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Tuesday, July 16, 2013
#newhomenewroots Brylane Home 4-tier Drying Rack #Giveaway!
It's Day 7 of We're Parents!? New Home, New Roots Event. I can't believe it's been a week now! I hope you are enjoying everything! To see all the giveaways for the event and enter to win the open ones just click the image below!
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Today's Fantastic Sponsor is Brylane Home.
Photo Credits: Brylane Home
I have a smaller drying rack that I love and I use it both inside and outside. I would LOVE to have one this size to use for my diapers!
Brylane Home was started in 1998 to make consumers' lives easier by keeping them up to date with the latest styles, colors, and designs. They don't think you should have to wait for a sale, so everyday they offer the best prices! The company actually consists of two divisions: Brylane Home & Brylane Home Kitchen. Brylane Home is known as "America's White Sale Catalog". With everything from Fashion bedding to Housewares to Bath items, they also offer Floor covering, vacuums, sewing, and ironing products to complete your home shopping experience. The Brylane Home Kitchen division was added in 2000 to bring customers hard-to-find kitchen and home essentials. In 2005, the company merged the two divisions together to form BrylaneHome.com. Customers can now easily access everything from home fashions, decor, kitchen essentials, and the perfect gifts, all at one site and at unbeatable prices.
Brylane Home literally is your one-stop shop for any of your home needs. Need a new appliance? They have the best available necessities, like blenders, toasters, and irons, as well as novelty appliances like ice makers and halogen ovens. They have a huge assortment of towels, bedding, and curtains that are sure to meet your needs for any redecorating you may be doing. Storage organization, food prep, and personal care items are just some more of the fabulous items they offer. Need furniture? Not to worry, Brylane Home has all your needs covered for that too. Indoor or outdoor seating, lighting, accessories, and more they have everything. If you are looking for the best prices on quality products, look no further!
To see a full review of just a sampling of what Brylane Home has to offer, JUST CLICK HERE!
To Purchase: Visit Brylane Home's website to view their full product line and see how their products can help with all your storage and organization needs.
The Giveaway will end at 12:00am EST on 7/31/13. The winner will be chosen at random through Rafflecopter which uses Random.org. The winner will be announced both on Rafflecopter as well as We're Parents Facebook. The winner will have their prize sent to them by Wellness Mats. We're Parents and other participating bloggers are not responsible for prize shipment. Must be 18 years and older. Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Google are in no way affiliated with this giveaway. No Purchase Necessary. US Only.*Name of your blog has not received compensation (monetary nor product) to promote this giveaway.
Sunday, July 14, 2013
#newhomenewroots Scentsy Giveaway!
It's Day 5 of We're Parents!? New Home, New Roots Event, which means we are officially halfway through the giveaways! We hope that you are enjoying all the giveaways so far and will come back for the next 5 days to enjoy even more! No need to worry if you missed a few giveaway posts already... To see all the giveaways for the event and enter to win the open ones just click the image below!
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Today's Scentalious Sponsor is Scent with Love - Jackie Pepe Independent Scentsy Consultant.
Scentsy really began with a simple idea, come up with a safe, wickless alternative to scented candles. It has very quickly now grown into one of the most successful direct selling companies in the world. The concept they created is also simple- decorative ceramic warmers that melt scented wax with the heat from a light bulb. Heidi and Orville Thompson, saw the company in 2004 at a home show and purchased the tiny company moving it to Meridian, Idado, inside a 40 foot shipping container. In 2004, Scentsy also joined the Direct Selling Assoication and enrolled its first Independent Consultant. It's now grown to No.1 consumer products company (2010 Inc 500 list), Top 100 business on 2011 Inc 500 list, and many more awards. They have also grossed more than $1 billion in revenue in just 8+ short years. Scentsy is now offered throughout the United Stats, Puerto Rico, Guam, Canada, and Europe.
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Jackie Pepe created Scent with Love as her Independent Scentsy line a little more than a year and a half ago to escape a horrible job and help with income from her family. After just 6 months, she was able to quit her job and stay at home full time with her new baby girl. She offers all the amazing products that Scentsy does, and can help you get your home smelling yummy or work with you to get started as your own Independent consultant with Scentsy.
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Scentsy has created an extensive line of products with more constantly being added. It is way beyond the original idea of just wickless candles and scents. Today they offer different sizes in the wickless warmers including plug-in warmers, over 100 different scent options in the waxes, as well as a complete home collection that includes soaps, laundry soap, dryer disks, room sprays, and so much more! Just for the kiddos, they even have plush animals that you can put scent bars in too! Can't wait to see what they come up with next!
To see a full review of some of Scentsy's amazing product, JUST CLICK HERE!
To Purchase: Visit Scent With Love- Jackie's Scentsy Page to view their full product line and grab the items you love to keep you home, office, car & more smelling fresh & yummy!
To Win: We're Parents and Scent with Love are giving One lucky reader the chance to win the a huge Scentsy Prize Pack including 2 plug-in warmers, 8 scent bars, a Luna scent circle, and a scent pack! That's a $93 value!! Enter the Rafflecopter below, all entries are optional with exception of your address which is necessary for product shipment if you are the winner.
The Giveaway will end at 12:00am EST on 7/29/13. The winner will be chosen at random through Rafflecopter which uses Random.org. The winner will be announced both on Rafflecopter as well as We're Parents Facebook. The winner will have their prize sent to them by Wellness Mats. We're Parents and other participating bloggers are not responsible for prize shipment. Must be 18 years and older. Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Google are in no way affiliated with this giveaway. No Purchase Necessary. US Only.*Name of your blog has not received compensation (monetary nor product) to promote this giveaway.
