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Cover baby Competition

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eidsvold · 04/05/2003 09:19

Have just read this months practical parenting and discovered that JoJo Maman Bebe are running a cover competition for their spring/summer 2004 catalogue.

Acoording to them babies/children aged between 6months and 4 yrs, photogenic, confident and smiley, full of personality and able to attend a day in London are what they are looking for.

Well I have decided to challenge them in that my dd is all of those things and more so am going to send in the required photos and entry form.

Am I being silly/crazy? Dh does not really think it is a brilliant idea but is happy to go along with it.

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doormat · 04/05/2003 09:31

GO FOR IT what have you got to lose

SoupDragon · 04/05/2003 09:36

Well, is your DD photogenic, confident, smiley and full of personality?? Go for it!!!

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eidsvold · 04/05/2003 09:46

nothing doormat and Dd is all those things and more.

Oh personality plus especially when she is having orange food and raspberries are blown covering you in the dinnet.. little hard to go mad when she pulls her cheeky grin.

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2under2 · 04/05/2003 10:28

eidsvold, go for it!!! (I am tempted too now though dd always has gunky eyes so I guess not). I know that in the US several catalogues (Toys R Us, large supermarket chains etc) routinely use children with special needs as well as others and it's about time the UK started doing this, too. Mothercare used a child with DS years ago apparently but it hasn't done it since. Maybe you can get the ball rolling!

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eidsvold · 04/05/2003 13:44

Anyone else want to join me?!?!

Be happy to scan the entry and email if anyone needs it. If not - it is in June practical parenting.

Hey do it 2under2 - just give the old eyes a good wipe before you go. Dd had gunky eyes for a while and the eye specialist ( can't remember which one ) said to gently massage the corner of the eye near the nose to help with drainage and while she has the odd touch it certainly helped.

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2under2 · 04/05/2003 15:07

oh go on then eidsvold! you've got my email address. I'll try to snap dd on a good eye day. She's had four surgeries on them already and another coming up this month to sort out her tear ducts (fingers crossed - this should be the last).

Jimjams · 04/05/2003 15:34

Oooh I might have a go as well..... Obviously they wouldn't know anything was amiss from the photo- but a day out in London could be interesting...........

I am VERY tempted!

And yes you should definitely go for it!

chatee · 04/05/2003 15:41

ditto jimjams posting too....

Jimjams · 04/05/2003 15:44

"amiss" sounds terrible! I don't think there's anything amiss with ds1- but you know what I mean. It would challenge stereotypes though wouldn't it- "my god autistic child not sitting in corner rocking, or doing hard sums- how strange....."

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eidsvold · 04/05/2003 15:52

Just wanted to add it seems practical parenting is interested in issues. A few months ago they had an article regarding a woman who had had a child with down syndrome and her worries and fears for no 2 and life with the family.

I sent in a letter telling a little about us and how we would not be without dd and ended up winning letter of the month and a £360 3 wheel travel system!!! I noticed this month they printed another letter in response to the article which also won letter of the month ( initially felt mmm charity case ie they printed my letter cause they felt sorry for me) then thought what the hell it is giving exposure to a positive attitude regarding issues like down syndrome or other special needs.

I have just emailed them saying thank you and stating how refreshing it was to see a magazine that would try to tackle issues like that and how positive stories are what breaks down ignorance and prejudice. Interested to see their reply.

2under2 have just emailed that entry form.

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MABS · 04/05/2003 17:04

Eidsvold - I'd love a copy of the form, how do i get my email to you though?

Crunchie · 04/05/2003 18:37

Just a quick note in warning of this, I worked for Mother & Baby magazine for ages, organising these types of sponsorship competitions, and I have to tel you about 8000 entries were usual, most of which were given a cursory look by a junior (or work experience) before the client or even an editor got to see them. I really unserstand where you are coming from eidsvold, but IMHO you will be wasting your time. It is a great way for Jojo maman bebe to get PR and a free model for the day, instead of paying. If your daughter is as you say why not contact proper model agencies and ask if they would be interested.

Sorry to be a killjoy, but I know from the inside when I organised one of these I recieved sacks of pics a day and ended up rejecting everything with a glance. I would love to say it could be different, but I doubt it. However I hope I am wrong and it is only the cost of a stamp and a picte which you won't get back.

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eidsvold · 04/05/2003 19:13

Mabs you can email me at [email protected] and I will email the form to you.

Jim jams we know what you mean...

Thanks for that info Crunchie.. I decided to do it because at first I thought oh no I could not enter Dd - why not - cause she has down syndrome.. Well SOOOOO... and I decided that I should do it even just for me.

Ohhh I like the idea of contacting an agency and seeing their reaction ... sorry on my soap box...or crusade as my Dh says.

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mieow · 04/05/2003 23:15

I know that one magazine has used a child with hempi Cerebral Palsy as her mum is on another site that I am on. I think that its a great idea though will not be entering DD.

Marina · 04/05/2003 23:26

Crunchie's dose of insider reality notwithstanding, I'd go for it with JoJo, Eidsvold. I think the woman who set it up did so after spending time on a hospital ward (recovering from a nasty car accident pre-children) with another woman her own age, who was terminally ill with cancer and had two small children herself. They talked quite a lot and the mum said that one of the hard things to deal with was not being able to get out to shop for clothes for her children any more. So when Mrs JoJo recovered she apparently set up the company with people like that mother in mind. So yes, a commercial firm, but maybe not a hard-nosed fashion label...unless in my hormonal state I have been completely taken in by a piece of PR...It's pretty obvious she has used her own little boys to model a lot in the catalogues in recent years.
I SAW that letter in PP and hoped it might be you, Eidsvold (had a suspicion). Is that pram as whizzy as it sounds? Well done. I love spotting Mumsnetters in the pregnancy/parenting mags, it always cheers me up. There have been quite a few lately, but unless they want to out themselves here, I'm not saying any more

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eidsvold · 05/05/2003 11:00

Haven't used it for extended period of time but it does have a WIDE turning circle so we figure best for walking through the woods and on footpaths through the fields rather than nipping around town. Car seat is very light and I like the basinette idea - packed car seat and basinette away for no2.

and yes it was me.

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