A Mother's Job is never done...Prayer's & Positive Thoughts Needed

Our Shipping Department will be closed from Wednesday May 25th through Tuesday May 31st, however, it is not because we are going on a vacation...

A mother's job is never done, even when her children are grown and start families of their own.  I was reminded of this on Mother's Day when my oldest daughter asked me to please be with her while she undergoes surgery this coming Friday.  She did not need to ask because I would put the world on hold for either of my children, but I was very touched that she did.

On this Friday she will undergo surgery to remove a suspicious lump from her neck.  We hope to discover that the lump is completely benign and the surgery goes quickly without complication.  The preliminary tests have been unable to give us any reassurances, but I am keeping a positive attitude.  I will remain with her a few days post-surgery to help as needed during her recovery.

If you are a Praying person, would you please say a Prayer for her?  If you are not a Praying person, could you please keep her in your thoughts as the weekend approaches?  The power of Prayer and positive thoughts can be Amazing.  Thank you my friends.

For anyone shopping in the store during our absence, please know that we appreciate your understanding and patience.  As always, I will be available via telephone, email, and even Live Chat when my laptop is on.  All orders received during our absence will be promptly shipped when we get back to the office on Wednesday, June 1st.

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aMAMAnte Nursing Gowns and Bra's...Oh So Sexy!!!

Ooh La La! aMAMAnte Nursing Gowns and Bra's Are Oh So Sexy!!!

When you are pregnant and 'feel' like your belly is as big as the pregnant lady in our logo, or right after baby is born and you still have the 'baby belly', so you don't may not feel very sexy, but I have found a line of maternity and nursing gowns that will make you feel Hot!  The aMAMAnte line of breastfeeding nighties are designed to allow you room for your growing belly and easy access for nighttime nursing with the built-in sleep bra and pull-down access for no fuss 3am feedings, all while making you look and feel very pretty!

I love how great these gowns look on.  I even tried one on myself, and I loved how great it looked.  I am a grandma with an extra 15lbs of 'baby fat' still hanging around after 27 years, lol, and I felt very sexy in this gown.  The fabric is super soft and flows nicely to cover the soft areas, while accentuating the right areas.  And best of all, these beautiful gowns are made right here in the USA!
 Just look at the names of these fab colors available...Little Black Dress, Sexy Red Dress, Plum Passion, Turquoise Tranquility, and Hot Chocolate.  They are all available in our Online Store in various colors and in sizes from Small through 3X!

Who wouldn't feel Hot in one of these?

On Sale for just $32.99 each so you gotta get more than one color!

aMAMAnte also makes wonderful Nursing Bras that provide a smooth, softly padded cup and easy to open nursing flaps, in a great variety of the sizes that moms are always asking me for, like 36C thru 42DD! 

Plus they have these Comfy Sleep Bras in 2X & 3X sizes!

You can now find the new aMAMAnte Nursing Bra as well as the aMAMAnte Sleep Bra in our online store at prices that will please, on Sale for just $17.99-24.99!


I am always on the look-out for great products for mom, mommy-to-be, and the breastfeeding mom that make her life just a little easier, better, and more positive! I think I may have hit the mark with these lovely Nursing Gowns and Bra's.

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Breastfeeding moms, I need your advice!

Breastfeeding moms, I could really use your help! I am considering adding a new breastfeeding related product line to our store and I would love your input.  Whenever I add a new product line to the store I like to do lots of research about the new product.  I read the product information provided by the manufacturer, read mom blog reviews, any other public reviews on the product, as well as talk to as many moms who actually use the product or know someone who has used it. I basically look for anything and everything that will give me an idea about the quality and usefulness of the product, before I make the final decision about whether or not to carry the product in my store.


The new line I am currently considering is Simplisse. They carry, what appears to be from my research so far, a really awesome breast pump that uses a totally new Compression Technology and super soft Babyface flexible breastcups that don't tug, pull, or pinch your nipples, and mimics the soft touch most like a babies mouth. If you have used the Simplisse Double Electric Breastfeeding Companion, or any of their branded products, and would like to share your thoughts on the product, I would really, really appreciate your input.  If you do not feel comfortable posting your thoughts publicly here, you can email me directly.

Here is a video from the manufacturer that provides lots of information about the breast pump:

Designed by lactation consultants and moms to feel like breastfeeding.

• Features a new compression technology and super-soft
  flexible breastcups
• New Gentle Compression Technology gently elicits milk expression
• Gentle compression is designed to help minimize tugging and pinching
• Super-Soft BabyFace™ Flexible Breastcups conform to mom’s breast and naturally move with mom while expressing
• Inner and Outer Breastcups work together to mimic baby’s tongue and suckling motions, to encourage Let-Down

I look forward to hearing what your personal experiences are with this product line.  Thank you for helping me provide only the best quality, value and variety of products that moms really need!

