It’s been five weeks of my new little pirate. Five whole weeks of newborn diapers, sweet baby smiles, cuddly blankets, and tiny clothes. It’s also been five whole weeks of feedings every 3 hours, screaming fests and sleepless nights. As wonderful as a newborn is, it can also be the scariest most aggravating time of your life! This little bitty person is completely dependent on you and they can’t remotely tell you what it is they need or want! What a privilege–and a daunting task.
When my daughter was born (a whopping 2 and a half years ago) I wanted so much to be a perfect good mom. I wanted my daughter to sleep through the night, nurse like a champ, have a perfect temperament, do sign language and of course, be a genius. So, I read every baby book I could get my hands on.
One of my favorite books is The Moms On Call Guide to Basic Baby Care. This is an unbelievably helpful book written by two pediatric nurses who are also experienced moms. They were the nurses that sat by the phone and answered all the late night phone calls of frantic first time parents. So, they’ve heard it all! Their book covers everything from nail clipping to understanding your doctor to swaddling to GETTING YOUR CHILD TO SLEEP THROUGH THE NIGHT. It even comes with a dvd with some of the most helpful tutorials I’ve ever seen. (Like spreading a towel on the bouncy seat to hold your baby after their bath! GENIUS.)
Moms on Call has been featured on FOX News, ABC Family, Parents Magazine and tons of other sites and resources for parents. They have a newsletter that goes straight to your inbox full of helpful parenting tips, sicknesses that are going around and info on their parenting seminars, personal consulting and online courses.
And this is where the giveaway comes in! One of these fabu authors is actually one of my friends! (But I promise I’d love this stuff even if she weren’t!) And she has graciously offered to give YOU my fantastic readers the opportunity to win one of their online Baby or Toddler Seminars. These are online classes that cover things like:
- Getting Your Baby To Sleep Through The Night
- Specific Soothing Techniques That Work Immediately
- Learn to Tackle Toddler Tantrums
- Master Potty Training
- and more!
You can see some video samples of these courses online at MomsOnCall.com. These courses are a $30-$60 value!!
Are you interested yet? Well, if you’d like to win one of these online seminars, just leave me a comment. Any comment will do, but I especially love comments like “OMG. I so need this!” or “How cool are you to give this away?!” or even “YOU ARE MY NEW FAVORITE BLOGGER IN THE WORLD.” If you’d like a second entry, leave me a comment letting me know you subscribed to my blog through your favorite feeder or via email. if you really really really want to win and would like a third entry, head over to MomsOnCall.com and subscribe to their newsletter. Then leave me yet another comment to let me know you did this!
This is open to anybody anywhere throughout all of time. Just make sure you leave a valid email address. I’ll announce the winner on Friday!
And don’t forget to check out all the giveaways at Bloggy Giveaways but especially the giveaway over at my other blog, Impress Your Kids. It’s a good’un.
And oh. Asa is advertising Moms On Call on my vlog…it’s worth the click to see my little pirate sleeping…and hearing his sweet baby breathing…
Can you tell I totally read your blog almost every day now! It is good to hear another woman’s going thru some of the same feelings and emotions I am right now with two children!
I had no idea Jennifer was an author!?!? I would love to win this opportunity to go to the seminar!! I can use all the tip and help one can offer!! Thnks!!
So… I still have a few more months to prepare but I’m sure I’ll need all the help I can get. I’m 14 weeks and just heard the heartbeat this morning! Yay!
YOU ARE MY NEW FAVORITE BLOGGER!! Oh wait. You’re already one of my fave bloggers. That doesn’t work. Um…
Oh yeah. I’d like to win this for two reasons. First, I could use the toddler seminar myself. Or I could give the baby seminar to my big sis who 11 weeks preggo with her first baby. Yay!!
I so need the toddler seminar and wish I had figured out the towel on the bouncy seat trick when my son was a newborn, instead of 9 months old. But I finally caught on!
um, I was going to say not to enter me for this one, bc I’m such a perfect parent. COUGH COUGH!!!!! sorry about that – I have no idea where that came from. But then I saw, Learn to Tackle Toddler Tantrums and Master Potty Training. I NEED these.
