Worried about losing your photos and videos because you don’t have a backup plan? Here’s an easy one for you. Plus, accessories that play up your eyes and tips for turning up the heat in your relationship.

Boston Mamas: Backup for Dummies Safeguard your work and precious digital family photos and videos with the amazingly easy to use Clickfree backup device.

One Chic Mama: The Eyes Have It Choose accessories that play up your eyes to create a beautiful look and make your face light up!

How To Be a Foxy Mom. Feeling sexy is mostly a state of mind. Here are a few quick tips for turning the heat back up!

MomFinds: Win a $100 Shopping Spree for Holiday Cards at Minted.com Don’t wait until the last minute to get those holiday cards made. In fact, get them done early (and for free!) with this week’s prize courtesy of Minted.com, a fantastic site loaded with gorgeous, customizable greeting cards.

TheBump.com introduces new badges just for you! Personalize your message board posts, blogs, or web pages with our Bump badges.

Go environmental, keep up with vaccines and look stylish while preggo with these tips of the week.

Boston Mamas: Stand Tall & Green. Got chemicals? Check out these tips to take charge of your family’s environmental health.

Stay Up to Date With Baby’s Vaccinations! The Bump keeps you on track for well-baby visits with its new vaccination checklist.

One Chic Mama – Go Through Pregnancy in Style. Belly Bundles offers stylish maternity clothing on consignment, at a fraction of the cost!

MomFinds: Win a Dante Beatrix Stroller Tote Luxe. Win a fabulous diaper bag that combines attitude with all of the practical features busy moms need to get through a day out with baby.

We Covet: GIVEAWAY of the Week: Mod Pet Prints We Covet. Win an adorably stylish fine art print from Mod Dog!

From handling biters and making your own Halloween costumes to winning a $42,000 minivan, this Friday’s picks have something for everyone.

Boston Mamas: Handling Biting Behavior Got a biter in the house? Check out these tips on handling biting behavior.

Car & Caboodle: Top 10 Things to Do While Pumping Mom-friendly Medela Freestyle Pump inspires ideas on what to do with all that freedom

Coochicoos: Homemade Halloween Costume Ideas Inspirations & instructions to making your own Halloween costumes

MomFinds: Win a Halloween Costume from Aeromax Toys Searching for a cute Halloween costume for your child? One lucky reader will win a Get Real Gear Halloween Costume from Aeromax Toys.

Moms Buzz: How to Win A New Minivan This Weekend What about shooting a little video for a chance to win a new minivan – the one you always wanted? Like the new Volkswagen 2009 Routan valued at more than $42,000 fully loaded?

New Tickers on TheBump.com! Countdown the days to baby’s birthday, arrival or even conception with this new custom tool

One Chic Mama: Give Your Style A Boost – And Win! Two lucky winners will get a one-hour personal image consultation to help boost their image and their confidence with One Chic Mama founder and image consultant, Michele Little. $125 value each!

We Covet: We Covet Wow Wow Wubbzy! Win a Wow Wow Wubbzy happy pack, including a DVD of the show, a board book, and Wubbzy character doll!

For this Friday’s round-up, we have three giveaways for you: a $75 Vincent Shoes gift certificate, a $100 shopping spree at Tea Collection and a $50 gift certificate from Tiny Prints. Good luck!

Boston Mamas: Win a $75 gift certificate to Vincent Shoes!
We love Vincent’s fall line up; stop by to enter to win a $75 gift certificate.

MomFinds: Win a $100 Shopping Spree at Tea Collection
Tea Collection’s Fall line-up is all about Norwegian-inspired looks. Tell us your favorite piece and you can win a $100 gift card.

One Chic Mama: Tiny Prints
Tiny Print has some of the best modern graphics available for online greeting cards, announcements and invitations. Enter for a chance to win a $50 gift certificate.

This week on the Clever Parents Friday Picks of the Week: back to school lunch tips to lure your child into healthy eating, back-to-school spending tips, Modern Moms Groups and more!

