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Friday, December 17, 2010

The Magic Bowl Potty Training DVD Review & Giveaway!

I have been through potty training with 2 of my 3 kids, and the third ones has shown interest in potty training. It's not perfect yet but she's trying and that's what counts!! I was trying to find ways to help her with the transition from diapers to big girl panties!! I have seen all sorts of dvd's but none of them really help to captivate and educate the way they should. I finally came across The Magic Bowl!!

This great dvd has catchy songs, lively characters and bright colors to help encourage your child to use the potty!! The songs even stuck in my head!! But the part I liked that it wasn't one of those kids dvd's you want to hide somewhere! The kids wanted to watch the dvd over and over and I was okay with that. I was surprised by this!

And what else surprised me was how interested my totally potty trained 3 and 5 year old were in watching the movie! My oldest has been trained since she was 21 months, and the 3 year old has been potty trained about a year and a half now. They sat right with my youngest, watching the dvd and singing the songs!!

I love how the videos help the child by hearing what the kids on the movie have to say. One girl realizes her diaper is in the way when she is changing, and she wants to have big girl panties like her friend wears. This is the sort of mindset that helps to get children to want to try out the potty: they see other kids doing it!!

About The Magic Bowl:
The Magic Bowl is like no other potty training video on the market. It is based on 25 years of Dr. Kushnir’s experience in the areas of potty training, bed wetting, and sphincter control. The movie presents the toilet as a warm, loving, friendly, motherly, protective figure - this is a unique approach to help kids to cope with frequent and typical anxieties and fears of the toilet, which often are a serious obstacle in the potty training process.
The Magic Bowl

Is the product of 25 years of Dr. Kushnir’s experience.
Will encourage your child to use the toilet instead of the potty.
Will help inspire your child to get potty trained on their own.
Is a wonderful way of introducing potty training to any child.
Is a beautifully animated cartoon musical.
Will decrease the fear and anxiety your child faces while potty training.

Parents from around the country have tried The Magic Bowl and they all agree on one thing “it works.” This movie will have your children singing, and laughing about potty training the first day you watch it.
The positive message in this video makes it easy for your child to see the potty as a positive thing and not scary. By playing this video and watching it with your child (or having older siblings watch it with them) it may help them in their potty training!!

Guess what!?! One of you can win your own DVD Copy of The Magic Bowl!! Here is how to win!!!:

MANDATORY ENTRY 2 PARTS MUST BE DONE FOR THE ENTRY AND EXTRA ENTRIES TO COUNT:

PART 1: Tell me your best tip for potty training!! Leave your answer in your comment!

PART 2: Follow me via Google Friend Connect
You must put both parts in the SAME comment and include your GFC name for the entry to count. Also must include an email to contact you to win, unless it is visible on your blogger profile.
No email=no prize!

For all other entries, leave a separate comment for each entry, and if it says more than entry for doing something, leave an individual comment for each of those entries and label them #1 #2 and so forth.
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Enter any of our other giveaways! Gain an extra entry in this contest for each contest you enter! Leave the name of the contest in your comment!

Contest begins now and ends December 27, 2010 at 11:59 PM PST. Winner will be selected via Random.org and will be notified by email. Winner must respond within 48 hours or forfeits prize. Open to US Only!

A DVD copy was given to me from The Magic Bowl to review on my blog. I was not obligated to give a positive review. I was not compensated in any other way for this post.

Join Matt Damon and Water.org to Bring People Safe Drinking Water

Matt Damon has teamed up with Water.org and raising awareness for this incredible cause!!! The main goals of this campaign are to publicize the Water.org mission and make people aware of the magnitude of the unsafe water crisis. In addition, they hope to emphasize that people have the opportunity to directly contribute to the cause through the CamelBak water bottle initiative that Matt Damon is getting behind as co-founder of Water.org.

Here are some of the alarming facts about this grave crisis, and you can find more information about the crisis here: http://water.org/learn-about-the-water-crisis/facts/

Nearly a billion people have no access to clean water and over two and a half billion don’t have proper sanitation
Water borne diseases kill 9,000 people every day; one every ten seconds, mostly small children.
That’s more lives claimed each year by water related diseases than by guns and wars.
Only one in three people in the world have a toilet. More have cell phones.
Millions of children miss school. Countless people live without dignity or the chance to lead productive lives. Communities all over the world have no economic opportunity.
In many countries, the impact is felt most deeply by women who gather water, care for stricken children, and cope with the ramifications of this life crushing burden.

