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The Fourteen Days of Laughter are here! (& just in time, after a doozy like yesterday) You’ve seen me Tweet & Facebook & basically be a raging tease minus fish net stockings, but I am so honored to be a part of the Bright Starts kickoff of their new Ingenuity line. Because it’s Bright Starts, y’all. & ten bucks says that like me, you already have a product of theirs that your kid is currently drooling on. & the awesome part about this kick-off? It’s a give-away. As in, the winner takes a pick of a big-ticket item from the Ingenuity line. That’s right. Someone is going to win a swing. Or a pack n’ play. Or a bouncer. NOW YOU SEE WHY I TEASED YOU?!?! Because I was so excited, I wanted to explode!
If you have a kid like Harrison, you spend many hours literally bouncing the child in your arms, on your knee, etc. (if you’re still brewing a kid, I pray that you do not have a kid that likes to bounce considering I’m pretty sure my knee will NEVER stop jiggling at this point) We had a bouncer, but it only vibrated. I won’t name names, but COME ON. My kid doesn’t want to be vibrated! HE WANTS TO BE BOUNCED. SO WHERE THE HELL IS THE BOUNCING?!
It’s here:
Ladies (& gentlemen), may I present to you the Ingenuity Automatic Bouncer, aka SOMEONE FINALLY GOT IT RIGHT!! The hybridive (look, I’m not an engineer. don’t ask me) keeps it bouncing, just like a mother’s arms. On two different speeds. With music or water sounds, if you so choose. & it’s so sweetly soft. It’s also perfect for serving oatmeal & applesauce in the evenings:
The toys are sweetness & one of my FAVORITE things is how neutral it is. Because a) I don’t dig loud & obnoxious-looking toys that don’t blend into my home and b) I can use it for a boy or a girl. & it was super-easy to put together, even at ten o’clock at night. Oh, it washes well, too. Harrison already christened the headrest three times with oatmeal & vom.
My only complaint? I wish there was a third bounce speed that bounced harder & faster. Because Harrison REALLY liked bouncing to the point of needing a bungee cord off the back deck to keep him from crying. Maybe that’s a safety thing but if it’s not, those of us with Babies That Demand Bouncing would like more speed, please.
I know, I know…shut up, Blair, & get to the good stuff. One lucky person will win an Ingenuity product of your choice! So here’s the details:
Share “that moment” that you realized you became your own mother.
It doesn’t have to be baby-related – maybe it was the moment you carried a pie over to your new neighbor. Maybe it was the moment you said “EFF IT” to homemade tomato sauce & broke down for Ragu. Or maybe it was the moment you marched across the playground & told your child that if they didn’t stop hanging upside down on the monkey bars, they were going to crack their head open & you didn’t have time for the Emergency Room.
For extra entries (not mandatory, but please write a separate comment for each entry):
- Become a fan of Bright Starts on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/BrightStarts)
- Tweet this & let me know your Twitter name in the comment: Enter to win big with @heirtoblair & Bright Starts Ingenuity! http://wp.me/pv8EV-w4 #brightstarts
Also, Submit your stories to Make Mom Laugh for a coupon code toward a Bright Starts order. One mom’s story will be chosen each week to share with the Bright Starts fans!
Best of luck!! I will select the winner on Saturday, March 13, 2010.
I became a fan on FB.
Ok – totally mushy but true story……I realized I had become my mother when I first found out I was pregnant and my heart swelled two fold for the new life I was creating. I always wondered how my mum had so much love to go around and that's the first time I realized that she didn't have to ration it – the supply grew to fill the need.
I realized it when I ran outside in my pjs with no makeup and rain boots (that looked redic with the pjs) to yell at someone who was honking their horn when my daughter was napping.
I am also a fan on facebook
I knew I was my mom when I started putting all of my daughter's food on sectioned plates and having fun doing it! Oh, that and constantly thinking that my baby is cold and needs to wear a jacket when we go outside even if it's for one minute. Weird, I know.
I knew I became my own mother when I becoming a planner and made 10 lists a day!
I knew I had become my mother when I tell my husband to call me whenever he gets to his destination when he goes out. If he doesn't, I am a nervous wreck and end up calling him.
and I am fan of Bright Stars on FB!
I twittered! @egilje2
I rued my 7:30 bedtime when I realized that some parents let their kids stay up until *gasp* 8:30 or *horror* 9:30, whereas my mom made us go to bed right after the 7:30 episode of Inspector Gadget. Never would I ever enforce such a rigidly strict bedtime.
