Here’s a baby shower you can attend without having to take a shower beforehand…and instead of having to pick up a pricey gift, YOU can win the baby gear gifts!

I hope you’ll join me this Wednesday December 16 at Nickelodeon ParentsConnect’s World’s Biggest Online Baby Shower.   This is your exclusive A Parent in Silver Spring invitation!

All day, from 10am – 8pm, this interactive online event on the incredibly addicting ParentsConnect Message Board will have shower games, parenting advice and oodles of awesome prizes.  You can flit in and out of the party throughout your day – the goods will be given out steadily throughout the party.

Take a look at the stuff they’ll be giving away  - an UppaVista Baby Stroller ($699 retail), a bloom fresco loft highchair ($500 retail), a Medela Freestyle breast pump (brand new of course, $379) – this one weighs less than one pound!, $300 Diapers.com gift cert (hey, I can still use this one for purchasing nighttime pullups), Britax car seats and tons of stuff more like bouncy seats, jewelry, edible treats, baby monitors, kids’ books, baby carriers…the list goes on.

The online party will be hosted by The Shower Diva Susan Newton, the guru of baby and bridal showers that are actually a blast…because you know we’ve all been to some stinkers. 

So my APISS-y friends, here’s how you join the par-tay:
1) Log In or Register for ParentsConnect.
Visit: http://www.parentsconnect.com/me/registration/index.jhtml

2) Head over to Pingg, RSVP “Yes!” and then use the “Share Invite” feature to invite everyone you know! The person with the most guests wins a $650 stroller! (Note: I’m not eligible – I’m inviting you guys so YOU can win!) 
RSVP here: http://parentsconnect.pingg.com/babyshower

3) Come to parentsconnect.com on December 16th anytime between 10am – 8pm ET for all the fun stuff about baby showers – the gifts! the games! – without any of the suck!
Visit: http://www.parentsconnect.com/connect/boards/bootcamp/baby_shower/chat_it_up.jhtml
and I’ll “see” you at the party – I’ll be logged on as JessicaAPISS.


Full disclosure:  I work part-time writing for Nickelodeon ParentsConnect, a gig that came out of winning the Momfinitions Twittermoms contest and the Parents Picks DC Best Blog title thanks to your votes (when awarded those I was *not* already a contractor.  Guess I won’t be eligible next year!)  It is my dream job, a dream of a company to work for and I’ve been loving their hilarious website about the reality of parenting for ages.