I am always on the look out for a yummy treat for my little ones.  With their sensitivity to food dyes and preservatives it is often a challenge to find things they enjoy that I can feel good about giving them. Ice Box Bakery has given parents a wonderful alternative to traditional slice and bake cookies. Their amazing selection of yummy goodies includes cookies like Old Time Peanut Butter, Double Dutch Chocolate, Tart Cherry Pie, and Classic Sugar Cookies just to name a few. They also have a super delicious Gluten Free Chocolate Chip cookie for those who have specialized diets.

Jen Bush, founder of Ice Box Bakery, had her first daughter in 2000 and soon after began looking for an alternative to the mass of sweets on the market made with inferior ingredients such as high fructose corn syrup, preservatives, palm oil, and hydrogenated fats. She soon realized that she would not find what she was looking for in today’s market and instead she began to make her own. Working as a pastry chef at the time, Jen began offering her yummy, healthy cookie dough in among the other amazing creations in her pastry case. It was a huge hit and soon after Ice Box Bakery was born.

Here’s a little more of her story:

Founded in Boulder in 2007, Ice Box Bakery all-natural cookie dough is made from scratch in small batches, quick-wrapped to ensure “fresh from the mixing bowl” flavor, and sold ready to slice and bake. Using only premium, all-natural ingredients, including real creamery butter, pure cane sugar, and pure vanilla, Ice Box Bakery cookie dough is available in seven delicious, old fashioned flavors and sold in the refrigerated section at Whole Foods Market and other fine natural and specialty food stores throughout the U.S.

At Ice Box Bakery, we want to bring wholesome sweetness to everyone’s life, in ways both big and small. We work to achieve this mission by not only creating great products for families to enjoy together, but also aligning our company with great causes. Since our founding in 2007, through a commitment to volunteering, contributions, and on-going donations, we have partnered with There With Care (http://www.therewithcare.org/), an organization dedicated to easing the burden of families with critically ill children.

We were recently given the opportunity to try some of Ice Box Bakery’s yummy creations, Double Dutch Chocolate, Old Time Peanut Butter, and Oatmeal Chocolate Chip. They arrived packaged in a neat little freezer box and were still very frozen upon arrival (in our current 100+ degree weather, amazing). We wanted to dive right in, but we decided to wait a few days and bake them up for a dinner party we were having at our home.

The day of the party we simply took them out of the refrigerator, sliced and baked them- so easy. Our home smelled so delicious when our guests arrived. We offered them around the table after dinner and the response was great- everyone loved them. They were rich and delicious- they truly tasted homemade. Our guests were very surprised when I told them these cookies were not made by hand that day. They truly couldn’t believe they were slice and bake. I loved that I got to share such a wonderful treat with my friends and they took so little effort to make.

To Buy: Ice Box Bakery products are available in many natural and whole food stores.Click here to find a store near you.

To Win: Ice Box Bakery has generously provided a package of three flavors of Ice Box Bakery cookie dough to one of our lucky readers. To enter:

• One Mandatory Entry- go visit Ice Box Bakery and find your favorite cookie dough. Come back and leave us a comment including the name of your favorite flavor.
• Two Additional Entries- follow us on twitter and tweet this giveaway “Win a package of 3 flavors of Ice Box Bakery Cookie Dough with Parentreviewers.com” once a day. Leave an additional comment including your twitter id and the tweet url. You can tweet on a daily basis.
• Three Additional Entries- Blog or share on Facebook about this great giveaway! It can be done on a daily basis too! Leave your blog URL or FB id.
• Giveaway is open to US shipping addresses only.
• Giveaway ends on September 6th 2010. and a winner will be picked using Random.org. We will not be emailing winners, so please make sure you subscribe to our feed or check back here for the winner announcement post.

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I love to entertain- during the summer it is not uncommon for us to have a group of friends over every weekend.  One of my least favorite parts of entertaining is the clean up- either washing a bunch of dishes or cleaning up the spills from the cheap paper plates that were used.  No Fun!!

I was approached recently to review a great company called Smarty Had A Party- and boy was I excited.  Smarty Had A Party has the solution to my problem- they provide an amazing selection of elegant disposable dinnerware!!  The package we received had a sample selection of many of their wonderful dinnerware pieces and I was truly amazed!!  The items were such wonderful quality and they were so impressive.  The disposable silver flatware had to be my favorite- I truly thought they were real silver until I picked one up and discovered it was plastic- amazing!!

