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MilkBank Giveaway Contest

Listen-up Breastfeeding Mama's!  Join us in a giveaway contest for THREE MilkBank systems on our sister site,  Silicon Valley Moms Blog.  Click HERE for more details and to participate in this giveaway contest!

T-Mobile Giveaway

T-Mobile is conducting an Ultimate Home Giveaway, giving away one home on ABC’s The View and another home to a winner selected from entrants on T-Mobile’s Ultimate Home Giveaway micro-site. T-Mobile will set aside daily prizes and two larger weekly prizes to award at random to those who fill out the information below ( Click HERE to enter). After the two week period is over, we will post the results and the winners will be sent an email with the prize notification. The weekly prizes for this giveaway are a $100 Crate & Barrel gift certificate and Spa@Home (including Archipelago Botanicals Pomegranate Collection – hand crème, body scrub, body wash and body lotion).

CLICK HERE or select "continue reading" to enter the contest:

 

RECAP!! Parenting Guilt: Can We Overcome It? (Plus, a Book Giveaway!)

RECAP: Mommy Guilt Topic Day.

A quick perusal of the blogosphere reveals that Mommy Guilt (or parenting guilt) is a favorite topic of conversation.  Moms who work outside the home feel guilty about not spending as much time as they think they "should" with their children.  Moms who work at home feel guilty about not making money or not making enough money.

If we're confident about our home/work life balance, we'll find something else to beat ourselves up about: breastfeeding versus bottle feeding; crying it out versus attachment parenting; too much TV; too much junk food; not enough reading; not enough energy; not enough spouse time; too much "me" time, however non-existent it may be.

Because parenting guilt is so prevalent, the bloggers on Silicon Valley Moms, Chicago Moms, New York Moms, D.C. Metro Moms, and 50-something Moms Blogs all wrote about parenting guilt and why they felt it.  Our own DC Metro Mom Blogger, Devra Renner and her co-author Aviva Pflock, have written a book about this topic: Mommy Guilt: Learn to Worry Less, Focus on What Matters Most, & Raise Happier KIds.  Devra and Aviva were nice enough to help us out and answer some questions for us about parenting guilt.  Click Here to read more about our conversation with Devra and Aviva, as well as participate in the book giveaway....

DC Metro Moms Blog

• Sometimes Guilty, Sometimes Not
• Guilt Over Not Breastfeeding
• I Feel Guilty Because I Don't Feel Guilty
• Atonement: Using Guilt For Good
• Guilty Of Guilt
• The Yoke Of Guilt, Part Deux
• Take The Words Out Of My Mouth
• Guilty As Charged
• Evolutionary Guilt
• Guilt-Free & Diggin' It!

Silicon Valley Moms Blog

• Missing Moments
• Here We Go Again
• Juggling Working Mom Guilt
• My Top 5 Mommy Guilt Offenders
• Guilt
• Breaking The Guilt Cycle
• The Laws Of Guilt
• Guilty As Charged
• The Constant Guilt
• Mean Mommy = Guilty Mommy
• The Guilt Of The Working Mom
• Objectivism Of Parenting
• G-U-I-L-T
• Mommy Guilt

Chicago Moms Blog

• There's No Guilt Like Mommy Guilt
• My Top Three
• I Hate You Because You Work
• Getting Over The Guilt
• Writing The Book On Guilt

New York City Moms Blog

• Been There, Done That: Guilt Tears
• Guilt, A Gentle Prodding
• Mommy Guilt?
• Bloody Boring
• Guilt And The Go-To-Gal

50-Something Moms Blog (our newest sister site, which will be "officially" launching very soon!)

• Handcuffed By Guilt

WINNER: Giveaway - Windy City Adventure Boot Camp

OUR WINNER IS (drum roll please....) Lizzie! Thanks to all who participated in the giveaway.

Hey Chicago Moms! Can we chat for a moment about those extra pounds you have put on since you had a baby?  Who here has NOT lost the pregnancy weight??  You???  Really??? We think we might have a solution to your weight loss challenge.  Have you heard of Windy City Adventure Boot Camp?  WCBC is a fitness program for women of all fitness levels, sizes and ages and right here in Chicago!

A four week boot camp, led by Diana Ozimek, will keep you motivated and on your way to reaching your fitness goals.  It will also help you decrease body fat and inches, increase muscle tone and improve your
endurance and energy.  Who wouldn't want that???

Giveaway - What About Bob? The Winner Has Been Chosen!

Becca is our winner! Thanks to all that commented.

Young people spend an average of three hours per day watching television, 49 minutes per day playing video games and more than an hour per day using the computer for something other than schoolwork. (Quote from the Kaiser Family Foundation)

Are you having trouble controlling how much TV is on in your house?  Are your kids on the computer all the time?  Are you reading too many blogs?  For those people looking for help to curb their TV and monitor viewing, I would like to introduce BOB.

