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Giveaway Time at the Go Mama Go Blog!

July 27th, 2010

Who doesn’t love the chance to win something from a great giveaway sponsored by a great company?  Today we are starting a new giveaway on the Go Mama Go Designs Blog!  We are going to give away a set of teething guards (one set of 4) to one lucky winner!

We are all about baby safety, and how to keep your little ones safe in their cribs, so teething guards are just another way to not only save your baby from chewing on their crib, but also save your crib from your teething baby!  (I know my oldest did a number on ours!)

So you want to know how you can enter?

Each 2 things on the list below will enter you one time!
(Please leave a comment per entry)

1. Follow Go Mama Go Designs on Twitter!
2. Become a fan of Go Mama Go Designs on Facebook!
3. Subscribe to our blog on the top right hand Google Friends Connect ——>
4. Tell us why teething guards are important to crib safety for you and your family!

Good Luck!

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Nap Nanny Recalled after Bumper Suffication

July 26th, 2010

Today news spread across the internet like wild fire about the newest baby product recalled due to safety concerns. The Nap Nanny Infant Recliner was recalled voluntary, after a 4 month old baby girl in Michigan was found dead according to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission.

“The CPSC said the girl who died was in the harness on the recliner but was found hanging over the side, stuck between a crib bumper and the Nap Nanny.”

Which poses the question of safety of crib bumpers again. Had the crib bumper never been applied onto the crib in question, would this little girl have been spared by the product being used incorrectly?

Which sparks the ongoing debate once again of why are traditional crib bumpers continuing to be used all over the world despite the number of deaths that are directly related annually to crib bumpers?

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Testament of Wonder Bumpers from a Special Needs Mother

July 26th, 2010

We at Go Mama Go recently put out a request for stories from several areas of the country. One of those areas was the Philadelphia metro area.  We were contacted by an amazing mother willing to tell her wonder bumper story. Below is the testament of Rebecca McKerns and her daughter :

“My daughter is almost 2 years old and has recently been diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy. Her condition causes her to sometimes lose her balance when sitting, and would cause her to bump her head on her hard wooden crib rails. She also has limited mobility, and will sometimes get her legs or arms caught in the rails of her crib. I had been searching for a product that would give her the safety and comfort she needed, and also the piece of mind I needed for both of us to get a good nights sleep. I had called our doctor, local hospitals, local special needs organizations, and only to be told what I had already knew about, but didnt want to risk.. using the standard crib bumper, or as one nurse told me ” just try to have someone rig something up for you, but then you risk being liable should anything happen!” Not a chance I’d like to take! I did alot of my own searching and came across your product. I believe I placed my order within 2 minutes of getting on your site! I knew right away that this was just what I had been looking.. rather desperately searching for! And as an added bonus, they were PRETTY and in Pink!! My order came within 3 days, and we couldn’t wait to try them out! They were so easy to put on and fit great! My daughter loved the feel of them (which was another plus since she is really just learning to sit and reach for things,,this gives her something nice and soft to touch!) She immediately sat up in her new beautiful crib, looked around, reached out, lost her balance, but this time.. NO BUMP noise.. NO CRYING… A wonder indeed!! Your Wonder Bumpers are heaven sent and I can’t thank you enough for coming up with such a great product! I love knowing that my daughter is safe now and that she will be in the future as we convert her to a bed, complete with Wonder Bumpers on the rails!!  I will be spreading the word about your product to anyone I know and hope to save many more noggins like my daughters!!”

We hope that with more stories like this, the public can see the amazing resource Wonder Bumpers provide, especially to special needs children.

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Everyone is a Winner!