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Kids Fly Safe - CARES Harness Review and #Discount Code!
CARES Overview
CARES Child Aviation Restraint System is designed specifically for aviation use for children age 1 and older who weigh between 22 and 44 pounds. These youngsters are old enough to be in their own seats, but are too small for the seat belt alone to protect them and provide the safety they require during airplane travel. Their bodies cannot withstand the jolts that are common in routine air travel, much less emergency situations, and they flail forward or slide beneath the seat belt if they are not held securely in place.
- CARES is the first and only harness type Aviation Child Safety Device to be certified by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as an alternative to a car seat.
- CARES is an elegantly designed belt-and-buckle device that works in conjunction with the regular airplane seat belt and provides young travelers the same level of safety as a car seat.
- CARES weighs just one pound and fits into a 6″ stuff sack! It is easily portable, simple to install, adjustable to every size airplane seat, and usable on any window or center seat in the airplane, except in the emergency exit rows.
***I removed the recommendation that you check your car seat as luggage as car seat safety technicians will tell you that "If it's checked, it's wrecked" meaning it would need replaced and considered unsafe. Thousands of people do it, but I chose not to.***
I received the CARES (Child Aviation Restraint System) for review and I was so excited to be able to try it out! Hubby, on the other hand, was not convinced. We took the car seat (Graco Argos in case anyone is wondering) with us on the plane as well because we were going to need an actual car seat in Cali during our trip there. As is stated in the name of the product, this is an aviation-certified restraint system. It is not, however, usable in a car. If we had a seat waiting for us in Cali when we landed, we would have probably only used the CARES harness while in flight.
The harness itself can be a little intimidating when you first unwrap it, but the instructions are SUPER easy to follow and very clear and concise.
There is a BRIGHT RED strap that goes around the back of the seat. I think that was my least favorite part of the harness, personally, because it actually takes putting the tray table of the person behind your child down to allow the strap to slip down behind it. I was lucky on the flight when I tested this out that no one was behind the seat I used. The seats were also VERY slick and I had a small amount of trouble getting the strap to stay in place long enough to tighten it. However, I did NOT put the tray table back into its "upright and locked" position before attempting tightening, so that may have contributed to my problem.
Honestly, what I loved the most about the CARES harness is that all of the arm rests are accessible and functional. With the width of most (if not all) car seats versus the width of the standard aircraft seat in all likelihood you will not be able to use the arm rest closest to the car seat.
Given the fact that the FAA actually recommends ALL children be given their own seat and properly restrained (http://www.faa.gov/passengers/fly_children/), it only makes sense to use either their own, familiar car seat OR another device certified for use as a restraint. I actually appreciated having a real harness to strap Fuss in with because she was very well-behaved since she was used to that sensation. We were all buckled during our flights unless we were up to use the restroom. Our longest flight was 5 hours and Fuss was perfectly content with being in her seat during that time.
I admit, I wish we had had a seat waiting for us in Cali as it would have made life much easier! We would have had an easier time boarding/deplaning. We never had a single problem with ANY of the flight attendants or airline employees when taking our seat on board. (I will provide several links showing why this was most likely the case at the end of the post.) Had we had another seat available that I would have trusted with the safety of my child, I would most definitely have used the CARES harness exclusively while we were flying! It doesn't take any longer than it did to put her car seat on the plane. And, like I said, there would have been MUCH more room for the 3 of us to travel. Bonus: She couldn't kick the seat in front of her while in the harness like she could while in her car seat.
As you can see in the picture below, Fuss was thrilled to be sitting in the "big seat" and wearing her harness! (Again, it wasn't perfectly positioned because we were trying to do this quickly while disturbing the fewest number of people. The row behind us was unoccupied with only 1 occupant behind that row, so we went back there to do pics). Since this is good for 22-44 pounds and Fuss is only about 34 pounds right now, we will be able to use this for quite a while to come! ****Be sure to scroll to the bottom!****
As I said before, the FAA strongly recommends ALL children be in their own safety seat while on board. The only problem with that is most people won't purchase another ticket unless required to (which for most airlines is age 3). The airlines don't require it because they are afraid people will stop flying or opt to drive to their destinations instead. Unfortunately that leads to children being ejected from their parent's laps/arms as was the case in the Asiana Airlines flight on July 7. Source
For more information on flight safety, please see the links below.
For all Crunchier by the Day fans, Kids Fly Safe has offered an awesome 20% DISCOUNT with code DAY713.
I hope you all continue to travel and fly safely with your toddlers! :)
From Kids Fly Safe:
http://kidsflysafe.com/2012/08/02/why-its-worth-buying-toddlers-their-own-seats-on-a-plane/
http://kidsflysafe.com/2011/01/02/should-child-restraint-devices-be-mandatory-in-planes-part-1/
http://kidsflysafe.com/2011/01/02/should-child-restraint-devices-be-mandatory-on-planes-part-2/
http://www.faa.gov/passengers/fly_children/crs/
http://flyingwithchildren.blogspot.com/
http://carseatblog.com/6599/airplanes-carseats-and-kids%E2%80%94what-you-need-to-know-pt-1/
http://carseatblog.com/6635/airplanes-carseats-and-kids%E2%80%94what-you-need-to-know-pt-2/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=spYWuO20fCM
http://www.airweb.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgAdvisoryCircular.nsf/0/
http://www.ntsb.gov/news/2010/101215.html
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/108/5/1218.full
http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/air-passengers-children-564.htm
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