This month, the BabyBumps.net team will be attending several Just Between Friends Fall Sales Events throughout the KC metro area! These are HUGE children’s and maternity consignment sales events! By attending, you can shop smart and support local Kansas City charities in the process. It’s easy and fun!

Line up on the first day of each sale to get first pick of the thousands of gently used brand name items, including: clothing, cribs, strollers, books, movies, toys, maternity, outdoor equipment, swings and infant essentials. You will be amazed at the treasures you will find. These are events that you won’t want to miss!

Click on your nearest location for more information, or visit them all!

September 4-6: Lee’s Summit
September 12-14: Overland Park
September 19-21: North Kansas City
October 3-4: Shawnee, Kansas

Hope to see you there!!!

This Saturday and Sunday, the BabyBumps.net team will be attending the 2008 Midwest Baby and Kids Festival! Join us for interactive kids events, TONS of door prizes, contests, kids fashion shows, obstacle courses, princess pavillion and MORE! It will be a fantastic day for your entire family!

The event will be held at the Overland Park International Trade Center from 10am-6pm on August 23rd and 24th Visit http://www.midwestkidsfest.com/ for more information.

Print this coupon for $2 off your entry!


We are all looking forward to a fun weekend. Hope to see you there!

While researching their own products to ensure whether or not they contain BPA, BabyCrazy came actoss a great resource they thought they should pass along to our readers.

If you don’t know about BPA, it stands for “bisephenol A”, a chemical found in hard plastics, including baby bottles, Nalgene bottles, and the lining of canned baby formulas. When heated, BPA from the plastics can leak into the liquid. The scientific community is still debating the effects of BPA when ingested, but some advocates of banning BPA believe that the estrogen-like compound can harm infants’ brains and reproductive organs. The FDA does not believe that the levels of BPA that leak into infant and children’s foods are high enough to cause a problem.

Canada has already banned BPA in all children’s products, and there have been legislative movements in the US and various states to ban the substance as well.

Is BPA harmful to infants? The jury is still out, but why take any chances? The problem is that, in shopping for children’s products, BPA would not be listed as being contained in the product. There’s lots of confusion  about how to find BPA-free products in the marketplace.

Well, ZRecs to the rescue! This great tool is not only comprehensive and informative, but it is easy to use when out shopping. If you want to determine whether or not a particular brand of products contain BPA, simply text “zrecs” plus the brand name to 69866. You’ll receive a text back with the BPA status of the products by that company. Easy! (By the way, check out zrec’s comprehensive report on BPA at zrecs.blogspot.com.

TIP: If you are a nursing mom, the Slim Line Milk Trays from BabyCrazy make storing breast milk so much easier, plus they are phtlate and BPA  free!!!

Join the BabyBumps.net team at tomorrow’s Babies R Us Super Friday Sale!!!

This special event, to be held Friday, August 1st, is a one day sale special. The store will open early at 8am and doors will remain open late until 11pm! The event will feature in-store demonstrations, product demonstrations and prizes in addition to special deals throughout the store all day!

We hope to see you there!!!

Surfing the web today, I read about a way to earn a free subscription to Parenting magazine by watching Johnson’s baby ads on AdPerk.com. As a newly expectant mom I am finding myself drawn to all things baby right now (especially if they are free), so I decided to give it a shot.

All in all, it took me about 20 minutes to watch all the ads. After each ad, you have 30 seconds to enter the code on the screen to confirm that you watched the ad. Then, for each ad viewed you earn credits for your subscription. After you earn 12 credits, you simply fill out a form with your mailing address. There are no survey questions to answer and some of the videos were actually pretty cute.

After I completed the entire process I received a confirmation email which said I should expect to begin receiving my 12-month subscription around September 8th. It was definately 20 minutes well spent if I get it as promised!

Earn your free subscription by visiting www.adperk.com!!!

