Babies Sleep Stylishly & Safely with aden + anais

Almost exactly a year ago, I hosted a joint baby shower for my bloggy buds Erin and Tricia. I could not have even imagined that a year later I’d be having another baby of my own!  At that baby shower, I gave Erin and Tricia both some swaddlers from aden + anais.  Although a big fan of swaddling, I had never tried aden + anais’ muslin swaddlers, but I’d heard great things about them so that’s why I got them for my friends.  Since then I’ve heard praises for aden + anais from several other moms, including my friend Maria.

And now I get to try them out on my own little guy!  I’m so excited!  These swaddlers are super-soft muslin, and are just the perfect size for a nice, snug swaddle.  And of course, the patterns are adorable!  There are SO many benefits of swaddling, and like I said, I was already a believer.  (Sophie NEEDED to be swaddled!) Now, I am glad to have another great swaddling resource to use on baby Jonah.

Another thing I like about aden + anais is that they are committed to the fight against SIDS, which swaddling is shown to help prevent.  Since 2009, they’ve been donating a portion of their profits to the CJ Foundation for SIDS with their Sleep in Safety, Grow In Style campaign.   The SSGS campaign educates parents about how to set up a safe sleeping environment that is cost-effective, comfortable for baby, and most importantly, reduces the risk of a sleep-related death.

Thanks, aden + anais for the beautiful muslin swaddles you sent for my baby boy, and for working to prevent SIDS deaths!

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1st Grade Book Club

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Recently, Sophie and I have been reading like crazy. I have FAR too many library books checked out right now. A truly UNMANAGEABLE amount. But I can’t stop reserving them and checking them out! And even though we are ready for new ones before the old ones are due, we love the old ones so we wanna keep ’em. SUCH a dilemma!

I want to get into the act with Joshua, too, but I’m not sure what to even search for to reserve for him.  Preschool books are so much easier to pick out that big kid books!  Joshua’s a really good reader, and I want to pick out some books we can enjoy together but also that he will want to read on his own.  He and Bobby have been reading through the Chronicles of Narnia for several months now, and he’s loving that.  But I need some suggestions for a good book he can really get into and manage on his own.

So, if you had an almost-7-year-old boy who reads at about a 3rd-grade level – what would you recommend I get for him from ye olde library?  I need your advice!  So get crackin’!

Oh, P.S. – nothing scary please. I have a very sensitive little guy!

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Amazon 4-for-3 promotion

I have not been able to resist the Amazon4-for-3 promotionrecently, so I wanted to share it with you!  Currently there are hundreds of thousands of items on sale at Amazon that can be mixed & matched so that you buy 4 and only pay for 3.  This includes not only books but home & garden items like kitchen utensils, bakeware, glassware, dinnerware, craft items, vacuums and other cleaning items – the list,like I said, literally has hundreds of thousands of items on it!  I’ve ordered two sets of books and items from this offer recently for Sophie’s upcoming birthday.  And I currently have my cart filled with 4 more books. I can’t stop!! Even better, if you sign up for Amazon Mom(which is free), you get free shipping w/ Amazon Prime for 3 months! So you can get some awesome deals! (You can also get big discounts on diapers and wipes thru Amazon Mom, but I’m pretty much just using it for the free 2-day shipping right now!)  I’ve been redeeming my Swagbucks for $5 Amazon gift cards also which I’ve been using on this promo.  It comes out to a LOT of freebies (so sign up for Swagbucks if you haven’t already to start earning bucks to redeem!)

Hope you have fun shopping this promotion! I sure have!  What did you get??

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