Posted by karen on April 18, 2013
One of the things I get most excited about while working on Tyckled Tales is coming across innovative ways that parents today are helping one another. We’re seeing a wave of great parenting startups started by real parents who want to share their experiences and lessons learned to make it easier for others when planning for parenthood.
weeSpring is one of those great parenting startups that I came across late last year.
So what is weeSpring? Their website says it best!
“weeSpring is a platform that helps you share advice with your friends about baby essentials, like bottles, strollers, and diapers. You can compare products within a single category, like high chairs, or browse a trusted friend’s favorite.
Expecting parents use weeSpring to ask their friends about the things they couldn’t live without, and find out what they wish they’d never bought. New parents use weeSpring to pass along their own tried-and-true advice, while continuing to learn from their friends.”
KEY TIP: Use weeSpring when you want one site focused on products with feedback from real parents to help simplify your purchasing decisions or an easy to share your product recommendations with your friends.
And in this week’s Mommy Spotlight, I spent some time with Allyson Downey, Cofounder of weeSpring, to talk more about the company.
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Posted by karen on April 5, 2013
For this week’s Mommy Spotlight, I spoke with Andrea Goodman of text4baby, a free text messaging service with baby health and safety information I recently discovered for pregnant and new moms.
The mission behind text4baby is an important one, especially for any first-time mom. It’s not only overwhelming figuring out what you need to plan for parenthood, but it’s equally overwhelming when attempting to keep up with all the available information related to your pregnancy and the health of your baby.
Text4baby aims to simplify that, so read on to learn more.
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Posted by karen on March 28, 2013
I recently spent a weekend with my friend, who is expecting a baby girl in July, plan for her baby registry. One of the baby essentials that came up for discussion was the breastpump.
Like many newly pregnant moms, she didn’t realize that under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). which was signed into law in 2010, many insurance plans are now required to provide breastfeeding support and supplies at free of charge.
This new coverage has gone into effect with many health plans on or after August 1, 2012, so if you’re a newly expecting parent and want to learn more, read on to see how this can potentially save you hundreds of dollars. This applies not just with a breastpump but also potentially lactation consultant services.
1) Medela Pump In Style Advanced 2) Ameda Elite Electric Breast Pump 3) Philips AVENT Comfort Double Electric Breast Pump
To make it easy, I’ve broken it down for you by steps, and I’ve provided helpful external references from various sites such as Medela.
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Posted by karen on March 7, 2013
It’s been awhile since I last shared a Mommy Spotlight, and today, I’m featuring Tyckled Tales’ latest Mommy Spotlight with Karen Barski, founder of Woombie. Woombie is the original cocoon-like swaddle, recommended by doctors, nurses, doulas and countless moms and dads. Swaddling, which we’ve mentioned, is very instrumental during the 4th trimester (click here to read more).
Some parents, who struggle with traditional swaddlers, feel it may be too tiresome to keep having to rewrapp their babies, so the innovative Woombie has a zipper to zip up your baby snugly – keeping them comfortably warm and safe.
Woombie has 18 different swaddles for parents to choose from, and they have other juvenile products, including their most recent release of a new educational toy for toddlers, called Time IN Dolls.
In this Mommy Spotlight, Karen shares her personal journey as a mother of FIVE and as the creator behind Woombie.
P.S. Be sure to check out the Woombie blog for a guest post by me on “Planning for Pregnancy and Using Your Baby Checklist.”
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