I'm sure by now that most of you have heard about Johnson's Camp Baby. Specifically, that a diverse group of "mommy" bloggers were invited to attend an all expense paid camp/trip with celebrities & giveaways! I was among those invited and I was actually quite excited about the thought of attending for FREE and getting to meet other mom bloggers.
Anyhow, I was invited to Camp Baby in February with a deadline to reply by March 19 (recently filled up before deadline). Due to "possible" job obligations on the hubz part I wasn't sure I would be able to attend Camp baby and I emailed and asked if I could tentatively register just in case. I never received a reply back. The only thing I got was the form email saying that I needed to hurry up and register as the camp was filling up last Friday.
Anyway, at the same time I knew that if things went my way and I actually got to attend this event then I would want to bring along my 3 yr. old son for health reasons. I knew that in bringing my son, my husband would also possibly tag along to help out while I was doing the J&J thing. This ensured that there would be no interference at all. I asked around and got the feeling that this was going to be a child-free/husband-free event. I also asked a contact about bringing someone along. I was told that I could bring someone along at my expense which is totally understandable and I was fine with that but some things that were said left me feeling like it wasn't wanted especially after hearing in the blogosphere that this was a moms-only meetup.
Here it is a few days later and no one ever got back to me, and many of what I consider the top bloggers are talking about being disinvited for various reasons and/or not attending for various reason such as
No babies allowed at camp baby and
The "Diss-invitation".
I want to end this by saying that I ended up not registering at all so I was not actually disinvited but rather the camp filled up before I could respond with a definite answer. Personally, I think the firm handling the J&J camp baby should have provided clear guidelines on what is/is not allowed. And, if you are inviting a new mom with a newborn baby then that mom & baby should definitely be given a chance to attend. Afterall, this is J& J were talking about.
Furthermore, if you are a parent of a child with a medical condition then you know what it is like not wanting to be away from your child. Companies need to take note. I feel like for the next few months until our family gets some more answers about our son's condition then I won't be going anywhere without him. Unfortunately, that means no baby-free get-togethers for me for a while.
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