If you’ve been wondering where we’ve been, we’ve been vacationing!  We’ll, sort of.  We’re moving and everything is packed up.  So bear, with us and know that more great posts are coming shortly.  Thanks for your patience.

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Fame or Shame?

We’ve won the Attitude of Gratitude award!  Thanks so much to Exercise and Beyond for nominating our blog!

We are very grateful that we get to share our thoughts about some amazing baby products to you.  We’ve met tons of great people through this blog and are thankful for everyone’s input and participation!

In the spirit of gratitude, we are nominating the following 10 Blogs for the Attitude of Gratitude Award:

1. City Mommy - Fantastic Social Networking Site for Moms.
2. We Are That Family - Funny Mom blog with give-a-ways, Works-For-Me Wednesday and more!

Someone Spoil Me has a great post on Mother’s Day Etiquette.  We’ve copied it with their permission.  If you haven’t checked out their website, you’re missing out on some great stuff!

Whom should you acknowledge and how? Answers to our readers’ Mother’s Day questions should help you navigate this somewhat tricky holiday. 

MY BEST FRIEND
 Q: My BFF’s baby shower was last month and I bought her an EXTREMELY over-the-top gift.  She had a beautiful baby girl, and this is her first official Mother’s Day.  Do I have to buy her ANOTHER gift? 

I received an email today offering 10% off to CSNBaby.com.  Here’s the catch, the coupon code can only be used 11 times.  So, if you’d like me to email you the coupon code, contact us.  It is good through April 20th.

If you’d like over a hundred coupon codes to some great companies, check out our coupon code page.

Have a great weekend!

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A few months ago two friends and I started a dinner co-op.  Struggling with providing dinner each and every night for our families, we formed our co-op to relieve the pressure.  

Each week we get two meals delivered to our doorstep and we deliver one meal a week to the other participant’s homes.  It has been incredibly wonderful!

Dinner co-ops are taking over cities left and right because they are easy to start, save you time, save you money, and remove the stress of dinner preparation and creativity.  Think of it this way you cook only once, but dine in style the rest of the week (depending on how many people are involved).

Cecelia, over at Cool Baby Kid, has posted the Ultimate Baby Guide!  What a great resource for all the expecting and new mothers out there.  We were lucky enough to be able to submit our top five choices which are listed below (in no particular order).  Check out the whole list at Cool Baby Kid.

Cargot - The Toiletry Cargot provides the easiest way to access and travel with baby’s smallest necessities. - $30

Wubbanub - The WubbaNub is thoughtfully designed using a Soothie pacifier and an attached plush animal that is just right for babies. - $10

Did you know that 1 in 150 babies born has Autism and that Autism is the fastest growing developmental disability?  In the U.S. alone, autism increased by 172% during the 1990s.  Those are some staggering numbers and it means that those families affected by Autism need and want some answers and practical help.

When Autism is detected and treated early, disruptive behaviors can be minimized and costs associated with treatments can be reduced by 66%.  And it’s also true that early detection and treatment are two key factors that have been proven to improve the quality of life of a loved one with Autism.

Here’s a new dilemma that we are currently trying to wrestle through.  Maybe, you can offer some advice to us.  We are currently located in a less than desirable location for public schools and since we don’t have $13,000/year of extra cash laying around for private school, we are seriously considering homeschooling at the moment.  

Not that homeschooling is our last option (we’ve actually been talking about it for a long time since I was an elementary school teacher prior to my life as a SAHM), but it almost seems like the only decent option we have before us.  I’m open to any ideas if you have them.

Yep.  That’s right.  We’re calling it the great Coupon Code Clearance.

We realize that in this economy everyone needs a little help.  So, if you’d like to receive all of the coupon codes that we’ve accumulated over the past year and a half  in one simple document you’re in luck.  As far as we know, these coupon codes are still good and have not expired.

We will be releasing every coupon code in one of our newsletters.  So, here’s the catch.  You must sign up for our weekly newsletter NOW because you won’t know when the newsletter will go out.  Our newsletter consistently offers discounts, exclusive giveaways for our newsletter subscribers, parenting articles, and updates.