Earth Day 2010 - April 22 2010 - Enjoy a 10% off entire purchase through April 2010

It's another year, how fast.... last year, we offered a 5% discount for Earth Day. Do you know what is Earth Day? Earth Day is a great day to spend it with your friends, family and kids and remind them about how important the environment is. Also, Earth Day falls on April 22nd of every year.

Well, MamaLittleHelper would love to share this wondering day with our customers, therefore, we are offering a 10% discount on all of our product from now until 04/30/2010. MamaLittleHelper knows how important it is to go green, that is why we are offering the baby cloth diapers and guess what, they are organic! Come get your baby needs as soon as possible.


COUPON CODE: GREEN

MamaLittleHelper Organic Bamboo Cloth Diapers - Available in Malaysia NOW!

Calling all cloth diaper mama... MamaLittleHelper's Organic Cloth Diaper is now available in Malaysia.

Our CDs comes in 5 different colors now:
- Peachy Peach
- Baby Green
- Buttercup Yellow
- Pure White
- Baby Blue


Try one out and you will definitely come back for more.

Consignment Sale - Frisco TX FBC Frisco MOPS' Twice as Nice'

Calling all mom around the DFW area. I am very excited. We are considering becoming a sponsor. In the mean time, I just wanted to let all parents out there that there is a huge consignment sale. I personally have been to this consignment sale last year and there were lots of bargains.

Saturday, October 17 - OPEN TO PUBLIC
7:30am-11:30am
12:30pm-2:00pm (half price sale)

First Baptist Church of Frisco
7901 Main Street
Frisco, Texas 75034

Please click here to go to the directly to the page.

Frisco Consignment Sale

The 7th Annual ABC Kids Expo - September 13th - 16th in Las Vegas

We are trying to do as many shows as we can. Therefore, MamaLittleHelper is heading out to Vegas in September! Vegas baby! We are going to be placing a booth with the 7th Annual ABC Kids Expo. It is the biggest kids expo in the nation and open for retailers as well as wholesalers. It is from September 13 to 16th 2009 in the Las Vegas Convention Center.

Our booth number is 7425, we are very close to Fisher-Price (7300) and Delta Childrens Product (7710).

We would love to put our baby hammocks and organic bamboo cloth in retail as well as online stores that you as we consumer can get them in your local retail stores. We know that some people prefers to touch and feel an item before purchasing it and we are working on it!




For buyers, if there is a local store where you would like our products to be available, please email us at info@mamalittlehelper.com and inform us the Retailer's Store name and contact person if available.

In the mean time, we made out more than a thousand brochures and sent them out to the list of buyers that will be attending the baby show. Here it is, please check them out. Here is the link if you would like to print them out.

http://www.mamalittlehelper.com/ABCRetailers.pdf

We hope to see you guys at the ABC Kids Expo next week!

How can MamaLittleHelper Baby Hammock help acid reflux babies?

Here are just some tips about baby acid reflux:

Symptoms:

• Constant or sudden crying
• Spitting up after meal (Sometimes could be projectile vomiting)
• Short nappers (Frequently waking up)

Advise from people to help the baby:

• Get MamaLittleHelper's Baby Hammock to help your baby sleep. The elevation (From 5 to 45 degrees) will help your baby sleep better together with the motion.
• Maintain an upright position after feeding. I was told to hold him up for 15-20 minutes after each meal.
  
• Change to Enfamil A.R Lipil Milk or any A.R milk
  
• Talk to you doctor, they will probably give you prescription medication such as Prevacid.
• According to a lot of sites, you should continue to breastfeed because breast milk is well-known to have many advantages over formula as breast milk is easier and digest faster. I couldn't do this, the reason is because I didn't produce a lot of milk.
  
• Try to make your baby sleep on the left side. It is because this position allows the inlet of the stomach to be higher than the exit. According to this, it will help to keep the food down.

My Little Story of our baby boy who suffered from baby acid reflux
Well, first of all, I just wanted all our my readers to know that I have a little boy and when he was born, he was so easy to take care. For the first 2 weeks, he would just sleep and get up for food, and then sleep. Life was perfect then.

