The Ju Ju Beane Boutique features playful designs and casual styles for babies and children from today’s most popular labels. We hope you enjoy browsing our designer collections of clothing, unique gifts and accessories, fashionable baby gear, and innovative toys and games. You’ll also find unique design choices for bedrooms, nurseries, playrooms, or anywhere you want color and fun to meet modern and contemporary!

Recognizing the desire of many moms to buy organic, Ju Ju Beane has a wide selection of organics for baby. From ja*lu blankets, bibs and burp cloths to B Nature organic clothing and bath and body products, Ju Ju Beane has everything to keep your baby covered in earth-friendly (and still cute and stylish) goods. I mean, seriously, how cute are these B Nature clothes?

Ju Ju Beane recently began carrying beautiful Fleurville diaper bags and accessories. It’s a tough choice because all Fleurville products are amazing (and there’s everything from wallets to weekender bags to kid’s backpacks), but I think the Ogo Blue Re-Run Hana Hobo is my favorite. In addition to being absolutely lovely, the bag is made of fabric that uses plastic bottles. Super cool.

I have to say my favorite section (of many great categories) may be the Nursery and Room Decor at Ju Ju Beane. Oh. My. Gosh. It is all too stinking cute. You can start with the beautiful selection of bedding for cribs and beds. Browsing through all the gorgeousness, I am happy to have found some designers that are new to me like Alli Taylor and Gustav Maxwell & Co.

I am absolutely IN LOVE with all the personalized wall art by Hip Kid Art. If you’re able to splurge, everything by Bubbles Decor is absolutely to die for.

Shop! Amazingly, Ju Ju Beane offers a price match guarantee! If you happen to find any of their products offered at a lower price on another website, simply contact Ju Ju Beane with the information and they will match the other retailer’s price! Yay!

Discount! Get your shop on with an exclusive discount to readers of The Shopping Mama. Use the code SHOP15 for 15% off your entire purchase at Ju Ju Beane Boutique! The code expires August 31.

Win! Ju Ju Beane is offering an amazingly generous giveaway with FOUR winners: three (3) $25 gift certificates and (1) Grand Prize $100 gift certificate!

How to Enter – you must complete this mandatory entry: Take a look around Ju Ju Beane Boutique and leave a comment with your favorite item.

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Thanks for linking up your giveaways on The Shopping Mama. I haven’t listed a new giveaway in a few days, but I can tell you I have some AMAZING things up my sleeve (er, in my shopping bag?) so stay tuned!

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I initially found Plum Organics when searching for healthy, organic alternatives to home made baby food. I was happy to discover that in addition to food for Baby, Plum Organics offers super cool USDA-certified organic food for Tots and Kids.

The Plum Organics Mission
We are dedicated to offering the finest, best tasting and healthiest organic foods for babies, toddlers and children. We believe that by exposing infants and children to authentic, minimally processed foods one can positively influence their taste buds and appreciation of healthy foods for life.

For Baby
Plum offers 8 varieties of flash-frozen foods for babies and early eaters. The flavors are anything but ordinary with options like Red Lentil Veggie and Mango Muesli. While the selections might sound unorthodox, the idea is to train a baby’s palate for a lifelong love of healthy food. You can’t argue with that theory.

I LOVE the idea of the Plum portable pouches for baby. Seriously brilliant and perfect for travel. Available in six varieties, the Pouches contain naturally preserved fruits and vegetables. The pouches are BPA-free, with a child-safe pouch and reseal in case your little one doesn’t eat the entire 120 gram serving at one feeding.

For Tots
Similar to the portable pouches for baby, Plum offers a fruit puree snack geared toward toddlers called Mish Mash. We packed the Peach Mish Mash when we flew to California a couple weeks ago. It was, not surprisingly, perfect for travel. (Although, we did get a funny look from the TSA agent!) This fruit snack is nutritious, self-contained and fun for little hands. Toddler Boy isn’t so adventurous and really wasn’t sure about the Mish Mash at first, which I think was due to the texture, but he got over it when he realized he could squeeze the pouch himself and that he actually liked the familiar taste. I think the Mish Mash is perfect for a day at the beach, or the park or anywhere you want to have an honestly nutricious snack without worrying about bruising fragile fruit or losing it to the sand and dirt.