Except that now I put Aidan down by 7:00pm EVERY NIGHT because I need both adult-time with my husband and my sanity, thankyouverymuch. My mom had the right idea all along.
I realized it when I looked in the mirror and was wearing bad sweats and ugly shoes (b/c they were comfy!) and looked overweight, utterly exhausted, but happy. I take back those decades of rolling my eyes at my mom who I thought never looked "cool" enough… now I understand why
I also became a fan of Bright Starts on FB!
I'm still brewing our little one, but I've realized more lately that I'm becoming my mom when I crack "jokes" and laugh hysterically, only to find I'm the only one that thought it was actually funny.
My mom and I are the funniest people we know and we both live by the saying "She who can laugh at herself, will never cease to be amused".
I knew i was my mothers daughter when i found myself saying to my son " when I was your age" or "becasue Im the boss" or if you dont like it call gramdma!!
Is Harrison sitting up!?! Did he do that by himself?!! Can he sit unsupported on the floor?
I discovered that I had become my mom when I was delivering extra pumpkin pies to the neighbors on Thanksgiving morning with the munchkin in my arms and flip flops in the snow…
oops im also a fan on facebook
Ugh. I cannot believe this ever came out of my mouth but I recently told my husband that our kitchen was "hetrocious". Yes, I know that isn't a real word. However it is the word that my mom always used to describe our bedrooms. "You are not leaving this house until you clean your room. It is hetrocious!"
I'm a fan on Facebook
I actually noticed I was becoming my Grandmother (my mom's mother) when I was in college and started doing things like losing my cell phone, laughing too loudly in public, or getting ice water at Starbucks and leaving it on top of my car.
Becoming like my mother came more gradually until I had my first son and started making up songs and using non-sense words with not only the baby, but everyone else as well!
I'm a fan of Bright Starts on FB
tweeted via @ShanLeAnn http://bit.ly/aSWhyM
I became a fan of Bright Starts on FB
I tweeted about this giveaway!
@houseofbrodt
http://www.houseofbrodt.blogspot.com
I became my own mother when I was finally able to hold my tongue and not tell my younger sister exactly what she was doing wrong & needed to do to fix it. (My sis is 22 and is dating the WRONG GUY). I don't know how my mom let us make our own mistakes over the years, it's so hard to keep my mouth shut & let my little sis learn on her own!
I'm a bright stars fan on facebook!
I noticed that I had become my mother when I could recall all these facts that are mostly useless, just like my mom
I knew I had become my mother the minute I had given birth to my daughter. I cry. and I cry. I cry at the cute little shoes that my daughter wears, at the way she smiles and coos at me before I lay her to bed, I cry because the dog got a drink of water and it sounded adorable! I constantly have tissues on me in case my eyes start leaking at a moments notice. But it always feels great afterwards =) Who doesn't feel good after a great cry.
I knew I became my own mother when I refused my husband's offer to buy me new shoes, even though my only black flats are spliting at the seam to save money for something the baby may need. As a shoe-addict I have never ever given up the opprotunity to buy shoes for anything before.
I became my mother when I became a nagging bitch. I love my mom – to death, but my poor dad! And now…my poor husband! But don't worry, off to the doc this afternoon for some "chill pills".
I knew I became my own mother when I gave my students a dance combination (of my own creation) and they said that it was the same as one my mother made them do the week before in her class!
I realized I had become my mother when picking up a mess of paper and crappy toys left by my step-kids — everything went into the trash! My attitude? "If you just abandoned it like this, it must not be important to you." My mother used to do that tornado-like cleaning and it drove me crazy as a kid!
I became a fan on FB!
I realized I was turning into my Mom when I started singing her signature wake up song. You begin with an un naturally loud and screechy voice and then chant "GOOOOOOD Mor-ning, good morning, good mor-NING to YOU" Completing the song with two smooches. My poor boys… although, now my 3 year old sings it to his newborn brother every morning so he must love it!
I became my mother when I realized I was returning peoples dishes with something I had made in them. "Never return an empty dish."
Also tweeted! Twitter name is ShoeFanatic614.
I'll do all the contest entry fun stuff later. Just wanted to add that BS seriously saved my sanity, marriage, and quite possibly my son! Hehe. He would scream in every.single.effing.machine we bought until we found that ingenuity portable swing. He'd also like something faster like Harrison would like a faster bounce, but either way. BEST.THING.EVER.
