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    Bitty Play: Slick Sand @DuneCraft

    Finally spring is here!  Time to head outside for some fun in the sun. Sand and water are perpetual preschooler favourites.

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    But what if you have a kid who doesn’t like getting their hands dirty?  Turns out DuneCraft has just the thing. Slick Sand is colourful and magical.

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    It can be shaped in water but never gets wet! When asked what it feels like, my son said, “it feels like nice!”.

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    The silky texture makes it perfect for little hands to explore. Like the Water Marbles, Slick Sand is endlessly ‘replayable’.

    image-4I like that the product is environmentally friendly and contains information on industrial and everyday uses of slick sand.

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    Definitely kid approved!  Check out more DuneCraft products on www.dunecraft.com

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    @Stonyfield Yogurt Pouches for Your BITTY!

    Stonyfield, the world’s leading organic yogurt maker, today announces a new partnership with Happy Family, the brand that revolutionized the baby food industry with the introduction of pouch packaging to replace glass jars. Stonyfield’s popular yogurts for babies, toddlers and kids, now available in convenient pouches, will be co-branded with Happy Family this summer. The brands make this joint announcement as they debut the full line at Expo West, the country’s leading natural and organic trade show.

    This is the first co-branded collaboration of this type for both brands, marrying the leader in organic yogurt with a leader in organic baby food. “Stonyfield and Happy Family share the core belief that organic food made without the use of toxic persistent pesticides and GMOs is the very best for little ones.  It’s truly exciting to work together to offer the very best in infant and toddler nutrition that also makes life a little easier for parents,” said Gary Hirshberg, Chairman and co-founder of Stonyfield Organic.

    “Stonyfield & Happy Family yogurt pouches offer a convenient and portable option for busy families looking for delicious fruit and vegetable combinations their kids love and that also deliver the organic promise parents trust,” continued Shazi Visram, founder, CEO and Chief Mom of Happy Family. “We’re thrilled to be able to offer parents even more options for healthy products made with optimum nutrition.”

    Not only is yogurt delicious, but it helps kids grow into the best, strongest, healthiest grownups they can be. “Yogurt is a perfect, nutrient-dense food that can grow with your baby from a first food to a healthy lunchbox snack. I always recommend choosing an organic option and Stonyfield’s YoBaby, YoTot and YoKids yogurt pouches are wonderful sources of protein, balanced fats, carbohydrates, and minerals to aid growth and development,” explained Dr. Bill Sears, one of America’s most trusted pediatricians.

    Studies also suggest that organic whole milk provides even more nutritional benefits when compared to conventional milk. Organic whole milk – and products made with it like Stonyfield YoBaby and YoTot yogurt pouches – have a far better concentration of the essential fatty acids (Omega-3s) that can support brain and heart health1.

    About The Stonyfield & Happy Family Yogurt Pouch Line
    Always organic, the Stonyfield & Happy Family yogurt pouches are made with only the best ingredients and without the use of toxic persistent pesticides, GMOs, artificial hormones and antibiotics promising the best for growing babies, toddlers and kids. All of the yogurts are fortified with vitamin D. The yogurt pouches are sold individually as well as in four packs. The suggested retail price is $1.49 and $4.99, respectively. The re-sealable package can be out of refrigerator for up to 4 hours. Parents can expect to see the exciting The Stonyfield & Happy Family yogurt pouch line in their dairy cases starting in July. The line includes:

    • YoBaby Yogurt Pouches: A perfect first food for babies 6 months+, YoBaby Yogurt Pouches feature whole milk yogurt enhanced with fish oil-sourced DHA and EPA, omega-3 fatty acids associated with brain development. YoBaby comes in 3.4-oz. pouches in four varieties: Blueberry, Mango, Sweet Potato and Vanilla. Each pouch contains 100 calories and 3g of fat.
    • YoTot Yogurt Pouches: These pouches have a similar formulation to YoBaby and come in slightly larger 3.7-oz. pouches. The flavors, Pear Spinach Mango and Strawberry Beet Raspberry, are designed to introduce little ones to new foods and flavors. Each pouch contains 110-120 calories, depending on variety, and 3.5g of fat.
    • YoKids Yogurt Pouches: Featuring low-fat yogurt, these pouches will appeal to older kids in three simple varieties: Blueberry, Strawberry and Strawberry Banana. Each 3.7-oz. pouch contains 110 calories and 2g of fat.

    1Washington State University researcher Charles Benbrook

    About Stonyfield
    As the leading organic yogurt maker, we obsess over everything we put into our yogurts and everything we keep out. By saying no to toxic persistent pesticides, artificial hormones, antibiotics and GMOs, Stonyfield has been saying yes to delicious, healthy food for more than 30 years. And we’re no less obsessed with our planet’s health. To bring more sustainability to the marketplace, we’re always looking for more innovative ways to do business. Want to know more? Visit Stonyfield.com, follow us on Twitter.com/stonyfield or find us on Facebook.com/Stonyfield.

