Looking for Healthy Snacks? Simply... Go-Gurt "Simplify Your Life" Review +Giveaway!

How many times have you read that my family loves healthy snack options?? I will write about new and exciting products that pass my scrutiny until I am blue in the face. Why? Because I don't want my children growing up in a world of artificial colors and sweeteners. That said- recently I was given the opportunity to review the new Yoplait Simply... Go-Gurt.

I love yogurt, and craved it during my pregnancy with my daughter. The thing is that most "low-fat" yogurts contain phenylketonurics, phenylalaine, aspartame, high-fructose corn syrup or another artificial sweetener.

I love Yoplait yogurt, so I jumped at this opportunity from MyBlogSpark. I was sent a coupon for a free package of Simply...Go-Gurt, a backseat organizer, a pocket Etch-a-Sketch, and this great little organizer- with sticky notes and everything!

It took me a few stores to actually find the Simply...Go-Gurt in stock, but once I did, the kids and I fell in love. Really, I know that sounds corny, but it's the truth. (I cannot tell you how much we are NOT morning people.) Often running late, the Simply..Go-Gurt has been quite the lifesaver, simplifying my life. The kids love it because it's the perfect size, and it tastes great. Simply...Go-Gurt is available in two kid-friendly flavors, Strawberry & Mixed Berry. Each convenient portable yogurt tube contains a good source of calcium and vitamin D. The kids love the individual serving size. I love the ingredients, and the fact that it's from Yoplait- a brand I trust and buy often.

Looking for a healthy alternative to fake fruit or over-sugared ice pops this summer? Try throwing the individual sleeves in the freezer. After only a couple of hours these pops make for a refreshing treat after a day in the sun!

Want it?
Click on the micro site below to get a free coupon (not valid in some states including: California, Idaho, Louisiana, Minnesota, New Jersey, Nevada, North Dakota and Tennessee), tell a friend, get snacking advice, and give your opinion on this new product.

WIN IT!
Our friends at MyBlogSpark & Yoplait have offered one lucky reader their chance to WIN a Simplify Your Life prize pack, just like the one I received.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNER!

Please refer to our WINNERS PAGE for more information on how to officially claim your prize!

This giveaway is open to residents of the US. This giveaway will end on May 4, 2010 at 11:59pm EST. The winner will be chosen using Random.org, and all winner information will be posted on our WINNERS PAGE and on this post. Any unclaimed prizes will be redrawn accordingly and at the discretion of 4BabyAndMom. Disclosure: The Simply... Go-Gurt prize pack, information, and additional prize pack were all given to us from Yoplait through MyBlogSpark to share my own opinions on. Any opinions expressed are 100% mine. Your experience with these products and company may differ.

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Exclusive Facebook Fan Giveaway

"Like" 4BabyAndMom to become a fan on Facebook- Click HERE to bring you to our page. Please spread the word on your website that I am trying to get 1000 likes in 10 days. We have 5 days left, and 652 'likes' left.

If you share it on your site, leave me a comment here and get 5 extra entries into the rest of our giveaways for the month!

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BBC Earth Offers Free Planet Earth Episode Download on iTUNES

Celebrate Earth Day & Enjoy PLANET EARTH in Stunning HD For Free April 12-26, 2010

From the Press Release:

In celebration of Earth Day’s 40th anniversary, the beloved and award-winning BBC Earth series Planet Earth is now available on iTunes with a special, one-time free episode download (“Pole to Pole”) from April 12 – 26, 2010.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD FREE EPISODE

This jaw-dropping, 11-part series from the BBC’s Natural History Unit presents the epic story of life on Earth. Series producer Alastair Fothergill and his team spent four years in production, over 2000 days in the field, using 71 cameramen filming across 204 locations in 62 countries to capture the ultimate portrait of our planet. It has garnered legions of fans and universal critical acclaim with Oprah Magazine saying “It is the most beautiful, wondrous and truly majestic series - the best thing I’ve ever seen on TV.” Using a budget of unprecedented proportions and captured on HD cameras, Planet Earth is among the highest rated and best selling HD programs ever made. It offers stunning visuals perfect for any HD television or HD handheld device like the Apple iPad which launched on April 3rd.

The BBC Natural History Unit has been producing extraordinary programming for over 50 years, and continues to take viewers to new and exciting parts of our Earth. Planet Earth, a BBC/Discovery co-production, aired on the Discovery Channel in 2007. It is the must-see precursor to the highly anticipated BBC nature series Life, currently airing on the Discovery Channel and releasing on DVD June 1, 2010 from BBC Video.

