Dot Girl - Review & Giveaway - CLOSED

April 26, 2009

Dot Girl - Review & Giveaway - CLOSED

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. A WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED SOON. THANKS!

Ok ladies...Do you all remember when your Mom (Dad, Grandma, whoever...) had that first talk with you about 'that time of the month', 'Aunt Flo coming to visit'?

How about the uber creepy 'birds and the bees' talk? *shudder*

I remember. And I remember I had a lot of questions that I was too embarrassed to ask afterward. Yeah I understood the basics of it all...but that's a lot of info to take in!

My daughter is 12-years old. We've had both talks already. We've attended the school 'maturation' programs. She's asked a few questions but not many.

I recently discovered Dot Girl and contacted them myself for a review. I had my daughter in mind when I requested this review. I was sent the Dot Girl's First Period Kit™.

When my daughter opened up this kit the other day she seemed a little embarrassed at first...then I kicked her brother out of the room. Doh!

But it did help to open the door for a few more questions and she was excited to go through the kit. She even asked why you would need a calendar for your period. Ha ha.

The Dot Girl's First Period Kit™ includes the following items:

* The Dot Girl's First Period Guide™, a 12-page booklet with answers to common questions
* The Dot Girl's Period Calendar™, a simple way for a girl to track her periods
* One Ultra Thin Kotex® Pad With Wings upgraded item
* Two Kotex® Lightdays® Panty Liners upgraded item
* Kotex® product brochure (product claims only valid within the U.S.) new item
* One store coupon for FREE Kotex® products -a $4.90 value (valid only within the U.S.) new item
* Reusable Dot Girl™ Warm Pad, a heating pad handy for soothing cramps upgraded item
* Scensibles™ Petite Pak (3 disposal bags inside) new item
* Hand Wipes

It all comes in the cute little bag and sells for $23.99 on the Dot Girl's website. And one dollar from the sale of every period kit will be donated to the Central Asia Institute whose mission it is to build schools, especially for girls, in remote regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Nice!

Dot Girl's has generously offered one of my readers their choice of the book Let's Talk About S-E-X or Period. A Girl's Guide.

To enter this giveaway:

Tell me who you'd like this for and which book you'd choose

This is the mandatory rule for entry. If you don't do this then any extra entries you submit will not be counted. Any entries that simply say 'enter me', 'count me in', 'great prize' or anything equally lame will not be counted...or even published for that matter.

Extra entries? You know you want 'em...
I will give you 1 extra entry if you do any of the following:
(leave a comment for each additional entry)

Subscribe to my blog via RSS or email.
Follow my blog on blogger
Follow @funnyjello on Twitter and tweet about this giveaway. This can be done once a day.
Drop your card on my Entrecard widget (comment with blog name)
Become a fan of Fairy Blog Mother on Facebook.
Post my NEW button on your blog.
Post on your blog about this giveaway [a blurb while posting about other giveaways, etc. is ok] (leave me the link to your post)
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Current subscribers/followers/fans just leave a comment letting me know and you'll get your extra entries.

BONUS!!!

Add this button to your blog/website for an extra entry. Just leave me a comment with the link.

Please make sure your email address is in your profile or you leave it in your comments. If I can't contact you then you can't win!

Open to US only
Ends May 11, 2009 11:59 PM MST

68 comments:

Mrs. Fish: aka Two Fish, April 27, 2009 12:27 AM: Oh how awesome they have this! My niece is 14 and just started having her period and she is so awkward about it. I know the Period. A Girls Guide would be perfect for her. Following you from MBC and Twitter...posted a Tweet from @KariewithaK. Happy Monday!
Stacie's Madness, April 27, 2009 8:04 AM: Ha. I have an eight year old dauther, nuff said?

LOL. I can use any help in this area to make sure that she understands as much as she possibly can.
Stacie's Madness, April 27, 2009 8:08 AM: added your "new" button. :)

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Stacie's Madness, April 27, 2009 8:09 AM: added the mother's day button as well.

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Stacie's Madness, April 27, 2009 8:24 AM: I forgot to say which I wanted, I would love either one....but since my daughter is younger EITmaybe starting with the period one would be best.
mverno, April 27, 2009 2:47 PM: sex my sister mverno@roadrunner.com
rmc1ra, April 27, 2009 3:12 PM: I subscribe.

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rmc1ra, April 27, 2009 3:18 PM: My daughter is 11 years old. She seems relatively comfortable talking about puberty and all that comes with it but she is still not sure about sex. I have always tried to make sure she knows that I am here for ANY and ALL questions but know that sometimes girls need to have a safe resource to review. This is why I purchased my daughter the Care and Keeping of you and it seemed to help in the beginning when my daughter was embarrassed to discuss the changes within her. She became more comfortable and now we talk about things as they come up. I think either book would be helpful but would prefer the book on SEX.

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Courtney, April 28, 2009 5:53 AM: I think this is such a great giveaway. It's so hard for parents to talk to their children about these subjects - but most of us wish our parents had been more open and up front on the topic. I hope that I'll be brave enough to do that with my own! I would pick the Let's Talk about Sex book :)

Thanks for the opportunity!

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Courtney, April 28, 2009 5:54 AM: I'm a subscriber via email

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Courtney, April 28, 2009 5:56 AM: I'm following you on Twitter and tweeted this giveaway!

