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An Amazing Exercise Technique: Yamuna Body Rolling GIVEAWAY!!!

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As you get older, are you interested in gaining any of the following physical benefits:

Improved posture
Increased range of motion
Improved alignment in all parts of the body
Increased muscle tone
Increased flexibility
Increased organ function

Me, too! I can still remember when it was no big deal for me to only get 5 hours of sleep and it was no big deal to have 3 hours of dance lessons back-to-back. But my body just doesn’t work like that, anymore! I find myself to be stiff more often now, and I’ve also noticed that my posture isn’t what it used to be.

I recently learned about a wonderful woman named Yamuna who has dedicated her life to helping others create positive changes with their bodies. Her practices compliment yoga (I’m a fan of yoga, so this intrigued me) and her system is highly portable, which is a big plus!

Today Yamuna wants to reach out specifically to Stuff Parents Need readers and offer a Pregnancy kit, which is complete with a DVD and gear. This kit retails for $86 and teaches you how to promote fitness and wellness in your body before AND after delivery. And even if you aren’t pregnant, there are many great techniques that are helpful for any and everybody!

Here’s a video of Yamuna demonstrating how to target a problem area. Can I just say that this woman looks AMAZING?! Clearly, she knows what she is doing!

Be sure to follow Yamuna Body Logic on Facebook and Twitter (you’ll get bonus giveaway entries below if you do!).

Win it!: One lucky Stuff Parents Need reader will win the Yamuna Pregnancy Kit! ARV $86.75!
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Be sure to enter my other current giveaways, found on the sidebar of my page.

Thanks to Yamuna for sponsoring this post and this wonderful giveaway. 

New Daily Deal Site for Moms (And a Giveaway!!!)

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Are you a daily deal site shopper? I totally am. I probably purchase something from a group deal site once a week. It saves me a lot of money and enables me to get really cute stuff (especially for my girls) that I could not afford at retail prices.

Plus, shopping from home is MUCH more fun than having to get out to a store!

Today I want to introduce you to a brand new daily deal site that launched yesterday. It’s called Liam’s Loft, and every day (Monday-Friday) they will have one fantastic deal running. The deals go live at 7am MST and run for 24 hours, or until the limited quantity of the product is sold out, whichever comes first!

Yesterday’s deal was for a really cute scarf that was modeled on both a mom and a daughter. It bargained priced at 55% off retail. It’s hard to find scarves on sale at all this time of year, so I thought the deal was especially good.

Liam’s Loft wants you to be in the know about their daily deals so that when one comes along that is perfect for you or your little one, you can scoop it up before its gone! Here’s a cute example of the kinds of things you can find at Liam’s Loft, and this is also what the winner of today’s giveaway will receive!


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Thanks to Liam’s Loft for sponsoring this post and this giveaway. All thoughts and opinions expressed here are strictly my own. 

Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month with Music (GIVEAWAY!!!)

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Happy National Hispanic Heritage Month, everyone! Did you know that this month-long celebration takes place in the U.S. every year from September 15-October 15 (kind of fun that it touches on two calendar months!)? Your children are likely having lessons in their classrooms all about Hispanic culture and how it is woven into the fabric of America, and is becoming more and more part of our collective cultural identity every year.

To ensure that the fun of this celebration continues at home, I’ve got two newly released children’s cds that will get you dancing and singing, both in English AND in Spanish!

First up is the artist Mister G (he’s a former elementary school teacher, and I think his name stuck!). His album is called Chocolalalala. It has 11 different songs and they really are quite easy to sing along with in English and Spanish. I’ve been having fun with this opportunity to speak the language around Darah (I took several years of Spanish throughout high school, college and even grad school, but I’m admittedly quite rusty). Darah has even surprised me with her knowledge of a few Spanish words (credit goes largely to Dora!). We love having songs to sing in the car, and this is a cd that has made it into our vehicle, and is now requested during the morning commute to school! This cd became available on September 15th.

The other great new cd that’s out is Ozokidz from a very popular group called Ozomatli. This group has been spreading messages about justice and violence prevention since the 1990s, and now their important messages are ready for younger ears! The band is pretty awesome, I have to say. And they also gave a Ted talk/performance! Check it out!

Ozomatli has won Grammy Awards and have a sound that is uniquely theirs! I love the messages in the music and I think you will, too! This cd or the mp3s are available on September 25th.

Win it!: One lucky Stuff Parents Need reader will win a copy of both cds featured here!
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Be sure to enter my other current giveaways, found on the sidebar of my page.

