Blessed Nest Momma Must Haves Baby Bundle Give A Way

THIS CONTEST IS CLOSED. I WILL POST THE WINNER ON SUNDAY OCTOBER 7TH!

***VERY IMPORTANT-
1) YOU MUST SIGN MISTER LINKY EVEN IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A BLOG!
2)IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A BLOG JUST ENTER YOUR NAME AND LEAVE THE URL BLANK.
3)YOU MUST LEAVE A COMMENT EVEN IF YOU DON'T POST ON A BLOG. LEAVE YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS SO THAT WE CAN CONTACT YOU IF YOU ARE THE WINNER!
SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM OF THE POST FOR MORE CONTEST GUIDELINES...THANK YOU!
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Blessed Nest is a company that nurtures babies, moms and their families all over the world. We celebrate Mommas everyday! This give a way includes the most amazing momma must haves sponsored by wonderful mommas and friends of Blessed Nest! Join in the celebration!
Your Baby Bundle of Momma Must Haves are listed below!!!
Total value over $150.00 wow!
Contest is open from September 7th-October 5th (midnight)


The Healing Hand By Blessed Nest gives you comfort and relief from inflammation, carpel tunnel, tendentious bumps & bruises, a blustery day,general aches & pains!


The Woobie by Blessed Nest How much better would the world be if we all had a woobie to snuggle up with? This little blanket (18" x 21") is a tactile delight, with cozy flannel on one side and the yummiest satin we could find on the back and edges.


Lip Balm By Blessed Nest a delicious blend of all natural ingredients.


Gift Set from Hand Picked Pumpkin " Hand Picked Pumpkin provides a modern line of high quality, custom baby clothing. Mama designed and baby tested, our custom baby clothing is stylish, eye-catching, and beautifully made from the coziest of fabrics."


Booby Button attaches easily to your bra strap or shirt to remind you which breast is next for feeding!


Lansinoh® Brand Lanolin Topical Treatment is the only topical nipple treatment endorsed by La Leche League International, considered the foremost experts on breastfeeding.


Moms Lifesavers"Knowing that all mothers have creative ideas of their own, we surveyed over one hundred women from around the country, obtaining, “tried and true” tips and suggestions on a wide range of parenting topics. And did we assemble a TREASURE TROVE of ideas and tips." Quote from the authors of Moms Lifesavers


Lily-Padz LilyPadz are the first, non-absorbent nursing pads that actually help to prevent leaks rather than soak them up – giving moms a great alternative to traditional cotton nursing pads. These pads are made of a soft, medical grade silicone that provides a secure fit by conforming to the shape of your breast.

Blessed Nest Contest details.....
1) Sign Mister Linky. (a must we will choose a winner using random.org)
2.)Write a post on your blog linking back to this give a way. (if you do not have a blog, you may enter please just tell your friends.)

3.)visit at least ONE of the links above and leave a comment telling us what you like about that product.

4.)e-mail me a picture of you and OR your baby, child, grandchildren, breastfeeding pictures, family picture...
**e-mail to donna@blessednest.com please include your blog link/title/your name.
(we are putting together a Flicker photo collage of Blessed Nest readers and friends to post on our blog...we would love to include you!) you may still enter if you do not wish to send a picture but if you do, you will receive a bonus entry!




**Fabric on the Healing Hand and Woobie may vary from the picture.
**The winner may choose between boy or girl fabric on the Hand Picked Pumpkin gift set.
**look for reviews this month on the above items.
Have fun and tell all of your blogging buddies!


Love, to the moon and back
Heather, Isabelle and Donna

Blessed Nest give-a-way Contest 8/7-8/31

We are continuing our celebration of World Breastfeeding Month with a contest to win a $100.00 gift certificate to be used at our own Blessed Nest store.

Here are the simple details of how to enter:
1. leave a comment on this post and tell us what your favorite product is at Blessed Nest store.