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Courtney, April 28, 2009 5:57 AM: I stumbled this post (annasmama0702)

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Courtney, April 28, 2009 5:58 AM: I added you to my favorites on technorati (annasmama0702)

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Twincere, April 28, 2009 6:05 AM: I have 2 daughters aged 11 & 13, neither of which has yet started menstruation. We've already had the "talks" but I think that the Dot Girl program is a great visual tool that would allow the girls to become more familiar with the different products and questions that they might have (hey, I never claimed to know everything). I would choose The Girls Guide to Periods.
Twincere, April 28, 2009 6:06 AM: I am a subsciber, too!
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Meredith, April 28, 2009 7:18 AM: I'd get the period book for my friend's daughter.
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Meredith, April 28, 2009 7:18 AM: follower.
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Meredith, April 28, 2009 7:20 AM: I'm a fan on FB.
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photoquest, April 28, 2009 8:41 AM: I would like this for my 13 year old and would love both the books but to pick one i choose let's talk about sex
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photoquest, April 28, 2009 8:42 AM: I am a subscriber
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photoquest, April 28, 2009 8:44 AM: I am also a fan on facebook
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beth, April 28, 2009 12:49 PM: Thank you for a great giveaway! I would choose Lets talk about sex for my daughter. Thank you!
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Jenndiggy, April 28, 2009 10:31 PM: I'd like let's talk about sex for a cousin's daughter
Courtney, April 29, 2009 2:05 PM: Daily tweet!

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ehhogan, April 30, 2009 3:55 PM: I'd like the period book for my daughter

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Mia J., May 01, 2009 3:44 PM: My daughter is young but I think the period guide would be great for future talks.
Kathy Pickus, May 01, 2009 3:57 PM: Thanks for the great review, Annette. We are looking forward to hearing about the success of your contest. We'll post a link from our Facebook pages, too. Keep up the fun blog!!
Kathy Pickus
Dot Girl First Period Products
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Our new Facebook page is: http://www.ParentingYoungGirls.com
Courtney, May 01, 2009 3:57 PM: 5/1 tweet

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Qwill, May 01, 2009 8:52 PM: I would like this book for my own 12 yr old daughter and I would like the period. book.
Qwill, May 01, 2009 8:52 PM: I follow you on twitter: qwills2cats
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Red Duchess, May 02, 2009 5:16 PM: what a great give away. I know my daughter would love this. I'd like the period book. I also twittered under my twitter name, redduchess.
Red Duchess, May 02, 2009 5:18 PM: love the site and this giveaway. I'd like the period book if I'm lucky enough to win. My daughter would love this, and I'd love to be able to give this to her. I also twittered this under my twitter name, redduchess
Courtney, May 02, 2009 5:31 PM: Tweet for 5/2

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thegamblinggirl, May 02, 2009 9:01 PM: I would like to win this for my daughter. Either book would be great. She's 13 and at an age where she's curious about S.E.X., but still not comfortable asking a lot of questions. She started her period about a year ago, but could use some additional resources there as well, I'm sure. We've talked about both subjects, but like me at that age, I think she'd rather not know than discuss any of it in detail with 'mom'. As sad as that is for me some days.
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Courtney, May 03, 2009 4:09 PM: 5/3 tweet!

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Whitney, May 03, 2009 7:09 PM: I would definitely choose "Let's Talk About S.E.X." for my SIL. She's 14 and it may be too late, but I'd still like to try and step in.
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Misusedinnocence, May 04, 2009 12:29 PM: I would like to get this for my neice. She's getting to that age, and these would be helpful.

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mthomson, May 04, 2009 1:02 PM: I think the "Let's Talk About S.E.X." My daughter is about to turn 13, has already had her period for 2 years. Now it is time for the other (*Gulp*) book. Thanks for the giveaway!
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Twincere, May 05, 2009 8:09 PM: I am follwoing you on twitter(username Twincere) and tweeted about this giveaway here:
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Courtney, May 06, 2009 6:33 PM: 5/6 tweet!

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dolls123, May 06, 2009 11:34 PM: For my daughter and Let's Talk About S-E-X

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Courtney, May 07, 2009 6:52 PM: 5/7 tweet!

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DawnS, May 09, 2009 1:01 PM: I would like the period book for my 9 year old daughter - she has been asking questions about this lately...
DawnS, May 09, 2009 1:02 PM: I follow in blogger
Melaie, May 10, 2009 9:43 AM: I would choose the Period book, for my niece.

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pauline15, May 10, 2009 11:43 AM: I have a neice who I wish would spend more time with me, her mother "forgot" about the maturation night and sent her to it with a friend. For something as important as this, Mom must be involved, so I would get the period book for her, if only to get her to feel comfortable on asking me questions.
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Anonymous, May 10, 2009 2:19 PM: The S-E-X book: for my cousin's children

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Anonymous, May 10, 2009 2:43 PM: I'd give the period stuff to my niece and keep the sex book for myself when my daughter is older.
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Jammie, May 10, 2009 7:56 PM: I would chose the period guide and it would be for my daughter wont be long and she will be at that stage in life
Marianna, May 10, 2009 8:42 PM: I'd choose the Lets Talk about s-e-x book for my kids... I think it's past time to have the "talk" with my oldest! Scary!
melissad, May 10, 2009 9:01 PM: I would get this for my daughter and I would get her the Period. a girls guide book for when she gets her period, I think it would be informative and help with that talk
Brenda S., May 11, 2009 12:28 AM: I'd get the period book for my daughter. Thanks!

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susan, May 11, 2009 6:28 AM: this would help with the "talk" with my daughter! thanks :)
37 Questions, May 11, 2009 3:50 PM: I would like "let's talk about S-E-X" for my son and my daughter - I'll take any help I can get!
Gabriel J., May 11, 2009 9:52 PM: This would be great for my daughter.
Gabriel J., May 11, 2009 9:53 PM: I am a fan on facebook.
Gianna, May 11, 2009 10:24 PM: I would love to win this to my daughter. (the Period book) :)