Disclosure: I received complimentary products for review purposes. All thoughts and opinions expressed here are strictly my own. 

$50 Target Gift Card Giveaway for Smartphone Users!!!

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Attention all smartphone owners! I have a fantabulous giveaway just for you!!!

My friends over at Babyzoehealth.com have a super awesome (and super FREE!!!!) app, and they are working hard to get the word out to folks about it. It’s called Baby Zoe, and it provides a way for you to keep track of so many different things that are related to the health and wellness of your child. You can keep track of your child’s eating and sleeping habits (SO nice for parents of babies), growth, medications, emergency contacts and other helpful information. You can also share this information with babysitters, healthcare providers, even curious grandparents, all with the touch of a button.

And you did hear the part about it being FREE, right?!

But here’s what’s even better than free: getting a gift card for downloading the app. And for one of my readers, that’s about to happen!

Win it!: One lucky Stuff Parents Need reader is going to win a $50 Target gift card! Downloading the app only takes a second, and it is mandatory (we will check!). Here’s the Itunes link, and here’s the Google Play link.
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Be sure to enter my other current giveaways, found on the sidebar of the page.

This post and giveaway have been sponsored by Babyzoehealth.com. All thoughts and opinions expressed here are my own. 

Learning Resources My Very Own Doctor Set Review and GIVEAWAY!!

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Can you think of any toys growing up that you never got and still to this day remember how much you wanted them? A doctor’s kit falls into that category for me. I had friends and cousins who owned doctor’s kit, so I frequently got to play. But oh my goodness, how I longed for one of my own!

Darah recently received from Learning Resources the New Sprouts Cure It! My Very Own Doctor Set, and let me tell you, she and I BOTH have been having a blast playing with it! We have opened up a stuffed animal urgent care facility. Darah is the attending doctor on staff, and I am her trusty assistant. I report the symptoms of our patients to her, and she gives a thorough exam and diagnoses the problem.

Here’s the adorable part: about 90% of the time Darah determines that the patient has a hurt heart, and the prescription she gives is, “lots of hugs.”

So. Stinkin’. Cute. It just about kills me, folks.

In addition to healing heartaches, playing doctor is also giving us the chance to talk more about anatomy, and even about viruses, diseases and injuries. There are so many great ways to incorporate some knowledge into our pretend play with this kit.

Naturally, I very highly recommend it. It’s going to be played with for a long time, I can tell! You can find the My Very Own Doctor Set at Learning Resources for $24.99.

Win it!: One lucky Stuff Parents Need reader will win a My Very Own Doctor Set from Learning Resources!

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

Disclosure: I received a complimentary product for review purposes. All thoughts and opinions expressed here are strictly my own. 

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Raise Your Hand if You Need a Free Disney Vacation (GIVEAWAY!!!)

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I have recently come to a depressing realization: I haven’t had a true vacation (meaning something OTHER than visiting friends and family) since 2008.

Let that sink in for a minute, people. 2008!!!!! For those of you who believe that we are still living in the 90s (I fully admit to that being the decade I’ll be stuck in forever), I wish to inform you that 2008 was 4 years ago.

No wonder I’m so dang burnt out these days. I’ve given myself no opportunities for true rejuvination. Must fix this problem ASAP!

And here’s the good news: I might be able to get my vacation paid for! Right now BodyLogicMD is sponsoring a giveaway for a 3 day/2 night trip to Disney World (also known as the most magical place on earth!) and accommodations at a Disney resort! Woo hoo! In addition to that fabulous grand prize that I want so bad I can hardly think straight, they are also giving 5 winners each $100 Visa cards. Hello, Christmas!

The sweepstakes is hosted at the BodyLogicMD website (click here!) AND I’ve got the widget below!!! As of the time of publishing this announcement, the contest had under 1,700 entries and it ends in 10 days. Winning a vacation is like finding a needle in a haystack, and the odds of being the lucky needle-finder for this contest seem pretty darn good! Get yourself entered!

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Thanks to BodyLogicMD for sponsoring this post and the awesome giveaway. All thoughts, opinions, and lack of time to relax are mine alone. 

 

LifeLock Ambassador and a Chance to Win BIG ($1,000)!

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Identify theft: I’m guessing this does not rank very high on the list of things you enjoy contemplating. If you are lucky enough to have not (yet) been a victim, then this may not seem like anything you need to spend your time worrying about. Your accounts seem secure with all their promised encryption. You aren’t in the habit of losing your purse or wallet. So what’s the worry?