Boston Mamas: Lunch Lures
Check out these back to school lunch tips that no doubt will lure your child in to enjoy a healthy meal.

Modern Mom Groups Have Launched! Meet other moms at exclusive Moms Night Out events, play dates and more.

MomFinds: Win a $100 giggle Shopping Spree The first giggle giveaway was such a big hit, we decided to give our readers another chance to win big..$100 big.

Moms Buzz: Back to School Spending Tips Here are some tips to spend less when going out shopping for Back-to-School necessities so that you “hit the books and not your wallet.”

One Chic Mama: Pumping Made Easy August is Breastfeeding Awareness Month and we bring you two great solutions to make it a little easier.

Learn how to throw an Explorer Party this week from Boston Mamas, plus giveaways galore on this week’s Clever Parents Blog Roundup.

Boston Mamas: Fun & Simple Explorer Party. Got curious kids? Check out this how-to on throwing a fun and simple Explorer Party.

One Chic Mama: Go Green, Go Gorgeous. Elwood makes chic yet comfortable and casual clothing from organic and renewable resources. Enter to win a Simone hooded Poncho!

MomFinds: Two Readers Will Win a Pair of Robeez Baby Shoes. Baby will be marching—er, crawling—to the beat of his or her own drum in these comfy, stay-put shoes from Robeez. Just tell us what size you want, and these rock ‘n roll shoes can be yours!

Moms Buzz: Bone Comic Book Giveaway (Kids Pack). Start the new school year with brand new stories to read to your children. In the Bone Comic Book Giveaway, there are 5 prizes of the comic book BONES! The grand winner gets a pack of Bone comic books #1-3 plus other goodies, and the other 4 winners get one book, the “Out from Boneville.”

Enjoy zucchini inspired recipes, why moms need an iPhone and a fresh look at photo baby announcements.

Boston Mamas: Zucchini For All. Perfect to suit the abundance at the farmer’s markets, enjoy these zucchini inspired recipes for the whole family.

Car & Caboodle: 10 Reasons Why Moms Need an iPhone. Moms love their gadgets too, and here are 10 reasons why all moms need an iPhone

Coochicoos: 5 Fresh Baby Photo Announcements. Here’s a fresh look at baby photo announcements. Hint: you won’t find these at Costco.

MomFinds: Win a $100 Shopping Spree at BusyMommi.com. Everything in the site has been hand-picked to make life easier on and more fun for busy families. Happy shopping!

One Chic Mama: Modern Design Makes a Splash. Skip Hop’s Splash Bottle Drying Rack wins a 2008 IDEA Award. Win one for yourself!

Check out a natural craft dough that you don’t have to make yourself, plus giveaways for children’s books, a Cabana Life shopping spree and a personalized charm necklace.

Eco-Dough: Looking for a natural craft dough, but don’t have the time to make it from scratch? Then check out the fabulous eco-dough (also available gluten, soy, or dairy free) by green art supplier Eco-Kids.

Classy Mommy: Little Scholastic Giveaway: Win Little Scholastics Summer Goodie Bag full of 5 Books!

MomFinds: Win a $100 Cabana Life Shopping Spree: Be stylish and sun smart with Cabana Life’s sun protective clothing line.

The Nest Baby: Personalized Charm Necklace Giveaway: We’re giving away a one-of-a-kind Lisa Leonard charm neckalce, personalized with your loved ones’ names. Just give us your best summertime travel tip to enter!

Join A Modern Moms Group! Modern Moms Groups are launching across the country to offer women a community of like-minded moms offline. We hold regular Mom’s Night Outs, events + more.

Check out a fun new way to exercise, tips for improving your gas economy, giveaways and more.

Boston Mamas: Happy Hooping For a departure from traditional exercise, try out the fun, unexpected workout provided by Hoopnotica’s awesome hoops and hoopdancing DVDs.

