The UpSpring Baby Team has had an exciting year and we wanted to take a moment to share with you all the reasons we are thankful:
“I’m thankful for the amazing spirit and tenacity of the UpSpring Baby team and our wonderful and loyal consumers at UpSpring Baby who provide so much great feedback regarding our products and help to continuously make us better.   I’m thankful for my sweet and sassy 7-year-old, Drake who inspired me to start UpSpring, and that I am able to …

Caroline Caskey-Goodner is UpSpring Baby’s highly driven, yet totally fun-loving CEO.  With Caroline at the helm, our team has been able to grow our business with creative freedom, positive energy, and a collaborative environment.
Caroline grew up in Houston, Texas and earned her undergraduate degree at Duke.  She then went on to earn her business degree at Rice University.  In 1993 she founded and operated Identigene, a company that did DNA identification testing.  In 1997 she sold Identigene to another strategic company in the same space.   She also founded …

UpSpring Baby’s Momerati is a weekly digest featuring the best of the best from our favorite parenting blogs around the web. If you have a submission/suggestion for next week’s digest, please email amanda@upspringbaby.com.
The Small Fry asks the ever-pertinent question: Does Having a Baby Mean Losing Myself?
Baby Makin(g) Machine is gearing up for the arrival of her little girl with Books, Toys and Snoop (oh my!)
BabyToBeTV reviews the handy-dandy Baby Dipper Bowl.
DadLabs reports on the state of dads in today’s PTA.
Lil Sugar had Five Reasons Mom Should Stop Smoking.  (Do …

Congratulations to yesterday’s winner, Raina (commentator #8)!
Today, UpSpring Baby is very excited to giveaway one of our very popular Shrinkx Hips belts.  Shrinkx Hips is a postpartum body-shaper which takes advantage of the hormone Relaxin found in yoLeur body for up to eight weeks after giving birth.  Relaxin keeps joints and ligaments loose, making it easy to guide your hips back into place.  When worn daily, 95% of women who used Shrinkx Hips were able to regain their pre-pregnancy hip size.
And what is even more exciting is this:
Shrinkx Hips is …

Congratulations to Becky (commentator #3) from yesterday’s giveaway on winning Walking Wings and a copy of Baby 411!
Today’s giveaway is a 12-pack box of Milkscreen, the only home test to detect the presence of alcohol in breast milk and a copy of Baby 411 by Denise Field and Ari Brown, MD.
To enter, leave a comment and let me know what your favorite “adult” beverage is.
Not only will you be entered to win today’s giveaway (winner will be announced here on the blog tomorrow) but you’ll also …

Congratulations to Amy (commentator #7) from yesterday’s giveaway thread.  Using Random.org’s number generator I entered the total number of comments from the thread and it selected her lucky number!
Today’s giveaway is Walking Wings, the toddler walking assistant that provides support and safety for babies who are just learning how to walk–and helps prevent back pain and discomfort for parents who are guiding them as they take their first steps.  Walking Wings is an interactive parent/child tool that is fun to use.
Today’s winner will receive their choice of a pink or …

Meet Kimberly Schram, VP of Marketing here at UpSpring Baby as she visits our local Babies R’Us where you can now find Shrinkx Hips!

The official UpSpring Baby End-Of-Quarter celebration took place Monday at P.F.Chang’s downtown Austin.  We ate, swapped stories about our kids, and congratulated one another for the hard work each member of our team has put in to grow our company.  Good times!

Caroline Caskey Goodner (CEO) and Lisa Williamson (CCO)

Julie Jumonville (CIO) and Caroline Caskey Goodner (CEO)

Kaitlin Rhodes (Operations)

Kimberly Schram (VP, Marketing)

Matt Pope (COO)

Amanda Quraishi (Social Media Manager) and Valerye Rowe (Controller)

Check out this adorable review of Walking Wings, including a demonstration by sweet Baby Emma!  BabyToBe.tv is also giving away a Walking Wings to one lucky viewer.  Leave a comment on her blog to enter.

The ladies of UpSpring Baby (with a few notable exceptions) took a well-deserved break today to have lunch and celebrate the end of a very successful first quarter!

Gillian Robb (Sales)

Kate Rhoades (Operations) and Kimberly Schram (VP, Marketing)

Valerye Rowe (Operations and Uncooperative Photo Subject)

Lisa Williamson (co-founder)