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Enjoy the Music, Stay Aware! AMPED Bluetooth Neck Band

December 21, 2016 By: Nanette

I received the AMPED Bluetooth Neck-Bands free of charge in order to facilitate this review and host the upcoming giveaway. This post also includes affiliate links. Keep reading so you can learn more about how you can enjoy your music with the AMPED Bluetooth Neck-Band and how you can win your own.

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As a mom, I worry about my kids’ safety. Wondering why I’m talking about my kid’s safety when I’m supposed to be reviewing a Bluetooth neck band well, I’ll tell you. So often I see people walking, running, cycling or even kids on skateboards in traffic with headphones on or earbuds in and they don’t hear the car coming behind them. It’s just not safe to drown out all ambient noise when listening to music or talking on the phone.

My kids aren’t out on the streets but even in the car, they have their headphones on and can’t hear me. What if I have to warn them of something like a sudden stop or worse an unavoidable situation and they can’t hear me because they have their headphones on? Not to mention what having music on so loud that it drowns out everything else could do to damage their hearing.

This is why I think the Amped Bluetooth Neck Band is such a cool product.

Just look at some of its features:

Three modes:

Adult Mode – maximum sound level of 98dB

Youth Mode – the maximum sound level of 85dB (So you don’t have to worry about hearing damage.)

Sport Mode – adult mode with additional sound muting time for maximum protection in extreme conditions such as fireworks and construction sites.

Retractable ear buds. The cord on them is flat so you won’t have that issue of tangled cords.
Noise Reduction Rating 24dB
Powered by a Rechargable battery which lasts up to 10 hours on a single charge. If you are using it for music. If you are using it with your phone, it won’t last that long.
Multiple earbud tip styles and sizes included. I love this! Sometimes it’s the little things that are going to make life a lot easier.
AC wall adapter and USB charging cable included.
Two color options – black rubberized and white/gray. Because of course, you have to be able to tell them apart with two kids or at least I do.
Small carrying pouch included. No more big clunky headphones to carry around in your purse because you know moms always get stuck carrying extra stuff around. That’s why our purses are so big.
Flexible. They basically fold up to fit into the carrying case and you can fit the charger in there as well.
Sweat resistant neckband.
Earbuds and Microphone. Works with both music players (iPods) and phones.
Easily connects to Bluetooth. We had no trouble connecting. Hey, if can make it work you can too.

Best of all, I love that my kids will still be able to hear the things going on around them while they are enjoying their music.

I did a quick unboxing video of the AMPED Bluetooth Neck-band so you can take a quick look at everything that’s included!

Now about that giveaway I mentioned. Tomorrow you’ll find the giveaway post here on the blog. I’m giving away one AMPED Bluetooth Neck-band. So make sure you bookmark this page so you can come back and enter tomorrow. You can click that little email button up top and you’ll be notified when the post goes live. Trust me you’re going to want one so make sure you enter!

Calming the Cough – V CLEAR EPs7630

September 19, 2016 By: Nanette

This post contains affiliate links. It is not a sponsored posted. I really believe in this product and know it works well for us and wanted to share it with you as well just in case you need it but hoping you stay healthy enough not to.

I don’t get sick often. When I say often I mean, maybe once or twice every 8 years or so. My kids used to get sick more often but thankfully they don’t anymore. Of course, with the start of the new school year and lots of germs, my daughter managed to bring home just enough germs to pass along a cold to me. It all starts with a dry or funny feeling in the throat then boom! I’ve got a cold.

But thankfully, several years ago our naturaupathic doctor’s office recommended V CLEAR EPs 7630. It’s an upper respiratory treatment. Cherry flavor so my kids don’t fuss about taking it. In fact, if they feel something coming on they’ll ask for it or ask me to purchase some if we’re out. It used to be easy to get, I’d just drive over the our doctor’s office and pick some up but we can’t do that now. So my next option is to pick it up on Amazon and just have it shipped straight to me.

I’m not one for taking prescription or over the counter medicines but V CLEAR really works. When even my husband says it works and asks for it when he’s having upper respiratory issues, then I know it works.

The active ingredient in it is Pelargonium sidoides 1X which shortens the duration and reduces the severity of upper respratory symptoms including congeston, hoarseness, cough, sore throat and headache. I’m just glad I had a new bottle in the cabinet. I recommend it to my friends and family when they are in need of something to help with upper respiratory issues. If you are looking for something with winter coming up, you might want to give it a try. It’s the only thing we’ve ever found that really works.

Finding Dory A “Different” View

June 21, 2016 By: Nanette

We were super excited to see Finding Dory when it came out. Seems like we’ve been waiting for it for such a long time. Well, I guess it has been hasn’t it. It’s been 13 years.

I thought baby Dory was just adorable, I mean really, just look at this face? Oh and her voice (Sloane Murray), watch the video below and you’ll see what I mean.

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How can you not smile at that? How does your heart not just melt?

Cuteness aside, there were so many angles and emotions to Finding Dory. As a special needs mom, I look at FINDING DORY and I love that almost every character has something that makes them “different”. Nemo has his little fin, Dory has her memory issue, Destiny is nearsighted and Hank has only seven tentacles. Yet each character is endearing and loved for who they are.

Dory – learned about herself, who she was, where she came from, who her family and her friends were. And a rush of emtions come through as she remembers little details about her life, her parents and friends. And that moment when she is going to meet her family, you feel all the emotions, anticipation and excitement just like she does.

Jenny & Charlie, Dory’s parents – as a special needs parent, the first thing I could relate to was Dory’s parents. When Jenny cries into her husband’s chest (well, he’s a fish so it’s probably not called a chest but you know what I mean) because she is worried for Dory’s future. I just wanted to cry right then and there. Because every special needs mom feels that way. We all worry and cry because of all the questions swirling around in our minds about the what ifs, how will they survive, what will they do questions. It’s kind of a unspoken thing that Dory has special needs even though she makes it quite clear that she does when she says, “I suffer from short term remembery loss”.

Nemo & Marlin – It broke my heart to hear Nemo ask his dad if they would have to say good-bye to Dory. But I loved how Nemo spoke up, how he made his dad see how Dory’s way of thinking was a brilliant way to look at life. While Dory’s thinking may have seemed a bit off, it didn’t make it wrong, it just made Dory who she was and they had come to love who she was.

Hank – A not so friendly, only out for himself Octopus or as Dory likes to point out a Septopus (he has seven tentacles not eight) learns a lot from Dory. Mainly he learns how to feel compassion and kindness with one of those three hearts he’s got. He turns out to not be as tough as he makes himself out to be.

It’s great seeing old favorites like Nemo, Marlin, Crush, Squirt and Mr. Ray and getting to meet some new ones. Destiny, a nearsighted Whale Shark (in case you were wondering where Dory learned to speak whale and yes that’s why Dory’s understanding of the language is a bit limited) and Destiny’s friend Bailey, a beluga whale with a bit of an echolocation problem or so he thinks.

FINDING DORY is so full of emotions – love, hope, understanding, anticipation and excitement.

FINDING DORY is now playing in theatres everywhere! Go see it with your family. It is really good. I’m hoping we can all go see it again.

Check out these other fun posts with free FINDING DORY printables:

FINDING DORY Free printable Memory Game & Activities

FINDING DORY Free Printable Coloring Pages

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