Favorite Products Places and People from the Portland BabyFest Show: Stuff You Need & A Free Offer

Loving that Nenu teether!!!

Boy, the twins keep me busy! So busy that I haven't had a chance to blog about the amazing vendors and fun we had at the NW BabyFest Shower Show, so figured better late than never! 

Here are my favorite items and vendors from the show. 

1. Play Boutique - in Lake Oswego and Beaverton - I am dying to try this place out! The gals at the show were so nice to chat with and when the babies get a bit older I'll definitely be heading here for some play dates!
   
2. Connie Mintz Photography - totally darling infant photography here - great to pin for inspiration! I had my infant photos already done by Steffi K Photography and I adore them, but I did love the photos that Connie had on display at the show!
3. Naturepedic Certified Organic Crib Mattresses: looked fabulous. We bought organic crib mattresses for the twins from Costco for just $99 each including delivery so I have to give them a shout out here and I also like the look of this eco friendly Sealy Serenity Soy foam Organic Crib Mattress* from Amazon - we have a soy foam mattress for our older daughter and she LOVES it!. Please don't use second hand mattresses for babies - it is not just second hand cigarette smoke but research has found that mold and fungus grows on the foam used in mattresses no matter how carefully they are stored. We didn't even reuse our old organic one! 
4. Suki Moon Sound Sleep Crib Cushi's - an ingenious way to keep baby asleep in the center of the crib -  no more jammed up against the rails!  I couldn't afford two of these for the twins as they are kind of spend, and luckily the twins stayed pretty well in their cribs with just the occasional jammed leg or arm to deal with in the middle of the night. If I had one restless sleeper, I'd be getting one of these! The inventor was there at the show and was really passionate about her product - always great to see! 
5. AsqOregon.com - free online questionnaire to check your child's development from birth to age five for parents, family members and caregivers... Receive confidential results, a copy of the questionnaire along with fun play activities and parenting tips - I love getting ideas for fun play activities that I can pull out when my personal creative well dries up!
6. Enfamil - I am a breastfeeding mama, but if that doesn't work out for you, Enfamil offers tons of free samples - many hospitals no longer offer these (to encourage breastfeeding) but you can ask for a flyer with a code from the hospital or pediatrician and call the Enfamil Resource Center at 1-855-263-9267 with your code for a free case of formula to try.  They gave us these flyers with codes at the show. I like that they offer a supplementing formula for breastfeeding mamas*, which the twins liked when they tried it, but it is not organic, so in a pinch I also like Similac's Organic Formula*
7. Nenu teether bugs and spoons*: These ingenious little things remain a firm favorite with the twins! It was fun to meet the inventors of these nifty teethers - I bought two of each of the teethers and spoons* at the show! The twins love the sticking out nubs - and the spoons - with built in spoon rest. Unfortunately the spoons did not fare well in the battle with the disposal (sigh) but the teethers are still going strong! I also love that the company donates to No Kid Hungry and Water for Life.  
8. Healthy Child Healthy World provided a great little pocket guide with suggested brands that meet Healthy Child's "strict standards for safer non-toxic products". 
9. Green Toys - My twins LOVE their bath time submarine* and tugboat* (which also act as a water pourer for washing hair!) and I LOVE that they are not bathing with BPA and other toxins! We were lucky enough to receive these as a gift and I hadn't realized just how cool they were until I read the info from the BabyFest Show!
10. Plum Organics - organic snacks for babies, toddlers, and kids. For those times when I just don't have time to whip up a healthy option, or we're caught out and about at mealtime, I always have a couple of pouches in the diaper bag! Sign up for their club and get $50 in coupons and deals :) The twins favorites are the Blueberry Oats and Quinoa mishmash* and the Spinach Peas and Pear*
11. Happy Baby brand foods - hello! My twins cannot get enough of the organic puffs and they are great to keep them occupied while I get the real food sorted out!
12. Hyperbiotics Pro-Kids formula - probiotics just for kids! I purchased and used these when my little man had to take antibiotics after surgery to keep  his system healthy! If you would like to try a FREE BOTTLE (yes, you get a reward for making it to the end of this post, use the code BAYOU at checkout. This gives you $25 off (I think!) In August 2015, the company is also giving away a free immune booster with your order, so you get both for free.

That's all I have time to share today as the twins just woke up from their afternoon nap, but enjoy!!!! More to follow soon!!!

*Disclosure: I bought  VIP tickets for the show, so I did receive some free samples and coupons from some of these vendors - other products I purchased myself - any affiliate links are noted with an asterix (and thank you in advance for using them - when you use these links you pay exactly the same but amazon redirects a small amount of the purchase price to bloggers like me, which helps fund my blog :) All opinions are my own. And I'm pretty picky! 

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