Our sample selection also included dinner dishes, amazing folded napkins, cups and tumblers, and so much more.  There are also table linens, candles, centerpieces, placecards and serving accessories available on the website.  Smarty Had A Party provides everything you could possibly need to host an amazing party or get together.

Here is the Biography of Paper Plates from the Smarty Had A Party website:

This is the story of plastic plates. Once upon a time, being a plastic plate meant you were a cheap little throw away party plate. You were not elegant, you were not fancy, and you surely weren’t proud of yourself. People found you to be, well, frankly, disposable. They preferred china plates, and would have never considered plastic plates to be elegant. Oh, no, they would have said! We would NEVER use disposable plates at our elegant party! Plastic plates are just not fancy enough!

Enter Smarty Had A Party, aka Smarty Pants. Smarty realized that there is a better way to party and plan an event. This party supplies, catering supplies and wedding supplies store decided to put together for you the most amazing selection of plastic dishes and unique catering supplies for excellence in presentation. Smarty has now become synonymous with elegant party supplies, and elegant disposable catering is now at every party planner’s fingertips.

So now, years later, the plastic plate has grown up. Suddenly, plastic plates have matured into beautiful, elegant disposable dishes that you would be proud to use at your elegant wedding or party. These party plates cost less than a rental! And they are much more beautiful! You don’t have to wash your party dishes anymore – you can now party with beautiful, fancy, elegant disposable plates, cups, napkins & cutlery.

Party guests and party planners began taking notice. Brides realized that they can have the most stunning and care-free weddings using plastic plates and tumblers! Smarty has exquisite plastic disposable stemware, and the wedding supplies and catering supplies to make that champagne toast party perfect.

At last, plastic plates have taken their rightful place in the world of elegant parties. Finally, wedding supplies are convenient as well as beautiful. Plastic dishes are respectable! The plastic plate was a true elegant wedding and party plate, and drank from plastic wine glasses happily ever after.

The End.

Here are just a few of the amazing selection available at Smarty Had A Party:

The products available at Smarty Had A Party are great for any large gathering- weddings, showers, cookouts, birthday parties, the list goes on and on.  We are big fans of Smarty Had A Party and will be using their amazing dinnerware for our next great dinner party!!
 

Buy It! : You can purchase all of the amazing dinnerware by Smarty Had A Party on their website.  Be sure to check them out for your next big gathering!!

Win It! : Smarty Had A Party had generously donated  A Party Kit For 10  to one of our lucky readers.  To enter:

• First Mandatory Entry- go to the Smarty Had A Party website and check out their great products.  Then come back and leave us a comment telling us your favorite product on the website and what event you might use it for.
• Two Additional Entries- Follow us on twitter and tweet this giveaway.  Please leave an additional comment including your twitter id and your tweet url. Do it everyday with this “Win a Smarty Had A Party Party Kit For 10 from Parent Reviewers“
• Three Additional Entries- Go read one of the fabulous parenting articles on our website and leave a comment on the post.  Then come back here and leave us an additional comment including the post url that you read.
• Giveaway is open to US shipping addresses only.
• Giveaway ends 16th August 2010   (11:59pm) and a winner will be picked using Random.org. We will not be emailing winners, so please make sure you subscribe to our feed or check back here for the winner announcement post.

Good Luck!!

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Did you know that Nancy Drew debuted in 1930? I practically grew up with Nancy Drew stories in my teen but NOOOOO, I am NOT THAT OLD.  Today, Nancy Drew is still going strong from the popular book series to interactive gaming.  I was excited when Her Interactive offered me the chance to review Nancy Drew : Trail of The Twister game.

Nancy Drew goes undercover when a team of storm-chasing researchers is mysteriously plagued by a number of equipment failures. Since this Oklahoma research team is competing for a $100 million prize to discover a formula to predict tornado touchdowns, it has raised suspicions amongst them that this was not just pure bad luck. Was someone trying to sabotage them? Nancy Drew’s role was to get to the bottom of it.

The game starts with an option to choose either “Junior” or “Senior” Detective which sets the level of difficulty. Nancy arrives at the farm research base to find out that she has just missed the team. However, she is presented with a list of mundane tasks like file papers and folders, take a quiz about tornado, fix an LCD display in a car, shop for stuff at a corner store, etc. And that’s just the start! Arguably, these tasks are given to her because she is supposedly a replacement intern but I would have loved to see her spending less time doing these simple chores.

