A few years ago, someone submitted the adorable photo above for my Evil Baby Glare-Off. I thought— I don’t really think this baby has an evil glare but I’m holding onto this picture because if I ever have a Chubby Cheek-off, he’d be a frontrunner, for sure.
His cheeks are so chubby, he can’t even wear a bowtie correctly!
Cut to this summer when I met the Stonyfield team at a blogging conference. That’s the brand that makes organic milk, smoothies and yogurt including YoBaby. You probably know them because your kids have kept them in business, what with all the YoBaby they like to spread in their hair.
I told them about the Chubby Cheeky-Off, they loved the idea and here we are! Yay! The contest is on!
If you’ve ever followed my Evil Baby Glare-Off, this will be run very much the same way— tournament style. Over the next two weeks, I will be taking photo submissions and narrowing them down to the final 16 who will compete head to head on the blog for one full week in November.
The little guy above is going to have major competition— I mean, just look at my friend’s baby Ella.
And remember Brody, the baby who let me put him in a grown man’s suit to start Baby Suiting?
Oh, I know! You know who could hold her own in cheek-to-cheek competition? My brand new niece Neve!
Also, look at the passport photo of my friend’s baby Aria. It’s possible she’s trying to smuggle some nuts into the country.
Harlow would never be eligible (skinny minnie that she is) but Mazzy could have been a contender back in the day.
Yep, this is going to be the most adorable contest ever. Especially since Stonyfield is giving the grand prize winner a $500 Amex gift card plus a six month supply of YoBaby yogurt!
Three runners-up (those are the babies who make the semi-finals) will also receive a $50 Amex gift card plus a three month supply of YoBaby.
And I’ll be giving out daily YoBaby prizes throughout the tournament. You get some yogurt and you get some yogurt and you get some yogurt!
Photo submissions will be accepted up until Oct 26th. The 16 finalists will be announced on November 10th and then the tournament will begin!
Can you tell I’m really excited?
I should also mention that my family has been diehard Stonyfield fans for years. We drink their milk, eat their yogurt and suck down their smoothies on the regular.
In fact, Harlow eats her weight in yogurt because she refused to drink milk once we took away her bottle. Yobaby and Stonyfield smoothies are how we’ve made sure Harlow gets her daily allowance of dairy for the past two years.
Stonyfield YoBaby yogurt is the ideal first food for babies 6 months and up, since it is healthy, organic and made without GMOs or antibiotics. It has a mild flavor and smooth texture babies love and is made with whole milk since babies need fat to support their rapidly growing brains.
All Stonyfield products (which includes baby and kids yogurt, traditional and Greek yogurt, milk and smoothies) are made with certified organic ingredients without toxic persistent pesticides, artificial hormones or GMOs. They also support family farms and eco-friendly practices.
To learn more, visit Stonyfield.com.
I cannot think of a more perfect partner to launch a Chubby Cheek-Off!
To enter, post your pictures on the Mommy Shorts Facebook page or tag #chubbycheekoff on Instagram. They can be current or pictures of your kids when they were babies. If you submit on Instagram, you must tag and follow both @mommyshorts and @stonyfield to win.
To properly kick things off, let’s have our first giveaway in the comments below. Tell me about your child’s love of yogurt for the chance to win 4 six packs of YoBaby organic yogurt and a set of Green Sprouts stacking cups.
I’ll pick two winners at random on Friday!
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This post was sponsored by Stonyfield but all thoughts and opinions are my own.
UPDATE: Congrats to Amy (from Elephant Eats) and Jung Park! You both won 4 six packs of YoBaby and a set of Green Sprouts stacking cups. Please contact annie@mommyshorts.com to claim your prizes. You can enter the Chubby Cheek-Off up through October 26th!
My 4 year old insists I need to buy more yogurt, even if we have a couple weeks worth in the fridge. Because she is afraid we will run out and then they won’t be in her lunch box!
My 2 year old, leland, also refused milk after we took away his bottle. He also refused all yogurt, until I tried stonyfield. He only eats the pouches and the smoothies. Our Kroger runs out and I have to buy them at Kroger. I’ve literally looked into the option of buying in bulk.
Oh man, definitely entering my chubby cheeker in this one! He LOVES Yo Baby plain yogurt and eats it daily for lunch 🙂 On hot days we put it in the freezer for a bit before serving and he’s a big fan.
My daughters favorite thing to eat is yogurt…. BUT she will only eat it if it has “frinkles” (sprinkles). So EVERY morning we need to pack yogurt with rainbow “frinkles” for her to bring to daycare for breakfast. It has been going on for over 2 years now. Sprinkles are a good breakfast food right??
