapers on streaker wannabes, and you can also use the diapers as pull up trainers.

In the photo above, you can somewhat see that there is fleece around the leg openings, to prevent wicking.

This is also the only diaper I have with a fully hemp insert (no microfiber.)

The multi color snaps are not only cute, but make it easier to remember which snaps fit, saving time on diaper changes.

The one size diapers should fit 7-35 pounds; the small setting is quite small.

The large setting, fully stretched, is in line with other one-size pockets I’ve tried.

I tried it on my son on the next-to-smallest size.

I’ll admit, the side snapping was hard to get used to. After several years of closing diapers in the front, it’s just different!

We got a great fit, and there were plenty more snaps to get it more snug if needed.

The hemparoo joey bunz insert was very absorbent, and it will continue to become more absorbent as I wash it more. I just need a little more practice stuffing the diaper to get the best fold/placement of the medium insert on smaller rise settings. The diaper retails for $18.50 and includes the insert. I think this is a pretty good price for a one size pocket diaper made with natural fibers.

P.S. Babykicks has a Facebook Fan Page and a Twitter Account. I feel like a real dummy, but I didn’t think they had them since I couldn’t find them. I think I was typing Baby Kicks instead of BabyKicks on Facebook, and I have an awful time finding people on Twitter. All that came up was bunches of people who also mistakenly typed BabyKicks instead of BabyKicksUSA. In any case, I’m not counting those as entries since it wouldn’t be fair to change the rules in the middle of the game. Sorry folks, I think I need some sleep!

Want one? BabyKicks is sending a Bumboo Pocket Diaper to one lucky blog reader!

Here’s how to enter:

1. Visit the BabyKicks store and tell me what other product you’re interested in.

2. Follow my blog publicly. Comment to get your entry.

3. Fan me on Facebook, comment to get your entry.

4. Follow me on Twitter, comment to get your entry.

5. Tweet about this giveaway. One tweet per day please. Be sure to include @chgdiapers in your tweet. Comment here to get your entry. You can use this tweet if you like. @chgdiapers has a BabyKicks pocket diaper up for grabs. #clothdiapers #giveaway http://bit.ly/9txdUZ ends 6/7

6. Blog about this giveaway and link back to me. Leave a comment with a link to your post to get your entry.

Open to the U.S. only, I will accept entries until Monday, June 7th, 2010 at 9:00 P.M., EST.

Please be sure to leave your email address in your comment if it isn’t visible in your profile. If I cannot contact you, I will choose another winner. Winner will be chosen with Random.org’s true random number generator and the winner will be contacted by email.

Thank you to BabyKicks for providing the review and giveaway diapers at no charge. The freebies in no way affected my review, all opinions are my own.

Giveaway Made in the USA Wet Bags & Pail Liners

Planet Wise Wet Bag Giveaway Sponsored by me! CLOSED

May 20,2010 / By Maria / 481 Comments

> If you’ve been around a while, you know I love my Planet Wise wet bags.

From the tiny wipes wet bag…

To the large wet bags…

and the medium sized wet/dry bag.

I love ’em. So much that I’ve actually never tried another brand’s wet bag.

Why? First off, they are PVC free and lead free. The bags come in awesome prints and are incredibly functional. They have a locking zipper and hidden/sealed seams for no wicking. They can be washed & dried with your diapers, though I hang mine dry.

Planet Wise is family owned and has very family friendly employee practices. Not only do their products replace their disposable counterparts, their packaging is recycled/recycleable, and uses soy based ink. When your children are no longer in diapers, you can use the bags to transport wet bathing suits, dirty laundry, even use them to separate shoes or toiletries from the rest of your suitcase when traveling.

Now, if it were up to me, I’d run this blog Oprah style, and you’d all have a bag of SWAG under your seat with one each of my favorite things.

Unfortunately, I’m not independently wealthy. I have, however, received some great things lately as a result of this blog, so I want to pay it forward. This is a little different since I’m sponsoring this giveaway.

One winner will get their pick of a Planet Wise wet bag. I’ll be purchasing it myself from Abby’s Lane and having it shipped directly to you. Please note: This giveaway is sponsored by me. It is not sponsored, endorsed approved by nor affiliated with Abby’s Lane or Planet Wise. Open to residents of the U.S. Only and can only be shipped to a U.S. address.

You can view all in-stock Planet Wise items here.

Here’s how to enter:

1. Leave me a comment. What’s on your mind? What’s at the top of your wish list? Anything you want to tell me is great.

2. Follow my blog publicly, leave me a comment saying you follow to get your entry.

3. “Like” me on Facebook, leave me a comment here saying you do to get your entry.

4. Follow me on Twitter, leave me a comment here saying you do to get your entry.

5. Tweet about this giveaway. Please be sure to include a link to this post. Comment to get your entry. One tweet per day please! You may use this tweet if you like: @chgdiapers has a #giveaway for a Planet Wise wet bag for your #clothdiapers ending 6/3 http://bit.ly/9Ql4dp

6. Blog about my blog and/or this giveaway and be sure to link back here. Leave me a comment with a link to your post to get your entry.

I’ll accept entries until Thursday, June 3rd, 2010 at 9:00 PM, EST. The winner will be chosen with random.org’s true random number generator.

I will send the winner an email and s/he will need to choose an in stock bag and color or print, plus a backup in case the first choice goes out of stock.

Please make sure you leave your email address in a comment if it isn’t in your profile. If I can’t contact you, I’ll choose another winner!

All In One Diapers Giveaway Winner Winner Chicken Dinner

Kissaluvs Marvels AIO Diaper Winner!

May 20,2010 / By Maria / 2 Comments

We have a winner!

I wish I could give all of you one of these, it rocks!

Alas, there’s only one winner…Kay!

Congrats Kay, I’ve emailed you!

Giveaway Winner Winner Chicken Dinner

Winner of the Thirsties Fab Wipes & Booty Luster!

May 15,2010 / By Maria / No Comment

Congratulations to slang76! I’m contacting you by email!

On another note (because I have to make even the simplest things long-winded, heh.) I added an option to subscribe to the blog by email, via feedburner. Look in the upper left corner of the page if you’re interested.

Also, check out the new Bliss Congo on Hyenacart. You can find several vendors there with products I’ve reviewed, including EllaBella Bottoms, Dypes By Dixon, Five in a Row, Heartland Dreams, Licorice Lane and Mobums. Rumpsack is also there, I’ve heard a lot about her diapers and had gotten a request to review them. I contacted her, but I don’t think she knows the ins and outs of the whole blogger review/giveaway thing and was a bit leery of me. Understandable!

Anyway, check out the Congo. There is some seriously cute stuff, some FFS drawings and some low starting bid auctions.

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