Car & Caboodle: Good Tips & Busted Myths on Fuel Economy Learn to improve your gas economy

Coochicoos: All-in-One Beaba Babycook Here, But Not BPA-Safe? Cool French Babycooker Not BPA-Free

MomFinds: Win a $150 Shopping Spree at BeanNewYork.com Find the most charming baby clothes at this chic baby boutique and get them for free!

Moms Buzz: Father’s Day and Graduation Giveaway – Win Microsoft® Zune 30GB Bundle! It’s time to break the routine gift-giving cycle for Father’s Day and Graduation. Back away from the ties, stop the hunt for the perfect wallet, and forget about giving a student planner. Delight dads and grads with the Microsoft Zune 30GB and upgrade their lives. It has been extended to Friday, June 13!!

One Chic Mama: Fuzz Buster The Schick Quattro gives you a perfect summer shave.

The Nest Baby: Diaper Bag Giveaway Tell us about your travel horror stories to win a Retro Stripe diaper bag!

This week on the Parent Blog Roundup, clever tips for coping with parent/child separation, the hilarious Jeannie Tate Show filmed in her minivan, Kimochi dolls and more!

Separation is never easy; here are tips from Boston Mamas – for both the parent who is leaving and the one who is staying – for coping with separation.

Catch Jeannie Tate’s Show from her minivan on Car & Caboodle.

On Coochicoos: Children psychologists love Kimochi dolls for helping children express their emotions.

Classy Mommy recognizes Jill, from Michigan, and mother of 4 , including a set of triplets under age 1, as the Big Give for Breast Cancer Winner.

Tell MomFinds how you’ll spend $100 at KoboldToys.com for a chance to win a $100 shopping spree.

One Chic Mama is giving away a Rakkiddo shoe rack for kids. Hurry – deadline is today!

Giveaways galore on this week’s Friday picks from around the web.

Boston Mamas: Win a Britax Convertible Car Seat! Does your kid need a cool new ride? Enter to win a Britax Diplomat Convertible Car Seat in the style of your choice!

Classy Mommy: Win $100 Gift Card to Toys R Us To celebrate VeggieTales:‘Lessons from the Sock Drawer’ DVD Release we’re giving away 1 Grand Prize of a $100 Toys R Us Gift Card so you can “Stock up on Summer Fun!” . 5 Runners Up will get a copy of the new Veggie Tales DVD titled “Lesson from the Sock Drawer”.

MomFinds: Win a Giant Gift Basket from Neat Solutions Always on-the-go? You’ll love this week’s goody basket filled to the brim with fun, practical baby products that are NEAT in every sense of the word.

One Chic Mama: You’re Jingling, Baby Hurry – enter to win a mother/daughter set of Cambodian jingle bells anklets from Baby Emi Jewelry. Deadline is midnight, tonight.

The Nest Baby: Book Club — Porn for New Moms We love this non-stop laugh fest. Pick up a copy and join our discussion now!

Suri’s Drinking Habits Becoming “Bottle-Gate”? Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise’s daughter, Suri, was spotted sucking on a bottle in NYC earlier this week, spawning comments and criticism from various news outlets who say that at two years old, the tot should no longer be drinking from a bottle.

This week, the Clever Parents Blog Roundup is all about being green. Use these ten easy green tips from Boston Mamas to cultivate your family’s awareness about the earth and its limited resources. Take this green poll and tell the Moms Buzz what you do to stay green at home. Green your shopping with The Find Green, a search engine that One Chic Mama writes about this week. Then, win a free copy of The History Channel’s documentary on our climate crisis, “A Global Warning?”

Plus, a family of four makes it all work in a 640 square foot NYC apartment.

Giveaways:

The Nest Baby: Mother’s Day Gift Guide and Giveaway Mother’s Day is almost here, and we’re giving away some serious swag! Enter now to win personalized jewelry, gourmet dinners and tons more.

MomFinds: Win a Pair of See Kai Run Shoes for Baby Tell us your favorite shoe from See Kai Run’s Sping Collection for a chance to win one of two pairs!

Boston Mamas: Let Them Eat Cake! Thanks to Cherrybrook Kitchen baking mixes, kids and adults with allergies can happily indulge in treat time.

