Posted on Sat, May 05, 2012 @ 04:56 PM
Mother's Day is almost here!
Celebrate with MAM USA by entering our MAM Mother's Day Contest on Facebook! Prizes include *2* Grand Prizes of a $100 Visa Gift Card and $100 MAM Gift Basket, a Silver Prize of a $75 MAM Gift Basket, and a Bronze Prize of a $50 MAM Gift Basket; 30 entrants will also be randomly selected to win MAM Anti-Colic Bottles, and 200 entrants will receive MAM Coupons!
We want you to help us spread the word about this wonderful contest, so 30 MAM Moms and Dads who help us do so as detailed below will be selected to win a pack of MAM Love & Affection pacifiers! Here's what you can do to enter:
1) 'LIKE' this blogpost from the 'LIKE' button above
2) Follow us on Twitter at @MAMBaby, and tweet the following to us :
'@MAMBABY is hosting a huge Mother's Day #Contest with 2 grand prizes and 200+ prizewinners! Enter here: on.fb.me/IN5X7O #MAMMothersDay'
3) Follow us on Pinterest at http://bit.ly/mamonpinterest!
4) 'LIKE' us on Facebook and comment to let us know you did so. If you are already a Facebook fan, comment and let us know! Please be sure to include the name of your Facebook profile in your post so we can verify your entry.
Deadline for Entry is Sunday, May 13th (Mother's Day!) at 11:59 P.M. PST. Winners will be chosen entirely randomly and will receive notification via e-mail on or before Friday, May 18th.
Posted on Thu, Apr 26, 2012 @ 10:00 AM
Ah, babies. So adorable. So ready to snuggle. So ready to start reading!
Wait-- Babies read?
No, technically babies can't read. As we all know, babies are preoccupied with learning things such as rediscovering their feet every other day, exploring the perpetually new world around them, and making a mess for mommy. Regardless however, they reap immense benefits of being read to early and often. Here are five reasons you should regularly read to your baby:
Bonding
Kids grow up rapidly! One minute, we describe them as this many inches long, so-and-so months old and then the next they're pushing five feet tall! No, they don't stay small for very long. But reading to your baby, holding him or her in your arms while enjoying a book, will slow down that growing-up process for both of you. It will allow you to snuggle up with your special little one and create an intimate moment of shared fun and learning whose memory will persevere.
Vocabulary
Studies have shown that reading to babies (even newborns!), helps them develop their vocabulary. At first they will have no idea what you are saying, what your words mean, and why you make the faces that you do when the words come out. However they slowly begin to absorb the repeated sounds of Mommy and Daddy and associate them as sounds that identify the images in books. This step in cognitive development is key-- and you will have so much fun doing it!
Just for the love of it
Reading to your baby is a wonderful opportunity to rediscover some of the cherished books you loved as a child. You'll be amazed how much fun it is; it takes you back to your youth, when you yourself were just discovering the power of alliteration and developing your love of reading. In fact, remembering how excited you were to learn to read will inspire you to read more to your baby.
Baby see, baby do
For better or worse, children emulate the behaviors they see in their parents. This means that if your baby grows accustomed to you reading to him or her and can pick up on your enthusiasm and love for reading, he or she is likely to develop the same passion for it. It's only natural. For babies born in the digital age rife with many bright, loud distractions
It's an investment
There's no proof that reading to your baby will get them a full ride scholarship to Harvard someday, but there is evidence that it will help him or her do better in school. Educators consistently report that kids who were read to frequently and read frequently as a result perform significantly better in school than their non-reading peers. A baby does not know to best prepare themselves for future academic achievement, but this where our role as parents is integral; by investing time reading to our babies, we give them a gift that will last a lifetime.
Ah, babies. So adorable. So ready to snuggle. So ready to start reading! So grab your baby's favorite MAM pacifier, snuggle under a blanket, grab a great book and start reading!
Now we need your help! We and many parents need advice for the best books out there. What were some of your all-time favorites when you were a child, and what books do your baby love?
Posted on Sat, Apr 21, 2012 @ 11:00 AM
Everyone is raving about MAM Personalized Pacifiers! We're honored and thrilled by the positive reception they've gotten from MAM Moms and Dads. Thank you all so much!
If you haven't purchased your MAM Personalized Pacifiers just yet, we have a surprise for you: from 4/23 to 4/29, you will get a 15%, 20%, OR 25% discount off all orders!
Place your order at http://bit.ly/mampp12 - once you've added all of your items to your shopping cart, enter code 'MAMSURPRISE' to apply your discount to order! Happy Personalizing!
Posted on Wed, Apr 18, 2012 @ 10:15 AM
What a fantastic time of year this is! Spring is springing and the earth is flush with new life and colors.
