Celebrate Potty Training With Pull-Ups First Flush Program & Photo Contest

Before having children, I always told my mom that my kids would be potty trained before their third birthday. Of course, I was destined to give birth to two boys who held on to their diapers as long as possible. I'm actually in the process of potty training Liam and will never forget the first time he used the potty! I think I was just as excited as he was, if not more. It was an important milestone for both of my boys and I have pictures of both to mark the special moment.

My big boy's first time using the potty!!!

Pull-Ups knows just how exciting and important the "first flush" is for parents and children alike. That's why they are celebrating with their new First Flush program. Potty training can be long, frustrating and tough for parents and kids, but Pull-Ups wants to help ease our pain and make potty training less stressful and more fun! How? Well, I'm glad you asked because they have created a variety of ways to encourage the potty training process, including:

The Pull-Ups Big Kid App

The awesome Pull-Ups Big Kid App includes a timer for parents to help remind kids to use the potty! This is so helpful and something I always forget to do. There are also articles, tips and suggestions about training along with videos and more. In addition, there is a reward system to encourage children. They receive a start for each time they attempt using the potty and, once they receive a certain amount of stars, they can play games via tablet or mobile phone. Kids can also get calls from their favorite Disney characters. Imagine how excited your little one would be to receive a phone call from Mickey Mouse? My son, Liam, loves Disney characters and this would definitely help excited him about using the toilet more often.

First Flush Moments Photo Contest

As I mentioned earlier, I have pictures of both my boys during their potty training. I know many other parents who have, too. Pull-Ups is calling for parents to share their toddler's potty training success, or First Flush Moments, for a chance to win some amazing prizes! There is a chance to have their photo featured on a billboard in Times Square during a larger-than-life First Flush celebration on January 29th. Plus, one lucky family will win the Ultimate Prize-- an All-Expenses-Paid Trip To Disney World! 

How To Enter Your Photo

Just visit the Pull-Ups Facebook Page and share your child's photo from now until January 29th for your chance to win the trip to Disney! Be sure to submit the photo today, January 22nd, for the chance to be featured on the billboard in Times Square! 

The first time Josiah used the potty, we celebrated with finger paints. Here's a picture of him covered in paint, standing happily on top of his potty! He had finally conquered the potty and was so proud! 

Do you have a cute picture of your little one? If you don't, snap one and submit this week before time is up! You may just win the ultimate potty training trip to Disney World! My kids would love to go to Disney World... what kid wouldn't? I love it, too, so it really is a celebration prize for the entire family. 

Good Luck with potty training and don't forget to download the Big Kid App from the link above! 

Disclosure: This post was written for Huggies Pull-Ups.  I received a promotional item as a thank you for participating.

Welcome Our New Review Bloggers

Since the new school year has begun and things have definitely been busy around here! With school, doctor's appointments and everything else going on, it was time to admit it: I need help! There are some days I just don't have time to write posts, reviews or giveaways, which I really dislike saying. This is why I decided to add 2 new review bloggers to Children Teaching Mama. This means more posts AND more reviews/giveaways. I was limiting the amount of items I accept, but now I don't have to be as picky.

We had so many great applications, so thank you so much for applying if you did. This was quite possibly the hardest decision I've had to make with my blog so far. After spending all of last weekend on picking 2 review bloggers, I finally did it. Here's a little bit about them:

Sara from Mommy Summers

 

Sara is a SAHM to a beautiful 18 month old daughter. Her blog, Mommy Summers, has a little bit of everything, as her job as a Mama includes a little bit of everything! She just recently started TTC again and her blog was originally written when she was trying to conceive her first, so she's going back to her roots!

Anne from Zephyr Hill Blog 

Anne is a cloth diapering, home schooling, hobby farming and just all-around busy mother of 5 wonderful children and is expecting another in January! She is the creator of the Zephyr Hill Blog and works from home as a professional naming consultant through her business Discovery Naming Service.

 Join me in welcoming our new reviewers! You will see their reviews and giveaways in the near future. Have a great weekend!

