H&M has been bring­ing cool clothes and acces­sories to the world for over sixty years. Since the first store opened in Swe­den way back when with their busi­ness con­cept of fash­ion and qual­ity at the best price, H&M has grown to over 2,200 stores in 38 coun­tries—talk about expan­sion! All of their col­lec­tions (includ­ing H&M’s Kids con­cepts) com­bine a great sense of fash­ion, color and design with dura­bil­ity, safety, com­fort and a price tag that lets you breathe easy. With all of the acces­sories in the stores you can out­fit your kid­dos from head to toe and still have cash left over for your own wardrobe (ps– lots of clothes for mom and dad too!). And H&M is one of the most socially con­scious and aware com­pa­nies out there, which is why we love ‘em! Find out more about H&M at www.hm.com.

Our Fab­u­lous Partners

• We absolutely LOVE Loews Hotels.  They take the job of enter­tain­ing trav­el­ing fam­i­lies seri­ously, which is why the disco bus is stop­ping at 12 of the US loca­tions in 2011, we hope you can join us. The com­pany, which is well-known for its inno­v­a­tive guest ser­vice pro­grams and imag­i­na­tive approach to every­thing from food to fam­ily pets, offers Loews Loves Kids, a branded ini­tia­tive address­ing the prac­ti­cal and play­ful aspects of trav­el­ing with chil­dren and teenagers. It fea­tures every­thing from gift bags with toys on arrival, a Kid Kloset (a go-to spot filled with prac­ti­cal and play­ful travel neces­si­ties, such as games, books, car seats, strollers, night lights, potty seats, baby bath tub, baby blan­kets, and out­let pro­tec­tors), and trans-fat-free children’s menus. For reser­va­tions or more infor­ma­tion on Loews Coro­n­ado Bay Resort, call 1–800-81-LOEWS or check www.loewshotels.com
• BLD is superpsy­ched to intro­duce MacaroniKid.com as a new part­ner! Each week Mac­a­roni Kid dishes the scoop on the best local activ­i­ties for kids and fam­i­lies in more than 400 com­mu­ni­ties across the Coun­try. Hun­dreds of thou­sands of moms (& dads) dis­cover all kinds of great activ­i­ties every week.  From story time to pup­pet shows, or Baby Loves Disco to Dis­ney on Ice, if it’s fun for fam­i­lies, you’ll find it in Mac­a­roni Kid. To sub­scribe to your local edi­tion, start here.  And it’s FREE!   If you don’t see an edi­tion for your town, you can start your own.  Each local edi­tion is run by a local Pub­lisher Mom who gets all kinds of great perks and brings in extra cash for her house­hold.  You can see more info here Mac­a­roni Kid was started by two real moms with six unreal kids between them.