As we move along, we get to meet Scott Varnell, the head of the research team and his members, Debbie, Chase and Frosty. Another important character in this game is Pa, the owner of the general store. Each character has some kind of secret which makes them a possible suspect. But who is the real culprit? That’s what you need to find out yourself.

I haven’t reviewed other Nancy Drew games but I have to say Trail of The Twister focuses a lot on puzzles to help solve the mystery. Don’t get me wrong, I love these puzzles. They actually made the game more challenging and fun. What I hated was the driving part in the game. The loose controls made it pretty hard to drive….soooo difficult that I actually crashed six times!!!  Oh and did I mention the part about catching mice over and over and over again *rolls eyes*. So, other than these frustrating parts, I have no complains *grins*. If you’re one of those people who do not like to start all over again after making a “fatal” mistake, you’ll be happy to know that Trail of The Twister automatically returns you to the point before that mistake. 

Overall, I thought that the voice quality was superb and the character animation as well as the background looked great. I think one has to understand that  Trail of The Twister is meant for those age 10 to adult, thus, explains the reason for its simple storyline. Trail of the Twister comes in two discs and is also the first Nancy Drew game to support the Mac OS.If you are a Nancy Drew fan, this is definitely one game worth investigating (pardon the pun).

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Kidz Bop 18 is the newest release in the Kidz Bop franchise (which has been around since 2001). Kidz Bop are compilation albums of popular songs, covered by children singing rather than the original artist. They are edited to remove the blatantly “questionable” things so that kids who want to listen to what’s hot on the radio can without constantly hearing the “bad” stuff the songs may discuss.

For instance; on Kidz Bop 18 there are two Lady Gaga songs performed – Alejandro and Telephone – both having some major lyrics changes (I only really caught them because I am a HUGE Gaga fan and have heard both originals many, many times).

Another edit I caught is on the “Billionaire” song – original lyrics are “I wanna be a billionaire so fricking bad.” Kidz Bop changes the “fricking” to “very” which is more appropriate.

Then on the song “Hey Soul Sister” I caught “like a pop star you’re Madonna” instead of “like a virgin you’re Madonna.”

It’s actually fun for me to catch the rewrites – don’t judge me, lol.

Songs on Kidz Bop 18 include:

• Baby (Justin Bieber)
• Telephone (Lady Gaga ft. Beyoncé)
• California Gurls (Katy Perry)
• Hey Soul Sister (Train)
• Do You Remember (Jay Sean ft. Sean Paul & Lil Jon)
• Naturally (Selena Gomez & the Scene)
• Whataya Want From Me (Adam Lambert)
• Nothin On You (B.o.B ft. Bruno Mars)
• Break Your Heart (Taio Cruz)
• All The Right Moves (One Republic)
• Two Is Better Than One (Boys Like Girls ft. Taylor Swift)
• Evacuate The Dancefloor (Cascada)
• Billionaire (Travie McCoy ft. Bruno Mars)
• Alejandro (Lady Gaga)
• Breakeven (The Script)
• Single Ladies (Beyoncé)

Now – my son (who’s 5 years old) and his friend (who’s 6 years old) both were jamming along to this cd – and I could get into it a little also since I listen to a lot of the songs on the cd anyway. But – this is really for parents who want to censor their kids music a little. I personally don’t care what music my son gets to hear for the most part. The company says that the Kidz Bop cd’s are geared towards ages 5 to 12 but I would think age 8 would be more appropriate since by 12 they’ve certainly heard the real lyrics and may question why they are listening to a bunch of kids since edited versions.

Buy It: You can find Kidz Bop 18 both at “local” stores like Target or Wal-Mart or at online retailers including Amazon and even the Kidz Bop website.

Win It: We’re giving away THREE copies of Kidz Bop 18! If you would like to enter for a chance to win this CD, here’s what you need to do:

• One mandatory entry – Visit the  website Kidz Bop and name another of their album (besides Kidz Bop 18).
• Two additional entry – Follow us on twitter and tweet this giveaway “Win this awesome Kidz Bop 18 CD“  with a link back to this post. Please leave an additional comment including your twitter id and your tweet url. You can do this daily until the giveaway closes.
• Two Additional Entries- Post this on FB and share this piece of good news with your friends!!!! Let us know if you’re a fan too!
• Giveaway is open to US  shipping addresses only.
• Giveaway ends  August 2nd (11:59pm) and a winner will be picked using Random.org. We will not be emailing winners, so please make sure you subscribe to our feed or check back here for the winner announcement post.