Then, comes the 2nd week.... the nightmare begins. He was spitting up, he was hardly sleeping much. He would be throwing up after each meal. Every time he passes out gas, he would cry. I felt like I was going crazy. I am so glad that mom was here to help, I wouldn't have make it without her.

We brought him to the doctor for the regular checkups and told her about our problems. She then told me that he had acid reflux. He was then given Prevacid I believe is the name of the medication. Since it was more than 2 years ago, I don't remember exactly how often he had to take it. But then, one week, and then 2 weeks past, he still was doing the same thing. Since this is my first baby, I didn't know much about acid reflux and thought that maybe she's a fairly young doctor, she didn't know what she's talking about. So, we saw another doctor instead. Without telling him much about what our previous doctor said, he told us that he had acid reflux too. He then was given the same medication and on top of that, another medicine. I will try to look for my records to see what other medication it was.

Though, both medication did not help. So, I turn to the internet, to look for words like Acid Reflux babies, How to get your baby to sleep, My baby doesn't sleep, Baby spitting, etc. So, I tried putting him in the car seat, it only worked for 1 day, then, putting him on the car seat on the dryer, didn't work. Drove out at 1am, he was screaming at first but stopped after 10 minutes. I went on the road with most bump, hey, it worked, as soon as I turn back and about 1 minute from home, he started crying again. It was just a nightmare.

Everyday, we would find something new and it would probably work for a day or two, even tried the womb bear, it worked for a few days and that's about it. Then, the 10th week is when I was sent to Asia for work and was finally able to bring this baby hammock back. As soon as I put him in... wa la... he kept quiet and started sleeping longer and longer in it. That's how I decided that this would help babies with reflux. Actually, there are a lot of recommendations out there to get baby hammock for reflux babies but not all of them work.

What can MamaLittleHelper's Baby Hammock do for your baby with acid reflux?
MamaLittleHelper's Baby Hammock is designed in such a way where the baby's head is elevated. We are coming out with an extra wedge that fits in the baby hammock so that it elevates even more but even with what MamaLittlHelper Baby Hammock offer, it should work.

Take a look at the picture below. You can see that there are 3 levels of elevation.
Level 1 = Most babies would use this, including babies that recovers from reflux.
Level 2 = Less severe reflux babies or babies that likes to sleep with the head a little higher.
Level 3 = More severe reflux babies that needs elevation and rocking. (Approximately 45 degree angle)



The doll in the picture is approximately 16". It's smaller than a newborn but close. Infact, it could be close to a premature baby and if you see, the baby is virtually sitting up and you can see the angle from this picture.

The good thing about MamaLittleHelper Baby Hammock is that you can always change it to just the normal setting so that your baby lay down straight.



Try one of MamaLittleHelper Baby Hammock today to help soothe your reflux baby. You can contact us at info@mamalittlehelper.com or 972-821-1422. If we don't pick up the phone, please leave a message and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

Personally, I think anything that works best for you and your baby, you should try. Good luck. It was a painful experience but we learn a lot. Luckily, he grew out of it at about week 13.

Please note that any advice and information provided in this blog is given as suggestions base on experience and research done by us and should not be taken as a professional medical diagnosis or opinion. Please consult your pediatrician or healthcare provider, and urge you to contact them immediately if your question is urgent.

Comparison of a Ghodiyu or Ghodiya or Thooli to a Baby Hammock

We notice that about 20% of our customers were originally from India that are living here in United States. Some even came back to get for their relatives. So, I was curious and I asked my customers, why do they like the baby hammock so much. They told me that because it looks and is used exactly like a Ghodiyu.

Ghodiyu is an Indian word that means "to help the baby sleep" or it means an Indian Cradle as well. Apparently, the ghodiyu or ghodiya has been used preRaam Bhagwan era. They pronounce it as "God-yu". I was also told that people from South India use something called a Thooli. According to her, thooli means cradle in Tamil (Indian word). It's a hammock that's hung from the ceiling rather than a stand.