Annual Holiday Gift Guide: Sponsors Needed

Can you believe there are 99 days until Christmas? The year just flew by and I cannot believe summer is over, fall is almost here and winter is not far behind. Last year we celebrated the holidays with our first ever Holiday Gift Guide with Happenings of the Harper Household. We had such a great time that we've decided to do it again this year. The only thing different? We want to make it bigger and better!

We already have several awesome giveaways and reviews planned for the gift guide, including a baby food maker, breast pump and much more. I don't want to give too much away, but trust me, you are going to love this gift guide.

This year the gift guide will begin on November 1st and will continue until December 31st! That gives us 2 entire months of fun.

We are still looking for sponsors, so if you are interested in having your product featured in our Holiday Gift Guide as well as in a Sponsor Spotlight post, just email me at childrenteachingmama@gmail.com and I will give you more info! This event is a great way to spread the word about your business and/or product.

Are you as excited about this event as I am? Only 1.5 months until the big event begins!

Goodbye Summer, Hello Fall

Hi, everyone! Okay, Fall doesn't officially begin until September 22nd, but it sure felt like Fall this morning! I woke to some super chilly weather this morning and it hit me that summer is finally over here in the mountains. I am so excited because this means many things for our little town, including apple picking, fall festivals, including our very own Apple Festival, which is the biggest festival of the year around here. This also means Halloween, one of our favorite holidays, Liam's birthday and much, much more.

In addition, we have decided to add 2 guest reviewers to Children Teaching Mama. It seems a homeschooling SAHM of 2 can only do so much at once, though I like to think I am superwoman. :) I have emailed the 2 bloggers chosen as guest reviewers and will let you know once they agree to the enormous task of putting up with me. This will be a good thing for readers, though... more reviews, more giveaways and less waiting a week for giveaways to pop up.

I hope you had a wonderful weekend and continue to enjoy your week of cool, fall-like weather!

Goodbye, Summer!

Sign Up For Your First Event Of 2012! All For Love: Valentine's Day Event

Some of our blogging buddies, Real Mom Reviews and Mama Chocolate, are hosting an awesome event for Valentine's Day and we just signed up! All For Love will be our first event for 2012.  This event is a blog hop giveaway event with packages that must be worth at least $25, so you know many will be worth much more! You can win some great Valentine's Gifts for yourself or a loved one.

Do you have a blog or website? Interested in participating, too? There are still spots available and just a few simple rules:

• You must have a prize pack totaling $25 or more for one person to win.
• You must display the event button in your sidebar from now until event ends.
• BEFORE adding yourself to the linky on Real Mom Reviews or Mama Chocolate’s blog, you must either:
  
• a.) blog about this event using the button, encouraging bloggers to sign up &  email the link to your blog post to Skye OR
  
• b.)  send $5.00 (gift) via Paypal to Skye at skyecaitlin8@yahoo.com.

If you have any questions feel free to email Skye at  skyecaitlin88@yahoo.com or Johanna at jccchocolate@gmail.com.

Let me know if you are participating! This event is sure to be fun and bring lots of traffic to your blog. Hope to see you on the list! :)

Back to Blogging!

Hi, everyone! I hope you enjoyed the Spring Fling Blog Hop! I decided not to list any reviews/giveaways during the event because I didn't want anyone to miss out on some other great products. So, starting today, more giveaways will be listed. :) All the winners for the event have been chosen and emailed, along with all of the ones from the last month, and I will post those as soon as I hear from everyone.

Now, in other news, I have favors to ask from you, as always! First, I am getting a late start in the Mom Central voting, but am trying to win their $2,000 grant! Please take a look when you can and vote for me.You can vote every single day! :)

Secondly, I am still in the running to receive sponsorship from Prilosec OTC! Please vote for me there when you have a minute, too. Unlike the other entry, this one takes a bit more time because you must register an account, but you can vote every day!

Thanks, again, for being a part of my blog! Have a great week!