Celebrate the vibrance of the budding season with us by winning your baby a set of beautiful MAM Nature 0-6 month Pacifiers! If Mother Earth had a Baby Earth, we're certain that these would be her pacifiers of choice!
This contest is a bit different than others we've previously ran; in this one, you can enter FOUR times, in FOUR unique ways:
1) 'LIKE' this blogpost from the 'LIKE' button above.
2) Follow us on Twitter at @MAMBaby, and tweet the following to us : '@MAMBABY I just entered to #win #MAMBaby Nature #Pacifiers! You can too at http://bit.ly/mamusablog ! #EarthDay #Pregnancy #Baby'
3) Follow us on Pinterest at http://bit.ly/mamonpinterest.
4) 'LIKE' us on Facebook and comment to let us know you did so. If you are already a Facebook fan, comment and let us know! Please be sure to include the name of your Facebook profile in your post so we can verify your entry.
Deadline for Entry is Sunday, April 22nd (Earth Day!) at 11:59 P.M. PST. Winners will be chosen entirely randomly and will receive notification via e-mail on or before Wednesday, April 25th.
Posted on Thu, Apr 12, 2012 @ 12:15 PM
Saving money and making smart financial decisions are more crucial than ever in this trying economic atmosphere. However, providing the absolute best for your baby and saving money should never be mutually exclusive; our brand-new online MAM coupon available for download *TODAY* will help you supply your baby with the premium MAM bottles, pacifiers, teethers, and oral care products you both love while you save money!
Download your coupon HERE and please keep in mind that this is a limited-time offer that will soon run out!
Posted on Wed, Apr 04, 2012 @ 01:00 PM
Enjoy discounts on MAM Products from the following fine retailers this April!
Stop 'N Shop |Present- 4/30| Store Locator | 50¢ off
Giant (NY, NJ, MD, OH, WV, VA, PA) |Present- 4/30| Giant Carlisle Store Locator | 50¢ off
Raley's |Present-4/30| Store Locator | $1.00 off
Bel Air |Present-4/30| Store Locator | $1.00 off
Nob Hill |Present-4/30| Store Locator | $1.00 off
From our family to yours, we hope that you find these discounts tremendously useful in managing your household expenses this April.
If these stores are not in your area, not to worry! We work with MAM USA retailers nationwide to bring you helpful discounts as well as the best products. Each month we will announce these discounts on our blog: stay tuned!
Posted on Mon, Apr 02, 2012 @ 12:00 PM
We're so proud of the success the newly launched MAM Personalized Pacifier program has enjoyed! You have all made it clear just how much you enjoy the ability to create premium MAM pacifiers with customized text! Everyone has been buying MAM Personalized Pacifiers and blogging, tweeting, and posting on Facebook about them; we wanted to say a warm "Thank You!!" for your efforts, as well as get you involved in the process of expanding available options while giving you an opportunity to win a prize!
Today you have the opportunity to help us choose pacifier button colors (the center of the pacifier that the text is written on) to add to the MAM Personalized Pacifier Online Shop. Comment on this post with the colors you would like of the ones listed below- we will select one winner at random to win 2 MAM Personalized Pacifiers!
[Photo Courtesy of allthingschic.net]
Options include:
-Yellow
-Corn Yellow
-Sun Yellow
-Pale Yellow
-Orange
-Light Orange
-Red
-Warm Red
-Maroon
-Magenta
-Hot Pink
-Rose
-Pastel Rose
-Cyan
-Dark Blue
-Ultramarine
-Ice Blue
-Light Blue
-Purple
-Violet
-Lilac
-Green
-Mint Green
-Sea Green
-Apple Green
-Light Green
-Lime Green
-Gray
-Dark Gray
-Brown
-Sand
-Gold
-Silver
-Black
-White
Post your favorites below for your chance to win!
*Entry deadline is Friday, April 6th at 12:00 A.M. PST. Contest open only to residents of the United States and Puerto Rico.*
Posted on Thu, Mar 29, 2012 @ 01:30 PM
New moms are often exposed to well-intentioned but unnecessarily dire warnings about pacifiers and a rumored negative impact on breastfeeding.
However, most breastfeeding moms use pacifiers, and even the staunchest pro-breastfeeding advocates (i.e. La Leche League and Dr. Sears) concede that pacifiers can be a huge help to the breastfeeding Mom rather than a detriment.
Here are 6 facts that explain how pacifiers and breastfeeding play well together.
