Find OC Babysitters with UrbanSitter

UrbanSitter is a new cutting edge online resource for OC parents to search and find occasional, part-time or full-time babysitters quickly and efficiently.

By creating a platform powered by your social media networksUrbanSitter searches for Orange County babysitters the friends and people in your circles use and love.

That means you can see the babysitters that have been personally recommended (used and reviewed) by your friends, local parents in your MOMS club, sports team, child’s school, etc.

Tiny Oranges is giving away a $100 UrbanSitter gift certificate compliments of UrbanSitter to one lucky reader to use towards babysitting so get ready to line up a date night or some much-needed mommy time!

We are also offering a $20 off code for the first 50 readers who sign up for UrbanSitter. Details below!

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OC Mommy and Me Groups

This post is for anyone that might be interested in OC Mommy and Me groups for moms of babies in their first year.

Even if that isn’t you, please forward this to your new or expectant mommy friends, because a mommy and me group like this for baby’s first year might be a dream come true for new moms needing a little support.

OC Mommy and Me groups meet once a week for 8 consecutive weeks for 1.5 hours in a beautiful office suite in Newport Beach. The groups are for moms with babies birth to one year old and are organized according to the baby’s birth month so the babies are all approximately the same age. 

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Organic Juice Bar Orange County

Now this truly is one JUICY find! If the holidays have left you feeling a little BLAH from overindulgence, this Orange County organic juice bar is the perfect way to do a little sugar cookie detox.

Organic Tree Juice Bar in Dana Point offers fresh, organic, raw juices and smoothies that are made to order so you can kick start a clean 2013.

Founded by husband and wife team, Rachel and Brian Dunn, this dynamic duo believes in the power of consuming raw organic fruits, vegetables, live foods and wheatgrass for overall health and wellbeing. Proponents of this healthy living lifestyle, they inspire a holistic approach to life, but not a scary holistic, a relaxed and approachable OC type of holistic.

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The Parenting Doctor Parenting Passport

The Parenting Passport handbook by The Parenting Doctor, Dr. Ann Corwin, is a simple, go-to parenting guidebook for all of your parenting challenges. And quite simply, it is the best $12.95 you will ever spend!

Moms, have you ever heard yourself say any of the following?

“You should know better!”

“I’m not telling you again!”

“I have told you a million times!”

“If you don’t knock that off, we are NOT going to play!” 

 

I have.  And I know that most times…

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Why I Love My Husband

[Photo credit: Kristin Eldridge]

I met Fawn, creator of the Happy Wives Club, last fall at Bloggy Boot Camp and was immediately fascinated by the empire she has created celebrating happy marriages.

Her goal is to find at least 1 million happy wives who enjoy being a wife, adore their husband and are still head-over-heels in love all over the world.

I am member of the Happy Wives Club, because I genuinely AM a happy wife, so when Fawn emailed me this week telling me she is doing a link-up with bloggers who want to share the reasons they love their husbands, I jumped on board because I truly adore my husband.

And here some of the gazillion reasons why…

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