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Merino Kids USA Web Store Launched with Fast Shipping for the Holiday Season
Merino Kids of New Zealand, designer of the world's finest natural merino baby sleep sacks, baby sleepwear and baby swaddles, has opened for business in the USA at www.merinokidsusa.com. Parents across America can now buy on-line from Merino Kids with fast local shipping options in time for the... - December 04, 2009 - Babysleepbags.com
EZ-CARE2 Offers ProCare Clients an Alternative to Forced Upgrade
TRADE-UP to EZ-CARE2 promotion provides improved center management software and greater savings. - December 03, 2009 - SofterWare
TimeWise, Inc. Launches New Kitchen Concierge Service
DISH with debbie, a new kitchen concierge service, offers members a hotline for practical cooking advice, simple meal ideas, menu planning, and more. - December 03, 2009 - TimeWise, Inc.
Many Dads Don't Participate in an Important Kid-Building Family Activity Says Author of the New DaddyTeller Book
"One May 2009 survey shows that nearly half of all dads don't participate in a crucial parenting action: sharing bedtime stories with their children," says Sean Buvala, a professional national storyteller and author of a new parenting book just for dads. - December 02, 2009 - Storyteller.net
Cheap Holiday Photo Cards & Discounted Christmas Cards from Bobby’s Best
For the fourth consecutive year, Bobby’s Best has launched its Cheap Holiday Card & Holiday Card Coupons page, with great card ideas as well as discounts, coupons and coupon codes from six major vendors. With exclusive offers from such top card retailers as Tiny Prints, Snapfish and more,... - December 01, 2009 - Bobby's Best
Mom of Three Cuts Morning Lunch Packing Chore in Half with New EasyLunchbox System
Actress and mompreneur, Kelly Lester, has designed a convenient lunch box container and carrying bag that help busy families pack lunches for school and work faster, healthier, and 'greener.' - December 01, 2009 - EasyLunchboxes.com
Video of Santa in Your Own Home. Instantly Prove That Santa Claus is Real.
Upload a digital picture from your home and follow a 5 step process to instantly create a video proof of Santa. Select from 10 different video scenarios, including leaving presents, dancing, and cookies and milk. The result is a video of Santa Claus in your very own home. - November 29, 2009 - TheSantaVideo.com
QualiCare Maids in Charlotte, NC-Helping Homeless for Christmas
QualiCare Maids is Donating 10% of All Christmas Maid Service Gift Certificates That Are Sold Between Thanksgiving and Christmas 2009, to Help Needy Single Mothers and Their Children at Charlotte Emergency Housing in Charlotte, NC. - November 29, 2009 - QualiCare Commercial Cleaning
Weiner Family Studios to Donate Proceeds from Family-Oriented iPhone App to Charities
Family Matters is an iPhone/iPod touch application that allows families to enjoy deeper more meaningful conversations. Some of the proceeds will now be donated to charities. - November 27, 2009 - Weiner Family Studios
Choice Moms Announces Survey That Puts a Face on Women Who Choose to be Single Mothers
An article in the December issue of the Human Fertility journal reports on a first-ever large-scale survey of women choosing to be single moms. The survey, which was conducted by researchers from The Centre for Family Research at the University of Cambridge, collected responses to an online survey from 291 participants. The majority of participants (59%) had completed a postgraduate degree; 29% had an undergraduate degree. The most common method to motherhood was use of anonymous sperm donation. - November 25, 2009 - Choice Moms
Childrens Parties Launches New Party Website for Parents
Childrens Parties today launched their new online childrens party planning and party organiser website in Ireland. Speaking at the launch.... - November 25, 2009 - Childrens Parties LTD
A New Culture of Baby Fashion Trends, Out of Los Angeles Based Recurrent Dreams Baby On-Line Boutique
If fashion mimics our culture, what does the new decade bring for our newest generation? One online baby boutique, www.RecurrentDreams.com, out of trendsetting Los Angeles, sought out to answer this question. - November 23, 2009 - Recurrent Dreams Unique Baby Boutique
Local Childcare Coordinator, Michele Chazen Attends Cultural Care Au Pair International Summit in Berlin, Germany