The Water.org water campaign that I mentioned earlier is called “Hope in a Bottle”. With the help of CamelBak, Water.org has developed a limited edition, reusable, environmentally friendly water bottle. The campaign is running through the holiday season and the bottle can only be purchased at gift.Water.org and 100% of the profits go directly to Water.org projects around the globe.

Hope in a Bottle gives you the chance to give a meaningful and original gift for the holidays while giving clean water to someone in need - all in the true spirit of giving. Everyone who buys a bottle will receive a link that invites them to follow the progress of a community that their purchase is going to help. I think this is great because you can actually see how your donation is being put to good use!

Here are more alarming facts: Are you aware of the Cholera epidemic in Haiti?? 600 people have died already and Water.org’s work is vital to preventing further outbreaks.

Water.org doesn’t just help people, it helps people help themselves, a subtle but important distinction which has led to their phenomenal record on sustainability.

More information on additional resources visit:

http://water.org/2010/11/hope-in-a-bottle/

Spread the word on Facebook and Twitter!

On Twitter: Follow @water

Tweet information about @water and the Hope in a Bottle initiative. They are trying to use the hash tag #givelife with all of the tweets.

Here are some sample messages for Twitter to help spread the initiative. They are especially trying to push the first example tweet as it includes our act.ly petition we hope to see spread:

Help others get clean @water by giving a Water.org bottle http://act.ly/2nl RT to sign #givelife
Give your friends and family a great gift - someone clean water for life. gift.Water.org #givelife
Help Matt Damon change the world. CamelBak bottle = someone gets safe, clean @water gift.Water.org #givelife

Facebook: We encourage you “Like” their page at:

http://www.facebook.com/water.

I received one of the Water.org Camelbak water bottles and a card signed by Matt Damon as a thank my efforts. No other compensation took place.

McNaughton Inc Encourages Kids to Feed the Wild Birds and Re-use Empty Soda Bottles...at the same time!

Plymouth, MN (12-13-10) – McNaughton Incorporated, the makers of Soda Bottle Wild Bird Feeders, has introduced the Bird Feeding for Kids Program, for schools, churches, non-profits, and scout groups. This program has a two-fold goal: 1. Feed hungry wild birds and 2. Promote the reuse of otherwise discarded plastic soda bottles. [Americans throw away 2.5 million plastic bottles every hour!]

Every child in a classroom or scout group can make his or her very own bird feeder with McNaughton’s fun bird feeding kits. Just fill a clean, empty soda bottle with birdseed, screw on the plastic feeding base, and attach the hanger. Soda bottles can be decorated with stickers, crayon, or paint, too. The Bird Feeding for Kids Program offers eight different wild bird feeding kits affordably priced ($1.39-$3.20 each).

Since 1994, McNaughton Incorporated has been thinking GREEN and promoting the re-use of plastic soda bottles by turning them into inexpensive bird feeders. They also celebrated their 25^th anniversary in May 2010. For additional information, a downloadable order form, or to purchase the Bird Feeding for Kids kits, visit www.birdfeedingforkids.com, call 800-423-5487, or email info@mcincshop.com.

Contact: Susan Martinez, PR Director McNaughton Inc.

Winners Galore!!

Due to some family tragedies I have been away from my blog! Not to fear, I am still here!! And past due on MANY giveaway winners!! Too many for the random.org screen shots, here we go!!:

For the Happy Baby Foods Giveaway:
#21:

akritical said... 21: I'd love to try the Banana Puffs. GFC follower id akritical akritical at yahoo dot com; November 26, 2010 8:00 PM

For the Promgirl.net contest:
#89

Romapr said... 89: Tweet 5 http://twitter.com/romapr09/status/11682965939556352; December 5, 2010 11:43 PM

For the Giani Granite Paint Kit:
#111
Jennifer said... 111 Follow Giani Granite on Twitter @noteasy2begreen.

For the Alexa's Angels Necklace:
#155:

lewalk said... 155: Follow @alexasangels on Twitter. lewalk76; December 9, 2010 8:32 AM

For the Cellulite Massager:
#108

Romapr said... 108: I entered the Alexa's Angels Giveaway!; December 3, 2010 4:51 PM

For the CP Docks Cell phone charging shelf :
#45

Danelle said... 45: I follow/like you on FB-DanelleJohns danellejohns at gmail dot com; November 18, 2010 2:21 PM

For the Breathe Right Contest:
#155

Romapr said... 155: Tweet 4 http://twitter.com/romapr09/status/13135998405836800; December 9, 2010 11:44 PM

For the
Nacho Mama Tees Contest:
#3

Beth @ Sand To Pearl said... 3: My brother would TOTALLY LOVE the "I'd rather be wearing my snuggy" my GFC is Sand to Pearl; November 19, 2010 9:50 AM