We are getting up there in our twitter followers… Right now we have 863 followers and counting… Our goal in the next week-weeks is to make it over 1000 followers.

Lucky for all our loyal supporters, readers, and followers… when we hit that 1000 number one lucky follower will win a $100 shopping spree to our online store!!  How exciting is that?

What do you have to do?

Follow this link right here to enter your name, and email address, and go on twitter and tweet about our giveaway, and encourage your friends and followers to follow us!!

Pretty simple right?

Make sure you go to SIGN UP!  The one random winner will be picked from the entries we get!!

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Did you know that October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month? There are over 400,000 living with Down Syndrome in the United States.  Down Syndrome occurs when an individual has three, rather than two, copies of the 21st chromosome. This additional genetic material alters the course of development and causes the characteristics associated with Down Syndrome. It wasn’t until June 24th, 2010 that I really learned about Down Syndrome.  It was the day after my Molly was born.

With no family history and my pre-natal tests showing there was a very low risk of any problems, we were shocked when doctors informed us that Molly had been diagnosed with Down Syndrome. Research shows that a healthy 31-year old mother has a 1 in 900 chance of having a child with Down syndrome… and I was chosen as “the one”.

The last few months have been a roller coaster of emotions. I’ve thought a lot about what I would say to someone if they were put in this situation. What do you say? How do you acknowledge the situation? Here are a few tips: Congratulate the new parents! After all, they did just have a baby – the birth of a child is exciting and an extra chromosome shouldn’t change anything! If you have a positive story about Down Syndrome, share it! Let them know that you want to help them along on this journey. It’s reassuring to know that they have support of close friends and family. Keep in mind that some moms may not be comfortable talking about the situation, I found it therapeutic. I didn’t want to shy away from the topic and I wanted everyone to learn about Down Syndrome with us.

As a family, we are learning new things about the disorder every day.  One of the most important things we have learned is that people diagnosed with Down syndrome go on to lead extremely rewarding lives. We are determined to make sure that Molly does too. If you’d like to research on your own, I encourage you to visit the National Down Syndrome Society’s website (www.ndss.org).

Do you have a personal connection with Down Syndrome? If so, I’d love for you to share it with me.

Carrie McLaren

A former PR pro, Carrie is now a stay at home mom to Maggie (born 11/08) and Molly (born 6/10 with Down Syndrome), a loving husband, a crazy beagle named Penny and Jack the orange cat.  To learn more about her adventures as a stay at home mom, go to www.CarrieWithChildren.com or follow her on Twitter at @CarrieWChildren

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Go Mama Go Designs partner, and safe sleep option advocate Georgia Feibrich was featured on We Are Austin yesterday discussing the recent recall on infant sleep positioner’s and the dangers of traditional crib bumpers and the infant injury and deaths that have come as a result.

Check out the video in full at We Are Austin.

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Recently Baby to be TV did a review of our Wonder Bumpers from St. Luica!

Check out the great video!

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Since our project is so new, we are actively looking for women and mothers who are interested in guest posting about certain subjects. Some of the areas we are looking for include :

• Favorite Products
• Designs for Nurseries
• Wonder Bumper Experiences
• Do It Yourself Nursery Decorations
• Mom tales (of day to day life)
• Safety Topics
• Baby Safety Month Awareness

If you would like to submit a post to us, please email SocialMedia@GoMamaGoDesigns.com and we will be in contact shortly!

In an attempt to make it easier for claiming prizes, Go Mama Go Designs has made an RSVP form.

If you are planning to attend our twitter party, please take a moment to fill this form out.

Remember, we will be giving out over $1000 worth of prizes!!

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GoMamaGo Designs – Wonder Bumpers Review

GoMamaGo Designs generously sent me a set of Wonder Bumpers to review. If you took at look at my tour my home nursery post you will have already got a sneak peak at the bumpers I’m about to show you! I have 42 slats on my crib so I choose a 38 set of Blue Bird as it is very gender neutral and would look beautiful with my nursery theme. I then choose to have 6 in Lotus sent to add a splash of green into the scheme! The bumpers are beautiful and I was really impressed with how soft and nice they look and feel. They were also really easy to put on. They attach by zipper and the hardest part is just lining up the top part where the zipper attaches and then from there it’s just pull down and flip it around to wherever you want the zipper – the side or the back of the slat depending. I have the zippers facing the back wall on all 4 sides of the crib.