Local Childcare Coordinator, Michele Chazen Attends Cultural Care Au Pair International Summit in Berlin, Germany In honor of the 20 year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall - November 22, 2009 - Cultural Care Au Pair, Michele Chazen
Flats Belly Wraps™ is Now Wink, Offering Post-Pregnancy Belly Bands, Nursing Apparel and Pregnancy Intimates
Flats Belly Wraps™, innovative designers of medical post-pregnancy belly band garments, has rebranded today as Wink – Intimates for Mom; continuing to offer medical grade post-pregnancy abdominal compression garments and adding a line-up of nursing tank tops, pregnancy support belly... - November 19, 2009 - Flats Belly Wraps, LLC
ParentRegister.org Launches New Web Site
Florida-based non-profit ParentRegister.org launches their new web site, designed and hosted by NetSource Technologies. - November 18, 2009 - Netsource Technologies
Organic Children’s Products Offered on New Franklin Goose Web Site
A wide array of natural and organic products for infants and children is now available on the new Franklin Goose Web site at www.franklingoose.com. More than 1,300 items are offered including cloth diapers, nursery sets, clothing, toys, books, baby gear and furniture. A baby registry, birthday... - November 18, 2009 - Franklin Goose
Invisalign Teen Now Great Alternative to Braces at Columbus Family Dental Center
Invisalign Teen now available from Dr. Laura Bracken at Columbus Family Dental Center, 901 Third St. Columbus, Indiana. Dr. Laura Bracken is offering 20% off Invisalign. - November 12, 2009 - Columbus Family Dental Center
Stringbeans Clothing Co. Launches Line of Pants for Tall, Slim Kids
Stringbeans Clothing Co. has created a line of pants for kids who are long and lean. When slim isn't slim enough, or when kids are growing up faster than they are growing out - Stringbeans has the answer. - November 11, 2009 - Stringbeans Clothing Co.
Budget Compromises That Aren’t so Bad: Now, Millions of Self-Decorators Can Buy Prints of "Period Gilded Frames" Like They Buy Fine Art Posters
Finally, self-decorators to artists can buy paper-reproductions of “deep gilded frames” like they buy popular art posters. Made of mat board, they “pop-up” to become a three-dimensional period frame worthy of the J. Paul Getty Museum Store. Devouring decor magazines yet unable to afford a real antique frame, the readership can not purchase the likeness of an antique frame to give their abode the professional touch. - November 11, 2009 - Faux Museum, Inc.
Protecting Teens from Technology
Area parents get an opportunity to attend a free presentation that could keep their kids from becoming a statistic or worse a headline in next week's news story. - November 11, 2009 - Beauty by Design LLC
Expressiva Nursingwear Adds Line of European Seamless Maternity/Nursing Bras to Its Assortment
Expressiva Nursingwear (www.Expressiva.com) adds Cantaloop European maternity/nursing bras to its assortment of over 30 nursing bra styles. - November 11, 2009 - Expressiva Nursingwear
Dr. Ann A. Kiessling, Director of the Bedford Stem Cell Research Foundation Honored with the Jacob Heskel Gabbay Award for Biotechnology and Medicine
101 healthy babies have been born from SPAR, the Special Program of Assisted Reproduction, which allows HIV positive men to safely father children. Dr. Kiessling’s recent work is bridging the gap between assisted reproduction and stem cell science. - November 09, 2009 - Bedford Stem Cell Research Foundation
A New Resource in Lifebook Therapy for Social Workers, Adoptive and Foster Families
Adoption World Specialties introduces a new adoption and foster care lifebook, “My Growing World.” A lifebook captures the needed facts about birth parents, health history and provides a therapeutic grounding for foster and adoptive children. - November 09, 2009 - Adoption World Specialties
Philadelphia Contemporary Artist Debuts "Oh Sweet Child of Mine," an Illustrated Lullaby
Bold, whimsical graphics, drawings and illustrations by Contemporary Artist Kristen Stein adorn the pages of a new lullaby "Oh Sweet Child of Mine." A few special handmade versions of the book are also available. - November 07, 2009 - Kristen Stein Fine Art :: StudioArtworks.com
Buena Vista Disks.com Announces Art Disks (tm) Photo Printed CDs and DVDs
Do you store your precious family photos and videos on a CD or DVD to preserve and protect them? BuenaVistaDisks.com announces they have a more elegant way to preserve those memories than on a marker-scrawled disk. Art Disks ™ are 600 dpi photo-printed CDs and DVDs for photos, videos, and... - November 07, 2009 - BuenaVistaDisks.com