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Benefits of Breastfeeding ~ Sponsored by Bamboobies {Giveaway}

This Post Sponsored by Bamboobies
Breastmilk IS the perfect food for your baby. It has important protective antibodies that are unavailable in any other source. That is why the American Academy of Pediatrics, the World Health Organization, and UNICEF all recommend that you breastfeed your baby for at least the first 12 months of your baby's life. These protective antibodies offer many benefits to your babies health and growth as a newborn, but did you know that these benefits even carry forward in to their future life as a child, and even as an adult?

Research shows that the protective parts of breastmilk help to greatly reduce the risk of health problems and chronic diseases including:

• Allergies
• Ear Infections
• Upper Respiratory Infections
• Gastrointestinal Infections
• Diabetes
• Hypertension
• High Cholesterol

Breastfeeding also benefits mom too. Mothers who breastfeed also receive many benefits, including:

• Developing a strong bond with her baby.
• Helping the uterus return to pre-pregnancy size more quickly.
• Burning more calories.
• Producing relaxing hormones.
• Reducing the risk of developing premenopausal breast cancer.
• Reducing the risk of ovarian and endometrial cancers.
• Reducing the risk of developing Type-II diabetes.

Breastfeeding even benefits the family too. Did you know that your family will also benefit when you choose to breastfeed? First, because breastfeeding also helps save on health care costs as breastfed infants typically need fewer health care visits, prescriptions, and hospitalizations. There is also the savings on the cost of formula vs breastmilk.

Depending on the cost of formula and how much your baby needs each day, you could save $43.86 to $194.22 in formula costs in just the first month. By six months, the cost savings from not feeding formula can add up to be $375.34 to $1,662.22. In one year, a family with one infant could save anywhere between $714.42 and $3,163.86 by feeding breastmilk rather than buying formula.

Many SAHM's (stay at home moms) feel very under-valued because they are not earning an income outside the home but just look at the money they would be able to 'save' their household simply by breastfeeding their baby. For the working moms who are concerned that they will need to stop breastfeeding to return to work, consider purchasing a quality breastpump so you can continue to pump your breastmilk to be fed to your baby while you are at work. You can still nurse baby in the evenings and on weekends. As you can see by these figures, the cost of a quality breastpump can be covered by the savings in as little as just a few months. You can enter to Win a FREE Medela Pump In Style Breastpump here!

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This post was Sponsored by a Colorado company that makes Bamboobies -the prettiest cloth nursing pads I have ever seen. Bamboobies literally 'heart' you with their unique heart-shaped, ultra-thin, milk-proof pads that create a very comfortable fitting nursing pad that is less visible then standard nursing pads. They are made of hemp and super-soft organic bamboo velour. The bamboo and hemp fabrics in each pad absorbs 4 times more milk then cotton!

The Standard Bamboobies come in a pack of 2 pairs (4 pads) in a soft pink color. If you are feeling a little wild you can also try out their Hot Pink and Black Bamboobies that come in their Bamboobies Gift Sets. Each gift set includes 1 pair of Overnights and 3 pairs of Heart-Shaped Bamboobies (one in each color: Soft Pink, Hot Pink & Black) all wrapped up in a lingerie laundry bag. For the heavy times they also have 2-pair packs (4 pads) of Overnight Bamboobies made of super-soft organic bamboo fleece. They are round, extra thick, and extra large to prevent leaks while you sleep. Just look at the Bamboobies Overnight Nursing Pad compared to a regular cotton nursing pad.


Bamboobies were designed by a mother of two in Boulder, Colorado, and are handmade right here in Colorado, USA. The Bamboobies company believes in giving-back too. They do that by donating a portion of their profits to Breast Cancer Research. They even print their packaging materials on 100% post-consumer waste paper which benefits the earth as well. How cool is that?

The very sweet people at Bamboobies would like to give one of our lucky readers a FREE Bamboobies Gift Set. As mentioned above the gift set includes 1 pair of Overnights and 3 pairs of Heart-Shaped Bamboobies (one in each color: Soft Pink, Hot Pink & Black) all wrapped up in a lingerie laundry bag with a retail value of $29.00!


Buy: You can find more information about Bamboobies, and purchase any of the varieties mentioned in this post, in our store.

Win: You can enter to Win a Bamboobies Gift Set by completing at least the mandatory entry below.

