Tuesday, July 24, 2012

That kid stole my stuff.... KID LABELS - MOM APPROVED

For the past few years, my kids have been going to some sort of school. Starting at 18 months, my oldest went to Mother's Day Out, then Montessori Preschool, now off to Kindergarten. You have to pack extra clothes, sippy cups, lunches. We have lost shoes, jackets, hats, lunch boxes etc. One time I actually some a girl walk out of school with my kids shoes on. Really? Well I guess I forgot to label her shoes! I was on a mission to find some good labels. I quickly discovered LABELYOURSTUFF.COM. It's a really great site that has all sort of labels for every occasion. I'll share with you some of my favorites.

Bag Tags: I have three girls. I have so many bags I have no where to put them. Label Your Stuff has some awesome labels. They have great designs. My oldest recently picked out this one for her school bag. We put her name and this unicorn picture on the front and we put our address and my phone number on the back. Great idea. For those of you who have children with allergies, they make an awesome Allergy Alert Tag. My second daughter was allergic to Soy, Dairy and Corn for the first three years of her life. We got her these allergy alert tags. We put one on her bag and one on her lunch box.

Another great option for Allergies are the allergy alert stickers. For my middle bean, we put these stickers on her back for the first few weeks of school until the teachers and aides were able to UNDERSTAND that she could not have certain foods. It really came in handy. They teachers loved them. If you have a child with allergies, consider getting these. 

Another great option from LabelYourStuff.com are the shoe labels. Especially during the winter, my kids were taking off their shoes at school and putting on boots. It helped the teachers identify the shoes. I found that these shoe labels lasted the entire school year. Instead of putting their first name on the labels I just got a bunch with our last name on them. That way they are interchangeable between children and it saves me money. Consider getting a "starter pack" which comes with several different types of labels.

My favorite labels are the WATERPROOF LABELS (by the way the shoe labels can be found in the waterproof section as they are waterproof. score.) These waterproof labels are great for baby bottles, sippy cups, plastic containers that go in lunch boxes. I have a packet of labels for each child with their first and last name. These have saved me several times as I tend to forget bottles and sippy cups.

Last but not least, another great label is the "gift label". We are constantly going to birthday parties and I splurged on these labels. They are cute, easy to use. I even gave some to a friend of mine as a gift for THEIR KIDS! They come with different designs and even for christmas! Once I stuck one on a bottle of wine :)

Bottom line, is if you have kids, I recommend this site. They have sales throughout the year. I believe they are having a promo right now for July - use coupon code "LABELS10".  I hope you like them as much as I do. They also have iron-on labels.  I own them as they came in my original "camp pack" that I bought a few years ago, but I don't own an iron so never used them! Give them a try.

Happy Baby Thoughts!
:)R

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