Trident Gum Oral Health America Wellness

Giveaway

My family, including our kids, are devoted to volunteering in the community. So when I hear of a worthy cause that a major consumer brand such as Trident Gum is involved in that benefits children in need, I want to pass that information on to this blog's followers. A child's smile truly is worth a million bucks -- regardless of socio-economic status.

MBE partnered with Trident for this post

That's why I'm pleased to be partnering with Trident by encouraging Mommy Blog Expert readers to do your part to help stop childhood tooth decay, especially among;kids nationwide who are most at-risk for lack of proper dental care.

Win a Year's Supply of Gum Giveaway, Details Below

How You Can Help

For each pack of Trident gum you buy from September 19 - 25, the brand will donate five cents to Oral Health America's Smiles Across America. This program supports vital school-based and school-linked oral health services for children and families across the U.S.

WIN A Year's Supply of

Trident Gum
GIVEAWAY

No Purchase Necessary - Ends 10/17

How to Enter Giveaway

Leave one or more comments below this post saying why you'd like to be the one to win. Contest ends October 17, 2011 at 12 midnite PST and is open to legal residents of the U.S. only. Winner will be selected at random from all entries and notified via email. A year's supply of gum is 52 packs.

Required (Mandatory) Entry

Simply leave a comment below this blogpost saying why you should be the one to win this prize.  Don't forget to include your email address, Facebook or Twitter contact info in the comment section so the winner can be contacted.

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Get extra entries to win for doing any combination (or all) of the easy options listed below.  Just be sure to return to MommyBlogExpert to leave an additional comment after each individual extra action you do to confirm so we can record all your extra chances to win. 

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About Trident

Trident Sugar Free Gum has long been a pioneer in providing oral health benefits to consumers. Today, Trident is the best selling chewing gum and sugar free gum in the world. A recent study shows that the brand continues to be recommended by four out of five dentists who recommend sugar-free gum to their patients who chew gum.

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Mommy Blog Expert is Nominated for Parents 2011 Best All-Around Mom Blog Award - Pls Vote

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Dear Readers:

So excited to learn today from Parents Magazine that Mommy Blog Expert has been nominated for Parents 2011 Best All-Around Mom Blog award. Thanks so much in advance for your support!

You don't have to be a Mom to vote

So, please vote now for MBE HERE
Winner to be announced in mid-October

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Blacklisted from the PTA - A Humorous Look at Us Stressed Out Moms Raising Kids Today - Book Review

Book Review

If anyone knows how to make lemonade out of life's lemons -- when it comes to parenting and being a mother, Lela Davidson, the first-time author of Blacklisted from the PTA, is clearly a front-runner.  Just released this summer,  her new book is as entertaining as it is sympathetic to what it's really like to be a mommy precariously juggling a busy and challenging family life today that revolves around children with a supporting but often absent cast that includes an adoring hubbie.

Blacklisted from the PTA,  Jupiter Press

Having met Lela in recent months at several women's blogging conferences including SheCon in Miami and BlogHer 11 in San Diego, I can vouch for her happy go lucky personality and fun-loving spirit.   On the one hand, she's the mom next door that's just like the rest of us trying to balance the joys and follies of family togetherness. What sets her apart when it comes to kid wrangling, though, is that she has the gift of articulating aloud what most of us other moms are only thinking.

This is definitely a woman (and real-life mom to a young son and daughter) who knows what she's talking about.  For sure, the content that's loaded into Blacklisted from the PTA speaks to haggard moms everywhere who struggle with mommying their flocks, day in and day out.  

The beauty is that this 62 essay book is easy on the minds of stressed-out mothers. Each vignette is written to be read in the 5 minutes or less that any of us typically can muster between all the demands of  family life.  With so many distractions in our lives -- and little energy left at the end of any day -- this book makes it a breeze to skip around to pick and choose to read just the bits that provide a little comic relief to each of our particular situations.  

What mom won't appreciate the fact that there's finally an author that really gets it, that can actually help us laugh about the decks that we've each been dealt? From birth and babies to the terrible twos, suburban bliss -- to sitting in the driveway drinking Chardonnay with lady neighbor friends and carving out "me time," Lela has covered it all. For sure, the namesake Blacklisted section has got to be read to be truly appreciated.  So if you're wondering, don't miss the chapter Seven Surefire Ways to Get Blacklisted from the PTA.

But here's the shocker. You'd never guess that this incredibly talented writer of real-life humorous short stories based on her own experiences as a mom, previously had a successful career as an accountant. Whoever bashes accountants for being dull and boring, all I can say is I guess they don't know Lela Davidson!

In addition to her first of what I hope will be many titles for us overwhelmed mothers, Lela is managing editor of ParentingSquad.com and associate editor of Peekaboo Magazine.  She writes frequently for family and parenting publications and contributed to Chicken Soup for the Soul: New Moms. 

Blacklisted from the PTA by Lela Davidson, available as a paperback for $15.00, is published by Jupiter Press, imprint of Wyatt-MacKenzie.

Would love to hear your own mommy war stories so we can laugh a little together.  Whatever your challenge, as long as it's funny, you are encouraged to share it as a comment.

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