2. Then do a little post on your blog linking back to the Blessed Nest contest blog or the on-line store.
Blog URL: http://www.blessednest.blogspot.com or
on- line store URL: http://www.blessednest.com
That's it! The contest will run through midnight August 31st. After which, we will enter all the names into a large container and shake it up real well!! Then my daughter Tabitha will randomly choose a winner.
If you do not have a blog you may enter the contest just please tell your friends!!

The Way We Were - Wordless Wednesday

Make sure you scroll down for our new contest!! $100.00 gift certificate give-a-way!


The Three Amigos..The Way We Were
(from left to right. Heather, Jessica, Donna 8 years ago!)
This picture was taken at a friends wedding 8 years ago. We will all be together again next week for the ILCA Conference in San Diego. It has been a while, we live on the West Coast and the East, we have had children and gone through many changes but one thing still remains the same...we are the three amigos.

Becoming Breastfeeding - Friendly

Happy World Breastfeeding Week....Stop by on Wordless Wednesday. We will continue the celebration of WBF Month by holding a give-a-way contest for a $100.00 gift certificate from our own Blessed Nest store.

I'm happy to say that I found this article on the site Womens health a Federal Government source for women's health information. Please visit their site for the complete detailed story but one issue I found amazingly significant was this.
"The risks of not breastfeeding are significant. The 2005 Progress Report on Breastfeeding, issued at the 49th Session on the Commission on the Status of Women, concludes that increasing the incidence of exclusive breastfeeding in the US would reduce the rate of death for children under five by 19 percent.

According to UNICEF, if infants worldwide were fed only mother's milk for their first six months, at least 1.3 million lives a year would be saved. In the first two months of life, an infant who is not exclusively breastfed is up to 25 times more likely than an exclusively breastfed baby to die from diarrhea, and four times more likely to die from pneumonia.

As these outstanding benefits and unacceptable risks make breastfeeding not a lifestyle choice but a health mandate, it is only a matter of time before the US as a whole becomes a breastfeeding culture. In order to do this, however, obviously we must have more breastfeeding. And in order to increase breastfeeding, we must encourage mothers to nurse in public. Breastfeeding in public is essential to successful breastfeeding because babies simply cannot wait to be fed. Whether bottle-fed or breastfed, babies need to eat often; if they are in public with their parents for extended periods of time, they will have to be fed.

No one gives a second thought to bottle-feeding in public. In fact, images of baby bottles are ubiquitous in popular culture and are sometimes even used in public places to designate nursery facilities. Despite the health mandate, a society saturated with such images can make a new mom feel that breastfeeding is out of the ordinary, or even abnormal. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, lack of public support for breastfeeding is one of the obstacles to its success. Fortunately, studies show that 93 percent of people in the US are just fine with breastfeeding in public.

When we published "Taking Down the Almighty Bottle," Stephanie Ondrack's article about breastfeeding in a bottle-feeding culture (Mothering, July-August 2006), our Art Director, Laura Egley Taylor, wondered whether a universal symbol for breastfeeding existed. We were surprised to find that it does not. While Canada and Singapore have such symbols, neither image is in wide use or compatible with international signage styles. The American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), along with the US Department of Transportation, created the 50 standard symbols used by US sign companies today, but they did not include one for breastfeeding.

Through a contest held by Mothering.com a sign was chosen. You may recieve a free copy of the sign on their site.

Of course, breastfeeding does not require a special place. As the Canadian government's slogan says, it is appropriate "anytime, anywhere." The purpose of the symbol is not to segregate breastfeeding in any way, but to help better integrate it into society by better accommodating it in public.

Winner for Most Creative Contest!

Csara wins the prize for most creative contest. (Sorry Csara we don't really have a prize) but you do deserve to boast a little! Please visit Baby Talkers to enter your comments and win our own Blessed Nest Nesting Pillow! Take some time to dig through her archives too...she has wonderful posts for Mommas!