CONTEST - Baby Dipper Bowl GIVEAWAY, Now till 11/3/09

Follow the EASY instructions carefully to be eligible to win the Baby Dipper Bowl pictured at left, including the coordinating specially-designed spoon.  Baby Dipper was a major sponsor of the goody bags at The Triplet Connection Convention in July 2009.

The contest runs now until November 3, 2009.  Entering this giveaway contest is FREE and simple.  To be eligible, follow the EASY directions below exactly.  Baby Dipper is supplying THREE (3) prizes and contestants are limited to U.S. residents only.

For the MANDATORY ENTRY, comment below to tell your baby's (or babies') ages and why you would like to win a Baby Dipper Bowl.  Also, include your email address (in the comment form sign-in prompt box which is not visible to the public) so that we may contact you should you be one of our lucky winners

For EXTRA CHANCES to WIN: Remember to do the Mandatory Entry FIRST, then if doing any extra entries, also be sure to leave separate comments below for each extra entry in order for them to count

• Become a Follower or Subscriber to Mommy Blog Expert then post a separate comment in the comment box to say you are now following this blog
• Follow @MommyBlogExpert on Twitter, then post a comment telling us your Twitter Name in the comment box
• Follow @BabyDipper on Twitter, then post a comment telling us your Twitter Name in the comment box
• Become a Fan of Baby Dipper Bowl on Facebook, then tell us you are now a fan of Facebook and include your Facebook name in the comment box below
  
• Become a public follower of Baby Dipper's owner Barbara Schantz's Baby Dipper My Double Life blog, then tell us you are now a follower and include your follower ID in the comment box below
  
• Tweet and RT (Retweet) on Twitter by copying + pasting the following exactly (to avoid errors): I just entered to Win a Baby Dipper Bowl @MommyBlogExpert at http://mommyblogexpert.blogspot.com/2009/10/contest-baby-dipper-bowlspoon-set.html
  
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Look! The Triplet Mom pictured below is feeding TRIPLETS, with just one hand.  Just think how much easier it would be to feed even a single baby with this no-tip, well-designed Baby Dipper product. See the Baby Dipper Product Review which was just featured on MommyBlogExpert for more information about this wonderous sanity-saver for baby's caregivers.

Entry Deadline & Winner Notification:

This Baby Dipper Giveaway ends on Thursday, November 3, 2009 at midnight PST.  Shortly after all comments submitted have been verified, three random comments will be chosen. Each winner will be contacted by email and will have 48 hours to reply with their name and shipping address. If a response is not received from a winner within 48 hours, that winner will forfeit the prize and a new winner will be selected. Sorry, no exceptions.

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

TWINS Casting in Los Angeles for TLC - Shoots 10/18

Just heard about this TWINS casting opportunity from my friends, Debra + Lisa Ganz of Twins Talent.

CASTINGS - LOS ANGELES
TLC/DISCOVERY HEALTH
Looking for African-American twins (preferably identical) that are under 10 lbs.and at least 15 days old - shooting this upcoming Sunday 10/18 in the Los Angeles
area.
MUST BE LOCAL TO THE LA AREA
IF INTERESTED EMAIL Twins Talent billywonka@aol.com 

Be sure to include childrens names, DOB, and your contact info, along w/ babies' weights.
must have a recent photo
MUST HAVE WEIGHTS

PRODUCT REVIEW - Baby Dipper Bowl & Spoon Set

GIVEAWAY CONTEST Now till Nov. 3, 2009

Have you seen the Baby Dipper?  No, don't look up in the sky.  Mr. Big and Mrs. Little Dipper didn't just deliver a newborn.  The Baby Dipper I'm talking about is a space-age feeding bowl and spoon set for babies and toddlers down here on earth who are starting to eat baby food, learning to hold a spoon, or beginning to feed themselves.

Barbara Schantz, an Alabama mom of two sets of twins.  No, that's not a typo as you can see from a recent picture of Barbara and her hubbie at right with her pairs of daughters and sons.  In fact, I first met this mother of invention while organizing goody bag products as a volunteer for the annual non-profit national Triplet Connection Convention.  Thanks to her generosity, each 2009 convention family with triplets under 3 years old went home with Baby Dipper bowl sets in their convention gift bag.

As a mom of triplets plus another child born within a year, this would have been a big help for me.  To think, had this gem been around back then, it would've made feeding my four look less like the food fight scene in the comedy film "Revenge of the Nerds." Sorry folks, I don't have a snapshot of me feeding my own babies back in the late 1990s, as I was busy cleaning up the mess instead.

As this doubly-super mompreneur tells it, the idea for her creation came when the elder set of girl twins were six months old.  Needing to have one hand free while feeding two very young children, not to mention finding a better way of cutting down on the mess, Barbara tried other bowls, but nothing worked.  Finally, her Eureka! moment came and the unique Baby Dipper bowl was born: not as another constellation of stars but as an innovative feeding tool.

Though its been about twelve years since my own babies first sat in feeding chairs, I'm still amazed at all the ingenious products and services that keep coming out to simplify the care of young children. Whether bringing home a singleton, twins, triplets, or higher order multiples, new parents and caregivers today definitely have no idea how much things have improved just in the last dozen years alone. 

Left: For this picture, I gave three Baby Dipper bowls to a Chicago family with 7-month old triplets. While dad snapped the pictures, mom is shown not only feeding all the babies at the same time, but she is doing it using just one hand!

The Baby Dipper is a sanity-saver not only to parents of twins, triplets, or even several little ones of different ages all in high chairs at the same time, it is just as handy for feeding a single child, both able-bodied and special needs.

With a 4 ounce capacity, this bowl (see close-up picture below) measures 4" long x 3" wide x 1-3/4" deep and comes with a coordinating spoon sized for little hands which will remind you of one of the Dippers in the sky.

Thanks to its distinctive patent-pending triangle shape that allows the spoon to rest inside the lower corner of the bowl, along with the contoured interior design that guides food easily to the spoon,  it is well-suited both for a parent to feed a baby just starting on soft foods as well as for toddlers who are learning to eat on their own.  An added plus is that the bowl's vertical sides are transparent that allows clear view of the food inside.

Featuring a rubber non-slip underside that helps prevent sliding, the Baby Dipper is lead-free as well as has been tested for phthalates and meets the CPSIA standard, according to Schantz.  It is microwave safe, however microwaving of baby food risks scalding, so it is not recommended.  To maintain the integrity and grippiness of the soft rubber base, the bowl should be hand-washed.

The Baby Dipper is already sold in select stores in Alabama, Colorado, Kansas, and Texas. It is also available for $9.99 and up (plus shipping) direct from Baby Dipper and also from online retailers such as Amazon and Baby And Me Gifts.