Items tagged “Safety & Parenting”

Blogs

Frostbite? Not Here!

By Bebe Bella Designs

Keeping your head, hands, feet and neck warm during the cold winter, especially here in Minnesota, is something we all know is imperative to enjoying the long winter months. Trying to take an infant or toddler out in the middle of winter can be a challenge, but if you have the right gear and comfortable accessories, it can be a great time. With Bebe Bella’s soft and warm hats, mittens, scarves and booties, we can make those winter months bearable.

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Blogs

Ensuring Success for You and Your Rep

By larabryn

A few weeks ago I wrote about key factors that influence why sales reps choose to represent your brand.

Those factors include:
• Good marketing; Branding
• Exclusivity of product
• Appropriate price points
• Focus
• “It” factor

Those points focus on your product. Some other key points that influence why a rep might work with you, or might continue to work with you, focus on, well… you.

The Rep Relationship

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Blogs

Two Tips for Successful Telephone Networking

By larabryn

I often receive phone calls from people in the kid’s industry. Usually from recruiters, sales managers, entrepreneurs or moms soliciting advice and ostensibly, building their network. These callers speed through the “niceties” portion of the call and, after their lightning-fast self-introduction, I often don’t know the name of who’s calling me, or why they’re calling.

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Retail Reality

Baby Frenzy Caters to Natural Parenting

By The Giggle Guide

Retail Reality celebrates Baby Frenzy, a family-owned retail store in El Toro, Californiam run by Linda and Michal Byerline. The store is the public side of a cloth diapering manufacturer, Happy Heineys, that operates an upstairs manufacturing facility. The combination retailer/supplier educates local parents about the environmental and financial benefits of cloth diapering and other natural parenting methods, and the products available today that help save green in both the pocketbook and the environment! A growing trend has emerged where manufacturers of all sizes are exploring the options of retailing and wholesaling. We were happy to discover Baby Frenzy and Happy Heineys! Who do you know that combines both worlds successfully?

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The Grapevine

Neatnik Saucer Makes Dining with Baby Relaxing

By lauren

Every parent knows the struggles of dining out with a baby. Food ends up on the floor, all over the table, and rarely in baby’s mouth. Tired of playing the drop-it-and-pick-it-up game, many parents opt to stay home.

For those parents who want to dine with baby without all the mess and stress, the Neatnik Saucer is your answer. While nothing short of a miracle will keep baby from making the messes, the Neatnik Saucer allows Mom and Dad to relax knowing that baby is safe from germs and the restaurant is safe from baby!

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Blogs

What’s Your Catch Phrase?

By larabryn

I spent this past weekend with my family and while I intended to write a blog about networking, it never happened. Instead, as the weekend progressed, I thought a lot about the funny things my family says that have turned into our own personal catch phrases. I thought I’d share some of our family favorites with you today.

Mom: “I’m a little chilly.” (usually said when everyone else is sweating bullets)

Dad: “What?” (whenever anyone tells a joke related to being hard of hearing, which he is)

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Blogs

Marketing 'WITH' Moms, not 'TO' Moms

By kbmarketeer

Before I start this blog, I want to note that I will be moving my weekly blog to this location on the Giggle Guide. Being involved with social media since 2003, I can honestly say that it is about time that a platform like The Giggle Guide has finally come to be. I urge everyone involved in the various related trades and industries to jump in with both feet and get involved!

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News Updates

kokopax classic baby carrier on KVBC-TV

Posted by kokopax - 6/23/09
kokopax featured on the NBC affiliate program, “Wake Up With The Wagners.”

kokopax featured on the NBC affiliate program, “Wake Up With The Wagners.” Watch the founder and mom tester, Teala Warga with daughter Katherine, demonstrate the ease and functionality of the carrier. View the video here: kokopax on KVBC-TV

Contact: kokopax / (702) 795-4140
Blogs

Look for the Clean Shopper line at the June Total Home & Gift Market at the Dallas Market Center!

By Missy Cohen-Fyffe

Looking for great ways to grow your bottom line? Then look for the new Chic and Minky Clean Shopper lines at the Dallas Show! We’ll be in the Larry Lucas Showroom (Suite 8301) as well as in RBA (Suite 2999). Scoop up Minky Clean Shopper, Blanket and Burper gift sets or stock up on Chic prints!

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The Grapevine

The Chaos and Harmony of Toddlers and Infants

By lauren

Do you or someone you know have a colicky baby? Then you know how difficult this phase can be for both parents and babies. How about the “Terrible Twos” when tantrums can quickly make parents and child lose control? There is new hope to calm children and regain peace!

Dr. Harvey Karp has written two books that enlighten us about the world of babies and toddlers. With understanding comes coping , control and … happiness. When baby is happy, mommy and daddy are happy too!

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News Updates

Entrepreneur makes an old idea new again

Posted by kokopax - 6/17/09
Henderson woman remakes baby carrier of her childhood with help of original inventor

With three children younger than 2 years old, Sarah Spoor was on a quest to find a baby carrier that worked with her lifestyle.

“A lot of carriers are good for going hiking once a year, but that’s not your normal life as a mom,” Spoor said.

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Contact: kokopax / (702) 795-4140
The Grapevine

Teaching Empathy Through Play

By lauren

The Kimochi line of toys was born out of a desire to teach children about their emotions through play and interaction with others.

Kimochi means “feeling” in Japanese. The colorful plush pillows have a feeling word printed on one side,with a facial expression on the other. Each set of toys comes with a 32-page Feeling Guide written by a nationally-renowned child communication expert, Ellen Pritchard Dodge, M.Ed. CCC-SLP. The Feeling Guide has fun descriptions of each character’s personality as well as tips and exercises for parents that use the toys to increase emotional awareness in children.

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