Mandatory Entry: Tell me one 'benefit of breastfeeding' that you learned from this post, or share a personal breastfeeding benefit from your own experience. Include your email address with your comment. You must be an email subscriber to this blog in order to participate, so be sure that your subscription is activated or your entry will not be valid.

Extra Entries: [You may do any, all, or none of the following for extra entries in this giveaway. Post each entry in a separate comment or you will not get credit for them. If an entry is worth more than one entry, post each separately and add "entry #1, #2, etc. All entries will be verified once we pick a winner, so be very sure that you have completed each entry fully. If you say that you are a follower on twitter (for example) and we don't find you on our follow list, your entry will be voided and we will pick another winner.]

1 Entry: Become a Public Follower of this Blog with Google Friend Connect (GFC).

3 Entries: Grab our Cute Blog Button (in the left column) and post it on your blog or website. Include in your comment, the url where it is posted. It should be located in a prominent place where it can be found quickly...if I have to search for more than a few moments to find it, I will not approve your entries.

3 Entries: Grab our "Breastfeeding is Best for All Babies" Event Button (in the left column under our blog button) and post it on your blog or website. Include in your comment, the url where it is posted. It should be located in a prominent place where it can be found quickly...if I have to search for more than a few moments to find it, I will not approve your entries.

1 Entry: Follow @BabyStorePlus on Twitter! Include your twitter ID in your comment.

1 Entry: Tweet about this event. You must include: WIN a @BAMBOOBIES Gift Set in the @BabyStorePlus "Breastfeeding is Best for All Babies" Celebration! http://ht.ly/2CQ2l #bfing #bfcafe in the tweet. You may tweet up to Twice Daily, but please space them out at least 4 hours or the second one will not count. You must post your entry right away after tweeting...commenting that you tweeted earlier today, is not acceptable, tweets are not retro-active. You must include a permalink to your tweet. [Permalink how-to: after tweeting, click on the time under your tweet. This will open a new page with just your tweet. Copy the URL in the browser window...this is a permalink.]

1 Entry: Follow @Bamboobies on Twitter too! Include your twitter ID in your comment.

2 Entries: Visit our Online Store and tell me 2 products that you like. *Note, We carry ALL Medela Breastpumps in our store...if you need a breastpump that is not listed on our website, call us at 970-565-2116 and we will process your order over the phone.

10 Entries: Make a purchase on our Website during this event. Include your first name and Order # in your comment. 5 more Bonus Entries if your purchase includes ANY Breastfeeding products.

3 Entries: Blog about this giveaway between now & Sept 30th. You must also include our Event Button, our Store Button, (found near bottom of the right column), and a link back to this post.

5 Entries: Enter our Phase 1 Share & Blog Giveaway. Where you could Win a Breast Care Gift Set plus a $20 Baby Store Plus Gift Card ~ 2 WINNERS! (Deadline to enter that giveaway is 9/20) Post here to let me know that you have entered the Phase 1 Share Giveaway.

1 Entry: Enter Our Medela Pump In Style Breastpump Giveaway! Post here to let me know that you have entered to win a Medela Breastpump.

1 Entry Daily: Vote for us! You can vote for us once each day at "Top Mommy Blogs" and "I am a Top Mommy Blogger" (buttons/links to voting sites found in right column). In your entry comment, please include your email address and which one you Voted in. Post each vote separately.

This giveaway will close on September 30, 2010 at Midnight (MST-Colorado time). We will use Random.org to pick one winner. If the winning comment is valid, we will email the winner at the email address provided in their comments. The winner will have 72 hours to reply to our Winning Announcement email. If we do not receive a reply within this time period we will select an alternate winner. This giveaway is limited to and will only be shipped to an address within the USA.

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Be sure to enter our other "Breastfeeding is Best for All Babies" Giveaways:

Win a Medela Pump In Style Breastpump



Win a Medela Breast Care Gift Set & a $20 Baby Store Plus Gift Card -2Winners


The statistical information in this post was provided by the Medela 'Breastfeeding Information Guide" that is available for Free in our store. We will also include a Free Copy with any Breastfeeding related online purchase while supplies last.

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Breastfeeding is Best for All Babies: WIN a Medela Breast Care Gift Set and $20 Gift Card -2 Winners

2-Phase "Share & Blog Hop" for Prizes!

Join our month long Party to Celebrate Breastfeeding!

Just like the Medela Breastpump with its "2-Phase Expression Technology", we are having a 2-Phase "Share & Blog Hop" for Prizes event. In Phase 1 you will enter to Win a Medela Breast Care Gift Set and a $20 Baby Store Plus Gift Card! Two (2) of our Fabulous Readers will each Win!