    About Happy Family
    Launched on Mother’s Day 2006, and founded and operated by moms, Happy Family is the first organic brand to offer a complete line of nutrient-rich foods for babies’, toddlers’, and kids’ growing bodies. Constantly innovating, Happy Family has been a pioneer in the industry, distinguishing itself by offering products with Enlightened Nutrition and adding probiotics and extra nutrition—like Salba®, the super chia, and choline for brain health—whenever possible. Happy Family has been consistently recognized for its dynamic team and its extraordinary growth and innovation, including winning Food Processing Magazine’s R&D Team of the Year, being named by Forbes as one of America’s most promising companies; and most recently, Shazi Visram, CEO and Founder of Happy Family, being named a member of the Young Global Leader Class of 2013 by the World Economic Forum. Happy Family believes that every baby deserves to be a happy baby. With every product sold, the company supports Project Peanut Butter, a nonprofit that feeds starving children in Africa. For more information, visit http://www.happyfamilybrands.com, http://www.facebook.com/HAPPYFAM, or https://twitter.com/HAPPYsuperfoods

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    Bitty Style: FIFA World Cup Brasil @ChildrensPlace

    Our household is gearing up for something that occurs every 4 years, World Cup! We are so excited to introduce soccer to our bitty! We bought the official sticker album, something any toddler + would enjoy. Secretly, I got it for myself since D is just 4 months. 😉

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    I had to have the soccer bodysuit and hat for her I found at The Children’s Place, they make a whole line of sports balls bodysuits. Since our home is divided- Mexico vs. Colombia- she will have to be the ball until she can choose to follow the right team (*ahem MEXICO) World Cup is a great way to get kids excited about soccer and learn about the world around them. Look up the list of matches here, together with your bitty pick out a few you would like to watch, and learn about the countries playing.

    Food is a great way to learn about cultures- see what snacks they eat and try to recreate them. You can make a poster of the food they eat, language they speak, and some random fun facts. On game day set up the poster board and watch the match! Hopefully this will motivate you and your family to get out there and kick the ball around together. For now we will dress up our bitty as the ball and watch her attempt to roll.

    *World Cup starts on June 12th, Brazil vs. Croatia!

    – Adalhi

    Follow my mommy group on Baby, Bébé, Bimbo!

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/633093470073269/

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    Mini Fashion! Be Mini Couture @BorrowBaby

    Be Mini Couture is here! A Brand NEW online designer children’s apparel website featuring children’s fashion from Stella McCartney to Dior to Appaman. They carry both girls and boys clothing for ages 6 months to 10 years (with the majority of inventory between ages 6 months and 4 years). There are new product daily and started by mom-treprenuer Heidi.

    The website is beautiful and easy to navigate with amazing customer service. Makes gift giving, returns, shipping, sizing, etc., as easy as possible! You can BUY and RENT (aka borrow) – similar to a “Rent the Runway” for kids – so anyone can get gorgeous children’s apparel at all price points.

    Baby Roberto Cavalli anyone? Retail: $671.00 Borrow: $99.00

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    The founder, Heidi Lieske, is a mother of 2 young boys (Cobb, 3, and Fitch, 1), this has basically become her third baby.

    Exciting news for your BITTY!

    http://beminicouture.com/borrow

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    Multicultural Fashion Dolls from @Mattel

    Little girls love receiving dolls for summer, and this year give them something new – a doll that actually looks like they do!
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    While America is increasingly multi-cultural, the doll industry is slow to reflect this diversity. This can be extremely frustrating, especially over the holidays when parents are frantically searching toy stores, only to be left with a limited selection to say the least.

    One World Doll Project is solving this problem! Created by Stacey McBride-Irby, who developed the so In Style® dolls, the first line of African-American dolls by Mattel®, Prettie Girls! not only “look like me, but they are like me!,” says Stacey. Each doll comes along with a positive message that children can relate to and parents can be proud of!

    <image001.png>There are five dolls in the Prettie Girls! collection – Lena (African American) and Valencia (Latina) which are available now, and Kimani (African), Dahlia (South Asian), and Alexie (Caucasian) will be available soon. Additionally, the first Signature Edition doll in the collection, the Cynthia Bailey doll is also available now.

    Prettie Girls! are available online at www.wayfair.com for $21.95 as well as other prestigious online doll retailers such as www.dollgenie.com, www.angelicdreamz.com, and www.pattycakedoll.com.