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What I Do Not Want For Mothers Day

May 3, 2011 by Jennifer 6 Comments

A beautiful day is coming up this Sunday. I have been hearing snippets of conversations of moms talking about what they really, really want for Mothers Day. They range anywhere from jewelry, to breakfast in bed to sleep. Moms live a busy life, I know this but does our husband’s always remember this?

This is what I do not want for Mothers Day!

I do not want pots and pans, as I am not your personal chef!

I do not want a vacuum, as I am not your house maid!

I do not want a gym membership, as I am not fat!

I do not want flowers, as they will just die.

I do not want sex, as I just want to sleep!

I just really want a relaxing day with homemade goodies from the girls, no sibling fights, technology turned off and just enjoy the reasons why I am a mother. M & L.

It is that simple and what I am truly looking forward to 🙂

What is family

May 2, 2011 by Jennifer 4 Comments

As we were on the fast pace interstate Saturday night, making our way home from a much well deserved family time at the movies, a thought crossed my mind. What is family? I sat there in the passenger’s seat and dwelled on that very question for a few moments and then I just spouted off the question to my husband.

Exactly, what is family in today’s world? I come from a very close knit family who is in contact almost daily either by email or telephone. I have hour long phone calls with my aunt almost two times a week. But, I don’t seem to be in the norm here?

Family is such an important factor in my life and my husband and I stress that a lot to our girls. The girls know they are loved so much and that is what really matters right?

Lots of snuggles, lots of hugs, lots of high fives, and lots of thumbs up will always be around this family. The most important thing is that the girls know what our little family of four is about. We take time to stop the hectic busy schedules and get on the girls level to understand and listen carefully to what they have to say everyday.

I love you are three words that are said multiple times a day in this household. That is what is family. Love that is infinity, that is what is family. Not just talking to someone when you want something, or them to do you a favor.. that is not family.

This is my family and I could not be happier.

Take the time to reach out today and tell your family you love them. Give them that unexpected hug, phone call or email. It will make you smile and them too.

We cheer for pedigree dog food

May 1, 2011 by Jennifer 1 Comment

Our dog Kingston is a huge part of our lives. We love him just like he is our own child and we only want the best for him. Our precious L and Kingston are two peas in a pod. They are always together and she sheds tears every time we have to leave him with our parents when we go out of town.

With all of this being said, we want to make sure we are doing all we can to ensure he is getting the best nutrition. He is never allowed table food and is only allowed dog food. Over the next few weeks we are embarking on a new Ambassadorship here at One Moms World. We will be changing over Kingston to 100% Pedigree and reviewing how well he does with not only his appetite, but his skin and coat, his oral care, his digestion and his immunity.

Just this last week, we began the transition. Remember anytime you do transition your dog to a new food, it needs to be done slowly.

For days 1 and 2 insert 25% of the new food into the dog’s current dry dog food.
For days 3 and 4, 50% new food should be in the dish.
For days 5 and 6, 75% of the food will be the new food,
and beyond 7 days the food will be 100% of the new food.

I have always heard positive things about pedigree dog food, but we just chose another dog food when he was just a puppy. I am eager to share with you on how well Kingston does with this new food over the course of the next 6 weeks.

First week on the food: Kingston has only been on the food for four days, so he is not fully on Pedigree just yet!

Skin and Care: His hair is not shiny, just dull looking.

Oral Care: Average

Digestion: He digests very quickly and has no problems at the moment.

Immunity: Knock on wood, Kingston has never been sick.

Kingston’s first impression has been a very good one. He is eating the food as soon as we put it out. I am curious to see how he does this week once we are on pedigree 100%. Stay tuned with us over the next few weeks as we report on how our transition goes and if we will change over permanently to pedigree for Kingston’s diet.

I wrote this review while participating in an Ambassador campaign by Mom Central Consulting on behalf of Pedigree and received dog food to facilitate my reviews and a promotional item to thank me for taking the time to participate.

Infant Tylenol Returns to Shelves With New Cap

April 27, 2011 by Jennifer 8 Comments

Exciting news for parents on the horizon from Johnson and Johnson. As infant Tylenol re-enters the market during this upcoming cold and flu season, the bottle will have a new safety feature. The bottle will include a new, enhanced bottle with a protective opening and push-in syringe.

New Infants' Tylenol bottle with syringe

The protective opening will:

Provide even better dosing accuracy and ease of administration to infants

Allow for better control when dispensing the medication and reduce spillage

Further reduce the risk of children being able to get to the medicine in the bottle

An added bonus as well, the Children’s Tylenol products will also have the new enhanced bottles with the protective opening.

New Children's Tylenol bottle with dosing cup

I was able to test out each of these new bottles a couple weeks ago at the Mom 2.0 Summit. I have to say, I was completely pleased with the new bottles. This has definitely been history in the making and a huge step forward in the safety arena with children. The bottles are a hard plastic to where you have to squeeze really hard in order to get the liquid out. Also, with the Infant’s Tylenol bottle, you have to have the syringe in place in the bottle for the liquid to come out. This is great because as a mom, we can have so many busy things going on, that we forget to put the lid back on and the toddler can come up behind us and grab the bottle. I applaud Johnson and Johnson for coming up with new safety features and looking out for our children.

With that being said, we still need to make sure we are administering the medicines properly to our kids.

1. Always use the syringe, dropper, or dosage cup that comes with the medicine. The reasoning behind this, is other items like kitchen teaspoons may not always be the most accurate.

2. Never give children medicine that is indicated for adults. Adults medication is so much more powerful and could cause over dose problems in children.

3. Do not give children more than one medicine that contains the same active ingredient at the same time.

4. Be sure to know the infant’s or child’s weight and/or age to help determine the appropriate dosage.

5. When giving liquid medicine to infants, dispense the medicine slowly into their mouth, towards the inner cheek. If it goes directly to the center of the palate, it may cause the child to gag.

6. Do not give medicine to an infant or child who is lying down; this could cause choking.

You will see the new bottles this upcoming cold and flu season. I know you will be shaking your head in agreement with me, that this is a huge improvement over the older bottles!

Win Flowers For Mom for Mothers Day

April 27, 2011 by Jennifer 187 Comments

Congratulations to comment #8 Amber, you are the winner of the $50.00 Gift Certificate. Enjoy!

I came home the other day and was greeted with a sweet surprise.

A teacup orchid from Proflowers.com. A nice smile immediately swept across my face and my girls were just as excited as I was. You see, it is a very rare occasion that I receive flowers. In fact, it is almost non-existent around here so as you can imagine this totally made my day and put an extra beat in my step.

The flower has been sitting on my dining room table in the middle for a week and half now, and as you can see from the picture above taken this evening, the flower is still just as beautiful. I really am in love with the mug as well. That is one of the best parts, when the flower is no more, I can still keep the mug and have the memory forever. This is just one of the many Mother’s Day Flowers that are available this year on Proflowers.com.

Why not surprise your mom or a special lady in your life for Mother’s Day? I am going to help you with that surprise too. You can save 20% off your order and even get free vases by visiting Proflowers Coupons. Also, to take it a step further, we are going to give one lucky reader a $50 gift code to help you with your Mother’s Day surprise this year.

To Enter:

1. Visit the Mother’s Day Flowers selection and leave a comment on which flower arrangement you would select.

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Contest ends May 2, 2011 at 11:59pm ET!

Disclosure: This is a sponsored post/giveaway from Proflowers. All thoughts and opinions are of my own.

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