So, we thought of just having a summary of the benefits of our baby hammock over the ghodiyu:

• Our baby hammock is JPMA certified, the ghodiyu is not.
  
• The baby hammock can be taken apart in less than 5 minutes, placed in a travel bag and easily checked in if you like to travel with your baby hammock. With the ghodiyu, you cannot do that.
  
• There is no tools required to assemble the baby hammocks. In less than 5 minutes, you will be able to set up the baby hammock but not for the ghodiyu.
  
• The ghodiyu is a lot more bulky compared to the baby hammock. The baby hammock is a lot more compact.
• The ghodiyu does not help with reflux baby. Our baby hammock comes with the 3 levels of elevation, recommended for all reflux babies.
• The ghodiyu cannot work with any automatic cradles, therefore, you will always have to manually rock the baby yourself with the tether provide. As for the baby hammock, if you decide to get the automatic baby hammock unit, it is "HANDS FREE" baby rocking.
  
• There were complains in the web stating that the ghodiyu scratches the hard wood floors.
  
• Most importantly, the baby hammock actually mimics being in mama's tummy. When mama walks, the motion is up and down, only the baby hammock can provide. The ghodiyu is just like a baby swing that you can get from Walmart or Target and can only go side to side or front to back. This is the biggest benefit of the baby hammock over the baby swing.

We took a picture from the web to share with all how the ghodiyu looks like versus our MamaLittleHelper Baby Hammock.

To purchase one of our baby hammock, please go to www.mamalittlehelper.com to get one. We are offering a 5% discount for buyers who purchase after reading our blog using checkout code: babyblog0609.

Versus

Pictures from our customers of their babies using our baby hammock. Thanks for sharing!

I thought that it was very nice of our customers for sharing some of their pictures of their babies in MamaLittleHelper's Baby Hammock. There are some pictures of their baby in other baby hammocks with our Portable Automatic Self Rocking baby hammock unit.

Please enjoy. For any questions, please email us at info@mamalittlehelper.com or call us at 972-821-1422.

Feedbacks from Customers on MamaLittleHelper's Baby Hammock

So, some of you have been asking for review or feedbacks from our customers. Here it is.

Please feel free to contact me for any other questions at info@mamalittlehelper.com or please call us at 972-821-1422. If there is no answer, please leave us a message and I shall get back to you as soon as I can.

Dear mamalittlehelper,

Hi Laura! This is Heather Z & the hammock is a smashing success! Julia slept the whole night! First night doing that! I have another family member that would like to purchase a hammock too...she just needs to pick-out the color she wants. Will I be able to get that hammock at the same price? Also I was wondering if you gave any thought to letting me purchase future hammocks at a wholesale cost and selling them to people around my area? I would never sell online. I just would like to be able to promote this healthier alternative to a crib to anyone who would want to purchase one. I know when I'm at my vacation home this summer that there are going to be people stopping by all the time asking what Julia is sleeping in (it's in a large gated vacation community where everyone drives around in golf carts to visit neighbors. I would love to have some hammocks there so that I could sell them on the spot. Either way I still would like to purchase another one. Sincerely, Heather

She came back after I replied to her:
Dear mamalittlehelper,

I feel like I could make a huge difference in the lives of many parents & their babies! I would never consider selling these if I wasn't 100% convinced that this hammock does what it claims to do. I am convinced that this should be out-selling cribs...but Americans have been raised to believe that the bassinet and then crib is the only way for a baby/child to sleep in. I also think Americans can be close minded until someone shows them firsthand that there is another and more healthier alternative for a newborn/baby/toddler to sleep! So I am very excited that you are considering letting me work under you. I would be so proud to sell these. Well I've babbled enough. I hope your son is okay! We are a family of nurses so if you ever have any ?'s that you would like to ask me feel free. I worked in labor/delivery for over 3 yrs. Unfortunately I was in a terrible car accident and had to give up nursing. That's a whole other story. Take care! Heather Z

Here is a local customer who happens to be a birthing instructor, she was pregnant with her 3rd baby and she loved the idea of this hammock.

