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From the Blogosphere
There are a million blog posts about how to be a good blogger, but this one from Dragos Roua entitled The 7 Traits of Highly Successful Bloggers is a stand out.
This photo was randomly tweeted by someone this week (I neglected to note who it was) and I have fallen in love with this intense, determined little bird.  He is going places!
An inspiring story from Treehugger about a Guatemalan village building a schoolhouse out of plastic bottles.  Talk about recycling!
I realize it might be …

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Attention Austin, Texas Moms!
If you have a baby that is currently six months or younger and is wearing disposable diapers, we are looking for YOU.
This Friday, January 29, 2010 UpSpring Baby will be at Trianon Coffee interviewing local moms about their opinions on a new product package.  We’ll be providing gourmet coffee, breakfast tacos and gift bags–plus each person who attends will …

Online Surveys & Market Research

Photo of the Week

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From the Blogosphere
This week, Treehugger featured a post about Scandinavian babies left out in sub zero temperatures. And they LIKE it.
If you’ve spent any amount of time on the internets you will appreciate this breakdown of Internet Argument Techniques from the comedic minds at Cracked.
Forbes lists the 20 Best Marketing and Social Media Blogs By Women.
Jonathan Fields has created a moment by moment recap of a Typical Blogger’s Morning.
ThetaMom encourages moms and bloggers to speak out about defective products and shares her story …

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From the Blogosphere
MomLogic brought my productivity to a screeching halt when she posted this video of the Dumbest Exercise Ever.
A Mom in Red High Heels is not about to let us forget our New Year’s fitness resolutions just yet.
Mommies Daily wrote an excellent post on 10 Tips to Boost your Breast Milk Production.
Mom4Life graciously let me write a guest post on her blog:  Pregnant-ista!
Dr. Mom Online reminds us that Motion Is Life.
Natural Papa reminds dads that they need to run and play more …

Using the handy dandy random number generator at Random.org, I entered the number of comments on the blog post (29) and the number #12 was selected.
Commentator #12, “Sarah” has been contacted via email and we’ll be shipping her Walking Wings out to her ASAP.  In the meantime, stay tuned for another big giveaway which will drop tomorrow!
Thanks for playing, ya’ll!

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This past November UpSpring Baby proudly released our newest product:  Shrinkx Hips.
This postpartum belt can be worn immediately after having a baby (long before you have the “go ahead” to start working out again) and takes advantage of the hormone Relaxin that is released in your body prior to delivery.  Relaxin helps keep your muscles and ligaments loose so that your body can stretch and shift without injury while giving birth.  What few people realize is that it stays in your body for almost two months after delivery, so wearing …

Every Friday I’ll be posting a digest of my favorite blog posts from all corners of the internet, along with my #FollowFriday Twitter list and other points of interest that I’ve collected throughout the week.  If you have a particularly good blog post or think there’s something special out there that should be included for next week, feel free to email me at amanda@upspringbaby.com.
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From the Blogosphere
The Meanest Mom gets schooled about what it means to really be needy during a recent shopping trip at Target.
Problogger has …