Looking for gifts for New Moms and Baby this Mother’s Day? During the next week we will be featuring a  few of our favorite Ec0-friendly suggestions! So, check  back daily until Mother’s Day!

One of our favorites is the a love and affection I love Mommy pacifier and clip from our friends at MAM! 

MAM Pacifiers

MAM’s cutting-edge pacifiers combine technological innovation and trendsetting design to help give babies a healthy start in life.  Developed by leading pediatric dentists and developmental psychologists, MAM pacifiers provide maximum comfort and style for babies of all ages.

Clever design and lightweight materials make MAM pacifiers a pleasure to use.  All MAM pacifiers feature an orthodontically correct nipple design that allows little ones to safely satisfy their sucking reflex while maintaining proper jaw and tooth alignment.  MAM pacifiers feature an easy-to-grasp front knob and a curved shield for a comfortable fit that’s gentle on baby’s skin, thanks to generous air holes and MAM’s patented interior surface.

MAM pacifiers are available in an assortment of colors and design motifs, and come in two nipple options: patented anti-slip Silk Teat™ Silicone or Natural Latex.  Like all MAM products, the brand’s pacifiers are BPA-free, PVC-free, lead-free and CPSIA-Compliant.

Suggested retail price: MAM Pacifiers, $7.49 for a pack of two

MAM Pacifier Accessories

Ideal for busy parents, MAM clips and keepers easily attach pacifiers to baby’s clothing to keep them clean, safe and within reach.   Clips can also be fastened to strollers, diaper bags and belt-loops to help keep baby’s beloved pacifier easily accessible, even while “on-the-go.”

Available in an assortment of colors and motifs, the clips’ detachable keeper ribbons are interchangeable for cleanliness and style.  Flexible rings attach to all MAM pacifiers, as well as other brands with knobs or rings, and are designed to coordinate with MAM’s colorful pacifier designs.  A wide clip opening allows keepers to quickly fasten to both thin and thick clothing.

Recommended retail: $4.99-5.99.

We received the adorable ones for Mother’s Day and they are just too cute! The perfect gift for a New Mom and her Baby this Mother’s Day!

About MAM

Founded in Vienna, Austria in 1976, MAM offers real solutions for real parenting with an award-winning range of smart and simple products. A global leader in the baby care category, MAM’s mission is to combine the best in technological innovation, medically sound function and contemporary design to provide innovative baby care products essential for a child’s early years.  The MAM collection includes pacifiers, bottles, cups, teethers, and oral care items.  MAM is sold in over 30 countries and five continents.  For more information about MAM products, please visit www.mambaby.com.

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Blog: blog.mambaby.com

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We have teamed up with MAM for  Mother’s Day Giveaway! One winner will win the a love and affection I love Mommy pacifier and clip from our friends at MAM!  Leave a comment below giving a tip for new Moms and then “like” the MAM  Facebook page.    Deadline to enter is May 7, 2014 at noon. (PST). One winner will randomly be selected from all entries!

Our next Eco-Friendly suggestion posted tomorrow! Stay tuned!

Self Disclosure: I received a product for free to facilitate this feature/giveaway but any opinions expressed are truthful. Photo Credit: MAM.

New Memoir Chronicles Mother-Daughter Adventures through Europe

Journey Reveals How to Let Go of Fear and Truly Live

Jennifer Coburn has been looking in the rearview mirror expecting to see the Grim Reaper for the last 20 years—ever since she lost her father to lung cancer when she was just 19.

When she became a mom herself, Coburn vowed to jam-pack her daughter Katie’s mental scrapbook with beautiful memories…starting in Paris.

In her forthcoming memoir, We’ll Always Have Paris: A Mother/Daughter Adventure (ISBN: 9781402288630; April 8, 2014; $14.99 U.S.; Memoir; Trade Paper), Coburn shares details of their summer travels through Europe, one city at a time, united by their desire to see the world and spend precious time together.

Even though her husband can’t join them, even though she’s nervous about venturing overseas, and even though she’s perfectly healthy and not actually dying, Coburn decides to leave the bathroom and kitchen repairs for another day, and invest in building memories with her daughter.