Classy Mommy: Interview with Dr. Bob Sears author of the Vaccine Book
Classy Mommy had a chance to do a Q&A chat with Dr. Bob Sears, author of The Vaccine Book. Read all about it here!

Healthy Bump: Bummis The Bummis complete diapering kit is a perfect start for new moms.

MomFinds: Win a Deluxe Learning Kit for Your Little Reader Teach your baby to read with over $120 worth of books, word cards and interactive DVDs from Your Baby Can Read.

Moms Buzz: Keep Your Husband in Style! Men’s Trend for Spring 2008 Fashion is also hot for men this Spring 2008. There is always something trendy for all men’s style. This Spring season, men’s trend is characterized by…find out!

One Chic Mama: Tangerine Dream With bold colors hot this season, citrus spiked hues add a dash of warmth and a burst of color.

The Nest Baby: Bump Contest Don’t forget to submit your belly pic to the bump contest! Then, browse and vote for your faves — winner gets a trip to Jamaica!

We Covet: Life Saver We Covet
The brilliant Shemergency Survival Kit has just about old thing you might need in a pinch

Moms Buzz: Teaching Kids How to Give Compliments This video that you will watch is about the importance of teaching kids how to give compliments. This may sound a bit strange at the beginning to you since it is one of the few people skills we do not usually emphasize on your kids because for some reason we do not expect kids to give compliments.

Boston Mamas: Seeing Green Thanks to some fabulous picks from See Kai Run’s spring line you’ll be seeing green in no time.

MomFinds: Win Two Fabulous Hip-Ts to Cover Your Assets Battle the bulge, smooth out muffin tops and cover up peek-a-boo undies with these ingenious fashion fixes.

One Chic Mama: Mommy-to-be chic Ann Taylor LOFT has added maternity clothing to their offerings, and we’re giving away a $100 gift certificate.

The Nest Baby: American Terry Giveaway
Give us your best bathtime tip to win a gift bucket from American Terry filled with a hooded towel, bubbles, toys and more!

This week the Parent Blog Roundup shares an article on fiscally responsible children from The Donald himself. Plus, the latest from Cabbage Patch Kids and the Cuddoozle Nursing Pillow reviewed, a Fleurville diaper bag and $100 giveaway, and an interactive Chinese gender chart – does it work for you?

Moms Buzz: “What You Owe to Your Kids” by Donald Trump Here is an interesting article Moms Buzz found in Trump University blog written by Donald Trump himself about “What You Owe to Your Kids.” In his article, the famous business whiz gives parents of older children an advice on how to make your children financially responsible, how to deal with financial setbacks and manage money.

Classy Mommy: Cabbage Patch Kids Fun to Feed Baby Talk about a blast from the past! How fun to see my little girl enjoying one of these dolls. Check out review here on the latest Cabbage Patch Doll.

One Chic Mama: Feed Your Baby in Cushy Comfort We review the Cuddoozle Nursing Pillow. It’s make from memory foam and has it’s own little sidekick pillow to offer extra support.

Boston Mamas: Chittypulga Goodies! There’s just a few days left to enter to win a Fleurville diaper bag PLUS a $100 gift certificate to fill up the Fleurville with fabulous finds from Chittypulga!

Healthy Bump: Win a Zoobie! Zoobie Pets are patented, award winnng, plush animals that turn into pillows and blankets. Enter now by visiting the Healthy Bump Blog.

MomFinds: Win a $100 Shopping Spree at Joggermom.com Need a new stroller? Enter this week’s giveaway by telling us how you’d spend the $100 if you won the prize.

The Nest Baby: Interactive Chinese Gender Chart Found in an ancient royal tomb near Beijing, this Chinese gender chart — now in flash and interactive — is said to be over 90% accurate. Skeptical? Try it out yourself and help us figure out just jow accurate it really is.

