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This is a compensated review from BlogHer and Sonicare for Kids.

When BlogHer Ads contacted me about doing a paid review for the Philips Sonicare Toothbrush for Kids I jumped at the chance. I admit, I was a bit biased already. I bought myself a Sonicare toothbrush years ago, about 15 years (or so) ago. I love that toothbrush! It still works; the only thing I’ve had to do was buy new heads as necessary.

So this review is not about the toothbrush I bought so long ago (that still works). This review is about the new electric toothbrush they are offering for children (I have high expectations). This review was intended for children ages 4-10. I have three children that fit this age range. I thought at first I would have my almost 10 year old and my 5 year old help me with this review. That would cover both ends of the age range requested.

I thought better of that after I gave it deeper thought. More on this in a minute.

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StartWrite from the start

Recently Jessica over at Balancing Everything wrote about making writing paper for her children to practice handwriting. I did that a number of years ago myself. Not being able to find exactly what I wanted for my children I got to work in my word processor and made what I wanted and I even got all happy with it and made a page for each child’s level. At that time I had three different sheets for handwriting levels. Jessica’s post reminded me of those days and that I don’t do that anymore.

Then one day I found a really cool program called StartWrite. This nifty little program allows me to create and print handwriting worksheets for them. Not only can I print worksheets for them, I can print plain paper for them as well.

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Sponsored post: Carter’s Diaper Bag Review

I signed up to do reviews at ReviewMe and this is my first paid review.

The website is called withcharacterkids. For all the children out there that just love products with characters and for the parents who want to have character themed items on their baby’s gear this would be the site for you. I am personally not a big fan of so much placement of characters. I have no problems with my children having favorite characters. I just choose not to buy many items like that as my children have proved to change their minds so often with what is great today may not be great next week. Through the years with these six children of mine we’ve had many favorites; some have stood the test of time and others have gone away with the times, but they are all a part of what my children have liked. We’ve had (and have) Thomas the Tank engine and almost all his friends. Some Carter’s items and Little Einstein’s as well. Having said all those things let me just say that withcharacterkids has many other products than just the ones with characters on them. There are diaper bags, bedding, and room decor for the baby to the tween.

Being the mother of six and having gone through many baby items I have chosen to give a quick review of a diaper bag that they sell.
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