You can easily share this free download with your friends on TWITTER by clicking on the link. See what other people are saying and talk about it using the #planetearth hashtag. Be sure to remind your friends that this free download is only available until Monday!

Want more Planet Earth? The whole series is available for instant download on iTunes in both Standard Definition and Hi-Def.

You can also go behind-the scenes with the all-new playlist, The Planet Earth Diaries ($4.99/Playlist; 99¢/episode). Here you’ll find a total of 110 minutes (eleven 10-minute episodes) of footage detailing what the crew had to endure in order to capture some of the most enthralling moments of the series.

CAN’T GET ENOUGH?
Complement Planet Earth with other BBC Earth series such as Blue Planet , and Yellowstone and Galapagos, both available in HD.

Check out one of the clips below, and be sure to visit the additional links below to see more stunning videos.



Additional Video Clips:

• Mother polar bear and cubs emerging from den
• Hydroplaning Dolphins
• Wolves hunting Caribou
• Whale hunting Krill in Antarctica

Be sure to download the FREE episode now on iTunes, before this offer ends on Monday!


All images and video © BBC. No monetary compensation was received for advertising this promotion. The information was provided by American Pop Digital.

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Silikids Special Earth Day Offer!

Glass bottles are back! Save 50% off AND get a free replacement skin on your next Siliskin bottle purchase using coupon code: SILIBABY

Safe, cost effective, and green. What's better than that? The protective skin allows baby to have a grip on the bottle, and if it drops is much less likely to break than a standard glass bottle. Don't have a baby drinking out of bottles anymore? Try the Silikids cup! Happy Earth Day!

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Green News from General Mills

Green Giant has long been committed to reducing its footprint on everything it plants, produces, packages and brings to your table. Now, celebrating the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, Green Giant is taking that commitment to the environment one giant step farther, by giving $200,000 to The Nature Conservancy to help fund an innovative project that will encourage greener farming practices to repair and protect a natural treasure — the Root River, one of Minnesota’s (home to Green Giant) best trout streams.

Throughout its century-long history, Green Giant has worked to reduce its environmental footprint through many measures including:

• Reducing the amount of land and water needed to grow vegetables
• Packing vegetables in smaller, lighter cans, so it takes less fuel to deliver them to supermarket shelves
• Utilizing traditional seed breeding methods over the last 35 years to double the amount of sweet corn grown on an acre of land
• Teaming up with growers to install a more efficient irrigation system that can reduce water use by more than a million gallons a year
• Switching to more earth-friendly paperboard to package frozen vegetables, saving approximately 54,000 trees annually in the process

When you buy Green Giant® vegetables, you are supporting these initiatives. To learn more about this partnership and how Green Giant is making its footprint smaller or to make a donation to The Nature Conservancy, visit www.greengiant.com.

This information was provided to us by General Mills by the Psst... program. No monetary compensation was received by posting this press release.

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April Showers Brings... Mother's Day! (And so much more!)

Is it just me, or is Mother's Day coming a little early this year? I know that it's always the second Sunday in May, but literally last night, I just looked at a calendar and just about fell on my face!

There is so many new and exciting things going on at 4BabyAndMom this spring. Well, first, our family survived our first state competition. (Oh, and as a quick update, Days Inn ended up refunding us the entire nights stay.)

Almost immediately afterward, we had an awesome visit by two sets of family members from up north. During the visit we ate at a Tijuana Flats restaurant for the first time (oh-mi-gosh, I'm in LOVE!) and visited Clearwater, and the beach. We took a boat out to the Gulf of Mexico, and visited Shell Island. The island lived up to its name, as the white sandy shore line was covered with shells all different shapes and sizes. Abbigaile got to drive the boat.. well, she did with her uncle, but she pretended too!

We even found two sea urchin in the water! Out at sea, Alex wanted to go tubing so we let him. He knows how to swim, but he wore a life jacket- just in case. We went slow, and all of a sudden we noticed dolphins in the water around us, and him! He loves dolphins since our Sea World encounter, so he wasn't affected at all. *I* was a little nervous, but I survived. They were beautiful!

After that, Alex's uncle took him on a fan boat to look for alligators. He absolutely loved his week with his relatives, and they spoiled him rotten.. which was a great change, because usually it's Miss Abbie that's spoiled ridiculously.