Their journey begins in Paris when Katie is 8, and ends in Paris in 2013, when Katie is 16, after taking monthlong trips to more than a dozen European (including Paris, London, Rome, Salerno, Florence, Venice, Madrid, Seville, Granada, Barcelona, and Amsterdam).

Whether they are sleeping at Shakespeare and Company Booksellers in Paris, singing Korean folk songs at the Alhambra, playing charades with the locals in Pompeii, or visiting the Salvador Dalí Triangle in Spain, this is the story of how one mother lets go of the fear of death—and how her daughter teaches her to enjoy life.

I received this book to review and I simply found it a breath of fresh air! It’s a story that Moms can relate to even if they have a son instead of a daughter. I don’t have a daughter but  I could relate to this wonderful story and it has an important message of letting go of fears and enjoying life. Something most Moms learn along the way. I loved following the adventures of Katie and her mother and it’s a heartwarming story filled with adventure and humor! One of the best books I have read in a long time!

Jennifer Coburn is a USA Today bestselling author of six novels and contributor to four literary anthologies. Over the past two decades, Coburn has received numerous awards from the Press Club and Society for Professional Journalists for articles that appeared in Mothering, Big Apple Baby, The Miami Herald, The San Diego Union-Tribune, and dozens of national and regional publications. She has also written for Salon.com, Creators News Syndicate, and The Huffington Post. Coburn lives in San Diego with her husband, William, and their daughter, Katie. We’ll Always Have Paris is her first memoir.

We have teamed up for a Mother’s Day Giveaway! What a perfect book! One winner will win a book. To enter, tell us a favorite memory you have had with your child or with your own Mom. Deadline to enter is May 6, 2014. One winner will randomly be selected from all entries.

Self Disclosure: I received this book for free to facilitate a feature/review but any opinions expressed are truthful.

How amazing is this? This Author is only 5 years old! That is just so impressive to me!


Young author and illustrator, Alexander Luke has written an adorable book, Whaley’s Big Adventure. Get this, he is only 5 years old and his book has several 5 star reviews! Wow!


Join Whaley on his big adventure in the ocean as he meets Whales of all different sizes. Written by 5 year old Alexander Luke, and presented by his grandmother, award-winning children’s author Carole P. Roman, this oceanic adventure of whale-sized proportions will teach youngsters about the different whales that live in the oceans.

Alexander Luke, along with his grandmother, are wanting “Whaley” to find adventure in your home. They are giving away a copy of his book and an inflatable whale to one lucky winner! Wow! Follow the Whaley’s fishy friends and join in the adventure below!

Disclosure: This giveaway is arranged by Away We Go Media on behalf of  Alexander Luke & Carole P. Roman who is responsible for the giveaway. SoCal City Kids was asked to help promote this giveaway and was not compensated for this post.
The winner will be selected at random by Rafflecopter.
The giveaway is open US only.
Giveaway begins on April 27th at 12AM MST through May 13th at 12AM MST.


NOTE: Winner must do the first mandatory entry which is to submit full name and address or you will be ineligible to win. However, this sole entry will not constitute a win for you. This information will only be seen by Away We Go Media moderator and not used for any other reason than this giveaway.


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You don’t want to miss this fun giveaway! Such a wonderful way to teach young children yoga!


Do you exercise in any form? Do you play or imagine? Do your kids?
Albert Einstein once said, ” Logic will take you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.”


Award winning author, Carole P. Roman loves to write children’s books and loves that children imagine and play the way they do. Her I Want To Do Yoga Too book was born out of  her own love of yoga.

Carole P. Roman is wanting your children to learn a little yoga and maybe “stretch” their imaginations too. You might even have some fun right along with them . Carole P. Roman is  giving  to 3 winners a copy of  her book, I Want to Do Yoga Too and kid’s yoga mat. That is right, THREE WINNERS!

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Hurry and enter below!

About Carole P. Roman:
Award winning author Carole P. Roman is a former teacher turned businesswoman. She has successfully run a family business with her husband that employs close to five hundred people. Her most favorite job is being grandmother to her many grandchildren. Roman has two wonderful sons and hit the jackpot in the daughter-in-law department. She currently lives on Long Island with her husband.

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