"Showering Mommy & Baby" Giveaway Event! - Kimochis Review & Giveaway

**CLOSED**

Winner: Random.org #229 - Dana

--Winner has been emailed. She has 48hrs to respond before a new winner is chosen-- 

A Thank You to Kimochis & to all of you wonderful readers who entered! :)

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Meet the characters:

Cloud:  tends to be a little moody and unpredictable. Cloud comes with the emotions happy, sad and mad.  This doll can be especially helpful to children who have a hard time controlling their emotions.

Huggtopus: is a boisterous and happy go lucky character, who often overwhelms her friends with her boundless energy and big hugs.  She comes with the happy, silly and frustrated emotions.  Huggtopus can be helpful to children who are working on the concept of personal space and boundaries.

Bug: is frightened by change.  She is accompanied by the happy, brave and left out feelings pillows.  Bug can be a reassuring friend for children who have difficulties with transitions and unfamiliar situations.

Cat: loves to be the boss.  She comes with the happy, cranky and curious emotion pillows.  Cat makes the perfect learning companion for kids who tend to get a bit bossy with their playmates.


I was drawn to these dolls because I know first hand that young kids can be overwhelmed by the emotions. Makenna has definitely had a hard time telling us how she feels and struggling with expressing them properly. 
Kimochis were designed to provide a fun way to guide kids, toward acceptable ways to express themselves. Each adorable doll has a pocket to hold small emotion pillows representing different feelings. If your child feels a certain way then they can easily just bring you one of the pillows to help express themselves.

We were sent Cat for review. Makenna is a huge stuffed animal fan so took to Cat right away. She loves to put the pillows in Cats tummy and play with the band-aids when Cat is cranky. I think she caught on pretty quickly to the idea of what the pillows were for because she does occasionally bring me a pillow if she is feeling a certain way. She will tell me why she is feeling that way and then when I ask her how we can fix it she is getting better at telling me ways she will feel better.
Each Kimochi also comes with a guide book to help you, the parent, to help your child(ren) appropriately communicate their feelings. It includes lessons and activities for you to go through and read. On each page it talks about multiple emotions then explains what that emotion means so your child can get a better understanding on her emotions at this early stage. 


Sometimes even as parents as much as we try to explain to our kids what our emotions are, I know it can be hard. Makenna used to ask me what certain things meant and I feel so weird that I cannot come up with a response (cuz to me it's so simple to know what something means...), like what does "upset" mean, and how it is just another way of saying "mad". Makenna would then go on to ask how if upset means mad then 'why do we say upset and not just mad', pretty much. 

Buy it:

The Kimochis dolls are available online at Kimochis.com, and retail for $25 each.  Additional feelings pillows are also available there and come in packs of 5 (4 preprinted, and one blank so you can make your own) and retail for $12 a pack.

Win it:

You can win your child their very own Kimochis!

Here's how you can win it:

(Please read my tutorial on "How To Enter My Giveaways" if you are unsure about anything)

(PS:: PLEASE be sure to include your email in EVERY entry!! I need to contact you if you win!)

Mandatory first entry: Follow me on Google Friend Connect AND Go to Kimochis.com and tell me another fact about your favorite character.

(Mandatory entry MUST be completed FIRST for any other entry to count!!!)

Extra Entries: Please leave a separate comment for each additional entry.

3 entries - "Like" Kimochis on Facebook. (Leave a post on their wall and tell them you're from doubledutymommy.com)

2 entries - Become a Double Duty Mommy fan on Facebook.

1 entry – Follow me on Twitter

1 entry – Tweet about this giveaway (Leave ur tweet hyperlink, please!!!):

Help ur child express their emotions with a KIMOCHIS plush toy @jmercurio19 http://bit.ly/b7E4aA (6/11) #win #giveaway

(can RT tweet 3 times a day w/ at least a hour in between then comment again!)

2 entries – Subscribe to this blog by RSS and/or email. (You must verify your subscription for these entry to count. I do check and I will delete your comment if my feed says "unverified")

2 entries – Vote for me on Top Baby Blogs and Top Mommy Blogs. Enter one separate comment for each site you vote on.

 

(You may click each link THREE TIMES a day. AFTER a hour wait each time.

Then leave a separate comment each time.)

3 entries – Put my *NEW* blog button on your site. Leave me a link so I can find it. (Leave 3 separate comments)

3 entries - Put my *NEW* "Showering..." event button on your site. Leave me a link so I can find it. (Leave 3 separate comments)

5 entries - Blog about this giveaway. Blog post MUST include links back to Double Duty Mommy AND Kimochis to count. Leave me the link in your comment.

NO BLOG??  5 entries - Post a FACEBOOK status update about this giveaway. Status MUST include         links back to Double Duty Mommy AND Kimochis to count. Leave me the link in your comment.

(ur FB page cant be private though :/ To get the link: Click on the time of your post and then copy the address bar link provided. CAN ONLY DO ONE: Blog post OR Facebook post!!!!)

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**No other monetary compensation was received for this review - I was sent the product(s) to review at no cost to me. The views and opinions are strictly my own. Your results and views may differ.

Giveaway is open to USA & will close on June 11th, 2010 at 9pm EST! Random.org will be used to choose the winner who will then have 48 hours to respond to my email before a new winner is chosen. Good luck!**