From: Marianne E <******@yahoo.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 10:27 PM
To: mamalittlehelper@mamalittlehelper.com
Subject: re: I would like to purchase a hammock

Dear Laura,

Thanks for the speedy response and the personal attention. I am excited to purchase my baby's bed from you.
I do teach at a hospital and also teach privately for a birthing center. I am somewhat restricted to what I can officially endorse, but I can definitely give parents ideas because getting their babies to sleep is one of the biggest concerns they express. I am also a massage therapist and will be doing a fair amount of infant massage and that is another opportunity to give them ideas on how to calm and soothe with the hammock beds. Also, I see that you have on your site that you sell cloth diapers. I am trying cloth for the very first time...(I have two other children). So I can mention you that way as well.

Sincerely,
Marianne E

Have a Great Day!

Other short feedback that we've received...

Good evening! The bed was a WINNER at the shower! 2 other moms are pregnant and I am sending them you're site. If you want me to write something besides my raving feedback for your site, let me know!! Love it! Good luck. - Sherrie - GA

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HIGH quality product!! better thaN the pic! fantastic seller, great communication - David - OK

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such great patient and friendly people!was just as described thanks so very much - Raymond - KS

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delivery and response to questions where very prompt, item just as described:) - Elizabeth - TX

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super fast transaction. My Baby finally sleeps now. Yeah!!! - Abra - KY

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Very very fast delivery and excellent service, the best seller I met so far. - Lucas - TX

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thank you, baby's first day home and she's in it!! love it! again, thank you - Teresa - CA

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Super fast transaction! Great product! My baby sleeps all night! - Lelan - AR

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It is just as I viewed it! I am very happy with my item and mamalittlelelper!THX - Kristin - Alberta, Canada

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A God's send! put baby in it and started bouncing, asleep in 5 minutes! (Buyer came back to get the portable automated unit)

baby n it right now sleeping. miracle item! - Nicole - GA

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Thank U, my baby girl loves this hammock - Melissa - VA

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super fast shipping and my grandson went right to sleep A+ buying another one ty - Ralph - NC

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I am so pleased with the baby hammock I am about to order 2 more . - Troy & Nikki - TX

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daughter loves it. thanks - Frana - NM

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thanx! Helped my baby sleep much better! (Portable Automatic Hammock Unit) - Jennifer - AL

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mama & baby both love it, great shipping, would recommend buying from - Josh - UT

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thank you very much!excellant fast shipping& tracking and the hammock is awsome! (Computerized Baby Hammock) - Deborah, NY

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WONDERFUL PRODUCT RECOMMEND TO ALL! GREAT TO DO BUSINESS WITH FAST SHIPPING A++ - Stacy - IN

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Our families 3rd purchase from this seller. That says it all! These are awesome!

Very happy again with our 2nd family purchase from this seller :o)

INCREDIBLE! This hammock saved my cousin from sleepless nights w/his newborn! - Heather - NC

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LOVE IT! LOVE IT! LOVE IT! NOT ENOUGH SPACE TO WRITE ALL I WANT TO SAY. THANKS - Linda - NC

Differences between the Computerized Baby Hammock Versus the Portable Automatic Self Rocking Baby Hammock?

You are probably wondering what is the differences between the Computerized Baby Hammock Versus the Portable Automatic Self Rocking Baby Hammock? Which is better for you and your baby or is there a difference?

First of all, some of you may not even know what is a computerized or portable automamtic self rocking baby hammock? Basically, a baby hammock is like basically a hammock but designed for babies to mimic being in mama's womb. You could buy the baby hammock that is what we call the manual version, whereby it is either there is no movement or you have to rock the hammock up and down before it moves. But mama doesn't stand still all the time, most of the time, mama is busy walking up and down or doing something and therefore there is movement. So, in order to mimic mama's womb 100%, you will need this computerized baby hammock or the portable automated baby hammock.