My mom and I are both teachers. I sub for her class once when I was still in college. The whole day her students were saying you are just like your mom. I think that is when it hit me. Although I've always known I'm basically her clone and I accept that because she is pretty awesome. I now have my own little clone.
I tweeted @saylucky
I remember one day when I was baby sitting my cousins, they were acting like absolute ANIMALS (ages 5 and 6 both boys) and I said, "you're gonna break your neck doing that." My mom used to tell us ALL THE TIME we were going to break out necks doing whatever activity she wanted us to stop.
There have been several times since then that I've wanted to cry because I've realized I swallowed my mom. EEP.
I am already a fan of bright stars on FB–I love their products!!!!
And btw, I too have a reflux baby that LOVES to bounce and the vibrating bouncy chair SO doesn't cut it…we need more…
I knew I became my own mother when I woke up on a Sunday morning and hurried for the newspaper so I could clip the coupons and go to the store. I am now another coupon lady!
Twitter–mee83shell
I just tweeted ya blair
I knew I became my mom when I told my son, "Because I said so!"
I realized that I had become my mother when I looked at the clock and realized that I do all my cleaning after midnight when everyone is asleep. Also, she has a bad habit of not taking daily showers, and this is embarassing to admit, but I have two babes (19 m/o and 8 m/o) and sometimes it just doesn't happen.
I tweeted, and my twitter name is vernie_mac.
I realized I was my mother when I was able to clean up spitup with one hand and continue eating with the other hand. meowmix75@live.com
I am now a fan of Bright Starts. And by the way, I have to admit that I never understood why a "bouncer" is named that because it doesn't bounce. Vibrating is not bouncing.
I knew I became my mother when I would look at my own hand gestures thinking 'Where have I seen that hand before? Oh Lord, it's my mothers!!!' Now I look to see if my daughter has them too
The moment I knew I became a mother, a REAL mother is when my boobs were ravaged by tigers, I mean stretchmarks, and I looked at myself in the mirror and smiled.
I smiled because I knew why they were there, because of my son, the love of my life. Scars that will be there for eternity to remind me of how much I love him and what I went through to get him here. It's not about me anymore, everything about my life is about him now. Motherhood doesn't have time for vanity.
I forgot to elaborate on why this is why I'm like my own mother. She never cared about herself, while raising us she lost the whole youthful charm and vanity and care for her appearance. Where I on the otherhand was the opposite, doing modeling, being a cheerleader, everything was about appearance, everything was all superficial. And now that I have my son I realize that none of that matters, I understand where my mom was coming from. I could care less if I'm wearing a paper bag as long as my son is happy and cared for!
And I'm a FB fan!
It's not what I've done, it's how I look. I now have my mothers tired tired eyes. Now I know why she had them!
I tweeted itttttt!
Alena29
And I tweeted @themommamaven
And Immma FB fan of Bright Starts!
I rt'ed your tweet! slgass730
I became a fan of Brightstars!!
I realized I became my mom when I was 18 – and started talking and acting like her – in every sense of the word. My brother calls me Little Joyce
I used to always like to be places just on time (if I had to be somewhere at 5:00 I would arrive exactly at 5:00). This drove my mother absolutely crazy! Her belief is that if you are not 15minutes early, then you are late. I'm not sure the first time it happened but my goodness I have become her and more! I am usually 20 minutes early to all appointments and my mom now laughs and teases me about it.
Although there are a lot worse things I could become than my mother
The day I realized I was my mom was the day I told one of my students "Because I said so…." I literally stopped mid sentence and didn't make the kid do whatever I had told him to do. -Gosh I am so my mom it isn't even funny.
I am a fan on facebook
I tweeted. @monkeyheads_mom
I realized I had become my mother when my little brother moved in with my husband and me when he took a year off in between college and grad school. He would stay out all night and I couldn't sleep until I knew he was home. Some nights he would spend the night out and I would call and text all the next morning and worry until I got in touch with him. I would chew him out and tell him that I thought he was "in a ditch somewhere" He eventually knew to call when he was spending the night out or staying late!
When I go shopping, I realized that clearance makes my heart race, and I am always looking for a good deal. And then I realized I became my mother.
I realized I had became my mother when I started crying at TV Commercials: Hallmark, Bank commercials, even MLB commercials!
I became a fan on facebook.
I tweeted the giveaway!