Interested in what to and not to do in terms of exercise when you’re pregnant? The 10 Commandments of Pregnancy Exercise. Plus, Baby Celebration in LA, The Perfect Playhouse Design competition and lots of product reviews on the Clever Parents Weekly Blog Roundup.

News, Events and Competitions:

Moms Buzz: 10 Commandments of Pregnancy Exercise
For those busy moms who are expecting their first baby, second or other #, and love to and can exercise, here are 10 handful tenets worth warding.

Healthy Bump: Baby Celebration LA
Call your best friends or moms and plan to spend the entire day at Baby Celebration LA April 12 & 13, 2008! If you went to Baby Celebration LA last year you know that it is a truly magical experience! Guess what? It is even more exciting this year!

Coochicoos: The Perfect Playhouse Design Competition
10 Grain and coochicoos.com sponsor a kid’s design competition – “What’s your perfect playhouse?”

Product Reviews and Giveaways:

Boston Mamas: Food Fight
To serve the need for repeated mealtime tee changes with a dose of humor and sass, there’s food fight’s impressive menu of trendy onesies and tees for babies and kids.

MomFinds: The Best Time-Savers for New Moms
Your day is hectic enough, so we’ve rounded up a few of our favorite time-saving products to use with baby, at home and on-the-go to make life easier.

One Chic Mama: A Tutu for Your Tee
We review Tu for Tee’s adorable new spring collection – make sure you register to win one for your daughter!

The Nest Baby: DwellStudio Crib Set Giveaway
One lucky user will win a crib set of her choice from DwellStudio! Submit your best nursery decorating tip to be eligible.

Boston Mamas: Fight the Tide Not only will GreenDimes fight your junk mail and catalogue tide for you (one registration covers up to 8 household members!); they’ll plant new trees on your behalf.

Coochicoos: How Do You Make Dinosaur Soup? Ask your kids how to make their favorite dish and it just might be put in a book.

One Chic Mama: Affordable Organics for Mom and Baby Otopia Organics body products for mamas and babies are free from harmful chemicals and toxins. They’re also more affordable than you might think.

Swanky Moms: Snap Totes I have a Snap Tote and I will tell you, I receive compliments on it ALL the time!! Even a handful of men have asked me where I got my bag!! I have handed out lots of business cards and given out the name of this wonderful company as I truly love my Snap Tote! It has a photo of my beautiful boys on it and I’m proud to carry it around….

MomFinds: The Best Rain Gear for Stylish Kids Puddle-worthy rain boots, seriously slick raincoats and the most colorful umbrellas that will brighten up the gloomiest day.

Moms Buzz: Expectant Moms Giveaway! 10 Pregnancy Books to Giveaway! Whether you are an expectant mom or not, you will certainly want to participate in this giveaway. As women and moms, we always happen to know someone who’s expecting, who truly needs to know the real deal about being pregnant. Enter to win!

Classy Mommy: Video Review of Horizon Organic Milk Horizon Organic Milk passed the taste test with my 2 year old daughter Mackenzie. She loved slurping it down in her non-toxic Boon “Fluid” sippy cup!

Q. What can I do to help my timid little girl gain confidence?

Does the answer, “Wrestling!” come to mind? Many of the confident, capable, courageous girls I know have families in which vigorous physical play is a tradition. It’s an unsung activity that is far more important to children’s development than we’ve guessed.

What advantage does wrestling and horseplay give our daughters? There are many reasons why it’s great for girls. (It’s wonderful for boys for the same reasons, but let’s focus here on girls, as they are socialized not to participate in this kind of play.)

Knowing their bodies and their strength gives girls a grounded confidence. We humans have faced many dangers in our evolution, and in order to feel confident in the world, we need to test and train our “equipment” intensively. Children need to tumble, jump and fling themselves into piles of pillows or into a waiting parent’s arms. They need to climb on their parents, ride on their backs and bounce on their tummies. Children need to playfully push grownups over, run from room to room, throw pillows hard, then harder. They love getting bounced around by the pillows that are thrown back. The more girls can play like this, the stronger they become, and the surer they are that they can handle a challenge.