And you are my favorite blogger in the whole world. I’m going to sign up for the newsletter now.
“OMG. I so need this!”
“How cool are you to give this away?”
“YOU ARE MY NEW FAVORITE BLOGGER IN THE WORLD.”
Can I have it now? š
Okay, so do you think the baby sleeping will work on the 2.5 year old who still wants to wake up at least once a night? I would LOVE this book. Maybe I’ll succeed in creating a better sleeper with my second š
And you are a great blogger!
OMGoodness….I so don’t need this, but if I won I’d pass it along to my cousin who will have their first child in Dec. š
OMG, I really DO need this with two babies on the way!!!
sabrina999 AT rogers DOT com
I am so that girl that calls the nurses for everything… and it sure would be fun to give my nurses a break!
Okay, my newborn sleeps, but not my toddler is that in there? I do subscribe to your blog because I enjoy reading about your day since you are in the motherhood trenches too.
Your blog is so fun! I’m glad I found it! AND I “followed” you on my blogroll!
This is a great giveaway. Love your blog, will be coming back!
Okay, I really do need this! I need some sleep! Almost seven months of sleepless nights!
gitrecca (at) gmail (dot) com
We have a new baby due in March. I am sure this would have some tips that would be helpful to us.
That looks really helpful and would be great for my upcoming delivery of my 2nd child in March!
Thanks for offering it!
princesslimey (at) gmail (dot) com
pick me! sleep prize + me = happiness!
I’m expecting my second in April, and I could probably use a course on getting your baby to sleep – my son (who’s now six) never did sleep well! And I’m subscribing to your blog – as a soon-to-be-mom of two, I have a feeling I’ll be in the same place you are!
I need this! And you’re one of my favorite bloggers! I have a two year old and a 5 month old… so I could use either the Toddler one OR the “how to get baby to sleep through the night” one. I already subscribe to your blog through Google Reader. AND I just went and subscribed to the Momsoncall.com newsletter.
This is the closest thing to a manual as I seen. I really need this.
Well, I don’t need this, but my daughter sure does, she hasn’t had a good night sleep in the 7 months since her son has been born!
smchester at gmail dot com
i have 15 month old twins who BF every 2 hours and have never slept more than 6 hours, let alone through the night…and i just found out i have one on the way too – so…i’m in trouble!
I am expecting my second child in April and this would be a great help to have. Thanks!
What a treat to win! Thanks! cross_home2001 (at) yahoo (dot) com
please enter me…mrs.mommyyatgmail.com
My nephew and his wife are expecting. I would love to gift them with this for Christmas.
I definitely need to know how to master potty training. I’ve heard so many horror stories that I have no desire to ever potty train my child.
Awesome Giveaway. Thank you for the chance to win š
You’re awesome for doing this! We all need a little help with something!
cgogis at yahoo dot com
This would be great! I could sure use this!
Thanks1
I need the potty training seminar please.
Oh I definitely need the one about toddler tantrums!! Thanks for the giveaway!
Angela
itsahumanzoo(at)gmail(dot)com
P.S. Iām giving away a subscription to Parents Magazine on my blog, so if you or someone you know might be interested, stop on by! š
This is a Great giveaway! Potty training would be awesome. Thanks for the chance to win.
NinaGonzalez(at)yahoo(dot)com
I have a 3 month old baby girl, and we could really use this book, hope to win. I read your oh me entry, sounds like me, made me laugh š
Jen and Laura ROCK! I had them come out when my daughter was born~amazing!
Now I need the online seminar for toddlers! My daughter is 3 1/2 and my son is 2….HELP!
check! subscribed to your blog, now can I have it?
of course I already subscribe to the Moms on Call Newsletter! Can’t live without them! Thanks for offering this online seminar.
There’s a new young mom who is very close to me. This would be a tactful way to help her through the first year of parenting. You know how kids like the dvd presentations instead of books! Thanks!
Man, I hope it’s not too late to enter. I have a brand new baby girl – this would be a super helpful reference…