buzz agenting

Wow, I have been blogging alot latley. Im on a roll! One more thing to say though! You may remember a while back that I was doing this "buzz agent" thing. ( www.bzzagent.com ) Basically they sign you up for free products in exchange you tell people about the stuff they gave you. Word of mouth marketing. ANYWAY. Last week they sent me a coupon for a free case of Danactive. They also sent me a huge pack of dollar off coupons, if you want one let me know!!!!
So after trying out the drink, here is my list of pros and cons;

-Con- it's a little small, and while not too expensive ( about $1 a bottle, its not really cheap enough that I would make it a regular part of my dietary life. (I'm cheap, what can I say)
-Pro- Taste wise, its great! really tasty!
-Pro- It is nice and small (which I know I said was a con) but it would be really easy to pack this for a lunch, or toss it in your purse (or diaper bag) for a snack. So in that way its really convieniant.
-Pro- really healthy for you.

Health facts -

- each bottle contains 10 billion L. casei probiotic cultures.
- probiotic cultures help your digestive system to fight of infections and sickness
- on their website ( www.danactive.ca ) they have a list of 24 differant studies that they did, showing how this drink helped to strengthen the immunity of the body. Flu season is still upon us, so it might not be a bad idea to drink back a couple of these bad boys!!


So long story short, what I am trying to say is that I really liked the drink, and while it may not become a daily event for me, I can see myself buying these occasionaly for trips or outings when I want a healthy little snack to bring along.

Like I said in the begining, they gave me a stack of dollar off coupons to give out to friends. Please take some from me!!!! Its a big stack and I cant use them all before they expire. ALSO they gave me some contest codes to give out to my friends, to win a year supply of FREE danactive drinks! Even if you dont live close you can still do this one, I can just scratch off the number on the card and email it to you and you can go to the website and enter it in there!!!! It would be really fun if someone won because of me!

Well, I found this great idea on www.make-baby-stuff.com which was to find a great picture and bring it to this one website where they will expand it for you and then you just print it out on your computer. Its totally free (which I love) and easy (also I love that)

So I picked out a few wonderful pictures that I would like to have blown up on one of Kaileys walls. I need some votes on which one is best. The colours in her room are mainly, peach, green and pink. Which one do you like best?

I like them all for differant reasons, so I am having a hard time deciding which one to do.

Anyway, can't wait to see what this looks like! I will definetly post up some pictures when its all done.

Just in case you did'nt see it on face book .....

Just in case the facebook grape vine hasn't reached everyone!!!


!!!!!!!!! IT'S A GIRL !!!!!!!!!!!!!



I can't tell you how excited we are to have two little angels in our house very soon!!!

SO I found this really cute site.

www.makebabystuff.com

There are TONS of really cute and easy little projects.

Just in case any of you Mamas out there are feeling crafty, they have anything from clothes to baby safe cleaning projects, to babys room decorating ideas .... I have been having alot of fun today getting lots of ideas for stuff to do.

It is satisfying my "nesting" urges!!

kijiji

Does anyone else have the same obsession that I do with getting a killer deal???

And I don't mean like 30% off at the mall, I mean like a KILLER DEAL!!!!!!

I got a HUGE blue recycling bag jammed FULL FULL FULL of clothes for kailey .... wanna know how much I paid for it??

20 bucks my friends. 20 pesos!!!!!

Inside were at least a dozen pair of jeans, 6 or 7 sweaters, 3 dresses, well over 25 or 30 shirts, a snow suit, and some spring jackets. All of them were in excellent condition, some even had the tags still on them, all of them super super cute!

Try getting that kind of a deal at the mall!

I have a love obsession with kijiji.ca, its sick really, but I love it. Its how I clothe my daughter, and myself sometimes, I got a bunch of awesome maternity clothes on there too!

If you have never tried going on kijiji, you seriously should, especially if you have kids and they are growing out of their clothes every other month! I mean, who wants to go and buy a whole new wardrobe for their kid every month and pay, who knows how much??? seriously try it out, it feels good!!!!

I dare you!

