Boston Mamas: BPA & Baby Bottles Get the lowdown on Bisphenol A (BPA), and which baby bottles are or are not BPA-free

Car & Caboodle: Lost in Austin with Dadlabs’s Clay Nichols Clay shares his worst car moment and more

Coochicoos: Y Water – Drink, Design & Toy Designer Yves Behar designs bottle for new kid’s drink called Y Water

Healthy Bump: Affordable, Trendy Maternity Tees If you are looking for a comfortable yet trendy maternity tee then you need to take a look at the adorable tees at Baby & Momma.

Moms Buzz: Parenting Style 101 – What’s Your Parenting Style? Promoting self-discipline and self-esteem of one’s children often requires an emotional juggling act by parents. It is not easy to be firm and demanding one minute, then warm and affectionate the next. What’ Your Parenting Style?

Taia Hair Clips: Taia hair clips are simply adorable and designed to stay put in even the finest of hair! They are so sweet and have just a touch of bling! A girl’s’ gotta have bling! Lots of cute styles to choose from, your little girl will be a dazzling diva in her Taia clips! Also, Swanky Moms’ readers receive 15% off their first order with coupon code “swankymoms”.

Parent Blog Roundup Giveaways:

Classy Mommy: Win 4 Board Books from the Good Night Our World Series
3 Winners will be chosen! Prep for bed as you read about your very own city, favorite vacation spot, or a future destination you are planning to visit. Classy Mommy loves this series! Almost every major city in the US is featured (along with AMERICA) and new cities are being added frequently. They also have books with more generic destinations like The Beach and The Zoo.

MomFinds: Win a Haute Kiley Bag from HMR by Christine Price Didn’t get what you wanted for Valentine’s Day? Tell us how you spent V-Day for a chance to win this fabulous bag.

One Chic Mama: Be Our Valentine “Beauty Bag” Giveaway We’re giving away a Gold Heart Envelope from Dante Beatrix packed full of beauty products you’re gonna love!

Disney Dream Vacation Giveaway from Modern Mom We’re on-location at Walt Disney World all week to kick off our Dream Vacation Giveaway! Read our blog + watch our videos for your chance to win!

Celebrity Moms Share Their Holiday Plans Christa Miller, Brooke Burke, Lisa Rinna and more share their holiday plans. Plus, the inside scoop on Jamie Lynn Spears’ pregnancy (from ModernMom).

The Perfect Holiday Maternity Top If you are still looking for the perfect maternity top for the holidays then you need to read our review of To The Nines Maternity (from Healthy Bump).

Laundry Tips from the Experts With our busy agendas, many of us do not pay close attention to our laundry labels or give the proper care to our clothers. Here are some laundry tips from www.TheLaundress.com, experts on laundry home products and more, that will help us in taking better care of clothes, delicate or not (from Moms Buzz).

Strategies for Clothing Battles. Are you the parent of a young daughter and are dreading – or already are deeply entrenched in – arguments over questionable clothing choices? Check out these guidelines and additional resources for strategies and talking points on this tough topic (on Boston Mamas).

Win a $50 Gifts.com Gift Card Done with all your holiday shopping? Treat yourself to a $50 gift card and use it for dining out, a pampering spa treatment or stylish new shoes (from MomFinds).

The BusyBody Book Enter to win a package of two BusyBodyBook personal organizers along with a Fridge Pad to keep you and your family organized in 2008. Deadline is midnight tonight (from One Chic Mama)!

Lauren Kiyomi (Japanese for Pure Beauty) is a maternity line launched by entrepreneur Willie Udagawa (the line is launched under her daughter’s name)
and is also one of the most talked about maternity labels in the market today.

From the embroidered cotton voile collection, to the best fitting maternity jeans, to the softest knit tops and dresses that can also serve as breast feeding pieces, Lauren Kiyomi is not only practical but also fashionable.

Lauren Kiyomi is also a favorite of celebrities too. The super-soft french terry loungewear in “Avalon” is a favorite of Marcia Cross and Tori Spelling. In fact, Tori is frequently photographed wearing Lauren Kiyomi clothing as you can see in this scan from Life & Style! Dayna Devon wore the Lacy Mommy Top on the set of Extra!

Find out more about the line on the website, www.laurenkiyomi.com.

SOURCE: Life & Style Magazine; March 12, 2007; page 68

Check out the hottest posts of the week from these great parent blogs. Including (from Celebrity Baby Blog): Steal pregnant Bridget Moynahan’s style (and save some money).

Boston Mamas: Potty Peace of Mind. An impressively compact and affordable travel potty that provides peace of mind in germy public restrooms

Celebrity Baby Blog Reviews: Do you hear the buzzing of the new spring Bumble Bags? Already a popular brand with celebrity moms, Bumble Bags introduces their Toddler Changing Kit and new patterns for spring.

Celebrity Baby Blog: Stealing Bridget Moynahan’s Look, Forty Weeks Style Pregnant Bridget Moynahan glowed on the Martha Stewart Show, wearing a Diane Von Furstenberg sleeveless wrap dress. Here’s how you can steal Bridget’s style (and save some money)! Read the rest »

The trend towards low-rise pants and skirts that is fun for non-pregnant women to follow becomes more challenging with an ever expanding pregnant belly. The need to constantly yank up waistbands as cute maternity pants and skirts inch their way lower and lower on hips tends to take away from the stylish look preggies work so hard to put together. Read the rest »

The first thing that grabs you about this cool child, mom, dad boutique is the non-baby design. Love the red and chocolate brown, the poppies and the hot mama on the home page. Clever Parents caught up with Christie, owner of Simple Me and mom three boys living with her family in Idaho to discover a few of her favorite picks. Read the rest »

Recently, we at Lena’s Notebook (with much help) completed a project which was truly wonderful and exciting! We put together a “baby shower in a box” for a few military families. The mothers in these families have recently had babies while the fathers are deployed in Iraq for a year. The fathers have not yet been able to hold the babies and the mothers and babies are certainly missing their husbands and fathers. We can only imagine how hard this must be!

We decided to do something to let the families know that we appreciate the sacrifices they are making while our country is at war and that we care and believe their babies are blessings to be celebrated. And, celebrate we did! With the help of many friends and four wonderful companies (sofiabean.com; tinysprouts.com; karinalexis.com and citysprouts.com), we sent a custom “baby shower-in-a-box” (see example, lined in pink and yellow tissue paper, above right) to four deserving mothers and their new baby girls. We hope they love the surprise! Read the rest »