This confidence develops over time. Having “wrestling time,” “puppy pile time” or “pillow fight time” on a regular basis gives girls a setting in which they can practice their moves, learn their capabilities, and become more daring in play. Parents create a kind of human gymnasium, providing just the right amount of resistance and challenge for each child. Little equipment is needed. With excess furniture moved aside, a bed, a carpet, maybe a blanket and a few pillows are all it takes. A parent might start on hands and knees, saying “I’ve got 100 kisses for you! Here I come!” with a grin. Then, a rousing game of catch and release ensues. The parent tries hard, but the clever girl gets away often, giggling in the struggle and the victory. The parent doesn’t tickle, but keeps doing what will bring laughter, a sign that the play is just right for her at that moment. Usually, what brings the laughter is the child winning the upper hand as they play. The girl wins most contests, and as her confidence builds, the parent challenges her a little more. Gradually, her stamina builds. Laughter pours. Perspiration blooms. And, over time, a confident girl emerges.

Laughter creates a path well worth following. As she plays, a girl will “show” you issues she has. If there’s name calling going on at her school, she’ll call you the names that are circulating there. You can up the ante in play when she does that: “Ooooh! Anyone who calls me “poo-poo head” gets a really big kiss on the foot!” She doesn’t want to insult you. She needs to see a playful version of someone sticking up for him or herself. Do it with vigorous affection, so she can laugh hard. The laughter dissolves her name calling compulsions (but not her eagerness for this kind of play with you). If she laughs when you say, “You can’t climb that sofa! You’re not strong enough!”, respond with great amazement when she clambers up the sofa back and stands there triumphant. Do it again, and again. The fun of surpassing your expectations makes her feel elated, and draws her closer to you.

She’ll get hurt, then recover and learn. In this kind of play, a girl will inevitably get hurt. There will be a bump, a bruise, a cut lip, or an unexpected collision. This is not a reason not to play hard! Especially with timid girls, these moments of pain and upset provide a prime opportunity to offload the fears that keep them confined to meek and unadventurous behavior. The bump occurs, the child bursts into tears, and the wise parent will go to her side, but will not make a fuss. You don’t need to run to get a band-aid. You don’t need to run for the ice. Your child needs your warm, confident attention while she processes what just happened. Her mind needs the chance to unload the fear that instantaneously shot through her system. The bump is small, but that fear may be big, and if it is, it will take her awhile to cry it through. When you’ve listened until she’s done crying, her mind will be free to make sense of what happened, and notice that she’s safe and well. She will have become sturdier. She’ll learn that her body is resilient, and that she has the power to heal. She’ll also learn that you care, and that you don’t panic when things feel hard for her.

For instance, you’ll want to be a very tame bucking bronco for the first five or ten rides for a timid girl. Jiggle her gently, so she succeeds in clinging to your back, or only slowly slides to the carpet. If she’s laughing with the challenge of hanging on tight, you’re playing the game right at the edge of her comfort zone. The laughter builds her strength and confidence. You don’t have to feel badly if she falls off once, and cries because her head thumped down on the carpet. She will benefit from a good cry in your care. As long as you listen until she is finished, she’ll play with less fear afterward.

She’ll feel closer to you, and more hopeful in your family. Wrestling and horseplay are great for helping children feel connected, creative, and seen. The attention you pay as you play seeps into their every pore. It bathes them with reassurance that they are liked. It lets you show your sense of humor with them. It gives them the chance to be swift and clever, while you suffer loudly in the slow and bumbling role. What a relief after long days at school or day care, where grownups are very serious about being in charge, and about knowing more than children!

So get some play fighting, pillow fighting, wrestling, chasing, thumping or bucking bronco riding going at your house. If it’s challenging for you, start with a timer set at five or ten minutes, so you can build your confidence and tolerance too. Start with the toss of a pillow, or perhaps the offer of a horseback ride. The play that follows will delight your daughter. Over time, it will bring her confidence, closeness, and a very handy sixth sense about people that will stand her in good stead as she decides how she wants to use her fine intelligence in our challenging world.

