Cool Monday Giveaway!

Sign up here with your email address to receive a weekly newsletter with a summary of Born & Bred’s tips, news, musings, sales, and other highlights for expectant parents and new parents with children up to 24 months.

MEET THE CONTRIBUTORS

LEAH BLACK
Leah Black is the founding editor of New York Family Baby. She is the former executive editor of New York Family and has a 1-year-old son, Avi.

AIMEE DALY
Aimee Daly is a meat eater living in Queens with her vegetarian husband and finicky daughter. She spends her time coming up with meals that everyone will enjoy after spending most of the day keeping her toddler occupied. Prior to mommyhood, Aimee had a full-time career in human resources at a Fortune 500 company and was addicted to crocheting.

NATALIE DIAZ
Natalie Diaz, mom to 6 year old "twinnies," is the founder of Twiniversity, the nation's fastest growing free online community for parents of multiples as well as a class series for expectant parents right here in NYC. Natalie is also the director of the Manhattan Twins Club, where she learned how important support is when parenting your multiples. She is a teacher, motivational speaker, twin mother advocate, humorist and writer.

DEBRA FLASHENBERG
After several years as a yoga student, Debra Flashenberg became certified as a vinyasa yoga instructor and is now Director of the Prenatal Yoga Center, Prenatal & Postnatal. After being witness to several "typical" hospital births, Debra felt it was important to move beyond the yoga room and be present in the birthing room. Drawing on her experience as a prenatal yoga teacher, labor support doula and childbirth educator, Debra looks to establish a safe and effective class for pregnancy and beyond. Debra is the proud (and tired) mother of new baby boy, Shay.

KRISTEN HAAS
Kristen Haas lives in the New York area with her son Dylan and husband Derek. Prior to mommyhood, she worked as a full-time editor. Since becoming a mom, Kristen freelances as an editor, has become an expert baby wrangler, and (when she has time) enjoys cooking, baking and writing. You can see more of her work on her blog, Adventures Of A Mama.

LIZA HUBER
Liza Huber is an author, wife, mother of three and an Ambassador Mom for the March of Dimes. She is the Founder of Sage Spoonfuls, a new book and product line that gives moms all the tools they need to make homemade baby food with ease. She believes in feeding babies fresh, whole foods to give them the healthiest start to life and prevent picky eating as they grow into toddlers. She shares her knowledge on feeding your baby solids as well as her experiences as the mom of a preemie here on New York Family Baby.

ANGELA JOHNSON
After 10 years of working in the television industry, Angela Johnson is a freelance writer and stay-at-home mom. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and daughter. In the very little free time she has, she enjoys practicing yoga and baking. She also considers herself a very amateur DJ.

KATIE MAIN
Former New York Family editor Katie Main welcomed her first child, son Sam, last summer. Originally from the South, she lives in Brooklyn with her family.

ELISABETH REED
Elisabeth Reed is the shopping editor for Born and Bred. Prior to becoming a freelance writer, she worked in the financial services industry. Elisabeth was born and raised in New York and loves exploring the city with her husband and two children, Brandon and Julia.

ALEX RICHARDS
Alex Richards is a writer/artist living in Brooklyn with her husband, toddler Trixie, and two disinterested cats. In addition to her young adult novel, "Back Talk", and a degree in photography, her pastimes include making no-budget horror flicks, cooking, finding new ways to love glitter, and hanging out with her fantastic daughter.

MEGAN ROBINSON
Megan Robinson is a writer and mother of one. Originally from Oklahoma, she lives in Brooklyn with her Egyptian-born husband and their toddler daughter. In her former life, she worked in marketing communications for a financial services firm.

FAYE ROGASKI
Faye Rogaski, who is expecting her very first child this spring, is the founder of Manhattan based socialsklz:-) tools to thrive in the modern world. The program offers fun, interactive life tools for kids and young adults including social interaction and communication skills. She is an adjunct professor at New York University, she lectures throughout the tri-state area on personal branding and is on the board of the American Heart Association. She%u2019ll be sharing her journey as a NYC business owner, juggling the day modern day joys and quandaries as an expecting/new mom, in the big city.

AMITY SPIEGEL
Amity Spiegel is a total beauty junkie who lives in Brooklyn with husband Mike and son Cole. She is an esthetician with a holistic focus, a once and future triathlete, a lover of trashy rock biographies and healthy eating and cooking.

All-Natural Shampoo And Lotion Set For Baby

Of all the decisions, big and small, I've made over the past year about how to best care for my son, one of the things I've been most consistent about from the beginning is using safe products on his skin. When you have a newborn baby, you rethink what it means to be slathering lotions and washes full of chemicals on one's body. Yet, you still need to clean and moisturize your little one! So I've looked for baby products that are made with care and without potentially harmful ingredients.

One of the brands that I've come to really like is Jenerations Baby. Created by a mom who has been a hairstylist and salon owner for over 14 years, their products are organic and free of harmful chemicals (so 100% sulfate- and paraben-free). It's so in-demand it was even included in the celebrity gift bags at the Oscars!

This week we're giving away a set of Jenerations shampoo/body wash and lotion to a lucky reader. To enter to win it, follow this blog by signing up for its free newsletter using the box on the top right of this page. (Anyone who is already following "Born & Bred" can participate as well.) Then email us at newyorkfamily@manhattanmedia.com by Friday, May 20 at noon, putting "Jenerations" in the subject line. To increase your chances of winning, leave a comment under one of this blog's previous posts, "like" one of our posts on Facebook, or Retweet one of our posts--and indicate you've done so in your email. Good luck!

RSS, TWITTER & FACEBOOK

MEET THE CONTRIBUTORS

Cool Monday Giveaway!

All-Natural Shampoo And Lotion Set For Baby