In Phase 2 you participate in our Blog Hop for a chance to Win a different breastfeeding related product featured in that post.


The Prize Featured in this Giveaway is the Medela Breast Care Gift Set & a $20 Baby Store Plus Gift Card ~ with 2 Winners!

Each Breast Care Gift Set comes in an attractive Black & Tan Twill Bag to keep everything organized and ready to take with you to the hospital or to keep in your diaper bag. Each bag includes a 2 oz tube of Tender Care™ Lanolin Advanced Nipple Therapy™, two (2) Tender Care Hydrogel pads, 12 Disposable Bra Pads, a Mothers Minder® Bracelet, a Breastfeeding Log Book and some great Information & Resource booklets. The retail price of the Breast Care Gift Sets are $19.99 each. They are available for purchase in our physical store in Cortez, Colorado as well as in our Online Store and make a great baby shower gift!

Want to Know How You can Win? It is really simple...

Phase 1: "Share" ~ For the Mandatory first step to enter THIS Giveaway to WIN a Medela Breast Care Gift Set and a $20 Baby Store Plus Gift Card, you just make a blog post (on your blog) telling other mama's and mama's-to-be "Why You Feel Breastfeeding Is Best for All Babies." If you are an experienced breastfeeding mama, please share your own experiences with breastfeeding in your post. If you are a soon-to-be breastfeeding mama then share why you want to breastfeed your baby. You must include our "Breastfeeding is Best for All Babies" event button and a link back to our blog and this URL: [http://thebabystoreplus.blogspot.com/search/label/Breastfeeding]

After your blog post is up, come back here and comment that you have blogged as outlined above and include your blog URL and your email address in your post. We will then retrieve your blog button for use in Phase 2. You must be an email subscriber to our blog to participate in any of our giveaways.

For extra entries in this giveaway, AFTER completing the Mandatory First Step above, you can earn extra entries by doing any of the following:

1 Entry: Tweet the following: " WIN a Medela Breast Care Gift Set & a $20 @BabyStorePlus Gift Card by Sharing your #bfing Experiences! http://ht.ly/2BXzm #bfcafe " You may tweet up to Twice Daily, but please space them out at least 4 hours or the second one will not count. You must post your entry right away after tweeting...commenting that you tweeted earlier today, is not acceptable, tweets are not retro-active. You must include a permalink to your tweet. [Permalink how-to: after tweeting, click on the time under your tweet. This will open a new page with just your tweet. Copy the URL in the browser window...this is a permalink.]

2 Entries Per McLinky: Add this giveaway to a current Giveaway McLinky. The Link must come directly back to this post. If an image is included, it must be the image of the Medela Breast Care Gift Set above. Then post a comment that includes the URL of the McLinky that you entered us in as well as your email address. Post each entry separately so you get credit for each entry. Limit of 10 Giveaway McLinky's per day. If someone else has already added us to a Giveaway McLinky then you will not be allowed to add it a second time.


Phase 2: "Blog Hop" ~ In ANOTHER Giveaway that will begin a day or so after this one ends, we will have our entrants click on the blog buttons retrieved from Phase 1. They will become a public follower and read your 'Share' post from Phase 1. They will also comment on your blog to let you know they are visiting from the "Breastfeeding is Best for All Babies" Blog Hop. You are welcome to enter both phases. {I will provide more details when Phase 2 is posted}


Remember that entering this giveaway will also earn you 3 extra entries in our Medela Pump In Style Breastpump Giveaway. Just comment in that giveaway that you have entered this giveaway too. Post each of your 3 entries separately to get credit for each entry.

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You must subscribe to our blog posts via email in order to be eligible to enter any of our giveaways. The Deadline for entries in this 'Phase 1 ~ Share' giveaway is Sept 20, 2010 at midnight (MST- Colorado time). We will pick a winner on September 21st and start Phase 2 approximately September 21st or 22nd. If you have any questions about how this giveaway works, don't hesitate to contact me for further explanation at anna {at} thebabystoreplus.com

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WIN a Medela Pump-In-Style Double Breast Pump! ~In our Breastfeeding is Best for All Babies Celebration

WIN a Medela Pump-In-Style® Double Breast Pump!
There are many reasons that you may want to use a breastpump, besides the obvious reason that you are returning to work. A breastpump will allow you to express breastmilk to store for other occasions like:

~When you need to be away from baby over-night or for an extended period of time during the day.

~When you need to take certain medications that you don't want to share with baby through your breastmilk.

~ It also allows dad and other members of the family the opportunity to feed baby and enjoy that special bonding process that happens when feeding baby, while still giving breastmilk to the baby.