The functionality is the same for both. I have created a chart so that you can see the comparison. Basically, as a summary, if you would like a unit that you just put at home, then, I would suggest that you get the Computerized Baby Hammock. If you plan to travel or pack up and bring the hammock to grandma's house, then, you should get the Portable Automatic Baby Hammock. One thing that the portable automatic baby hammock has is that if you put the timer for 30 mins, after 30 mins, the hammock will stop rocking but once it detects movement, it will continue rocking for another 30 mins. That is why it is called the self rocking baby hammock. Though, it will go up to 36lbs, so, if you want to put your baby for more than that weight, then, the computerized baby hammock will work from you.

If you still have questions, please email us at info@mamalittlehelper.com

Comparison	Computerized Baby Hammock	Portable Automatic Baby Hammock
Max Recommended Load Weight	52lbs for 3 springs	36 lbs for 7 springs
Comes with Travel Bag	No	Yes
Purpose	Meant to be for home use	Comes with travel bag for traveling
Technology Used	Magnetic	Motorized
Comes with Timer	Yes	Yes
Compatible with other baby hammock?	Yes	Yes
Height of Stand	220cm	176cm
Weight of complete set	30lbs	24 lbs
Warranty Period	1 Year	1 Year
Available colors	Blue	Orange/ Blue
How long technology has been in market?	Since 1978	Since 2002
Comes with wheels?	Yes	No
Speed control	Yes	Yes
Adjustable Stand	Yes	No
Spring safety - ISO9002 Certified?	Yes	No
Comes with instructions?	Yes	Yes
Introductory Price	$229.99	$209.99

I happen to have the opportunity to babysit my nephew on a weekend, so, I have a few pictures of the boys sleeping in the hammocks. My son, 30 months old is in the computerized baby hammock and nephew, 22 months old at the time when this picture was taken is sleeping in the portable automated self rocking baby hammock. Son is 32lbs and nephew is 27 lbs. Please enjoy the pictures! By the way, during the summer time, I usually let them sleep in the sarong netting, the reason is because we live in TX and it is HOT HOT HOT here. Check them out!

Bootie Baby Diaper Cake

What do you think of this bootie baby diaper cake? We are not in the diaper cake business but we did this for my son's god mother. It is her baby shower today. She loved it... just wanted to share this with those who are interested. We had a bootie diaper theme.

Please enjoy!

MamaLittleHelper Baby Hammock is officially JPMA Certified - www.jpma.org

Another great news from MamaLittleHelper. Our baby hammock is now officially JPMA Certified. For those of you who are not familiar with the JPMA certification, below is some information.

JPMA stands for Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association. The goal of JPMA is "Dedicated to promoting the industry and the safe use of juvenile product". JPMA has developed a certification system to identify which products have been manufactured with safety in mind. Look for the JPMA seal while you're shopping for a crib, cradles, etc. It's an easy way to make sure the crib or your baby cradles/ hammock you choose meets the highest standards for safety.

http://www.jpma.org/index2.cfm?section=Contact&content=cert

http://www.intertek-labtest.com/industry/toys_juvenile/jpma/?lang=en

Here is the test report by Intertek. MamaLittleHelper strives to provide the best quality with the highest safety standards and YET, make it affordable for parents.

Come on and get on for your baby now!!! Get 5% off babyblog0609 now.

MamaLittleHelper Organic Bamboo Cloth Diapers - Absorbancy test - www.mamalittlehelper.com

Curious about how much can MamaLittleHelper's Organic Bamboo Baby Cloth Diaper takes? Check this out....



Thank you for your interest in MamaLittleHelper's Organic Baby Cloth Diapers. MamaLittleHelper's Organic Baby cloth diapers consist of 98% Bamboo & 2% Polyester.





























So, some of you may be wondering, how much baby urine can MamaLittleHelper's Cloth Diaper take? The purpose of thyis video is to test & show you how much this diapers can take. So... please stay tune!




























On my right, I have a MamaLittleHelper's cloth diaper with one diaper insert




























and on my left, I have a MamaLittleHelper's cloth diaper but this is with 2 diaper inserts. You may be wondering, why 2 inserts?





























