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Moms need cell phones to stay in touch with the whole family, right? Okay sure, maybe your infant that is just learning to walk doesn’t need one quite yet… but the day will come. Maybe this isn’t your first child? You and hubby need to stay in touch too. You’ve got that whole extended family thing going on — and they need to know when the baby comes!
I don’t have any babies in my life, but I recently got married (hooray!). My wife was on her family’s Sprint share plan, while I had an individual plan through Verizon. Obviously we needed to consolidate to one provider. I wanted to upgrade my phone while we were at it at no charge, if that was possible.
If you go through a retail store, or directly to the provider’s website, this is not going to happen. They’ll let you upgrade your monthly plan alright, but you won’t be getting any free phones. More monthly fees plus $130 cell phone for one person plus no second phone upgrade… not quite the deal we were looking for.
Enter online cell phone authorized resellers such as Wirefly. I was amazed at the deals you could get on these sites. Through Wirefly, I could get two LG VX8600s (the next one up from the famous Chocolate), a family share plan with 700 minutes, for the price of shipping after rebates. Yup, I could get two $200 phones (retail) for free after rebates. Genius. This was with Verizon, but they also have Cingular phones.
I canceled my Verizon account through a well blogged about clause in their contracts stating that if they change the terms of the service, you could cancel your contract without paying the early termination fee — $175! They recently (March 1st) changed a part of the contract in regards to text message rates, so I took advantage and canceled. I had until the end of February to find new service, so find new service I did. While I did not end up using Wirefly’s service, I used one very similar in nature and would highly recommend purchasing your new phones and plan through an authorized, well blogged about, online reseller.
I would also note that Wirefly is on Inc. Magazine’s “Inc. 500” list – a listing of the fastest growing companies in America. An amazing accomplishment. Who knew? Just selling phones and plans online! They must have pretty good customer service as well to have grown that quickly.
If you look around they have lots of different options. Individual plans, share plans, discounted accessories. Overall, a well done site.
Chesapeake Ribbons is an online shop run by a stay at home Mom in Exton, PA. She needed a way to bring in some income while she stayed at home, and thus the business was born.
This pink themed stripe ribbon is only $8. She has a whole slew of different ribbons, big, small, bright, dark, animals… take a look!
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Zac and Zoe are selling something that we would call… a large cotton flannel seat pillow contraption for kids. Fair enough? Mini Poofs.
Their website also doesn’t share a ton of information of what exactly they are used for. Nonetheless, the designs are very interesting.
The site does mention they are imported from Morocco, and designed by Moulay Essakalli and Julie Klear. Their work has been showed cased around the country in museums and art galleries.
Artistic, somewhat famous, soft, and fun for your kids. Give it a shot.
Only $78 at Zac and Zoe (free shipping!), where you will also find an image of a girl playing in a pile of Mini Poofs. This should help you with figuring out how large they are.
Don’t like baby slings? Want something a bit more natural looking?
Slips on and off, adjustable for both parents, and in various colors.
The pouch has a special padding in the leg area for infants that gives a natural fetal position.
An added bonus is it allows for discreet breast feeding. The website claims it also reduces crying and colic.
Machine washable as well.
We came across these really cute and well done birth announcements over at Lil Duck Duck last week.
You choose some photos, your card stock, the design… it is pretty much customizable all the way. From there, Lil Duck Duck puts her creative touch on it.
They’re printed and shipped to you at a joyful starting price of $1.55/each on a minimum order of 30. Better than Hallmark, and unique to your newest addition.
Moms need a clear signal to monitor what is going on in baby’s room. The Graco iMonitor provides digital signal to for static free clarity.
The extended range boosts the signal to up to 2000 feet. You could practically walk to the mailbox! Not that we recommend that…
An added bonus is digital security on the signal for complete privacy
Minor assembled required! Oh no! Get hubby to help you on this, Mom.
This Classic Cruiser Police Car at BabyStyle will let your little law enforcer play cops and robbers up to age 3, at which point we’re recommending you get him a bigger ride.
The body is made of steel and the wheels are actual rubber, that actually turn.
Measurements are 28×10x14″.