~ Pumping your breastmilk can aid in maintaining your milk supply.

~ When you need to give a little extra to baby when she is extra hungry between feedings and your supply is low -like when baby is getting ready for a growth spurt and seems hungrier than ever and wants to nurse more than usual.

For all of these reasons, as well as many more that you will discover, a quality breastpump is worth it's weight in gold. I have known many women who have opted for an inexpensive (ie: cheap) breastpump, thinking there is no real difference in pumps. Then they come in to my store in a panic because their cheap pump just died on them at a most inopportune time...as if any time would be appropriate to have your pump fail. I don't even sale low-quality breastpumps in my store for this very reason. So it is important to think of your breastpump as an investment. You don't want to have it fail when you need it most. Imagine if it failed right after you got to work. You are going to need to pump at least twice in your work day in order to have enough milk to feed your baby the next day. Or what if it failed the day that you have a tooth pulled or some other minor surgery and need to express your milk while taking medications that will pass through to baby.

That's why so many moms rely on Medela for a quality made, safe for baby, reliable for mom breast pump. Medela has established themselves as the #1 breastpump recommended by breastfeeding moms. Medela is committed to always doing what is best for moms and babies. The most popular breastpump model of that we sell in our store is the Medela Pump In Style® Advanced Breastpump.

Features and Benefits of the Medela Pump In Style® Advanced Breastpump:

• Daily use · double pump · electric
• Adjustable speed/vacuum dial lets mom choose her most comfortable setting.
• Removable PVC-free cooler bag with contoured ice pack keeps milk cool for up to 12 hours.
• Battery pack lets mom pump anywhere, anytime. (Optional 9V vehicle lighter adapter available).
• More milk in less time with 2-Phase Expression® technology when pumping at Maximum Comfort Vacuum™.
• Everything included in an attractive PVC-free microfiber bag for fast and easy pumping.
• Helpful storage pockets for organization.
• Convenient integrated work surface for mom.
• Double pumping kit includes PersonalFit™ breastshields.
• IMPORTANT: This product is a single user item. Use by more than one user may pose a health risk, performance questions, and voids the warranty.
• All parts that come into contact with breastmilk are BPA-free.

What’s Included

• Convenient shoulder bag design
• Battery pack (8AA batteries not included)
• Removable cooler carrier
• 4 - 5 oz breastmilk bottles, lids & travel cap
• Wide base slow-flow nipple
• 2 - 24 mm PersonalFit™ breastshields
• 2 valves
• 4 membranes
• Contoured ice pack
• Breastfeeding Information Guide
• Instructions

The Medela Breastpumps have 2-Phase Expression® Technology, which is a unique pumping pattern that mimics what a breastfeeding baby knows how to do instinctively. The 2-Phase Expression technology was designed to mimic a baby's natural nursing rhythm. This technology allows for maximum milk flow in less time. Here is how it works:

Phase 1: Stimulation phase is fast and light to start the milk flowing.

Phase 2: Slower and with more vacuum to express more milk gently and efficiently.

WIN A MEDELA PUMP IN STYLE® ADVANCED BREASTPUMP!

The Medela company has generously provided us with one Pump In Style® Advanced Shoulder Bag Breastpump with a retail value of $279.99, that will be given to one of our Very Lucky Readers. The Pump In Style® Advanced Breastpump bag comes complete with everything you will need to pump on-the-go. If you would like to Win this Prize, here is what you need to do:

Mandatory Entry: You must subscribe to our blog posts via email, using the link in the upper right column under "Connect & Socialize". Your subscription must be activated so please be sure to check your email after signing up to complete your subscription activation with Feedburner. Inactive subscriptions, or invalid email addresses will VOID this mandatory entry and make any additional entries invalid. [Post a comment below to say that you have subscribed via email. Include your email address in your entry so that we can verify you entry. To prevent your email address from being picked up by spam bots, please type it as follows: "anna AT thebabystoreplus DOT com"]

Extra Entries: [You may do any, all, or none of the following for extra entries in this giveaway. Post each entry in a separate comment or you will not get credit for them. If an entry is worth more than one entry, post each separately and add "entry #1, #2, etc. All entries will be verified once we pick a winner, so be very sure that you have completed each entry fully. If you say that you are a follower on twitter and we don't find you on our follow list, your entry will be voided and we will pick another winner.]

1 Entry: Become a Public Follower of this Blog with Google Friend Connect (GFC).

3 Entries: Grab our Cute Blog Button (in the left column) and post it on your blog or website. Include in your comment, the url where it is posted. It should be located in a prominent place where it can be found quickly...if I have to search for more than a few moments to find it, I will not approve your entries.

