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!

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.”

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!

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 .

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!

Boston Mamas: Kids in the Kitchen Wondering what your kids are capable of helping with in the kitchen? Check out our guide to age-appropriate cooking skills.

MomFinds: Multicultural Toys and Fashion for Global Kids Kick off the Lunar New Year with these fun, easy gifts to widen your child’s knowledge and appreciation of cultures from far away places.

One Chic Mama: Have Stroller, Will Travel My toddler raves about the Inglesina Trip stroller while looking for summer travel adventures.

Classy Mommy: Natursutten BPA Free Pacifier With all the BPA buzz hitting the wires in recent weeks, check out this safe and eco-chic option by Natursutten we recently reviewed and put to use!

Healthy Bump: The Ultimate Receiving Blanket The Ultimate Receiving Blanket was designed by Lynette Damir, founder of SwaddleDesigns, a RN, and a mother of two young children. Lynette was inspired to design stylish and functional products to help parents care for their babies so SwaddleDesigns was born.

Swanky Moms: Blooming Babies Stamp in style with self inking stamps.

Enter ModernMom.com’s 30 Days of Giveaways! We’re giving away a fabulous prize each day! Enter to win.

Boston Mamas: Unleash the Creative Beast For those who love hosting parties but need a little help figuring out how to personalize the details, there’s Garnish, purveyor of cool party and gift packaging ideas that will keep your guests coming back for more!

Healthy Bump: Transform your child’s room in minutes! FunToSee has created an easy way to decorate your child’s room with their Room Make-Over.

MomFinds: Super Tees for Super Tuesday
Your kids might be too young to vote, but it’s never too early to take them to the polls…in style. Here are the best politico tees and bodysuits for the tiniest citizens.

Moms Buzz: Helping Children Develop Self-Control As parents, we all struggling with disciplining our children. Although it is one of the hardest things of parenting, helping children develop self-control is one of the best assets we can develop in our children.

One Chic Mama: Wrap Your Baby In Plush Comfort We love this hooded personalized bath towel from Alex Casey Baby!

Boston Mamas: Polliwalks Rock Regardless of where you stand on the love/hate Crocs debate, you’re sure to love the cute critter clogs, Polliwalks.

Car & Caboodle: Nothing is More Uncool… An LA dad tells of his road to becoming a minivan owner

Classy Mommy: Win a 4 – tiered Diaper Cake from Lil Baby Cakes These cakes are too cute – I promise you will not want to take it apart! This 4 tiered cake even comes complete with a Gund Teddy and Burts Bees baby goodies! Win a $127 4 tiered cake on our Giveaway Page!

Coochicoos: Ultimate Batman Home Theater Set-up A home theater that could be the envy of your neighborhood

Healthy Bump: Nanny 411 We spoke with Deborah Smith, a former nanny, current member of the Board of The International Nanny Association, and owner of several online nanny services including 4EverythingNanny and NannyClassifieds.com, who tells us what you need to know when searching for a nanny.

MomFinds: Win a Skip Hop Duo Via Messenger Bag We’re giving away three of these awesome diaper bags. Just tell us your favorite fabric color to enter.

Moms Buzz: Eating Tips – 10 Tips for Parents About Kids and Food Here are some eating tips to help parents encourage children to eat right and maintain a healthy weight.

One Chic Mama: Smotherhood We review the book “Smotherhood: Wickedly Funny Confessions From the Early Years”, by Amanda Lamb, and give readers a chance to win one of three copies

Boston Mamas: Tips for Change. Encourage healthier eating for kids in 2008 with these tips + recipes for kid favorites that can be knocked together easily, and without all the salt and preservatives of typical processed goods.

Enter the Toddler Trouble Photo Contest! Toddlers are a cute bunch, but can also bring a load of trouble at the worst times! Enter your Toddler Trouble photo for a chance to win a Target gift certificate!

Healthy Bump: Pregnancy Belly Weight. The average woman gains 25 to 35 pounds during her pregnancy. The average baby weighs 7 1/2 pounds at birth. Where does the rest of the weight go? View our graphic chart to learn more.

MomFinds: Six Easy Ways to Babyproof Your Home Babyproofing your home is one of the most important things you can do for your baby, and it’s never too early to start. Invest in these six simple products to protect your child from some of the most common dangers in your home.

Moms Buzz: 7 New Wonders – Family Travel Destinations Although it may seem a bit early to plan the next family vacation for the upcoming Spring break or Summer, you will be amazed how quickly flights and hotels get booked for those seaons. The 7 New Wonders of the World make wonderful destinations for family travel. Not only will you experience the greatness of mankind, but it is so educational and fun for the whole family. Check them out!

One Chic Mama: Charm Your Baby. The SoRa Charm Necklace doubles as a baby rattle and a teether! Keep your baby happy on your next trip to the grocery store or while sitting through church with the SoRa Charm.