July 15th, 2010

First thing’s first!  Hi!  I am new here!  I want to take a moment and introduce myself to all the great readers of the Go Mama Go Blog!  I am Danielle Elwood and that is me over there to the right. I will be blogging here and handling the vast majority of social media for Go Mama Go Designs now!  I am really excited to be joining the team, I love the Wonder Bumper product, and I think the awesome safety goals of Go Mama Go is something that totally hits home for me as a mother of two, and a huge advocate for safe baby products.  I will be handling the great facebook fan page for Go Mama Go, as well as their Twitter account. So if you are on facebook, or twitter, come over, say Hi and get involved in the convo!
If you just want to just say hello, I am available E-mail me at Socialmedia@gomamagodesigns.com

On to the winner of the Giveaway!
Did I mention that I am really excited that in my first post I get to announce a giveaway winner?
And the winner is Bonnie who left the comment

“For my first daughter, we used the traditional crib bumper. We never had an issue with her face being too close to it (although now, looking back on it, I think we were foolish to believe it to be safe). She did, however, attempt to use it as a climbing tool to get out of her crib once she was standing. So UNSAFE!! The second I realized that she was doing this, and could potentially fall out of her crib, and break her neck, legs, etc..we removed it, and had it repurposed into cute matching wall hangings for her room. This time around, I knew better than to put the traditional bumper in the baby’s crib. Since most bedding sets come with the bumper already, we did the same thing as last time, and had it repurposed into throw pillows for the rocking chair, and some wall hangings. I am wishing that we had something for the railings, though, since my daughter is so young, and still makes the “startle” motion with her arms and legs. She has already knocked her poor little knuckles on the wood. Wonder Bumpers seem like such an AMAZING middle ground, and I am so thrilled to see how safe they are!”

But since everyone is a winner, I will be e-mailing all of the runner up’s with a special treat in the next day!
Bonnie, you can either e-mail me your pick, and mailing address, or one of the other Go Mama Go ladies!

Congratulations on your win and I hope all of the local readers here will continue to check back on all the new neat stuff that will be going on in the next couple weeks!

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Share your crib bumper experience and be entered in our FREE GIVEAWAY!

April 30th, 2010
Personally I do not think you have to do a research study to tell you how bad traditional bumpers are.  I do not have a single girlfriend that enjoyed using a traditional bumper.  Everyone I know, including myself, hated it.  What is worse, is that you spend so much time and money picking out the perfect bumper then realize once you bring your baby home that she could nestle too close to it and suffocate!  Furthermore, if you were to leave it in the crib, she will eventually step on it and use it as leverage to hoist her body over the crib.  And what about the other 12 inches of the crib? Does that not count? How many stories have I heard about heads going bump in the night? They do not bump their heads and bodies until they can attempt to sit up, at that point, the traditional bumper is too short to protect them.
With so many new cribs available on the market a lot of times the traditional crib bumpers do not fit right or you can not properly tie the strings to keep it secure.  One girlfriend tried to wash her crib bumper and it never fit the same again, she continued to tie part of it on, but left one side partially loose since it did not reach the end of the crib correctly. Talk about a danger zone! I was too afraid to wash mine and it remained unclean for two years.  Never mind the hassle of changing the crib sheet, did I seriously have to remove the bumper every time?
Beyond the safety hazards, which leave me in utter shock that these products are on the market, traditional bumpers are one of the most inane products still left on the market that remains in wide-spread use. A big problem is that new parents do not know the facts. It is up to more veteran parents to let them know, to share their experiences, to tell them the truth.
Tells us your thoughts and experiences with a traditional bumper to be entered into our Wonder Bumpers Giveaway.  The winner will receive a Safe Nursery Starter Kit, which includes 38 pack of Wonder Bumpers, crib skirt, sheet, diaper changing cover, toddler blanket and window treatments.
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Crib Recall …Is your baby’s sleeping environment safe?