It is good especially when you go out & would like to ensure that the diaper will not leak because sometimes, it may be hard to find a place to change your baby, so, our advise is to use 2 inserts when you are on the go.




























We did some research online to find out how much does baby urine. According to a lactation consultant website, a healthy baby less than 6 weeks should have about 5-6+ wet diapers, each approximately (45ml), which is equivalent to 1.5oz




























As for babies over 6 weeks, we should expect about 4-5 wet diapers. Each wet diapers about 90ml, which is equivalent to 3oz.




























So, we will pour several 4oz of water on the diaper since this is a 4oz milk bottle to see how many oz of water can our diaper take.




























We did 5 times of 4oz for the one on the right to be filled.




























The one on the right with one insert started to leak a little on the side but NOT in the middle. You can see with the paper towel that we put below the diaper.



























We continued with the 2 inserts and found that it can take a least 24 oz or more.



























So, to conclude, it takes about 20oz of water to fill up the 1 insert and at least 24 oz of water to fill up the 2 inserts. So, do you still think you have doubts about MamaLittleHelper's Diapers?



























Please visit us at www.mamalittlehelper.com or www.organic-cloth-diapers.com today to purchase one for your little ones :)

Grow Baby Grow – When and how does babies grow? Sleeping is the answer and MamaLittleHelper's Baby Hammock will help you get there!

You maybe wondering, how does baby grow? According to an article in the Parent’s Online Magazine, one section where it says “She suddenly hibernates” actually states that babies grow when they sleep. According to the article, a research shows that 80% of growth hormone is secreted during slumber. So, Your baby needs sleep to enable her body to produce those hormones," says Joan DiMartino-Nardi, M.D., a pediatric endocrinologist at the Children's Hospital at Montefiore Medical Center, in the Bronx. She also mentioned that “parents should never force a baby to stay awake or adhere to her normal sleep schedule—you'll only make her cranky. Plus, she needs all the energy she can muster to keep growing.” If you do a google search with key word “Growth hormone”, you will see that it is a fact that the growth hormone is produce when human sleeps. The growth hormone crucial as it is the one responsible for a baby’s physical growth, is secreted mostly during the deep stages of a baby’s sleep

Though, I know that some of you are not trying to keep your babies awake. You are actually trying to get them to sleep. You may have tried all the ways you can to get them to sleep but unsuccessful especially new born. Why? The reason is because they are so used to be in mama’s womb for over 9 months. They are so used to being cuddled and bounced most of the time when you are awake. It is hard for them to get use to the environment right away. Typically, for the first 2 weeks, they are usually ok as they tend to sleep most of the time but as they grow over 2 weeks, they tend to learn new things and then, they realized, this is not what I am used to and I don’t like it and tend to be fussy and cranky. That is when MamaLittleHelper’s Baby Hammock will come in handy. In our other article, we talk about the benefits of the MamaLittleHelper’s Baby Hammock and how it can help babies sleep, please check that article out.

Being a parent to a child with severe acid reflux and a nephew that was colicky, we know how difficult it is. With our baby hammock, parents can rest assure to gain back some sleep and perhaps much needed rest. Please stay tune for our next article about how MamaLittleHelper helps chronic reflux babies and parents deal with the problem.

Well, some of you may have heard that MamaLittleHelper has a variety of baby hammock coming in. Guess what, the wait is over. We officially now carry 5 colors and you will be able to purchase either color on our website. We now have:

• Sea Blue,
  
• Buttercup Yellow
• Pure White
• Natural Beige
• Candy Pink.

Please visit our website at www.mamalittlehelper.com or www.baby-hammock.com to purchase one today. For those of you who read our blog and interested in getting one, please use coupon code: babyblog0609 to get 5% off the total purchase.

Please note that any advice and information provided in this blog is given as suggestions base on experience and research done by us and should not be taken as a professional medical diagnosis or opinion. Please consult your pediatrician or healthcare provider, and urge you to contact them immediately if your question is urgent.

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Natural Beige