1. Babies have a strong need to suckle. 'Comfort nursing' is when a baby nurses not for nourishment, but to soothe or entertain himself (also known as 'non-nutritive sucking'). In effect, when a baby comfort nurses, he uses his mother as a pacifier. Sometimes that’s absolutely fine and a lovely bonding experience for mother and baby. However, breastfeeding moms often need to tend to many other tasks and pacifiers can assume the role of 'comfort nurser' for her. Older babies may even prefer the pacifier for this, since they can also look around and move about while they comfort nurse.
2. Pacifiers keep the peace. Sometimes your baby is hungry but you are temporarily in a situation where you cannot feed him. In these instances, the pacifier can tide baby over for a short time until you can tend to him. This temporarily resolves the problem of a screaming infant in an already stressful situation: parents can appreciate how crucial this can be.
3. Babies know the difference. When baby is very hungry, he will no longer accept a pacifier as a substitute for the breast. As long as your baby is gaining well, you don’t have to worry that he is using the pacifier too much.
4. You can always take it away. Babies may come to depend on the pacifier, but unlike your child’s thumb, when you decide to wean your baby off his pacifier it can easily be taken away. The thumb proves more difficult in this case.
5. Pacifiers soothe colicky and teething babies. In these situations, the pacifier may be preferable to the breast. Sometimes colic is caused when babies cannot digest their food well, and teething babies are likely to bite or nurse in a manner uncomfortable to mom.
6. Pacifiers make sleeping safer. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends putting baby to sleep with a pacifier, as it decreases the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).
Used judiciously, pacifiers and breastfeeding complement each other beautifully, and make breastfeeding easier for baby and mother.
Posted on Mon, Mar 12, 2012 @ 07:50 AM
Managing a tight household budget is imperative in this trying economic atmosphere. A bit saved here and there can make all the difference, we know! It is with this maxim in mind that we would like to announce the following discounts on MAM products now available to our MAM Moms and Dads.
Receive 50¢ off of all MAM Products at the following retailers:
Kinney Drug|Present- 3/31| Kinney Store Locator
Kerr|Present-3/31| Kerr Store Locator
Weis|Present-3/23|Weis Store Locator
From our family to yours, we hope that you find these discounts tremendously useful in managing your household expenses this month. If these stores are not in your area, not to worry! We work with MAM USA retailers nationwide to bring you helpful discounts as well as the best products. Each month we will announce these discounts on our blog: stay tuned!
Cribsie Awards- Win MAM Anti-Colic Bottles!
25 MAM Moms and Dads will be randomly selected to win 2 MAM Anti-Colic Bottles- learn why and how below!
MAM Anti-Colic bottles have been selected as *finalists* in the prestigious Cribsie Awards in the 'Best Bottles for Gassy Babies' category!
Shown to significantly reduce colic symptoms in 80% of babies and possessing the unique ability to be microwave-sterilized in a mere three minutes with no extra parts, MAM Parents like you all wisely choose the MAM Anti-Colic bottle for YOUR little ones. The next step is to make other parents aware which bottle is best for their baby by voting for the MAM Anti-Colic Bottle to win the Cribsie Award!
Vote here - once you do so and confirm your vote, you will be sent a confirmation e-mail to the e-mail address you provide to register.**Please forward this confirmation e-mail to mamusablog@mambaby.com along with your mailing address and baby's gender. This information coupled with an official Cribsies vote confirmation letter will constitute a valid entry. Voting for The Cribsie Awards and entry for this contest ends 3/17/12 at 12:00 A.M.(EST)**
Thanks, all! We hope you have a lovely week! As always, please post below with any comments or questions.
Posted on Mon, Mar 05, 2012 @ 09:06 AM
This St. Patrick's Day, win your baby a little luck o' the Irish with MAM Eco 0-6 month pacifiers featuring a four-leaf clover!
To enter to win these beautiful MAM pacifiers, we ask you to comment on this post and answer two questions for us to help us determine our pacifiers collections for the latter part of 2012 and for 2013. Nothing helps us to meet your high expectations for MAM more than hearing directly from you! Please be sure to include your e-mail address in your post so we can contact you and receive your mailing address should you win!
1) What color SHIELDS (outer part of the pacifier) would you like to see MAM pacifiers feature?
2) What types of designs, patterns, and motifs would you like to see on MAM pacifiers? Please use your imagination here- we love and appreciate your creativity!
Answer these two questions in our comment section and you might just be one of 25 randomly-selected winners!
Interested in purchasing a few? MAM Eco 0-6 pacifiers are available from RiteAid, Buy Buy Baby, and Amazon.com (Purchase on Amazon)!
*Entry deadline is Friday, March 9th at 12:00 A.M. PST. Please be sure to include your e-mail address with your entry! Contest open only to residents of the United States and Puerto Rico.*