The Best Way to Cut Kid’s Hair is to Play with Trains
Sherry Hood knows a lot about cutting kid’s hair. That’s because she’s been doing it for over six years. And recently, she joined the team at Blakeney Pigtails & Crewcuts, a creative kids salon in the Blakeney Crossing Shopping Center at 9935 Rea Road, Charlotte, NC, 28277. - November 07, 2009 - Blakeney Pigtails & Crewcuts
A Family Guide to Seasonal Fun: A Free Ebook
Divided into four seasonal chapters, this guide is for families with children ages 3-11. That includes grandparents too. The Autumn Chapter is now available. - November 05, 2009 - Whimsmoore LLC
New York Families Get Hip for the Holidays
Sarah Sloboda Photography announces the first in a series of VIP family portrait sessions for the holidays. - November 05, 2009 - Sarah Sloboda Photography
4little1s.com Announces New and Exciting Range of Baby Bedding
4little1s.com have announced they will be stocking the Fish and Chips and the Rosie Posy range of baby bedding from Lollipop Lane as of today. - November 04, 2009 - 4little1s.com
The Legend of the Pickle Ornament: One Pickle, One Boat, and One Wish
Mixing old mythology with global Christmas traditions, author Thomas M. Wilkinson brings the myth of the Christmas ornament to life in the children's book Willie-Off-The-Pickleboat. - November 03, 2009 - Thomas Wilkinson
RMA of New York Participates in a Free Lesbian Family Building Event at The LGBT Community Center
A panel of experts will participate in a free informative event for lesbian singles and couples and will cover the medical, emotional and legal aspects of building a family. - November 03, 2009 - Reproductive Medicine Associates of New York
Good Vibrations Family Chiropractic Announces Partnership with New Website, NaturalBabyPros.com
Local San Diego business Good Vibrations Family Chiropractic adds a personal and professional touch to new site NaturalBabyPros.com by adding professional content and communicating directly with members via the forums. - November 01, 2009 - Natural Baby Pros
Rocket City Sitters Gives Huntsville Parents a Reliable Way to Find a Qualified Babysitter
Rocket City Sitters announces its grand opening, finally giving parents in the Huntsville/Madison County area a quick, reliable way to gain access to professional babysitters. Parents can call one phone number and have instant access to an experienced, certified babysitter, even on short notice. - October 31, 2009 - Rocket City Sitters
Kubit2me Plush Games Honored with Dr. Toy’s “Best” Awards for 2009
Toy Industry Expert Dr. Toy Awards Kubit2me Games 10 Best Socially Responsible, 100 Best Children’s Products and Best Picks for New Products - October 30, 2009 - Kubit2me, Inc.
2Modern Offers Expecting Mothers a Free Nursery Set
2Modern has teamed up Argington and one HGTV design specialist to bring one winner a complete nursery set -- for free. - October 30, 2009 - 2Modern
Partnership Launches Statewide Initiative for Child Safety
“Operation Safe Scout” is the launch of a statewide initiative to educate parents and children and to raise funds for the Boy Scouts of America. The first event will be held on October 31st, at 25 Ramapo Valley Road in Oakland, NJ at 8:30 am. The proceeds generated from this launch will help Boy Scouts of America continue to carry out their mission in times of economic hardship. - October 28, 2009 - Amber Ready, Inc.
Leah Koenig, MA, Parent Coach, to Present a Five Week Love and Logic® at Sammamish Montessori in Redmond WA Starting November 5, 2009
Leah Koenig, MA, Parent Coach, to present the five week Love and Logic® class, "Early Childhood Parenting Made Fun!®" at Sammamish Montessori School in Redmond WA starting November 5, 2009. - October 27, 2009 - Bellevue Family Counseling
Lawless Entertainment Named as Worldwide Publishing, TV and Licensing Agent for Erik Daniel Shein Storyland Series of Books
Acclaimed writer/producer, Erik Daniel Shein, has named Lawless Entertainment as the worldwide agent for all media for his new 13 book collection entitled "Storyland". Each story features a beautiful holiday story for the entire family, featuring magnificent illustrations created by Lina Safar of Kiev Ukraine, veteran sales agent Richard Ellman’s IPG brokered the deal. - October 25, 2009 - sheinstoryland holdings LLC
Need Good-looking Maternity / New Mom Clothes and Diaper Bags?