Here’s how it can work. (We wish we could guarantee these particular results after every pillow fight!)

I had been having trouble with my seven-year-old daughter’s pickiness and uncooperative behavior. She was becoming increasingly hard to live with at home—she had many complaints, and seemed to want to be upset at me at the drop of a hat. I brought this to my Hand in Hand support group, and the leader suggested that her sense of her own power might be dwindling, as it often does when girls get older. The thought was that girls get directed strongly toward reading and sedentary skills, and there are too few physical challenges to inspire them and remind them that they are good and powerful people.

So I have begun doing good hard pillow fights with my two daughters (the younger one is now three.) Yesterday, I had a nice and rough playtime with both of them. We fought and wrestled hard on the bed and the floor. After we were finished, they decided to go into their room and announced, “Don’t come in here!” Well, a couple minutes to myself cannot be argued with, right? About 20 minutes later they invited me in to see their hard work…a completely clean room (bed made, shoes in pairs, toys put away, the works)! I continue to be amazed by the power of a good pillow fight!
—a mother in San Anselmo, CA

Ever heard of lypossage? Learn what it is and tell us what you think.

Plus – lots of product picks for pregnant and new mamas, a book club sign-up and a stroller giveaway.

Attention Pregnant and New Mamas:

Moms Buzz: Lypossage – Body Contouring Massage You May Want to Try! Lypo what? Yes, we know. We are here to tell you what this is about.

One Chic Mama: Flirty Undies for C-Section Moms Czela Bellies are fabulous and fun boy shorts made just for post- Cesaerean moms.

MomFinds: Post-Baby Shapewear Guide Lift those breasts, tuck in that tummy and fight flabby thighs with the best shapewear for new moms.

Healthy Bump: Yummy for Your Tummy!! Belly Bars: A Tasty Bar for Your Belly. The all natural belly bars are designed to meet the needs of all women before, during, and after pregnancy.

Boston Mamas: Fuss Free Framing Frame your family photos artfully (and nearly instantly!) with the online framing service, Imagekind.

Sign-Ups and Giveaways

Classy Mommy Giveaway: Win a Mutsy Spider Baby Stroller One lucky reader will win the hip Mutsy Spider valued at $250!

Join the Club…the Modern Mom Book Club This month, Modern Mom introduces its online book club. Grab a book and join the fun!

Clever Parents Recommends

Moms Buzz: How to Get Your Kids to Pick Up – Quick Tips
It’s a never ending challenge for parents to have the kids pick up after them. Here are some success stories you may want to read about and then implement their approach.

Boston Mamas: Just Tell Me What to Say For those parenting moments when stress, fatigue, or just being human result in a short fuse and loss for words, there’s “Just Tell Me What to Say.”

Join the Club…the Modern Mom Book Club This month, Modern Mom introduces its online book club. Grab a book and join the fun!

MomFinds: Bye-Bye Frump, Hello Fabulous – Oprah Makes Over Shlumpadinkas Shop in your PJs or wear your husband’s sweatpants? Do your kids run and hide when you pick them up at school? Then you might be a Shlumpadinka.

Reviews & Giveaways
Car & Caboodle: Maxi Cosi Priori Car Seat Review Get a first look at this new convertible car seat

Classy Mommy: BPA Free Baby Bottles We give BornFree BPA Bottles a go and are thrilled with the results!

Coochicoos: UFO Light For little boys who love spaceships…

Healthy Bump: Belly Bars A Tasty Bar for Your Belly. The all natural belly bars are designed to meet the needs of all women before, during, and after pregnancy.

Robeez For Indoors…and Beyond Robeez Tredz get kids out of the house in style! Win a pair for your kids.

Swanky Moms: LA’s Nanny of the Year Contest If you live in the LA area and have a nanny you love…or a manny to be fair…ok, or even a granny that’s a nanny…this is fun…you must check out www.BabyCelebrationLA.com/nanny.php .