The Plum for Tots line also includes Fruity Fingerfuls – an organic, toddler version of trail mix with dried fruit and grains – and Fiddlesticks – gluten free fruit and grain snack sticks.

Connect! Follow Plum Organics on Twitter and Facebook.

Shop! Plum Organics for Babies, Tots and Kids are sold at stores nationwide, including Super Target, WholeFoods and Babies R Us. Search for a local retailer on the Plum Organics website. And, you can now buy Plum for Tots Mish Mash online at drugstore.com – $14.99 for 16 pouches.

I’ve been a big slacker in the Ten Dollar Tuesday department. Truthfully, I’ve been slacking on all of my online shopping (*gasp* It’s true!) and as a result haven’t found great buys to share. So if you’re new to Ten Dollar Tuesday the premise is simple: once a week I feature a great bargain so you can get the thrill of a fun purchase without breaking the bank.

Is there anything cuter than these super sweet baby booties? Yes, the price tag! $5!

As stay at home mom, I’m often challenged to find ways to fill the day. I’m the first to admit that I am NOT creative when it comes to fun ways to keep Toddler Boy engaged in learning at home. As such, our usual games include racing cars, playing with trains and he watches more TV than I would like. That’s all well and good as far as he’s concerned but I am definitely interested in finding games and toys that will allow him to play AND learn at the same time. Luckily, I found Kid O, an online retailer that specializes in educational toys geared towards preschoolers.

About Kid O
Kid O is dedicated to enriching the play and learning experiences of preschool children at home. We provide families with the products, tools, and experiences they need to support their children’s journey toward becoming life-long learners and confident, independent adults. Everything we do and sell communicates our belief that children are competent, rich in potential, and worthy of respect and beauty.
Kid O generously provided us with three toys to enjoy: the Bilibo and two Kid O puzzles. The kids have really enjoyed all the toys, and even though they’re geared towards preschoolers, Baby Girl has also liked playing with them.

Bilibo
The first time I encountered a Bilibo was when Toddler Boy was just a babe and we were still living in Germany. I took him to the organized play group at the kindergarten in our village and at one point in the get together all the babies sat in a Bilibo and the mamas rocked and sang to them. I spent the entire time trying to figure out exactly what it was my child was sitting in and wondering what the other mamas were singing. (Obviously they were singing in German and I don’t know and certainly don’t sing German.)

I can now answer one of those questions! Here’s how Kid O describes the Bilibo:
Deceptively simple and magically attractive, Bilibo’s iconic shell shape and bright colors immediately appeal to children. Developed in collaboration with childhood development experts, Bilibo’s unique form arouses curiosity, engages the imagination, and encourages creativitiy.

We LOVE the Bilibo. The magic and genius behind the thing is that it’s nothing and everything all at the same time. It’s been so much fun coming up with new ways to use it , including spinning in it and hiding things under it. As you can see, we’ve found lots of creative uses for the Bilibo.

Hat. Hill for Cars. Seat.

Kid O Products
In addition to carrying a great collection of educational toys, Kid O also creates fabulous toys and puzzles. We’ve been enjoying Sorting Primary Colors and Recognizing Shapes.

Both sets are geared for children developmentally between Toddler Boy and Baby Girl, but both kids have still enjoyed these toys. Baby Girl has loved playing with the Sorting Primary Colors rings – she bangs them together and even tries to get them on their peg. With Toddler Boy, we’ve practiced counting and making patterns with the Primary Colors set. The Recognizing Shapes has been good for learning more about shapes by counting the sides on a square and triangle and comparing it to the circle.

Because of our experience and the great quality of the products, I think most kids will enjoy these toys for several years, both before and after the recommended age of one year.

To Buy… I highly recommend the Bilibo and the Kid O puzzles. We’ve really enjoyed each of them and I know they will continue to get lots of use as Baby Girl gets older. The Bilibo is $30,

Or Not to Buy… Honestly? It’s hard to come up with a reason not to buy a toy for a child that is affordable, educational, and doesn’t make noise or require batteries.

Shop! The Kid O website is AWESOME. You can browse products by age, activity, environment (bedroom vs playroom) and even educational philosophy (Montessori or Reggio Emilia). The Bilibo is $30, the Sorting Primary Colors is $14.99 and Recognizing Shapes is $9.99.