BOB is a screen time control created by Hopscotch Technology.  BOB can be plugged into any electronic device with a screen.  It allows you to manage screen time for up to 6 users.  Once kids reach hourly, daily or weekly limits, BOB shuts off the screen.

Project: Life Change...Join Two Moms Today

Calling all "mama friends," especially those of you who do the work-life juggle every day like we do.

Are you tired? Stressed out? Grouchy? Feeling like you are working too much? Missing out on watching your kids grow up? Too busy to participate in the fun parts of family life? Avoiding the pile of laundry in the corner of your bedroom?  Neglecting yourself? Not making time or money for the little luxuries? Feeling isolated from your partner? Overwhelmed with school calendars, activities, and homework? Longing for more time in your day? Feeling out of control and powerless to make a change?

We're Jessica of Sassafrass (and also of Chicago Moms Blog) and Stefania of CityMama (and also of Silicon Valley Moms Blog) and we're right there with you. As much as we love to bitch about how frustrated we are with our current life sitches to anyone who will listen (and you know we can bitch like it's our JOB), we've decided to do something about it.

 

Check it out... first giveaway on DC Metro Moms Blog

Hello Friends of Chicago Moms Blog!  Go visit our sister site, DC Metro Moms Blog for our first giveaway/contest on that site. 

We are going to give away five, hard cover, "Whole World" books, along with a singalong cd.  Whole World: Sing around the planet, from high in the mountains to low in the valleys, in every town and every city, and with all the fish and birds, trees and flowers! Includes eco-tips on how to live green and a catchy singalong CD, sung by Fred Penner. 

Contest: Show us YOUR "Faces of Chicago"

Summer has not ended lazily for most of us Chicagoans. We have been sandbagging our homes, wadding through the streets, and praying that our sump pumps will continue pumping water away from our precious belongings.

So we, at Chicago Moms Blog, think that you, the hard worked and sometimes weary, women of Chicago (and the suburbs) deserve a reward. Its just a little something to say thanks for welcoming us to the blogging community, for allowing us to be a voice for the City we all love, for arguing with us and defending us on topics like adoption or abortion, breast milk, lead toys, Wi-Fi and Porn, Vaccinations. And even some of you have fought to get us on Oprah (yes we still want that!).

The two lucky winners have been announced for the Flip Video Camcorders!

Click Here to find out if you won the Flip Video Camcorder!!!

Giveaway Time On Chicago Moms Blog - you will "flip" for this one........

We are THRILLED to announce the two lucky winners of the 30 minute, Flip Video Camcorder.  Drum-roll, please.....

The first lucky winner is Jennifer W. from My Beautiful Baby.  Jennifer told us "Wow! I'd video tape my mom with my sister, her kids and my son before she passes away (cancer). Then I'd bring it to BlogHer for posterity sake. Lastly, I'd tape my sister and her kids to send to other family members since she lives out of state."  Jennifer, you will now be able to video tape your mom, sister and your darling son, Noah.  Congratulations!

The second lucky winner is "Deputy's Wife" (yes, that is the name she gave us!) from the blog... yes, you guessed it, Deputy's Wife!  She told us "The first thing I would video, is my three year old son singing Hannah Montana's "Best of Both Worlds" in his Hannah Montana wig. (Which is a blue, curly clown wig.)   Guess what... we R-E-A-L-L-Y want to see your son wearing this blue, curly, clown wig!

Congratulations Jennifer W. and Deputy's Wife!  You will be contacted shortly by the representatives of the Flip Video Camcorder. 

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Attention Blogosphere and Friends of Chicago Moms Blog! We have something VERY special to giveaway.  Yes, this is a product that all of you will want and actually use.... presenting, the thirty minute, Flip Video Camcorder, aka."The Flip".

Forget tapes, memory cards, and uncharged batteries. Forget big and bulky. Forget ever having to say "I wish you could have been there" again.

Starting today, what you see your friends see. And what makes you laugh makes everyone laugh. Starting today, there's Flip Video — a revolutionary, simple way to shoot video anywhere and send it to friends and family everywhere.

Chicago Moms Blog will be giving away TWO, thirty minutes, FLIP VIDEO CAMCORDERS.  Yes, that is right, two of these A-W-E-S-O-M-E camcorders will be given away to our viewers.  Over the next seventy two hours, anyone from the blogosphere (as long they live in the United States) can leave a reply in the comment section.  Please be sure to leave your name and email address.  On Tuesday, July 24th at 6:00pm (Chicago Time), two names will randomly be selected out of our handy-dandy sorting cap (think, Harry Potter but the sorting hat is actually a baseball cap).  Yes, we know... so high tech!  Later that evening, we will post the names of the two lucky winners.  Contributors of Chicago Moms Blog and our sister site, Silicon Valley Moms Blog are welcome to participate in this raffle/giveaway.

You see, so simple.... now go and leave a comment, and tell us the first person/thing you would video if you win the incredible, most awesome, spectacular, fun and easy to use, Flip Video Camcorder!