3 Entries: Grab our "Breastfeeding is Best for All Babies" Event Button (in the left column under our blog button) and post it on your blog or website. Include in your comment, the url where it is posted. It should be located in a prominent place where it can be found quickly...if I have to search for more than a few moments to find it, I will not approve your entries.

1 Entry: Follow @BabyStorePlus on Twitter! Include your twitter ID in your comment.

1 Entry: Tweet about this event. You must include: WIN a Medela Pump In Style Breastpump @BabyStorePlus "Breastfeeding is Best for All Babies" Celebration! http://ht.ly/2y4H7 #bfing #bfcafe in the tweet. You may tweet up to Twice Daily, but please space them out at least 4 hours or the second one will not count. You must post your entry right away after tweeting...commenting that you tweeted earlier today, is not acceptable, tweets are not retro-active. You must include a permalink to your tweet. [Permalink how-to: after tweeting, click on the time under your tweet. This will open a new page with just your tweet. Copy the URL in the browser window...this is a permalink.]

1 Entry: If you are a fan of ours on Facebook, post a comment on our Wall to tell me why you would like to Win a Medela Pump In Style® Breastpump. Include your Facebook name in your entry comment.

2 Entries: Visit our Online Store and tell me 2 products that you like. *Note, We carry ALL Medela Breastpumps in our store...if you need a breastpump that is not listed on our website, call us at 970-565-2116 and we will process your order over the phone.

10 Entries: Make a purchase on our Website during this event. Include your first name and Order # in your comment. 5 more Bonus Entries if your purchase includes ANY Breastfeeding products.

5 Entries: Blog about this event between Sept 1st & 30th. In addition to your blog post comments about the event, you must also include our Event Button, our Store Button, (found near bottom of the right column), and a link back to this post.

3 Entries: If you blogged about our "Breastfeeding is Best for All Babies" Celebration, Prior to September 1st, you get three additional entries in this giveaway. Post each entry separately, include the URL to the blog post about this event.

1 Entry: Enter any of our other "Breastfeeding is Best for All Babies" giveaways. There will be several of them with each new Breastfeeding Product or Informational post throughout September.

1 Entry Daily: Vote for us! You can vote for us once each day at "Top Mommy Blogs" and "I am a Top Mommy Blogger" (buttons/links to voting sites found in right column). In your entry comment, please include your email address and which one you Voted in. Post each vote separately.


This giveaway will close on September 30, 2010 at Midnight (MST-Colorado time). We will use Random.org to pick one winner. If the winning comment is valid, we will email the winner at the email address provided in their comments. The winner will have 72 hours to reply to our Winning Announcement email. If we do not receive a reply within this time period we will select an alternate winner. This giveaway is limited to and will only be shipped to an address within the USA.

Look for more Breastfeeding related articles and giveaways throughout the Month of September during our "Breastfeeding is Best for All Babies" Celebration! Each new article will include a way to get extra entries in this giveaway as well as other Great Giveaways! Next post will be part of our own "2 Phase technology", with a "Share & Blog Hop Giveaway" where mama's can share their own experiences, learn from others, and join a Blog Hop for entries to win even More Prizes!

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Breastfeeding is Best for All Babies September Celebration & GIVEAWAYS

We are having a Party and YOU are Invited!

Our month long Party is to Celebrate Breastfeeding!

During September we will posts several articles about breastfeeding, including a 'Share Your Story' post, and 'Tips & Advice', plus lots of information about products that can make the breastfeeding experience a little easier, especially for first time mama's. And No Celebration is complete without Prizes! Prizes! and More Prizes!
In honor of what we think is the Cutest Plush Toy by Manhattan Toys, featured in our Celebration Button, we will be giving one of our Lucky Readers a Free Nursing Nina Mama Cat with babies that actually 'latch-on' to nurse! These adorable plush toys are the perfect symbol for our theme of this event "Breastfeeding is Best for All Babies" and they are a wonderful way to share the breastfeeding experience with your little ones. We will also be giving away lots of great Breastfeeding Products that will be featured in our posts.

Just Some of the Great Prizes we will be giving away are:



Medela Breast Care Kits loaded with lots of valuable breast care products for nursing mama's.






Easy Expression Bustier Hands-Free Pumping Bra









Undercover Mama, the strapless undershirt that hooks to your favorite nursing bra. It is discreet, stylish, and practical. Undercover Mama makes nursing your baby easy and convenient, at home or on the go! Look for these to be added to our online store Very Soon!