The threat is so real, you guys. SO. REAL.

Hello, my name is Tiffany, and in the last 8 years I have been the victim of identify theft 5 DIFFERENT TIMES. FIVE!!!!!!

I’m delighted to be a new brand ambassador for LifeLock, a company that works RELENTLESSLY to help help provide identity theft protection to its members. You may be chuckling to yourself and thinking that I’m quite possibly the world’s worst choice for a partnership with LifeLock. But I think the fact that I seem to be a magnet for identity theft makes me the perfect ambassador. Every time I become a victim, I pick up a new practice that is supposed to greatly help reduce the chance that I’ll become a victim again. And every time, it proves to be insufficient.

I clearly need more vigilant and comprehensive protection. And if I need it, I’m guessing millions of other people just like me need it, too. I am really looking forward to sharing my experience as a LifeLock Ultimate member with you. And I’m REALLY looking forward to not having to cancel my credit card and fill out a bunch of paperwork about how I didn’t spend $600 at a Payless in Kansas (yeah, that happened…).

But for now, I want to tell you about a chance that you all have to win BIG with LifeLock!

Introducing the LifeLock for Life Sweepstakes on Facebook! This super fun sweepstakes just started on Tuesday, and it is going to run throughout 2013 so that you have MANY chances to win cool prizes. Every week you can go to the LifeLock Facebook page and answer 10 multiple choice questions that are all about helping to protect your identity (so you can learn something while you try to win!). Prizes are awarded weekly as well as monthly. The specific life events that LifeLock will focus its questions on will change every month. For September, it’s all about heading back to school!

And the prizes….they are AWESOME! This month LifeLock is giving away 4 Ultimate Memberships (ARV $275 each!) and one $1,000 Visa gift card! EEEEE!!!! That would cover Christmas at my house!

So head on over and “like” LifeLock on Facebook, visit the LifeLock for Life tab, and enter to win! I just played, and I learned a lot of things I didn’t know in just a few minutes!

 Disclosure: I am a compensated ambassador for this brand. All opinions (and unfortunately, all instances of identity theft) are my own. 

Oransi Ionic Fridge Air Purifier: Pin it to Win it!

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You have probably received the advice before to put an open box of baking soda in your fridge to help keep odors at bay. I know I have tried this method several times, and I always end up with the same result, which is baking soda spilled all over my fridge due to the box getting knocked over. This is problematic for me because I’m the type of person who puts off cleaning out her fridge for as long as possible (hence needing some help deodorizing it!).

Oransi is a company who has come up with a much better solution, in my opinion, to baking soda. It’s the Oransi Ionic Fridge Air Purifier and it does NOT mask odors in the fridge. Rather, it kills bacteria that is forming, prevents mildew, sterilizes the fridge once every hour or so and neutralizes stale and foul odors. So basically, it takes whatever is causing your fridge to smell less-than-pleasant and annihilates it!

The Ionic Fridge Air Purifier is a compact machine that can easily get tucked into a fridge (even a really full one like mine). It runs very quietly (it’s on for about 5 minutes out of every 2 hours) and uses 2 AA batteries. They will need to be replaced after about 90 days (I highly recommend rechargeable batteries!). As for remembering when to replace the batteries, just replace them when you replace your water pitcher filter. That makes it easy!

This machine is definitely making a difference in my fridge. It’s not unusual for me to have leftovers of salmon, two or three wedges of cheese, and some fresh cabbage all sitting on the same shelf. So you can imagine the hard work this product has to do. And it’s working!!!

Win it!: Here’s your chance to win your own Oransi Ionic Fridge Air Purifier! This giveaway is a bit different, because this is a Pin it to Win it contest. Ready? Set? Go!

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

Disclosure: I received a complimentary product for review purposes. All thoughts and opinions expressed here are strictly my own.

LG 42″ Smart TV Giveaway Coming in November! Bloggers Sign Up for FREE

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Hang with me, friends, because I’m going to be part of a team of bloggers giving away an LG Smart Magic Bigscreen TV this November. You’re welcome! If you are a blogger, here’s how you can join in on the big giveaway!

The LG Smart Magic Bigscreen Event is hosted by Mom Powered Media.

Prize: LG 42″ Smart 1080p Edge-Lit LED HDTV with Wi-Fi and Magic Remote

The event dates: 11/5 – 11/26

Sign up here for free!