Out of the womb, into the interwebs

Meet my nephew, so new that everyone still wants to sit next to him at family dinners, so precious that he has the ability to make my ovaries flip 798 miles away.

This is sweet Baby J, now 27 days old and waiting, bright-eyed and beautiful and patiently for Lil E and I to wrap ourselves around him without letting go for five days of our spring break trip to see him. He may love us a little less after we affix our lips and tickle fingers to his fresh and powdery skin, but we are preparing ourselves for that. We can live with that. OK, we can live with a little less love in return. Not a lot, but a teensy bit.

Until we get there, Lil E's baby cousin is spending some of his snoozing and waking hours bundled in this pretty sling (and I love this) that is an easy pouch that fits mama and snaps to adjust for his papa to wear too. Since a sling was, hands down (and up...and carrying lukewarm tea and half a glass of wine and the New York Times crossword puzzle until inevitable completion) the baby gear I owned (and I owned plenty of them), it makes me so so so happy that Baby J and his parents are loving it as well.

I bought (yes, with real money) this one from my favorite sling-fashioner, Hotslings. Although I'm not AP-nutty (more power to you if you are), this one is AP-nuttable. I adore the super-soft and durable fabrics in pretty, pretty prints. But most of all, I love that baybayyyy who is sleeping in it.

For now. Because once I get there, I am so wrangling that kid out of there, into my arms and in front of my camera.

Say hello. I think we're keeping this kid.

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What goes nicely with a discount? A Dadoo Kids giveaway, of course

Late last night, I got an email from Christine at Dadoo Kids, who was delighted to see Lil E sporting the helicopter tee all over Sassafrass.

Christine needs a little lift right now because she's hit a pesky snag in selling her cute wares on the Dadoo site. While she takes on the big, bad state of California (go, mama, go!), she's made a great offer to Sassafrass readers.

Dadoo kids will give one of your lucky kids an eco-friendly, active-appropriate tee that my own boy gives two little thumbs up to.

The winner will receive a Dadoo Kids t-shirt in the design and size of your choosing from this page. 

Here's what you have to do. It's easy as  (yup) 1-2-3.

1. Leave a comment telling us which modernito design your little boo would like best. Also, feel free to offer up mama-to-mama words of encouragement to Christine.

2. Tweet the giveaway,using @sassafrassjess and @dadookids with the link to this post. 

3. Cross your fingers! While your doing that, be sure to file away the Dadoo Kids discount code for Sassafrass Readers on your iPhone or a Post-It Note so you can do some sale-shopping as soon as the shopping part of the site is up and running again (I will give you fair warning).

The giveaway ends Thursday at 11:59 pm. A winner will be announced Friday morning after I get back from dropping the kid and his show-and-tell haul off at preschool.

A winner will be chosen at random. You have a good chance of winning since I forbid my mother from entering.

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Lil E's first review: Dadoo Kid's "Awe.Some. Helicopterrrr kid shirt"

The words were barely out of my mouth before he was nodding so hard that his shaggy hair was flopping down over his lit-up eyes and little pink ears.

I told him that a t-shirt was on its way to the Sassafam house. For him to review. And I asked if he'd be willing to wear it and give an honest opinion about how it looks and feels and works for a kiddo his age. He didn't have to say a thing (a rarity) for me to know he was in. Let's be honest, it could have only been a better offer if it was

a) anything Star Wars

b) anything Lego Star Wars

#3) "fancy mommy stuff" from Forever 21.

Moving on...

Then with only a few more words, I sweetened the deal even more. He was temporarily stunned, would have squealed like one of his princess-loving 5-year old lady-friends if he could have willed himself to. It was almost as if a million candy dinosaur sprinkles rained down upon him or I lifted the ban on potty talk anywhere other than the potty.

"And then," I said slowly, "I will do a photo shoot of you in the shirt."

Oh yes, he was in. He was so in.

The shirt is by Dadoo Kids, a company committed to making playful, modern clothes in organic cotton and bamboo blends. Christine Miller Kelly, the mom of two little ones who is running the brand new Dadoo, sent on the tee that arrived in sweet and careful packaging only a few days later. 

Lil E was ecstatic to get the helicopter tee, which he said was "SO. COOL." He saved it "for special" to wear on vacation. Here's what he had to say about it:

"It's like awesome. It feels soft. Plus, the colors are cool. I like the helicopter part. It's pretty much my new favorite cool shirt. Well...except for my Star Wars shirt. Oh, and my Lego Star Wars shirt. But after that...YEAH! It's AWE.SOME."

There aren't tons of products on the site and I did ooh over the girly tees and sweet little dress. But as the mama, I loved that the emphasis is on boy clothes and that the designs include sharks and blowfish and butterflies. Honestly, the fabric is so soft, it really does make snuggling this wiggly kid even better (if you can imagine that).

Not sure you want to invest in an organic tee (this is not Target pricing, friends). Lucky for you, Christine knows that mamas (and papas) deserve good deals and is offering a Dadoo discount code just for Sassafrass readers (that's you).

Use the promo code SASSAFRASS20 to get 20% off. Pass that on to all your helicopter, awe.some, cool shirt-lovin' friends.

Full disclosure: Dadoo sent the Sassafam this complimentary tee. The cost to you (before the discount) is $38 (and...heyyy, math....$30.40 with the code). The opinions given are honest and real (you can't make that kid stuff up).

Follow Dadoo Kids on Twitter @dadookids.

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