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Spring Into Green Mother’s Organic Giveaway! $375 Value!

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Oh yes, friends. This one is NOT TO MISS!!!! Get yourself entered right now!!!

Welcome to the Spring Into Green Mothers Organic Giveaway!

I’ve teamed up with Eco-Crazy Mom and an amazing group of bloggers to celebrate the grand opening of the Mothers Organic store, and bring you the chance to win a fantastic prize pack valued at $375.00!

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Come check out the Mothers Organic Grand Opening March 25, 2013!

The Mothers Organic motto is simple: happy shopping for the everyday eco-mama. Why? Because we’ve all been there before. Confused by labels and not knowing which products were safe for our kids. Overwhelmed with information. That’s why eco mama Kelly McKnight and her husband created Mothers Organic. They wanted to make it easy for moms to find a variety of safe, tried and true eco-friendly products in one convenient place. Every product at Mothers Organic has been hand picked and carefully reviewed by Kelly and her team of eco mamas with the belief that if it’s not good enough for their family, it’s certainly not good enough for yours. Finally, a place where moms can shop with confidence – we invite you to give it a try!

Shop their amazing selection of stainless steel baby bottles and sippy cups. Check out their line of Melissa & Doug puzzles and toys for babies and toddlers. Stock up on your nursery layette – complete with swaddle blankets and bunting. At Mothers Organic you’ll find a great selection of natural bath and skin care, organic apparel, health care essentials and much more.

Shop now and save with free shipping on all orders over $75!

Celebrate with us and enter to win!

One lucky eco mama will win this awesome Mothers Organic prize pack worth $375.00:

Boba Carrier ($120.00 RV)
Green Toys bundle ($70.00 RV)
Kid Basix Safe Sippy 2 ($15.00 RV)
In2green Eco friendly baby & kids blanket ($70.00 RV)
Seventh Generation bundle ($100.00 RV)

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Yo’ Drops: Available at Ecomom ($15 Gift Card GIVEAWAY!!!)

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I love Ecomom as a shopping destination for Darah. Even though she’s not a baby, anymore, Ecomom still has tons (and I do mean TONS) of great things that are perfect for her. I recently did some shopping with them and picked up so many great items for her upcoming birthday (shhh…don’t tell her, but this easel will be all set up for her when she wakes up on August 7th!). I even found some things for me, including this cup that is absolutely perfect for my iced coffee addiction. I highly recommend it!

Ecomom was sweet enough to throw in some Yo’ Drops with my order and asked me to tell you about them. Yo’ Drops are a new snack option and they are perfect for school lunch boxes. Basically, they are yummy like yogurt, but in a freeze-dried and teeny tiny form that you can just pop in your mouth (think a yogurt version of pop rocks, minus the fizz).

Darah, unfortunately, doesn’t seem to care for them. But that doesn’t have anything to do with the taste. The taste is very similar to other yogurt melt products we have tried. For her, the size is just too cumbersome. She’s not old enough to dump the whole package in her mouth. But a school-aged kid would be, and would have a lot of fun doing so. Even though they aren’t the right fit for my kid, I would still recommend them. They retail for $3.99.

Whether you are looking for yummy organic snacks for kids, or something that will evoke imaginative play, or even a little treat for yourself, Ecomom is a place to look! Right now you can score 15% off your order using the code SBBL234.

Win it!: One lucky Stuff Parents Need reader will win a $15 gift certificate to Ecomom! That will buy a lot of Yo’ Drops! The contest will run until July 13th at 11;59pm EST when a winner will be selected via Random.org. The winner will have 48 hours to respond to winning notification before the prize is forfeited and a new winner is selected. Open to residents of the United States. Limit one entrant per household, please.

Mandatory entry: This contest is open to all my Facebook fans. Be sure to “like” Stuff Parents Need on Facebook, then come back and tell me you did so here.

Additional entries:
1. Sponsor love: Like Ecomom on Facebook
2. Blogger love: Follow Stuff Parents Need on Twitter

Be sure to enter my other current giveaways, found on the sidebar of my site.

Disclaimer: I received a complimentary product for review purposes. The opinions expressed here are strictly my own.

EcoMom.com Review: My Customer Service Experience

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I’ve had people ask me if I ever buy anything anymore, since I’m always reviewing products for this blog.

Yes, absolutely. And I often become a repeat customer for some of the places that I review, because I have such positive experiences with them. Maybe there are some review bloggers out there who rarely make purchases any more, but I think the vast majority of us are still out there shopping!

EcoMom.com

One company I have bought from and will buy from again is EcoMom. I wanted to tell you about my experience shopping with them over the holidays, because they demonstrated superior customer service, and I think they deserve some kudos!

The week of Thanksgiving, EcoMom had an AWESOME sale. Everything on their site was 33% off, and you got free shipping for orders of $50 or more. They also randomly drew 4 sales each day, and gave those customers their orders for free, regardless of how much they ordered. Pretty amazing, huh? I definitely wanted in on that!

I shopped and created a wish list that had over $200 worth of stuff on it. While the discount would have knocked quite a bit off that final bill, it was still more than I could pay. So over a few days I whittled it down until it was much closer to $50. But when I went to place my order, I was sad to see that about 2/3 of the stuff I wanted was out of stock. I was SUPER bummed out, because I had carefully selected some fabulous things for Darah and for upcoming baby showers. I realized that I wasn’t going to be able to take advantage of the sale if I couldn’t place my order that day.

So, not being one to give up so easily, I contacted customer service and asked if there was a way for me to place my order. I explained that I’d be willing to wait for items to come back in stock, even if it meant I wouldn’t get them by Christmas. EcoMom got back to me right away and made it happen so that I could get all my goodies at the sale price. They also kept me up to date on when items were arriving, and I had everything in my hands within 2 weeks. I was beyond impressed. They even offered to ship items to me as they arrived, which of course would have cut into their profits by them having to pay shipping fees multiple times. I declined that offer, but was blown away that they offered that up as an option.

What I learned from that experience is that EcoMom is VERY serious about offering the best in the way of customer service. I will most definitely be shopping with them again in the future because I felt appreciated and I felt that my business was valuable to them, even though my order wasn’t very large. Well done, EcoMom!

Win it!: EcoMom knows that I love them, and they wanted to send some love back to my readers in return! So I have a $15 credit to their store up for grabs! The contest will run until February 16th at 11:59pm EST when a winner will be selected using Random.org. The winner will have 48 hours to respond to the winning notification before the prize is forfeited and a new winner is selected. Open to residents of the United States. Limit one entrant per household, please.

Mandatory entry: Tell me what you would purchase using the credit if you won!
My answer: I’d upgrade Darah’s potty to this one!

Additional entries:
1. Sponsor love: Like EcoMom on Facebook
2. Blogger love: Follow Stuff Parents Need on Google Friend Connect

Be sure to enter my other current giveaways found on the sidebar of my home page.

Disclosure: I received a complimentary product in exchange for hosting this giveaway. My customer service story is uniquely my own!