Bamboobies Super-Soft Organic Bamboo Nursing Pads -Made in the USA! Win a Multi-pack of Bamboobies: A lingerie bag with one pair of overnights and 3 pair of multi-colored regular 'heart shaped' pads. Now Available in our store.















Medela Inc has generously provided us with a "Pump-In-Style Breast Pump" as our Grand Prize Giveaway for this Celebration! WOW, this is a Double Electric Pump-In-Style Shoulder Bag Breastpump with a retail value of $279.99, just like the ones we carry in our store* and One of our Super Lucky Readers will receive it for FREE!


All online orders that include ANY Breastfeeding related products during the month of September will also receive Free Samples of: Lansinoh Lanolin to Soothe, heal, and protect dry cracked nipples, Lansinoh disposable breast pads, Medela disposable nursing pads, Breastmilk storage Chart Magnets, or Hygeia Breastmilk Storage Bags, while supplies last.

Help us spread the word about our September Breastfeeding Celebration event, "Breastfeeding is Best for All Babies" by adding our Event Button [below] to your blog. Please tell your facebook friends, Tweet to your Twitter Friends & Followers, and Blog about this giveaway too. All of these things will get you extra entries in any of our Breastfeeding Giveaways!

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Side Note: One of my new bloggy mom friends is hosting her first Review & Giveaway on her new blog "Mommy Reviews". Because the product she is reviewing is one of my personal favorites...and breastfeeding related, I offered to give her a little plug here. If you would like to learn more about Bamboobies Washable Breast Pads and enter to Win a Set of Bamboobies for yourself, pop on over to her blog. She has very low entries so far, so your odds of winning are pretty good.

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Let me introduce a Local Mama & her Amazing Memories Photography

This post is for our local area mama friends. I want to tell you about an amazing Mama in our community that I recently had the pleasure of meeting. Her name is Melisa. She is the mother of 3 kids ages 7, 9, and 10. She is also the owner of Amazing Memories Photography here in Cortez.

Even though Melisa and her business are right here in Cortez, I discovered her on BuzzTown.com, an internet community website which I belong to. By accident one day I noticed that one of my BuzzTown friends had become a fan of her business. So I clicked on her link and saw the most Amazing Baby Pictures. They were not your typical poses and backgrounds. One of the pictures that really caught my attention was of a baby sleeping peacefully on the petal of a beautiful, vividly colored flower.

I continued to browse her portfolio and decided that I just had to get her to take my grandkids pictures. I figured the pictures would probably be expensive because they obviously took more time and attention in designing each picture. I went to her website to see what her prices were like. To my amazement they were totally reasonable! Now I was hooked. I sent an email to her through the BuzzTown system and we arranged a time for me to stop by her studio to talk to her a bit more about her photography business.

The next morning I stopped at her studio, which is at 317 East Main Street, Suite B, right across from the Mr Happy Bakery. I found Melisa to be a very genuine person who seemed to be comfortable in her own skin. The type of person who you just feel at ease with when you are in her company. She showed me how she creates these amazing photographs with the use of what is called Chromakey (green screen) photography, which is exactly that, a green colored background screen. The subject sits, stands, or lays in front of the 'green screen' and she takes their picture. Then later in her at her computer she puts different backgrounds in where the green color was. With this technology she can put any scene she wants in the background, and even make it look like you are part of the background. Besides the fact that this type of photography allows her to be more creative, it also means that she doesn't have to have a bunch of expensive props in her studio. That means that she saves money on props and studio space. Melisa passes these savings on to her customers by offering affordable package pricing. Okay, enough technical talk...take a look at these Amazing Photographs she created of my grandchildren.

In this photo the kids were looking into a fish bowl. Melisa told them there was a tiny goldfish in the bowl so they were both looking for it. Russell of course went fishing for it. Later, at her computer, Melisa added the orange goldfish. When we showed this photo to Sydney, she couldn't believe that now she could see the goldfish that she doubted existed a few days earlier when she was getting her picture taken.

This is one of my favorite photos with Sydney looking like she is inside the glass globe. I will cherish this picture forever.

Here is a sweet picture of Russell sitting in an old wash tub. As you can tell by looking at these photos, you don't have to worry about getting just the right shot of your child, in just the perfect pose. You capture your child just having fun getting his picture taken, then Melisa adds the extras that make the photo so special and unique.

The kids didn't even get cranky like they usually do when told to put their hand here and their foot there, and hold still while the photographer snaps a shot. As a matter of fact, Russell had so much fun that he developed quite a crush on Melisa. Two days later when she brought the images to the store for me to pick the ones I wanted, Russell immediately recognized her and ran up and hugged her legs then started saying "up, up" indicating that he wanted her to pick him up. She obliged him and received a really big hug in return.

