MineforNine.com is a ground-breaking online boutique that allows women to borrow designer maternity clothes at 75% off the retail price instead of investing a fortune in a whole new wardrobe!   It’s an ever-evolving closet of maternity attire including dresses, suits, skirts, blouses, pants, coats, and more.  Mine for Nine provides a way to sidestep all maternity dressing obstacles and experience a reasonable, enjoyable way to dress throughout a pregnancy.  Let the Coastal Family team know if you rent anything from them and have a good OR a bad experience!
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AllergyEats.com is a new website helps families that have children or adults with allergies eat out and find a  restaurant that will accommodate special food requirements. AllergyEats.com is the biggest and fastest growing source for finding allergy-friendly restaurants, according to the company. It’s a free, user-friendly website that provides peer-based feedback about how well (or poorly) restaurants accommodate the needs of food-allergic customers.  The peer ratings and feedback allow food-allergic and gluten-intolerant diners to quickly and easily find restaurants that will accommodate their specific dietary requirements and avoid the ones that won’t.   A number of restaurants in the Savannah area are listed, but parents need to register and rate their experiences…and add restaurants that are helpful to customers with allergies.
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PortableParenting.com has created the Portable Parenting App which is like having a Parenting Coach at hand on your smartphone. It allows parents, caretakers and teachers to have an immediate consistent plan to peacefully manage child behavior with the ability to program up to 4 children. It was invented by a Mom and features her ‘Take-Out-Time-Out’ portable time out system that guides both the child and parent through voice and text prompts to ensure a positive learning experience. Go to www.portableparenting.com to learn about and download the app.


NaturallySavvy.com  – While this site is definitely recommending certain products, it also continues a great deal of valuable information for running a ‘green’ household and raising healthier kids. For example, there’s a recent article on how to ‘sneak’ nutrition into snacks. Foods affect mood, energy level, mental focus, immune system strength and more. From the breakfast cereal we pour into their bowl and what we pack in their lunchbox, to afterschool snacks and the family dinner, there are some key things to be aware of if you are a parent looking to take a more natural and organic approach. The site is run by Andrea Donsky, Registered Holistic Nutritionist, Co-Founder of NaturallySavvy.com.


UKnowKids.com provides a service for parents that gives them the ability to"monitor" what kids are doing on one piece of technology such as their PC or phone for a monthly charge. The goal is to help parents protect their kids against online predators, sexting, and cyberbullying while also supervising their children’s digital privacy and reputation. uKnowKids is the first service to do more than simply show parents the messages their kids are sending and receiving, according to the company.
It was developed in response to a real-life Internet predator incident that occurred with a co-founder’s child. The young teen accepted a friend request on the Internet from someone he did not know: a friend of a friend. Unfortunately, this friend turned out to be a child predator that had previously targeted and victimized a number of other kids he had met online. Thankfully, the child’s father discovered the ploy and worked with the police to intervene before the child was physically harmed. Fifty-one percent of teens say they have given out personal information online to someone they don't know in the offline world, according to a 2010 Harris Interactive/McAfee survey.