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There is nothing as special as giving a gift to someone personalized with their own name. I love finding gifts to give the special little ones in my life that are special and “just for them”. I was very excited when I was recently given the opportunity to review the new Hooray My Name Activity DVD. This great, personalized and interactive DVD provides children with 8 fun and educational activities that teach letters, numbers, colors, animals, and much more. My children were both thrilled to receive copies of the Hooray My Name DVD with their own names on them. Although the DVD’s are geared for a slightly younger audience, my children thoroughly enjoyed the fact that “Jack and Rocco” knew their names and were talking directly to them. The activities on the Hooray My Name Activity DVD are cute and entertaining with bright colors, clear graphics and fun educational activities. Including a child’s personal name is a great way to keep their attention and the great concept of these DVD’s combines fun and learning and is sure to please.

About Hooray My Name Activity DVD:

At Hooray My Name, we recognized that with all the amazing assortment of educational content available to children, one thing was missing when it came to television and DVD entertainment – a personalized connection to the content. Inspired by many of our friends children, our soon to be born daughter and our adopted Boxer, Rocco, we set out to create a series of activities that not only provided entertaining educational content, but would also engage each child on a more personal level by incorporating their name. Considering a child’s first form of identity is established through their name, it’s our feeling, at Hooray My Name, that by combining educational content while incorporating a child’s name, children are much more likely to be engaged in the material presented.

Buy It! : The Hooray My Name Activity DVD can be purchased for the little ones in your life by visiting their website. But you can preview the activities on the Hooray My Name Activity DVD here.

Win It! : Thanks to great people behind the Hooray My Name Activity DVD, we have FIVE copies of DVD to give to our readers. To enter:

• One Mandatory Entry- Go check out the Hooray My Name Activity DVD website and then come back and leave us a comment including the name you would choose for the little one in your life.
• Three Additonal Entries- Follow us on twitter and tweet this giveaway. Please leave a comment including your twitter id and the tweet url.
• Five Additional Entries- Browse our website and read one of our great parenting articles. Leave a comment on the article you read then come back and leave a comment here including the article url.
• Giveaway ends on July 5th, 2010.
• Giveaway is open to US shipping addresses only and a winner will be picked using Random.org. We will not be emailing winners, so please make sure you subscribe to our feed or check back here for the winner announcement post.

Good Luck!!

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The key to anyone’s heart (not just a man) is food. We seek comfort and nourishment in food and it’s so much fun to “break bread” with our friends and family. I had a chance to share with my family a huge jar of delicious chicken soup courtesy of a little company in Florida called A Spoonful of Comfort. It came in a box right to my door complete with dinner rolls and it came at a great time since I am in the early stages of pregnancy and I just don’t have the energy to cook!

A Spoonful of Comfort was begun back in 2007 by Marti Bowes Wymer when she was losing her dear mother to cancer. She wanted to send something – but just couldn’t find the right “something” to send. The idea of sending chicken soup – something that everyone from an ailing friend or family member to a homesick college student could find comfort in – was born.

A jar of homemade chicken soup from A Spoonful of Comfort is the perfect gift when you just don’t know what to send. It is also such a thoughtful and unique gift, it’s bound to send a little sunshine to those receiving it.

BUY IT : You can purchase your own homemade jar of chicken soup from the A Spoonful of Comfort website! You can even choose to include homemade dinner rolls or homemade oatmeal raisin cookies with your order.

WIN IT :  We’re giving away a 64oz  jar of chicken soup to TWO lucky readers, thanks to the generosity of our sponsor, A Spoonful of Comfort. Check out below how you can enter for a chance to win:

• One mandatory entry – Visit www.spoonfulofcomfort.com and tell us one fact about the founder of A Spoonful of Comfort.
• Two Additional Entries- Follow us on twitter and tweet this giveaway.  Please leave an additional comment including your twitter id and your tweet url.
• Five Additional Entries- Read one of our Parenting Articles.  Leave a comment about it on the post and return here to leave a comment including the article’s URL.
• Giveaway open to US shipping addresses only.
• Giveaway ends 1st June 2010 and a winner will be picked using Random.org. We will not be emailing winners, so please make sure you subscribe to our feed or check back here for the winner announcement post.