I was so impressed with Melisa, her work, the fantastic prices, and the truly Amazing Photographs that we now proudly display in our store. I love them so much that I wanted to tell all of my mama friends in the local area about her. I asked Melisa if she would mind if I did a feature on her in our Weekly Highlights email and she was so delighted that she offered to give my readers a Special Gift. She will give anyone who purchases ANY size photo package, a FREE 8 x 10 standard photo, just tell her that Anna from The Baby Store Plus recommended her.

If you are wondering what a 'standard' photo is, the picture below is an example of her standard photo, although standard is not the word I would use to describe this picture...it is actually Sydney's favorite of all of the pictures. Basically, it is any photo with a standard background, not the photos above where she has digitally inserted additional images -those take a lot more time to create. We can't expect Melisa to make this great of an offer indefinitely, so this offer will only be good through September. I suggest that you give Melisa a call (970-565-8636 or 970-739-9455) right away, to schedule an appoint to make some Amazing Memories with your children.



Here are a few more photos...



These are definitely not pictures that will end behind next years photos. I think Melisa named her business accurately...Amazing Memories Photography is exactly what she does.

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WubbaNub Infant Pacifier Featured on NBC Today

Congratulations WubbaNub!

WubbaNub Infant Pacifier

" Once you go Wub... everything else is just a pacifier "

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The WubbaNub Infant Pacifier's and the Coobie Bra's are by far our most Popular items in our website. And today we learned that the WubbaNub was featured on the Today Show in 'Bobbies One Minute Buzz'. Watch the Video!

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WubbaNub Originals as well as the Limited Edition Mary Meyer WubbaNubs can be found in our Online Store Now! We even have the New Giraffe, and will be getting the New, New Elephant that is launching in September!

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I Want YOUR Product Reviews!

How important are product reviews to you when making your buying decisions? They are very important to me. Sometimes I am just not sure about a product that I am unfamiliar with, but after reading a few customer reviews I feel like I can better make the decision whether or not a product is right for me. Not that the customer reviews are 100% of my decision, but it is a valuable tool to help me know what others think about a particular product. Sometimes I can read even a negative review and decide that although this product wasn't right for that person, their information helped me decide that perhaps it is still right for me.
For this reason I have decided to add product ratings & reviews to all of the products listed in our store and I want YOU to help me rate & review the products. I want to hear what your personal experience's have been with any of the products currently listed in my store. I have created a Product Rating & Review Submission Form that you can use to submit your thoughts & opinions for any product listed in my store. I will ask for you to rate the product on a scale of 1 to 5 with 1 being 'Hated it' and 5 being 'Loved It!' This is your chance to help fellow shoppers by sharing your experiences.

Because I love Blogging Mama's, I have a special plan just for you. If you have previously posted a blog review for any product that you find in our store, then you can include the URL of your blog post in the Product Rating & Review Submission Form, and I will include a mention of your blog post and a link back to your blog right in the review! It's a Great 'no cost' way to bring extra exposure to your blog!

So please feel free to browse our online store. If you find a product that you have personal experience with, just click the "Rate & Review This Item" Icon to be taken to our Product Rating & Review submission form. This is a Win-Win situation because You get to help other shoppers with their purchasing decisions, and we get to provide our shoppers with the most valuable information about the products -right there with the product listing. Plus, if you have previously posted a blog review of this product, we will give your blog a little extra attention!

To get things started, and to thank you for taking the time to share this valuable information with our customers, from now until September 30, 2010, I will send anyone who's Product Rating & Review is accepted (regardless of the rating), a special discount code for 10% Off their next purchase. Each code can only be used once, so with each accepted submission you get another discount code for a future purchase. If you are wondering why I said "accepted submission" see the submission guidelines below, and on the submission form itself.

Browse our online store to see what products you would like to submit a rating & review on, and/or see what products you have done a blog review on in the past. To get to our Product Rating & Review Submission form just click on this Icon:
If you don't see it there yet, see our home page.

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Submission Guidelines: I will accept all submissions regardless of the rating, however there are some submissions that will not be accepted. We will reject a submission for any of the following reasons: 1) Use of vulgar language in your review; 2) spelling and/or grammatical errors to the degree that we cannot understand what you are saying; 3) It appears that you have not actually used the product yourself, such as you mention features that are not related to this product; 4) SPAM in your submission, such as trying to promote yourself, a website, or another business in the review (no urls permitted other than one from your own blog review); 5) Submissions with an invalid email address (we verify the authenticity of your email address before posting your review).

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