Cecily Plum has just opened in the US after a fabulously successful first year in the UK. Look no further if you need gorgeous Maternity Clothes to help you feel great while baby grows, or fabulous Nursing Clothes so you can feed baby the natural mom way, or Diaper Bags that look fantastic. Cecily Plum also does a beautiful range of gifts for moms. - October 24, 2009 - Cecily Plum
Holiday Gift 09: Investing in the Future
Trends are proving parents want value, education and quality in what they buy for their children, even if parents are cutting back, they are still willing to splurge on items they believe will help their children build skills for the future - October 22, 2009 - Prosperity4Kids, Inc.
How to Treat Baby Dry Skin and Eczema With…… Chocolate
Sweetsation Therapy is announcing the arrival of Yummi*Tummi Organic Choco Butter with Calendula – Yummi skin treatment for babies and kids with dry skin, eczema and other skin problems. And it smells like Chocolate. - October 21, 2009 - Sweetsation Therapy
Chinese Pregnancy Calendar
Golden Triangle Distribution partners with Planning Family to provide Expecting Moms with tools to help make their overall experience easier. - October 21, 2009 - Golden Triangle Distribution
Olive’s Organic Botanicals Goes Pink with "Harmony" to Join the Fight Against Breast Cancer
Olive- The New Pink. - October 20, 2009 - Olives Organic Botanicals
The Hottest Halloween Costumes of 2009
HottestCostumes.com has published its list of the Hottest Costumes for Halloween 2009. The list is compiled through surveys of multiple online costume retailers. Their answers are compiled into four costume categories, hottest girls costume, hottest womens costumes, hottest boys costumes and hottest mens costumes. - October 20, 2009 - Hottest Costumes
Examville.com Launches New Features to Make Test Preparation and Tutoring Affordable for Everyone
Examville.com, a global online supplemental education platform, launched its new and improved site with enhanced features for social learning. Features such as live online classes and extra-help sessions, unlimited standardized practice tests, downloadable study aids, homework help and much more provide a highly affordable alternative to expensive educational extras. - October 20, 2009 - Examville.com, LLC
Philip Morlan Joins BlogTalkRadio Host Michelle Uhri on “Incorporating Family Worship at Home and at Church” October 22, 2009, at 12:00 p.m. Eastern
Director of Children’s Ministries at Fellowship Church in Brentwood, TN, will discuss how to begin family worship at home. - October 18, 2009 - Seeds Family Worship
Successful Single Parenting Workshop
In our grandparent’s day the most accepted way to do family was to have mum, dad and children living together under one roof. ‘Nuclear’ family is still predominant today, however more and more we’re seeing families become ‘extended’ and through divorce,... - October 18, 2009 - SuccessfulSingleParenting
ZisBoomBah.com Launches Beta - an Innovative Kids Dinner Planning Tool
Zisboombah.com is an innovative online approach to engaging children in planning dinner and alerting their parents to the dinner, it’s nutritional value and health recipes. - October 17, 2009 - ZisBoomBah
New Novel From Ghetto to Greatness Gives New Hope to Drug Addicted Teens No More Derrion Albert Situations
First time novelist Kevin “Coach” Brown has created a timeless story that gives a formula for inner-city teens to stay in school and away from crime, gangs and drugs. Although set in the 1970’s, the book, which is based on his real life experiences as a 13 year old drug addict, is still relevant to young readers in this millennium. It can help prevent deaths like that of Derrion Albert in Chicago. - October 16, 2009 - Brown Publishing & Seminars
Khush Announces Its Reverse Karaoke iPhone Application LaDiDa Has Been Approved by Apple
Khush Inc. announced today that Apple Inc. (AAPL) has approved its reverse karaoke iPhone application after two months in review. LaDiDa uses artificial intelligence to analyze sung vocal tracks in real-time and automatically compose matching music. Users can sing into the iPhone, and LaDiDa will analyze the pitch and structure of the melody in order to generate a unique accompaniment. The patent-pending reverse karaoke technology was developed by NSF-funded scientist Dr. Parag Chordia. - October 16, 2009 - Khush Inc.