I’m really really hoping that enough of you were influenced by our post yesterday about the DIAPER act that you will sign the petition. In general, it’s not my goal to boss our readers around, but rather to inspire them to get out of the house and do fun stuff — with babies in tow.
I do love to hear what — if anything — reading Rookie Moms has motivated you to do lately, whether it was one of our activities for moms on maternity leave or reading a book we mentioned.
Here are some examples of the impact that *word of mouth* has had on les Rookie Moms recently. I guess Heather and I are both easily influenced by things we read online!
- Shana posted a bevvy of choices for a postpartum wardrobe and Heather bought a shocking number of them.
- Then she purchased a
weirdinnovative pacifier for Sawyer because Alyssa Milano recommended it on Twitter. (I can’t even comment on this.)
- On ParentHacks, my friend Christine commented that walking your child to school is a good way to squeeze a workout into your schedule. That day, I embarked on a two-school pick-up walk-a-thon that resulted in me pushing nearly 80 lbs of kid, plus backpacks and rainboots in a single stroller for nearly two miles — a workout indeed!
- Kami mentioned her “jeggings” from Target as a comfy choice with boots and I went right out and bought them.
- Kristen posted about chocolate manufacturing and it’s relationship to the abuse of children in Africa, and I didn’t even watch the videos she shared (yet), but I started looking for opportunities to buy fair-trade chocolate instead of any that isn’t marked with that label.
- I saw this project posted on Pinterest by amazing crafty blogger Made by Dana and I did it with my kids
Source: madebyjoel.com via Whitney on Pinterest
What influenced you recently? Did someone at work tell you where they bought their cute iPhone cover? Did you download a book you heard about on Facebook? Did you decide to breastfeed because Kourtney Kardashian does?
OK, I love this “under the influence” idea. I may need to sponge it (crediting appropriately of course) at some point.
Can I tell you one thing I am refusing to be influenced by? Skinny jeans. Big butt girls can NOT wear skinny jeans. I can’t do it. My butt is too big. No matter how many times fashion blogs or friends say it looks great on everyone, it does NOT look great on everyone.
I ordered a Pizza Hut pizza online last night because they emailed me and I was too lazy to look up the number for a local place.
And I convinced a mom in Target to buy this last week:
http://thesilico.com/products.html
She was buying those disposable applesauce pouches (like 10 of them!) and I told her about this.
i’m trying to get inspired to exercise, but 7 months later i’m still having a hard time! isn’t Pinterest amazing though? i’ve had many crafty little inspirations from there too (like putting my baby in a pumpkin for halloween)!
Smoking Crayolas Blogspot
We love wubbanubs! They especially great for little guys when they’re learning to put the paci back in their own mouth.
I am hooked on Pinterest. I’m such an information junky and Pinterest just feeds my addiction. Mostly I’ve been influenced to try a lot of crafty and DIY projects I never would have done (or even thought of) before. (I never even knew what modge podge was!) These new diy ideas are helpful, because I’m also a big tightwad!
I also just retweeted and FB posted Kristen’s post on Fair Trade chocolate. I also have made the decision to be more deliberate in my treat choices this year and rule out Hershey’s for good.
I’m waiting until someone like Lindsay Lohan has kids to get the rest of my advice.
I just wanted to say that actually you inspired me this week! I made 4 super hero capes out of old men’s long sleeve work shirts from the website your recommended. http://capesandaprons.blogspot.com/2011/03/how-to-turn-work-shirt-in-to-superhero.html.
My two sons and their two cousins love their capes! The spent over an hour today just running in circles yelling “whoosh!” This is a great idea because the kids aged 17 months to 9 years old loved it! It was super easy and I was actually able to do it after getting my grandma’s old sewing machine and sewing for the first time in 10 years!
I also wanted to say that I love your blog and I have done so many of the things that you have posted about. Such and inspirational and helpful blog for woman who want to do things with their kids but are not good with coming up with ideas on their own. Thanks for all of the help!
I had seen that post about the fair-trade chocolate as well and opted not to buy chocolate candy for trick-or-treaters this year. The fair-trade options we buy for home consumption are too expensive for the 100+ kiddos we get at our house!
I also had no idea how many of my friends had smart phones until I asked Facebook what sort of cover I should buy for mine. The otterbox was the almost unanimous suggestion.
Yay! I hope you love your Target Jeggings as much as I do!
I have made a few things I’ve pinned lately, so that totally counts for under the influence, right?!