contest: win baby gear from Bright Start!

Between sleepless nights, constant spit-up and having a bundle you have to carry around all the time (at least for the first few months), life with an infant can be trying.

Enter the Bright Starts Facebook contest and make your life a bit easier. During May, June and July, Bright Starts is giving away the entire InGenuity™ Collection in the new Briarcliff fashion to one lucky winner per month, and that winner could be you!

This prize package, valued at more than $450 includes five amazing products, Perfect Place High Chair, Automatic Bouncer, Cradle & Sway Swing, SleepEasy Playard and Smart & Quiet Portable Swing to help make life easier.

Talk about easy...Entering to win only takes three simple steps. Visit the company's facebook wall: www.facebook.com/BrightStarts?ref=ts&sk=app_146242398774397, share your story about how Bright Starts has made your life easier, then vote! The winner of this baby gear upgrade will be chosen by the greatest number of votes, so don’t forget to tell your family and friends to stop in and vote!

For more info on Bright Start products, go to www.BrightStarts.com.

WIN IT: Trip To L.A.

Do you have a funny or romantic Valentine's Day memory to share?

Go to www.facebook.com/caredotcom and tell your story for a chance to win a trip for two to Los Angeles, including round-trip airfare, a two-night hotel stay at the luxury SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills (www.starwoodhotels.com). You'll also get dinner for two at SLS’s Bazaar restaurant and a private VIP tour of the Warner Bros. Studio lot, where “Valentine’s Day” was filmed. Twelve finalists will each receive two tickets to see the film. In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, Care.com will also provide the winners with a free one-month premium membership to find that perfect babysitter. Here are the details: All entries should be rated PG. The twelve finalists will be selected during the months of January and February 2010. One Grand Prize Winner will be selected from among the 12 finalists in February. Three Finalists will be selected by a panel of judges on or around each of the following dates: January 23, 2010, January 30, 2010, February 6, 2010, and February 13, 2010. One Grand Prize Winner will be selected from among the 12 Finalists on or around February 13, 2010.

just one more week to enter the braininsights giveaway contest!!

You have the chance to win the easiest and real way to support your baby's brain development! Do you want to win a free gift set of the beautiful and unique braininsights packets for newborn to three-year-olds? All you do is, sign up to be a follower of kidandcaboodle and add a comment to the braininsights post about a fun, interactive activity you do with your child! (include your email address so I can contact you). Then post the link to your kidandcaboodle comment on another social networking site. You will get a chance to win the set and you will be contributing to creating greater awareness of real brain development! A winner will be chosen at random on November 24th...it may be you! By signing up for the kidandcaboodle site, you will get updates on the giveaway, lots of ongoing parenting information and you'll also get to see all the shared ideas from other parents! So sign up now....and enter as many times as you'd like. Just make sure you post the link on a social networking site each time! Also, watch for the three- to five-year-old gift set contest coming soon!