Anyway- now that our company has officially moved onto bigger and better things, we're starting to get back into the swing of things. We have some great giveaways listed now, and some new ones will be posted soon.

I set a goal for myself. I really want to see if I can get 1000 Facebook Fans. I am going to be putting up a giveaway this week that will either be split- IF my goal is met, one prize pack will go to a Fan only, the other to the readers and commenters here- If I don't make the goal, the two prize packs will be given out to my readers here only. Each prize pack will have an estimated retail value of about $350! I would love it if you could help spread the word by sharing our link or profile on Facebook. Oh, also, our Facebook Fan Page is a direct url now- Facebook.com/4BabyAndMom how awesome is that?!

Keep on the lookout for a beautiful photobook giveaway from VistaPrint (valued at ~$50!) and a giveaway for a 16x20 photo canvas from CanvasPress.com, valued at over $100! I can't wait to share these great companies with you, and many more these next few weeks.

The first week of May I will be heading up to the Greater Cleveland area (aka "Cleveland Plus") for a Family Familiarization Tour. This tour will consist of 4 jam-packed days and will include various stops at family-friendly locations throughout the region including a behind-the-scenes tour of our famous Parade the Circle, stops at the renowned Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and an overnight in the Sandusky area (with tours of the area’s indoor waterparks and Cedar Point).Needless to say, I can't wait to go, and then share everything I learned with you all!

Also, after I come home from my trip, you should find some more posts from Marissa. This semester of college is almost over, and she is eager to jump into the blogging wagon in full force. I've spent the last few months trying to teach her anything and everything that I could. I am sure you all will enjoy the wealth of knowledge she brings to this site. 

So that- in a nutshell- is what has been going on over here. Now that that's settled...what are you waiting for? Tell a friend, subscribe by email- so you don't miss a thing, and enjoy the next chapter at 4BabyAndMom!

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Little Tikes 40th Celebration + 30th Anniversary Cozy Coupe Giveaway!

Since 1970, the Little Tikes Company has been committed to creating safe, high-quality, durable and fun toys for active girls and boys, featuring a series of bestselling learning and riding toys that encourage kids to “Get up and Grow” while learning through active, creative and social play. From the old classics to modern toys, your kids will love playing outside when you have Little Tikes toys in your backyard.

For 30 years, this kid-powered ride on has been a kid-powered favorite. Little ones love being behind the wheel while adults love the durability. Now, with new redesigns and interactive features, the Cozy Coupe is better than ever!

Our family loves Little Tikes products, from toy chests, to picnic tables, to inflatable jumpers, or ride on toys; whenever we are on the search of durable kids toys, our first choice is Little Tikes. Both of my children had a Cozy Coupe, and drove it non-stop; from the local park, to up and down the driveway, they loved their Cozy Coupe. Alex had a classic red and yellow coupe, and Abbie had his for awhile, then we got her a pink one. She thought she was the queen in that car- and hated to share with any friends. She HAD to drive. No if, and's or buts about it!!

The new 30th Anniversary Edition Cozy Coupe is super cute, and looks just like the infamous Little Tikes logo, with big eyes and all! Perfect for your active toddler, this Cozy Coupe has a retail value of $49.99.

With spring in the air, and the summer-time right around the corner, you may want to visit the Little Tikes website to shop around for great outdoor toys to keep your tots busy, use their imaginations, and most of all- have FUN!

Right now if you use the coupon code FRSH0322 at checkout, your order $200 or more will ship completely free! (see site for details)

Thanks to our friends at Little Tikes, right now you can enter to win your child their own sweet ride: the Little Tikes 30th Anniversary edition Cozy Coupe.

CONGRATULATIONS!!

Please refer to our WINNERS PAGE for more information on how to claim your prize. 

This giveaway is open to residents of the US. This giveaway will end on April 30, 2010 at 11:59pm EST. The winner will be chosen using Random.org, and all winner information will be posted on our WINNERS PAGE and on this post. Any unclaimed prizes will be redrawn accordingly and at the discretion of 4BabyAndMom. Disclosure:  I received no monetary compensation for this post, and any opinions expressed are 100% my own. Your experience with this product and company may differ.

**THERE WAS A TYPO IN THE ORIGINAL TWEET- THIS GIVEAWAY ENDS ON 4//30 NOT 4/25. I APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE.***

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