I tweeted! @JLandreth
I knew I became my mother when I acknowledged the piles of mail on my table that I hadn't gotten around to shredding or filing yet. I was always on her about that!
Facebook fan!
I am now a fan of Bright Stars on Facebook
I realized it awhile ago and my poor niece was the target.
She had squeezed her puppy so hard it squealed in pain. I put my hands on my hips and it a forceful tone, yelled her FIRST and MIDDLE name. Just like mom used to do to me and my brothers when we got in trouble.
I went outside and burst into tears cause I realized what just happened.
and i'm FB bright starts fan
I knew I had become my mother when I developed a precise routine for cleaning my kitchen.
Facebook fan.
Tweeted @tonilb16
I knew I was becoming my mother when…
I received a phone call that a friend was in the hospital. I dropped everything I was doing and baked 3 large pans of double chocolate brownies.
When in distress…bake.
I tweeted
(@mrsWinePrincess)
Still pregnant….but so far one of the moments I felt that I was slowly on my way of becoming like my mother was when at the grocery store last week I decided to stock up on cupcake wrappers because I know that my mom never ran out and I definitely don't want to be the momma that doesn't have all the necessities for cupcakes!
I realized I had become my mother after finding out I had Melanoma – because I am now just as obsessed with sunscreening my child as she always was.
The moment I realized I became my mother was when my little girl was crying and I said, "If I couldn't cry any better than that I would quit." I used to hate it when my mom said it and now I catch myself saying it alot,
I became a fan!
And, I don't have Twitter… but, if I did, I'd totally tweet about the giveaway! And, yes, I'm trying to sneak in an extra entry
I knew I had become like my mom when I started looking for natural, homeopathic remedies verses traditional medicines! Peppermint Oil anyone?
I became like my mom when I realized I had my crying baby on my lap at the dining room table as I was trying to eat, carry on a conversation with my husband, and flip through a magazine at the same time. Who does that?! My mommy.
I realized I was my mother when I was at the zoo with 3 kids, one on a "baby leash" and the other I was telling to wipe her nose on the inside of her shirt. Things I swore I'd never do!!
I new I had become my mother the day I looked at my four year old and (in response to the millionth question of the day) said because I'm the mom and I said so that's why. I used to hate it when my mom said that to me!
I realized I had become my mother when I walked by the mirror in my bedroom and thought it was her. OMG! It was me!!
Good thing my mother is amazing or else I'd be in some big trouble!
I'm a Bright Starts FB fan!
I'm sure there are other moments, but today I asked my toddler to stay out of her brother's room, because I had just vacuumed. Seriously. My mom was crazy about keeping the vacuum lines unwalked on, and I never wanted to do that!
I knew I had become my mother when I dressed my daughter in her cutest smocked outfit, lacey socks, and shoes just to go to the grocery store!
I realized I had become my mother one Saturday when I got up at 7am to clean the house. I still weep for that day.
I knew I became my mother when I started throwing my right arm across the passenger seat whenever I had to suddenly hit the brakes. (Although, now she protects her purse instead of the passenger. I guess she's been riding alone for too long.)
I am a fan of Bright Starts on Facebook.
We always teased my mom about the fact that we would find her hot tea mug in the microwave because she had put it there to reheat it and gotten sidetracked before she could drink it. Again. Well, guess what I find in my microwave on a regular basis? Yep, my morning tea mug, still at least half full, even tho it's now supper time!
I am so my mother!
I'm now a fan of Bright Starts on Facebook!
I'm a FB fan!
I knew I became my mother when I decided to stop coloring my hair! Since I was 17, I had been a slave to the blonde highlights. I never understood why my mom refused to color her hair, although she went grey pretty early. She always said she was proud of her grey and didn't mind it, and to be honest, it blended nicely with her dark blonde natural color, and it really does suit her. Last year, at 27, I discovered my first grey hair. And, like my mom, I said "eff this. I'm ebracing my grey!" I've been through a lot to earn this grey hair, and in the right light, it really just looks like a shimmery light blonde… so I've been growing out the highlights ever since!
I realized I was becoming my Mom when I started calling the dog my baby's name and my baby by the dog's name on accident. I'm sure the problem will multiply when I have more children.
I became an FB fan!
The day I realized I was my mother was when I bought a coupon folder to store my coupons. The best part was when my husband told my mom about it, in a teasing manner and she told him she had one as well. Two of a kind!