Tag Archive for ‘kid-inspired’
Stay-at-Home Mom Entrepreneurs Help Organize Messy Diaper Bags
Maythi Calvert and Robin Speas were two stay-at-home moms who were tired of yucky spoons, dirty diaper bags, and all around messiness. And together, they’ve come up with a solution — Spooneez utensil carriers.
You just place your spoons or other items in the Spooneez’s pockets, fold the top over, roll up, secure and you’re done. [...]
Mom Dedicates Her Life & Biz to Kids’ Safety After Losing a Son
After Alison Rhodes lost her first son, Connor, to SIDS, she knew she wanted to help other families keep their children safe. So she left an executive-level position at a top PR firm and dedicated herself to saving and improving children’s lives.
Alison is now the single mom of three children and is busy running Safety [...]
Mom’s Preemie Son Inspires A Hands-On Product
In 2001 Yamile Jackson gave birth to her son Zachary 12 weeks prematurely. He weighed less than 2 pounds, and when he was 3 weeks old, Tropical Storm Allison hit Houston, shutting down power and water in the hospital. The hospital staff, Yamile and her husband, Larry, had to keep Zachary alive by hand for [...]
Mom Creates Sweet, Stylish Doll Backpack for Girls
Roberta Wagner’s daughter wanted to bring her doll everywhere. Unfortunately, shortly into each trip she would tire of toting her toy and Roberta ended up being the one carrying the doll. The creative mom knew she wasn’t the only mom whose hands were constantly tied up carrying her daughter’s doll, so she decided to create [...]
Mom’s Invention Keeps Kids Entertained While Shopping
After a frustrating shopping trip with her 3 boys, Laura Hamrick knew she had to create something to help her time at the market go more smoothly. During her sons’ afternoon nap, she came up with OnTray, a plastic container that attaches to the handlebar of a shopping cart where you can place your child’s [...]
Mom Creates Fun, Stylish Flip Flops Inspired by Her Daughter
From the age of two, Sheena Edwards’ youngest daughter, Lizzie, had an obsession with shoes. While out shopping one day, Lizzie picked up a pair of $200 crystal-embellished flip flops and said, “Do they have my size?” At that moment, it dawned on Sheena that no one had ever created a mother-daughter line of shoes.
She [...]
Mom Fights SIDS by Helping Parents Position Infants Properly
As a neonatal nurse practitioner, Beth Rumack frequently taught parents to position their infants in car seats using rolled up blankets and towels. But these impromptu solutions were flawed — the supports could roll out of position and were hard to maintain over time, and the babies’ heads could slump, constricting their airway and causing [...]
Building an All Natural Kids’ Food Biz While Working Full Time
Jilea Hemmings loves to cook, but found she didn’t quite have the time she wanted to cook for her two young sons. She looked to the grocery store for healthy options her boys would like, but didn’t find what she was looking for. She talked to other parents who had this same issue, and she [...]
Snow-Loving Mom Creates Gloves Tailored to Kids’ Hands
When the weather outside was frightful, Kathy Partak had trouble getting her son, Mason, to wear mittens. He just didn’t like them, and from the time he was 2 years old, he refused to wear them. What he wanted were gloves, but Kathy couldn’t find a pair that would properly his small hands. So Kathy [...]
Seattle Moms Make School Lunches Greener
As eco-conscious Seattle moms, Karen Whorton (left) and Becky Harper felt there was a better solution for their kids’ lunches than plastic bags. They were already using multi-use lunch boxes, cloth napkins and reusable water bottles, but they did not have a reusable bag for sandwiches and snacks — and storage containers just seemed too [...]
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