the bible of all parenting magazines, parents was the first and remains the best. But have you hung out at their website? Tons of daily content, great articles, free stuff and more. Pick up a free copy of parents at your next baby loves disco (while supplies last) and be a part of the parents community.
When it comes to creating the right children's shoes, no one else comes close to stride rite!. Using the latest technology and best materials, stride rite shoes are engineered for growing feet. They believe in helping children embrace life’s possibilities and adventures with confidence with every jump, step and dance move! stride rite is the "Official Shoe of Baby Loves Disco" because they have the best shoes because their expert fit technicians perform over 100 tests on each and every pair of shoes. All so you can have the confidence of the perfect fit, every time. Find a store near you and start practicing your dance moves! Life's waiting. Let's go.™
we love cool mom picks mostly because of the cool moms that do the picking. whenever i'm looking for a new gift for my kids, my sisters or my friends i totally rely on liz and kristen (the founding moms) to let me know what's hot in gifts, gear, services and websites. and my oh my has their message spread! now with a loyal fan base through a combination of fresh, fun writing and an eye for spotting trends before they hit the mainstream. The site was recently named by Real Simple magazine as one of their three favorite parenting blogs on the web. and we named it as our first! get picking.
if our generation is all about "cool parents" then our parents are, by association, cool grand parents, and there's no other resource of grandparental coolness that's hipper than grand magazine. grand provides grandparents of all ages and in all stages of life both information and inspiration. the magazine and the website present grandparents a world that celebrates the joys and tackles the challenges of one of life's sweetest experiences - having grandchildren. Continually updated with new and helpful information, standard features on the site include: children's health issues and child development, kinship care, grandparents' rights, information and resources for how to care for our parents, health and fitness, family money and kid-friendly traveling around the corner and across the globe. check 'em out here: www.grandmagazine.com.
Green Halloween is a non-profit, grassroots community movement to create healthier and more Earth-friendly holidays, starting with Halloween and is committed to improving the lives of children through nutrition, exercise and healthy environments. Green Halloween began in the Seattle area in 2007. In cities across the country, volunteer coordinators are not only working to turn their city's Halloween holiday healthy and eco-friendly - they're also raising money for their own, local non-profit beneficiaries. Green Halloween's goal is to accomplish real, meaningful and lasting change through an innovative, positive, fun-focused, initiative that engages our local communities and brings people (and families) closer together. check 'em out here: www.greenhalloween.org
I love moms like me. don't you? they're relative new comers to the baby loves block, but moms like me www.Momslikeme.com won us over with their coolness and technology. so we will be partnering with them for the rest of the eight, spreading the joy, making things great. they're all about making connections with other moms around town (and in your backyard) to help realize the african proverb: "it takes a village to raise a child". offer advice and swap stories, plan fun activities with your kids with their extensive calendar listings and even submit your family photos and laugh at pictures taken at local events. and now you can be amongst the founding mommas in building the network. dig it up here.
i always thought it was funny that we would all have these new babies and freak out whenever anyone went up to touch the kid ("you have to clean your hands first!") and then we'd pass them a bottle of that nasty hand sanitizing crap that's made from chemicals and alcohol! so, we at BLD were clearly psyched when we learned about cleanwell and instantly reached out to them to be one of our partners (you can rinse with cleanwell at all our food stations and diaper changing stations). cleanwell is the only hand sanitizer that is all-natural and alcohol-free. the ingredients in cleanwell are safe for kids, non-toxic, and come from rapidly renewable resources that grow abundantly worldwide. learn more here: www.cleanwelltoday.com
simply put - rattle 'n roll is the coolest way (ever!) to introduce your baby to the world. with custom baby announcements, birthday invitations and more , you'll feel like a rock star and your kid will be one! check out rattle 'n roll here and look for their amazing designs on each baby loves disco poster as rattle 'n roll has custom made every one of them! if you're still reading this, you can click here to see what they made for my kids' birthday invitations.
the first clue i had that my son was going to love happy baby food was when i caught me husband sneaking sweeter potatoes & purer pear on a late night snacking binge. seriously, it's that good. and for good reason - happy baby is a mom and pop company that's committed to making baby food as healthy and delicious as homemade. their unique meals are developed by healthcare professionals, parents, and socially responsible businesswomen to ensure your baby gets the essential nutrients needed for optimal growth and development. Fresh frozen organic baby meals in 15 flavors with a great variety of meats, veggies, grains and fruits for baby's budding palette. Their trays are BPA FREE, with individual cubes for less waste and no heating in plastic. think outside of the jar - learn more here: www.happybabyfood.com
Swell Pregnancy Guide is the ultimate resource for expectant women. The guide and companion website guide women through their pregnancy, from conception to life with a new baby. With guides to 32 cities, they have the skinny on pregnancy in a location near you. Order a free guide online at www.swellpregnancyguide.com.
manhattan, san francisco
Honest Kids, Honest Tea's new line of organic, low-sugar, fruit-flavored thirst quenchers offer a great-tasting alternative to sugar-laden beverages! Available in three delicious varieties (Berry Berry Good Lemonade, Goodness Grapeness and Tropical Tango Punch), each single-serve pouch contains less than half the sugar and calories of most other pouch drinks and still provides 100% of a child's daily recommended vitamin C. All varieties are USDA-certified Organic, so you can enjoy the healthy, natural refreshment of Honest Kids even if you're just a really big kid at heart! Honest Kids are available in cartons of 8 at Whole Foods, Target and Babies "R" Us as well as a new 24 pouch variety pack exclusively at Sam's Club. To learn more, visit www.honesttea.com
Philadelphia, Fort Lauderdale, north jersey, Portland, Los angeles, Naperville
First Juice(r) Brand organic fruit and vegetable juice beverage is the first organic juice for toddlers that is lower in sugar than traditional juice offerings, with nothing artificial. It contains 50% less sugar than the leading 100% juice brand. First Juice also contains vitamins A, C, and D, plus calcium. Serving less sweet tastes from the start can promote a child's development of healthier food taste preferences for life. First Juice encourages long-term healthy habits, in the most convenient package. It is available in a re-usable spill-proof sippy-top container, perfect for parents on-the-go. It's also available in a 32oz. bottle for refill. It's available in two flavors, apple+carrot, and banana+carrot. For more information, visit www.firstjuice.com.
boston
Ever wish someone put water in those juice boxes instead of sugar-laden, calorie-ridden juice! And let's not even talk about the sticky mess when the juice squirts out all over the back seat of your car. Well now you can give your little ones Wateroos water-filled drink boxes at BLD Boston. Wateroos come in 3 flavored recipes - berry, apple, and grape - and also good ol' plain water. All-natural, no sugar, calories or artificial sweeteners for you parents keeping count!. Does it get any better than that? Get' em at at Babies R Us, Shaw's, Hannaford and other select markets nationwide or hop on this site and have them shipped to your door. www.wateroos.com
washington dc, Detroit, Orlando, Orange county, Atlanta, fort lauderdale
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