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Julie and Cindy appeared on Fox 4 News in Kansas City yesterday to promote our Family Fun Fest 2008 this Saturday at the Zen Zone in Lee’s Summit. All proceeds from the event will benefit the Rose Brooks Center, an organization committed to their mission of fighting domestic violence in the KC area. More information can be found on the BabyBumps.net homepage. We hope to see you all there!!!

BabyCrazy would like to remind everyone….

Every year, we hear awful stories of children who were left in a hot car during the
summer, resulting in severe illness and even death. Sadly, all of these tragedies were
100 percent preventable. Carol Ball, with Children’s Health Care of Atlanta and SAFE KIDS of Georgia, advises parents to avoid such a tragedy by remembering a few simple rules:

• Temperatures inside a car rise at alarming rates during the summer, even when it is only moderately warm outside.

 

• Never leave a child in an unattended car for any amount of time, even with the windows rolled down.

 

• Double-check that all children exit the vehicle when you reach your destination. Take special care to ensure that sleeping infants are not overlooked.

 

• Prior to restraining your child, check the temperature of the child safety seat surface and seat belt buckles to avoid unintentional burns or discomfort.

For more information visit www.choa.org

Don’t forget!
Sheri Songer from BabyCrazy is hosting a customer appreciation anniversary sale until July 14th at 2pm. Don’t hesitate to check out what is new for the summer. You will receive FREE SHIPPING on all orders placed with her by phone at 816.537.0514 or by email at slsonger@babycrazy.net. Check out her website at www.iambabycrazy.com/ssonger

BabyBumps.net would like to introduce you to a great new forum for mommies in the KC metro!

KansasCityMommies.com is an online forum for moms across the Kansas City area and beyond. It is a place for moms to gather for support and friendship, to chat about anything and everything. It is a newer group, but is growing very fast!

Visit the site to get parenting advice, share your child-rearing woes, talk about breastfeeding, formula feeding, sleep training, attachment parenting and more.

Are you ready for a friendly debate?
Join in to discuss hot topics such as natural vs. medical labor, the Iraq war and teen pregnancy.

Not in a serious mood?
Enjoy some laughs and light-hearted fun on the “Mindless Fun” board, share jokes, solve riddles and browse fun websites.

Are you a Crunchy Mama?
Take a look at the “It’s Good to be Green” board for easy environment-saving tips, and share your own.

Wondering what’s for dinner tonight?
Go look to see what others are cooking, swap recipes, and talk about dining in KC.

Membership is completely FREE!!! We hope to see you there!

Well you can’t quite tell just yet, but the tests are in.  I’m going to be a mommy!

Jason and I have been trying for a few months now. Having been about a week late, I decided to test last week and got 2 pink lines! We are very excited about what the next year will bring, and are feeling all those feelings that I expect most first-time parents experience.

We aren’t sure how far along we are for sure, but based on my lack of symptoms I am guessing we are at just under 6 weeks, which would date us to deliver around early March. So far the only thing I have noticed is a complete aversion to potatoes, which up until this month I would have chosen over cake and ice cream any day of the week. I started feeling a bout of queeziness this morning, so I assume that morning sickness will take me by storm sometime this week. Not looking forward to that!

Our first appointment will be next Monday when they will do blood tests and do our complete family history workup. Then, we will have a week and a half to wait until our first appointment with the doctor, and first ultrasound (can’t wait to hear that beating heart!) on July 24th.

With everything I have learned since our launch in January (and all the great relationships I have made), I know that I am totally ready for this adventure. It’s going to be an exciting year and we are so excited about becoming parents!!!

Andrea
Co-Founder, BabyBumps.net

Wait, are you ready to head to the pool with your little ones wearing your “mom” bathing suit?

If you want to enjoy summer activities with confidence, give yourself one month of Baby Boot Camp stroller fitness classes. Whether your baby is 6 weeks or 4 years you will benefit from a great workout that will boost your confidence and have you feeling great as you dive into summer!

One month of unlimited Baby Boot Camp classes for $70. That’s less than $5 per class!!! Visit www.babybootcamp.com and sign up for your first class free today. Get your summer started!

Hope to see you soon!