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We love our beaches. Every year, without fail, I will pack up our beach tent, beach towels, beach toys (actually, most of them are already pre-packed and ready to go), prepare a scrumptious picnic and pack it all into the trunk of our car. It’s almost like a pilgrimage to us, we just love our beaches. I’ll try my best to bring friends along as well, since we have an 8 seater..and all of them, are the considerate sort of people. They’d apologise for bringing sand into my car. Well, I have three boys… with or without my friends, I’d still have sand somehow. Thanks to the numerous sand-pits they play in. So, when I was told about “Sand Gone”, I was a happy girl again.

About Sand Gone :
A great new beach product “Sand Gone”. This amazing dry powder that when applied to sandy parts of you body removes the sand leaving your skin soft and smooth. A must for beachgoers! Sand Gone has recently launched a new Hygiene/Beauty Product to take Beach Lovers and Tanning/Cosmetic industry by Sand Storm ! It is called SAND GONE, a simple sand-removal product that comes in powder form wit a gentle, soft powder puff for smooth, easy application. Founded by housewife, mother, and entrepreneur Tiffany Smith, who also invented SAND GONE, her company is officially launching this month in central Florida, with the aim of going national over the next several months. Tiffany also reminds people that SAND GONE is not only non-toxic and non-talc, and easy to apply and use, but also smells good, feels good, is inexpensive and does a thorough, wonderful job each and every time. “It makes the ride home from the beach as clean and comfortable as the ride there.” She adds, “I want my invention to become one of those must-haves at the beach or at any sandlot in the park. You will know to bring your sunblock and shades…but also your SAND GONE

Buy It! : Sand Gone is an absolute winner! Why? It is so simple to apply on, just puff puff puff the powder on sandy areas..and the sand just slides off, leaving the skin smelling coconut-y and feeling smooooooooth! Honestly, my kids don’t feel as icky anymore, as they jump into the car. They used to whine about the sand being stuck on them. And I’m happy because it doesn’t mean I have to vacuum my car everytime we go to the beach or come back from the sandpit!

Win It! : One very lucky reader will have a chance in winning a tub of 8oz Sand Gone and all you have to do is :

• One Mandatory Entry- visit the SandGone website and tell us why you would like a tub!
• Two Additional Entries- follow us on twitter and tweet this giveaway. Please leave us a comment including your twitter id and your tweet url.
• Three Additional Entries- blog about this giveaway and include a link. Please leave us a comment including the blog post url.
• Giveaway is open to US shipping addresses only.
• Giveaway ends 30th May 2010 and a winner will be picked using Random.org. We will not be emailing winners, so please make sure you subscribe to our feed or check back here for the winner announcement post.

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The Magic School Bus has long been a favorite in our home. Our personal library is filled with the many books, movies, science kits and more offered by The Magic School Bus series. I was, of course, thrilled when we were offered a chance to review one of the newest additions to the series: The Magic School Bus and the Climate Challenge.

From the first page this story my children were hooked.  Ms. Frizzle takes the class on yet another amazing adventure, this time to explore the concept of Global Warming.  With her wonderful sense of wit and humor, Joanna Cole brings this topic to life in a new and easy to understand way.  Accompanied by amazingly bright and action filled illustrations, Bruce Degen truly brings the scientific concepts to life and makes it so much fun to learn!!

The pages are not only filled with wonderful information but also many challenges to children offering ways they can make small changes to help affect this worldwide problem.  After reading it numerous times, I have found my own children reminding us to turn off extra lights and to unplug unnecessary items when not in use.  The truth held in this little book really made an impact and my little ones are now proponents of change in our small sphere of influence.

About The Magic School Bus and The Climate Challenge:

Ms. Frizzle’s students are putting on a play about global warming, and they need some cold, hard facts. The Friz knows just where to find them! A hop on the Magic School Bus takes the kids on a whirlwind tour.

From the Arctic to the equator, they see telltale signs of climate change. But to get the really big picture, the class has to get really small – so they can see exactly what is in the air and why it is making the world warmer.

What they find gives them a real cause for concern!

Don’t forget to check out The Magic School Bus on Scholastic.com for many wonderful activities and resources to bring science to life for the little ones in your life. You can also find out more information on Ms. Frizzel’s April 20th Webcast here.

Buy It: You can purchase The Magic School Bus and the Climate Challenge as well as other great Magic School Bus products at many local bookstores and online at Amazon.com.

Win It:  Scholastic Books has generously donated the following prizing….. just in time for Earth Day:

One (1) Grand Prize winner will receive:
Paper Recycling Studio
Copy of The Magic School Bus and The Climate Challenge

Two (2) additional winnerswill receive a copy of the book!