Each bumper is reversible so you get two patterns which each bumper so you can mix and match and make a really fun look! The Blue Bird set has solid white on the back and I choose to have them mostly just white so I didn’t have an overwhelming amount of print as my nursery does have quite a bit of decor already on the walls with the characters we painted. I mostly wanted bumpers to prevent my babies legs from getting stuck through the slats as I’ve had happen often and it always leaves them in pain so I put my 22 month old in and told him to kick like crazy to see what would happen. As you can see in the picture above he was able to kick his legs out through the slat still but wasn’t able to get his legs out past his knees, and not even very far down as they are at an angle in this picture. It also didn’t leave his legs sore and red like they would typically get and he was able to pull his legs back out himself as well. My newborn probably wouldn’t be able to pull their legs out, but at least they wouldn’t be in pain! I did notice that the Blue Bird set appeared a little bit dirty on the white side and when asking about this learned this has been a little bit of an issue just because they are pure white and so they show up dirt very easy. I also had one bumper with a small hole near the bottom seam and another that was very thin and nearing becoming a hole. I also had one with the zipper that went the wrong way. When I contact customer service about the issues though they were very quick to offer replacements and sent them right out to me without any hassle. GoMamaGo Designs strives to have very high customer service and they were very easy to work with when I did notice a problem.

GoMamaGo Designs is working on a petition to get unsafe crib bumpers off the market! They are looking for help in signing the petition to get the word out to the Consumer Product Safety Commission that the bumper market needs to be examined and tested to ensure safety for our children! You can sign the petition here!

You can find Wonder Bumpers at http://www.gomamagodesigns.com/!
You can use the code MWS15 for 15% off any purchase!

You can connect with GoMamaGo Designs on Facebook and Twitter

Thanks to Janel at A Mom’s Take for this awesome review!

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Many of our readers, and followers may have heard us talking about our MISSION petition, and wondering what exactly that means. Now that the blog is up and running, and doing well I wanted to talk about MISSION and the crib bumper petition we are working on.  Currently stuck with just over 50 signatures, and looking to make it to 1000 before September.

This is where we need your help!  50 names on a petition may be a good amount, but it is not going to a large consumer safety organization to push in the direction we need to be moving.

So who is MISSION?  MISSION stands for Mothers Investigating Safe Sleep Options for Newborns. Something that we clearly need in our country since there are so many crib related injuries annually. Recently the Nap Nanny was re-called because of an infant death, when the culprit of the death was suffocation on the crib bumper.  The crib bumpers were not investigated or even cited in any publications as a hazard.

What is the petition about or include?  Per the Petition website :

“We the undersigned, alongside MISSION, Mothers Investigating Safe Sleep Options for Newborns, are urgently requesting parents, physicians, medical professionals, and our local government, all who have a vital interest in the well-being of America’s children, to call to action an investigation of traditional crib bumpers. Without your help, countless parents will unknowingly put their child at risk.

By signing this petition, you will help heighten awareness, increase interest in safe sleeping environments for babies, and most importantly express that traditional bumpers are dangerous, should not be used in a child’s crib and that the Consumer Product Safety Commission should take action to investigate the deaths caused by this product.”

Interested in getting involved or just signing the petition?
Visit this website to have your voice heard!

Just like under the Design section, I am sure many are wondering what is up with the Movie of the Week section of this blog!  Well, with crib bumpers, product reviews, and baby safety being all such serious topics, we thought it would be a little fun to mix things up, and add a section that is not only fun, but refreshing!

Join Paul, for Paul’s Picks weekly. He will be reviewing movies, and suggesting them.

We will also be taking suggestions for movies our readers would like to us to review or talk about!

Contact us at SocialMedia@GoMamaGoDesigns.com for suggestions or thoughts!

I am sure there are a lot of readers out there asking themselves, what is this new design section of our blog?  What does it mean? What is it all about?

Well rest your heads, and I will explain!

One of the most important times in a mothers life is choosing what she wants to do in terms of designing her child’s nursery. There are so many ideas, methods, styles, and colors to choose from today that expecting two nurseries to look alike is mission impossible! So this is where you come in!

We are looking for our readers to submit pictures, stories, suggestions, and design tips for nurseries!  Whether it is something you did in your own nursery, something you wanted to do, or tips on what to do and not to do.

We are also going to be looking for pictures of cribs decorated with our Wonder Bumpers. We want to see your nursery which has our safe crib bumpers in place! We want others to see how cute they are, and how they are a great designing tool!

Interested?  Submit your pictures, tips, stories, etc. to SocialMedia@GoMamaGoDesigns.com

Be sure to include your Name, and where you are from!