When Discovery Familia asked Roxana and I to work with them on a new project called ‘Blog de Bebés’ for their client, Dreft, I hesitated a little because I thought I wouldn’t be able to remember what it was to have a newborn baby in the house.

I was wrong. As much as you forget the little details, you never really do forget the smell of a new baby, or the anticipation and joy with which you wait, plan and arrange for the arrival of your little one. It’s been five years for me and three for Roxana since we last had our own babies in our arms. Writing these articles in Spanish for Discovery Familia, helped us relive those moments again to be able to share them with their readers.

We hope you join us over at Discovery Familia’s ‘Blog de bebés’ to talk about:

Preparando la ropita del bebé

5 regalos esenciales para un “baby shower”

Preparar la casa para la llegada del bebé

Esperando la llegada del bebé

Tips para lavar la ropita de tu bebé

The 51 million Latinos who live in the United States, (and those of us who have married into the familia!) know what a colorful, exciting, and beautiful culture it is. Hispanic Heritage Month which runs from September 15th through October 15th each year, allows us to share all the specialness of nuestra cultura with everyone, and gives us a chance to recognize the achievements of American Latinos.

Amway, one of the largest direct selling companies in the world, is joining in this celebration. It has partnered with broadcast networks Discovery en Español and Discovery Familia to create a campaign – “Momentos de Calidad” (“Quality Moments”) – to encourage Latinos to share those special moments of growing up in Latin America.

Want to join the fun? … There’s a Twitter party for that!

Mark your calendar: The party is this Wednesday, September 26th, 9:00PM EST – 10:30PM EST / 6:00PM PST – 8:30PM PST

The party is moderated by @LBConnect and @laflowers along with your hosts, @mamalatina @ohmariana @spanglishbaby @sweetlifebake and @sassymamainla.

What’s a Twitter party without prizes?

• 100 participants will receive 15 free music downloads

• 50 participants will be selected at random to receive travel kits with Nutrilite supplements and Artistry skincare products worth $165 each!

• 1 grand prize winner will receive an iCook 22-piece cookware set worth over $1k

So make sure you RSVP,  mark your calendar and join the party for your chance to chat together, have fun and win some awesome prizes!

Wednesday, September 26th, 9:00PM EST – 10:30PM EST / 6:00PM PST – 8:30PM PST over on Twitter. Hashtag: #QualityMoments – See you there!

RSVP on Facebook

We just HAD to share this because we both love the concept of the contest and the fact that one of you could win a trip to Latin America to connect with our Latino roots, heritage, language and foods! What a gift!

The contest is in Spanish, but open to all, and is called “Momentos de Calidad.” To enter all you have to do is visit the contest site hosted by Discovery Familia and write some sentences sharing what are the quality life moments you yearn for.

Oh, I need more than 150 words for that!

I yearn for my lazy days in Playa del Carmen.

I yearn for weekends at the lake with my family.

I yearn for afternoons getting lost in the local mercados in Mexico.

I yearn for weeks on end to spend with my daughter discovering the beauty of our raices.

Y tú, ¿qué añoras?

Let Amway and Discovery Familia know and you and a guest may be traveling to Latin America to create and record some of those treasured memories together.

¡Suerte!

This is a pretty huge and exciting announcement for us!

SpanglishBaby has partnered up with Discovery Familia to provide our content on their site en español! Discovery Familia–the only U.S. channel in Spanish dedicated to Latina moms and all that which is important to us–will be translating some of SpanglishBaby´s favorite and most useful articles and publishing them on their site on a special SpanglishBaby-branded blog called Mamás Latinas: Hijos Bilingües

In return, we will be sharing with you news and information about their special events and Spanish-language programs for both kids and mamás. We’ll also soon be putting our video producers hats back on to create clips featuring mamás latinas y sus hijos bilingües on the Discovery Familia blog. Maybe we could feature you?

Discovery Familia has a very rich lineup of kids programming in Spanish with shows such as Artzooka, Harry y Su Cubeta de Dinosaurios, Hi-5, Louie, Pocoyó, Princesas del Mar, WordWorld y mucho más!

The Discovery Kids section of the website is full with videos, games, activities, downloads and more and, sí, all in Spanish!

See how perfect of a fit this is for all of us?!

We´re thrilled to spread SpanglishBaby´s wings even further and bring more people into our collective movement of raising healthy, educated and loving bilingual and bicultural kids. We are just in awe and thankful that a multinational media company like Discovery recognizes our efforts and can distribute our content to more people.

We ask you to please Like the brand new Discovery Familia page on Facebook and tell them SpanglishBaby sent you…you know, just for fun!

Tell us–¡nos morimos por saber!–what do you think about our content partnership with Discovery Familia? Do you get the channel? Would you like to? Do you love our cute banner ad on their site?

Disclosure: There is no monetary compensation involved in this partnership with Discovery Familia as it is solely a barter content exchange. As always, all our opinions are our own.