• Founded in 2006 by Janet Owings and Mary Schul­man, (a mother/daughter team) with a pas­sion for children’s health, Snikiddy pro­duces Snikiddy Snacks® — great tast­ing, family-friendly snacks includ­ing Cheese Puffs and Baked Fries  (Free­dom from Fried) avail­able in a vari­ety of fla­vors and devel­oped for kids and fam­i­lies. Made with the high­est qual­ity, sim­ple and whole­some ingre­di­ents includ­ing real cheese and pota­toes, Snikiddy Snacks® are per­fect for lunch­boxes, after school, and on-the-go snacks.  We are super psy­ched to have Snikiddy Snacks at all of our dis­cos for every­one to taste!
• Wel­come back CFK who will be sup­ply­ing all the kid­dos with cool crafty projects at our club and mall events for 2010. Cre­ativ­ity for Kids was founded more than 30 years ago in Cleve­land, Ohio and dur­ing that time devel­oped a well deserved rep­u­ta­tion for design­ing imag­i­na­tive, high qual­ity, inno­v­a­tive arts and crafts prod­ucts for chil­dren age 3 and up.  In 1999, Faber-Castell acquired Cre­ativ­ity for Kids which enabled fur­ther dis­tri­b­u­tion of our prod­ucts all over the world, giv­ing chil­dren every­where the oppor­tu­nity to cre­ate, pre­tend, and play in ways that encour­age self-expression and build self-esteem.  Today we offer prod­ucts that con­sist of both clas­sic and trendy cre­ative activ­i­ties, and now some prod­ucts include Faber-Castell pre­mium art sup­plies that enrich the cre­ative expe­ri­ence.  Over the years, Cre­ativ­ity for Kids craft kits have received many awards from orga­ni­za­tions such as Oppen­heim Toy Port­fo­lio, Par­ents’ Choice, Dr. Toy, The National Par­ent­ing Cen­ter, and NAPPA, plus recog­ni­tion in national pub­li­ca­tions such as Par­ents Mag­a­zine and Bet­ter Homes & Gardens.
• Rev­o­lu­tion Foods was founded on the belief that all chil­dren deserve access to healthy, whole­some foods where they need it most — in their schools.  After great suc­cess rev­o­lu­tion­iz­ing the school lunch line, pro­vid­ing over 2 mil­lion healthy meals to date, Rev­o­lu­tion Foods now offers an entire line of organic snacks for on-the-go nutri­tion. On a mis­sion to make every bite mat­ter ™, 3% of the net prod­uct line sales goes back into the school lunch busi­ness, pro­vid­ing more meals to kids in under­served schools.  Avail­able lunch­box prod­ucts include: PopA­longs™, popped organic whole grain chips; Mashups™, organic squeez­able fruit; and Jammy Sam­mys™, organic snack-sized sand­wich bars. To find a store or learn more about Rev­o­lu­tion Foods visit: http://www.revolutionfoods.com
• Founded in 2005, Plum Organ­ics is a pio­neer and lead­ing provider of nutri­tious, organic baby food and tod­dler snacks.  A proud part­ner of Healthy Child Healthy World, Plum Organ­ics has set the stage for a new way of nour­ish­ing the next gen­er­a­tion of chil­dren. Just recently, Plum Organ­ics launched two new lines of portable baby food in light­weight, reseal­able pouches now avail­able in six sin­gle JUST fruit vari­eties and seven veggie/fruit blends.  Build­ing on their com­mit­ment to nour­ish Gen­er­a­tion Organic™ right from the start, the com­pany also pro­vides the first and only com­plete line of organic snacks for tod­dlers: TOTS FIDDLESTICKS™ a gluten-free baked snack stick, TOTS Fruity FINGERGULS™ a whole grain cereal and freeze-dried fruit, and TOTS MISH MASH™ a squeez­able pureed fruit snack.  To learn more about Plum Organ­ics visit: http://www.PlumOrganics.com
• Piggy Paint™ was born. As you may have guessed, our pol­ish is NOT flam­ma­ble and sits beau­ti­fully on the unaf­fected foam. We hope you enjoy this water-based pol­ish that is spe­cially for­mu­lated of nat­ural ingre­di­ents. Finally, a kid-friendly pol­ish with­out the accom­pa­ny­ing draw­backs of tra­di­tional pol­ishes. It is free of formalde­hyde, toluene, phtha­lates, biphenyl A, ethyl acetate and ace­tone… and made in the USA!From our heart to yours, we hope Piggy Paint™ takes the worry out of paint­ing your nails and puts the fun back into this enjoy­able activ­ity you can share with your daugh­ter and other pre­cious girls in your life. Piggy Paint gen­er­ously donated prod­uct to our mini mani sta­tions at many events!
• Green Toys Inc. is the leader in envi­ron­men­tally and socially respon­si­ble children’s prod­ucts. Inspired by its founders’ desire to offer con­sumers a trusted source for toys, Green Toys Inc. pro­vides trans­parency about its eco-friendly raw mate­ri­als and California-based man­u­fac­tur­ing processes. Green Toys’ line of clas­sic, award-winning toys, and now table­ware, pro­motes recy­cling, saves energy and reduces green­house gas emis­sions. All Green Toys prod­ucts are made in the USA from 100% recy­cled plas­tic and con­tain no BPA, phtha­lates, PVC, melaine, or exter­nal coat­ings. For more infor­ma­tion, please visit www.greentoys.com.  Look for their toys at all Baby Loves Disco events and try them out for yourself