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PBN June Webinar - A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words (and FlipCam winners!)

June 17th, 2009

When we read to our children, they always want to see the pictures. So it’s not surprising that we gravitate to blog posts that use photos artfully to emphasize and enhance interesting subjects and compelling writing.

If you’re a shutterbug, you’ll want to check out this month’s PBN webinar with professional photographer, published author, and blogger Tracey Clark of “Mother May I”. She will offer tips on taking and editing photos and incorporating them into your writing. Whether you take on-the-go shots of your kids or you break out the tripod and wide-angle lens for full-fledged photo shoots, you’re sure to learn something new with Tracey!

When: Thursday, June 18 at 10am PDT/1pm EDT

Where: Right at your very own computer

How: Email us at parentbloggers AT gmail DOT com to confirm your plans to attend. We’ll forward an official invitation with all of the registration and login details. Let us know if you don’t get it or have any difficulties.

While registration really is a piece of cake, please email us before the actual date of the webinar so that you don’t miss a single minute.

Even if it turns out that you aren’t able to attend, that’s okay! You can always check out the recorded webinar on our Vimeo page afterward.

Any questions, drop us a line. Looking forward to having you join us on Thursday!

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Thanks again to everyone who participated in our last regular Blog Blast, sponsored by Pull-Ups Training Pants! Congratulations to our five lucky FlipCam winners, chosen at random by Random.org:

Submommy - Adventures in Potty Training

Snarky Momma - “Point Your Wee Wee Down”

Secret Mom Thoughts - Just Don’t Let Him Know

Mama K NJ - Potty Mouth

Fairy Blog Mother - Get the Potty Started

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PBN Blog Blast with Pull-Ups: Tell Us Your Stinky Stories!

May 22nd, 2009

There’s nothing like potty training to send a parent over the edge - we’re all familiar with situations where we (or someone we know) refused to leave the house for fear of an accident and pooping in the potty is cause for celebration. Whether it was just a rite of passage or your arch nemesis, we want to hear your potty training stories - the good, the bad, and the stinky.

pottytrainingproject Speaking of potty training stories, we’re teaming up with the Pull-Ups brand and The Potty Project , a series of webisodes following the real life potty training adventures of six families with one goal: bye bye diapers.

Have you ever wondered, “When do I start?” or maybe “How long will it take?” Visit The Potty Project to follow these families towards potty training success and check out the tools and resources available to help parents (and kids) make potty training easier and fun!

Here’s how to participate:

Write a post on your blog about your potty training tales! Post anytime this weekend - today, May 22 to Monday, May 25 and include links to:

1) http://www.pull-upspottyproject.com
2) http://blog.parentbloggers.com

Make sure to send your blog post link to parentbloggers@gmail.com and we’ll round them up right here - so give your post a creative title!

What can you win?

Maybe you want to capture your own real-life potty project. Well, we’ve got FIVE Flip Video Cameras to give away at random (whoo!), plus a package of Pull-Ups training pants for each of the first 15 bloggers to send us a link to their post.

NO PRE-SCHEDULED POSTS. You’ve got to publish your post, copy and paste your permalink, and email it to us - anytime after 12:01am ET on Friday, May 22. Placement in the first fifteen bloggers will be based on the order in which we receive your emails, not the date/time stamp on your posts.

Check out all the posts below!

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Adventures in Potty Training

An iPod and a Potty Chair

A Potty Puzzle…

The Conversation Continues

Get the Potty Started

How to Crate Train a Child

If a Boy Goes in the Woods, Does It Still Count as Potty Training?

It’s Potty Time

It’s Potty Time (2)

I Want to Be Diaper Free!

Just Don’t Let Him Know

Let’s Talk Poop

Maybe She’ll Potty Train One Day

Me vs. Maya vs. the Potty

More Tales from the Potty Chair

Windex and Johnson’s Blog Blast Winners

May 19th, 2009

Congrats to Johnson’s Blog Blast winners Coffee House Mom and Carma Sez! Their posts From My Mom to Me and Pass on the Worry and other good stuff, won them a $250 Visa Gift Card.

And thanks to all of you who participated in the Windex “Your Best View” Blog Blast (and shared your awesome pictures in the Flickr Pool). The winner of a $250 Visa Gift Card (picked at random via random.org) is Erin from The Many Days of the DiCarolis Family and her post “The View from the Top.” Please email us at parentbloggers@gmail.com to claim your prize!

For more information on blog blasts, as well as other exciting opportunities, add our feed to your reader or sign up for our mailing list!