April 30th, 2010
The recent recall of over two million cribs has parents and safety experts questioning the safety of infants’ and babies’ sleeping environments. Loose blankets, crib bumper pads, soft pillows or toys and extra fabric on clothing can all put young children at risk for strangulation or suffocation while they sleep.
Every year thousands of babies die because they are put to sleep in unsafe places.  As parents we do everything in our power to protect our babies and most don’t realize that the very place we are putting them to sleep could be dangerous.  It’s not only cribs, other products are continuing to be manufactured and sold that can also be deadly.  A study from the Journal of Pediatrics directly associated 27 deaths to traditional crib bumpers and the public has yet to see a recall… hopefully more deaths don’t have to occur for action.
Here are a list of tips for parents to use when assessing their current nursery design or planning for a new baby. These tips can help parents with young children to create the safest sleeping environment possible by using the right products and techniques.
• Always place your baby on his or her back to sleep. If a baby is sleeping on its stomach, it may be unable to move its head
when a blanket or sheet blocks the flow of oxygen, leading to suffocation.
• Remove any loose blankets, toys or pillows from your baby’s crib or bassinet.
• Avoid using traditional crib bumpers that wrap horizontally around the base of the crib. The strings to attach the bumpers
and the bumpers themselves can strangle or fall on top of a sleeping baby.
• Replace traditional crib bumpers with vertical bumpers that wrap around each individual rail of the crib that increase air
circulation.
• Avoid co-sleeping with your baby and instead use a bassinet or co-sleeper.
• Use a sleep sack or swaddling blanket with a Velcro closure instead of loose blankets, make sure blanket is cotton to avoid
overheating while he or she is sleeping.
• Keep an overhead or stationary fan on in the nursery to create a constant flow of fresh oxygen to your baby.
• Be very careful about using a second hand crib, some old ones might not meet the new safety standards.
• Create a SAFE ZONE both in and around your crib.
• Position crib away from; Windows, Heaters, Lamps, Window Blinds and Drapery Cords and Furniture with sharp edges.
Your baby spends a lot of unsupervised time in their crib so be sure to make the crib and the area surrounding the crib safe!
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Multi-Task Masters

April 30th, 2010
Little did Catherine and I know how hard it would be to take care of young children and start a business at the same time. Starting a business is hard enough, taking care of the kids is hard enough, but the two together will get you praying and pleading for more time, sleep, fun, money, me-time, you-time, clean-the-house time, leave- me- alone I’m on the phone time.
Just this morning, we were trying to have a conference call with an important distributor in Canada, and like during most of our phone calls there is a little one pulling at our leg. As Catherine was trying to obtain pertinent information about a potential business deal, her four-year old daughter is overheard on the phone exclaiming, “what a big poop she had!”
Basically, running a business out of your home and running a home sky-rockets you into a dimension of multi-tasking you never thought humanly possible (and trust me, I already know that moms are the supreme beings of multi-tasking). There are definite pluses to it, but you have to be pro-active about finding balance and taking a breather from it all sometime.
Send us your craziest multi-tasking moment and get $20 on any purchase over $100
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Award Nomination for Wonder Bumpers

April 30th, 2010
Go Mama Go Designs is honored to be nominated for the Pregnancy & Newborn Readers’ Choice Awards. Wonder Bumpers by Go Mama Go Designs were launched in September 2008 and have been making waves in the industry ever since.
Other bedding manufactures continue to sell dangerous, traditional bumpers.  After learning about the number of deaths and injuries associated with the traditional bumpers, Go Mama Go Designs came up with a smarter, safer and even more stylish solution – Wonder Bumpers!
Voting for Go Mama Go Designs is taking a stance for the safety of all the precious babies around the world.  http://www.pnmag.com/baby-buzz/vote-2010-readers-choice-awards

Go Mama Go Designs is honored to be nominated for the Pregnancy & Newborn Readers’ Choice Awards. Wonder Bumpers by Go Mama Go Designs were launched in September 2008 and have been making waves in the industry ever since.

Other bedding manufactures continue to sell dangerous, traditional bumpers.  After learning about the number of deaths and injuries associated with the traditional bumpers, Go Mama Go Designs came up with a smarter, safer and even more stylish solution – Wonder Bumpers!
Voting for Go Mama Go Designs is taking a stance for the safety of all the precious babies around the world.  http://www.pnmag.com/baby-buzz/vote-2010-readers-choice-awards

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Hello world!

March 24th, 2010

We finally made it to the blog world… and it only took us 1 year to get it started!  I guess that’s just the way it goes as a small business owner who is also a wife,  mom, playmate, chef, housekeeper, chauffeur… did I miss anything?  Life is busy.  The days pass by and you start to get the feeling that you are living Groundhog Day, then one day you wake up and oldest child is starting kindergarten. So I guess time flies whether your having fun or not – might as well have fun!

So we bring you this little blog, as way to talk about our crazy experiences in life, work, industry and family and provide a place for our loyal followers to share with us.  We love to do giveaways, so plan on winning some free products if you start reading along!

We look forward to this new endeavor and can’t wait to hear from you!

Catherine and Georgia