Here’s how to enter:

• One Mandatory Entry- Visit The Magic School Bus site and leave us a comment including your favorite Magic School Bus product.
• Two Additional Entries- Follow us on Twitter and Tweet this giveaway.  Please leave a separate comment and include your twitter id and your tweet url.
• Five Additional Entries- Read one of our parenting articles. Leave a comment about it in THAT post and return here, with the article’s URL.
• Entry is open to US shipping address only (Iinternational readers can enter if they have a friend in the States who can accept their prizes by mail.)
• Giveaway ends on April 19th 2010 and a winner will be picked using Random.org. We will not be emailing winners, so please make sure you subscribe to our feed or check back here for the winner announcement post.

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When I first spotted the KABOOST, I knew I just had to get it! Ever since my 2nd child got booted out of his high chair, making way for his younger brother, he has been literally sitting on his knees, whenever he’s at the dining table.

He’s always had trouble reaching for food, and eating, because sitting on knees for a long while, aren’t exactly comfortable. I managed to get it and when I installed it for him, he was the happiest lil’ kid on the block!

For him to reach his food easily and sit comfortably on the dining chair, was an instant confidence booster (oops! no pun intended!)! His dexterity improved and there was definitely less food spillage. If I could, I’d be going on and on and on and on about KABOOST, just simply because it is one of the best products any parent would love to have.

BUY IT: It fits on most 4 legged chairs and it is SO portable! It only weighs 3.5lbs and it is designed with a choice of 2 height positions! In fact, my eldest son uses it whenever he works on the computer, as it is a better height to reach the keyboard and mouse. KABOOST easily holds up to 300lbs and it’s recommended age range is between 20 months to 6 years old.

It is incredibly stable and it can be used on all types of floor surfaces, including carpet, wood and tile. Not only that, its’ feet are rubberized, hence it won’t damage your floors!

And…it even has the National Parenting Center’s Seal of Approval 2008 and numerous other awards. KABOOST has also been featured in so many magazines, you wouldn’t believe it! Have I been going on and on and on and on about it?

WIN IT: When KABOOST heard that we were writing a review on it, they generously sponsored one unit of KABOOST portable chair booster with it’s own travel bag for giveaway to one lucky reader here! Here’s how you can enter for your chance to win:

• Visit KABOOST and choose the colour that you would like to win
• Three additional entries if you grab our button from our sidebar and link back to us from your blog, AND/OR
• Three additional entries if you  Subscribe in a reader, AND/OR
• Three additional entries if you stumble this post.
• Giveaway is open to Continental US shipping addresses only.
• Giveaway closes on 2nd March 2009 and a winner will be picked using Random.Org

And…if you don’t win it, at USD37.95, it’s certainly very affordable. This is definitely one product this Mama highly recommends!

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Officially, my soon to be 5 year old drinks from a cup whenever she is at school or at  the daycare. However, she claims that she HAS TO have her bottle of milk each night, otherwise, she will find it hard to fall asleep! LOL. The kind of excuses kids give these days.

I’m still trying hard to wean her off her bottle at night and has started the transition by using the 12 ounce Klean Kanteen stainless steel sippy cup. Since the Klean Kanteen is made from 100% recyclable, high-quality, food- grade stainless steel, I do not have to worry about leach from polycarbonate plastic. I also love the fact that Klean Kanteen has a special adapter which works with Avent’s™ patented sippy cup spout.  But if you asked my daughter, she’ll tell you she loves her new sippy cup because it is pink!

BUY IT : The Klean Kanteen 12 ounce bottle comes in three colours – pink, blue and silver and retails at $17.95 to $19.95.  If you are a parent who’s ready to pull your hair out trying to find BPA free products, do visit www.mypreciouskid.com to check out the Klean Kanteen and many other child safe products. You can thank me for your peace of mind later.

WIN IT :  Kay Green, the owner of My Precious Kid was kind enough to offer one Klean Kanteen 12 ounce bottle as a giveaway to one of our lucky reader. Here’s what you need to do:

• Visit www.mypreciouskid.com and let us know what’s your favourite product from the site AND/OR
• Three additional entries if  you add our badge to your blog (please leave your blog url) AND/OR
• Three additional entries if you subscribe to us via email. By subscribing, you will also be eligible for a monthly prize draw. Please use the button on our right side bar.
• Giveaway closes on 22nd February 2009 and a winner will be drawn using the Random.Org number generator.