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Sick Child (a Haiku)
My Mother's Daughter Literacy in Bloom! Soccer Mom? Sam I Am I’m a Costco junkie... My Head is Spinning... I need a 'do-over'... Bicycling to school...another milestone. My summer book report. February 08 March 08 April 08 May 08 June 08 July 08 August 08 September 08 October 08 November 08 December 08 January 09 'Be careful how you interpret the world: it is like that.' - Erich Keller 'I do not pretend to understand the universe. It's a great deal bigger than I am.' - Tom Stoppard 'Chaos often breeds life, where order breeds habit.' - Henry Adams 'When you can laugh at yourself, there is enlightenment.' - Shunryu Suzuki 'My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither; but to just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate.' - Thornton Wilder This one was on my quote-a-day calendar the day after I found out I was carrying triplets. 
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My Head is Spinning...
I just returned home from a week away at the largest baby industry tradeshow in the I always come back from the tradeshow with my head buzzing with ideas; colors, patterns, styles... This is the year we are going to try to implement many of them. I am so excited that our business has grown enough to take our product to the next level. I have to say that I am grateful to the many great business mentors I have; such as Ken Goore from our local Goore’s store, Maxa the owner of Once Upon a Child in Citrus Heights and Cathy, the owner of Lil’ Suckers in Of all the things that I have learned along my journey in this business, the most meaningful is the importance of networking. And not just the help and information I receive from my mentors, but also how gratifying it is to pass along my experiences to those who are a few steps behind me. I always feel that if I can help someone else learn from my (many) mistakes so that they won’t have the pain of some of my mishaps, then that can only work for the good of all. It was great to see some of The maker of the SnuggleMe’z - a very beautiful and useful carseat cover that has a blanket attached so that you won’t worry about it falling off the carseat when you cover baby, http://happyhealthyhip.blog... The maker of Eaz-Z Wraps – an organic, USA made, versatile blanket large enough to cover both kids in a side-by-side stroller, with satin tags on it to hook it onto the stroller so it won’t fall off, http://www.eaz-zwraps.com/f... The maker of the JussTinCase – a nursing cover that is extra wide, allows for viewing the baby while keeping your modesty and then folds into it’s own pocket case for staying neat and easy storage in you diaper bag or purse, http://www.jusstincase.com/... The maker of the Loving Baby Swaddle Blanket, my personal favorite swaddler, shared a booth with me. She’s a local NorCal girl too and is someone I have networked with for 4 years. Her swaddle blanket was patented in 1999 and is used by many NorCal Kaiser hospitals in their parenting classes and NICU’s, http://www.lovingbabyinc.co... I saw so many more new and useful products. I always love to share all my ‘finds’ when I come home and I will do so in a separate blog about new products. For now, I just needed to brag about the successes of our local Mommy Inventors. Kudos, girls, for a great show! For everyone else, you can see many of these products at Goore’s in The photo is of me and the other three wonderful women that I met at my first tradeshow 4 years ago. We banded together and shared a booth this year because we love each other's products and our products are all mostly in the same stores. This is my most valuable support network; Lt to right - Imp Prints, Stork Pride, Loving Baby and SnugEase. Together, our products make up the components of my favorite baby shower gift basket. 2 comments from 2 users
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creatress
on Sep 17, 2008 at 09:11 AM
posted by
ThatTripletMom
on Sep 17, 2008 at 09:44 AM
Creatress, "Necesity is the mother of all inventions!"LOL! and I always reply, "A mother is an inventor by necessity!" We all have a little inventor in us. Every mom has had that moment of looking at a product that isn't working up to her expectations and though, "If only it did this." That's the moment of invention. It's only the crazy ones that pursue bringing the inventions to life. There are a lot of days when I wonder, 'Why am I putting myself through this?' and then I will receive a positive comment on my website or see a 5-star review of my bib on an internet store site and I'll remember, "oh yah, people really like my product" That's the thing that keeps me going.
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When my son was a newborn I made "Just us 2" and sold them to ladies in my baby class. They were big nursing "bibs" with a stiff neck so you could look down and see baby, but be covered when in public. There was also a pocket for passie or burp rag. I made one for myself to start with then other mommies wanted one. It was fun. Pretty much a hobby though.
Sounds like a really neat trade show. I like the sound of Eaz-Z Wraps. I think there are a lot of parents of twins who could for sure use that! It's true what they say. Necesity is the mother of all inventions!