I love 2 year olds

Kailey and I have been having some wonderful conversations latley.


Last night I was sitting on the couch, Kailey was in the "office" room playing and getting into trouble, but I was tired and didnt want to see what she was destroying, so I ignored the fact that she was in there being a little TOO quiet.

Then all of a sudden she struts out to me (and if you have ever seen a Kailey strut you know what I mean ... there are arms swinging, and hips going and she means buissness) so she struts up to me and tells me very matter-of-factly ....

" babble babble babble .. elmo ... babble babble ... cheeeese ... blah blah blah .... lights ... babble blah babble blah .... yellow ... blah blah blah .... aaaa baaa di das ... .... then there was a pointed pause where she looked at me like I was supposed to respond to that profound statement. I found it impossible to say anything at that moment, so I just smilied.
She stuck out her little lips and said ... " mmmmmmm .... yes"

I would really love to invent a toddler translator so i could know what the heck she is talking about on days like that. Anyone with more kids than me have a translation?? so far I think she was saying something like " mama, lets get a snack of cheese and watch some elmo, and while we are at it, lets turn on those christmas lights .... oh and get me my yellow (her blankie) um yes that sounds like a plan"

I love 2 year olds.

re-thinking my inks

Well, I have been reading up on the cloth diaper debate alot in the last few weeks. I am still learning alot but I have found some pretty shocking things so far, that I thought I would pass along.
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Cost benefits
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For the amount of cloth diapers that I want and the brand that I want to buy it will cost me around $600 for diapers that will last me not only through one kid, but probably through 2 or more kids!
An average canadian baby will need between 5000 and 7000 diapers in the first 2 years of life. I took the average of 6000 and multiplied that by 0.25 cents (thats usually how much I pay for Kaileys diapers, those are the cheap sales too!) That adds up to $1500 bucks just for 2 years of diapers. Depending on when you potty train your kids, and how much you pay for diapers that adds up to ALOT of money my friends!!!!! Add to that the cost of wipes, creams and diaper genie refills .... phew!!
Now I know what you are thinking, "what about the cost to clean them?" well I calculated that to, according to nova scotia power the cost would be an extra 60 to 70 bucks a year. not that bad, if you ask me.
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So, one point for the cloth side! Less money!
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Environmental benefits - In Canada there are 4 MILLION diapers thrown out every day!!!! every day!! that is 1.6 BILLION diapers a year!! just in canada alone! wowzers. Add to that, that landfills are not supposed to be handling human waste, making them a breeding ground for viruses and deseases. Don't feel better if you don't live near a landfill. Those garbage trucks drive right past your front door full of biohazerdous waste! gross.
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Here is probably the most shocking thing I found out! There is a product inside of all disposable diapers called polyacrylates. It used to be used in tampons until it got linked to toxic shock syndrom and so it got banned from use in tampons, but is still being used in our baby's diapers!!! Does anyone else see something wrong with that???? Not only has it been linked to toxic shock, but also a higher rate of respitory problems like asthma and pnemonia etc etc etc.
Tin has also been found in disposable diapers, and rate of 3.6 higher the daily exposure allowable by the WHO.
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It doesnt look as hard to clean as I thought. You just dump out the diapers into the wash. You don't have to like pre-wash the poo by hand or anything like that.
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Not that I am trying to switch people over to cloth diapers BUT if I had known this when Kailey was born, I definetly would have used cloth. I would switch right now with her, but we are going to start the potty training in the next week or two, so we don't have much more need of diapers.
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And they arent the diapers that you are thinking of either. They are all pre-sewed and fitted, with velcro straps, so it makes them just as easy to change and put on as disposable!!
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Anyway, I just wanted to pass along information to Mommys, and potential mommies!!

Cloth diapers?

Do any of you Moms out there use cloth diapers??

I have been reading up on them a bit and I think I know what type of diaper I want to try out but there are so many differant brands, I just don't know what kind to try out.

If any of you use cloth diapers, or know someone who does, PLEASE SHARE!! I still have a few more months of research to do, but would really appreciate the help!!!!