My kids love Stoneyfield! We have always given them YoBaby and YoToddler! Plus we have an alliance to them because we used to live in Londonderry, NH where they are located. 🙂
I thought my munchkin had chubby cheeks as a baby, but wow! That first baby has got some major cheeks! Anytime my daughter finishes a yogurt she immediately says, another yogurt please. It is a main food group in our house.
My girl has never, ever drunk milk. She refused anything except for Mommy’s milk. So to keep her on the charts and give her dairy, we started buying Stonyfield yogurts. Even now, she’s 6 and it’s still the only way she eats dairy. Seriously, she hates cheese, too!
StoneyField is the first yogurt I tried my daughter on and she was hooked!! She’s 3 now and sometimes all I can get her to eat for supper is yogurt but I’m ok with that because it’s so good for her!!
My Daughter loves the StonyField yogurt, she says I want the baby yogurt because of the baby on the pack!
my toddler in a tape recorder on repeat “yogurt, yogurt, yogurt, yogurt, yogurt” every now and again she will throw in a Mommy and a please with the yogurt request!
My son has loved yogurt from the first time he tried it. He is 19 months old and still learning how to use a spoon. He has a blast trying to get yogurt from his bowl, to the spoon, to his mouth. If he has yogurt in front of him, he eats that before his other food.
My son loves yogurt so much that he calls everything he has to eat with a spoon “‘gurt.” Also for his birthday he didn’t want cake or ice cream, he said “Mama, ‘gurt.”
I’m so thankful that my daughter will eat actual yogurt out of the cups now. She used to only eat the yogurt tubes and frozen and it was a mess. But now she’ll only eat strawberry or blueberry flavors.
My son, since he was two years old has been able to grab a yogurt for breakfast all on his own. Every morning before anyone else is up he will get himself a yogurt or two. And you better be certain that we keep the bottom shelf stocked. Its at the top of the grocery list every time. Because of yogurt, I get another 30 mins of sleep . hallelujah.
Until my mother took my 2 1/2 year old daughter for a weekend this past summer, she thought yogurt was the same as ice cream. It was an after dinner treat and she was totally content. It’s still her preferred breakfast meal and I’ve finally gotten her to eat veggies by sneaking them into our smoothies.
My three oldest kids love yogurt. They would eat it all the time if I let them. I’m sure the baby will soon follow.
My Daughter is a yogurt-holic. Yesterday at the grocery store she stuck 3 different family style packs in the cart and proceeded to eat 4 yogurts when we got home yesterday throughout the day and then cried because I wouldn’t give her anymore!
My 3 year-old has loved Stonyfield yogurt since she was a baby. It was the only brand I could find that used whole milk for her as a baby. Now she loves the smoothies!
The firs words my two year old mutters everyday are “YOGURT POUCH”
Anytime he’s asked what he wants to eat, my 3 year old’s response is “Ummm… maybe I need some yogurt”. He has at least 2 servings a day; many more if I’m not paying attention. This kid loves his yogurt!
We have to buy the economy size yogurt from our local wholesale club b/c my son goes through it so quickly!! He loves his yogurt!!
My 3 year old thinks yogurt is ice cream. Every morning he asks for blueberry ice cream for breakfast. And I’m certainly not going to correct him!
Kids ate an entire box of yogurt in a day when I wasn’t watching. Went to pack lunches/snacks and all that was left was a empty cardboard box.
My kiddo loves yogurt but I buy it by the vait instead of the cups because our stores don’t sell the plain in any other format and the flavored ones have way to much sugar in them.
My chubby cheeker loves to stuff up his cheeks with Stoneyfield “yoyo” yogurt. He has to start his day with yogurt and often wants it for snack time too.
Our yogurt is stored on the bottom shelf of our fridge and everytime I open the door, my toddler rushes to that drawer and pulls out yogurt containers for himself. Just try to pull it out of his clutch is begging for an epic meltdown. Needless to say, he eats at least two yogurts a day and I rarely get into the fridge when he is around. (What a diet plan that is!)
My 2-year-old son is a massive yogurt fan, but unless you speak 2-year-old, you wouldn’t know it. When he asks for Wo-Wo in increasingly danding tones until he sobs the words, it helps to know that this translates to yogurt in his world, which wold have been nice for me to have remembered to have told my parents the first tI’m they babysat after this development. He’ll eat it all day if you let him, and I’m nearly to the point of child locking the refrigerator to keep him from getting a new one every half hou!
My kids’ favorite are the YoKids Squeezers. We call them “squeezy yogurts” in our house! We keep them in the freezer, and they are the best for breakfast, lunch, dinner, after school snacks, (and for mommy to sneak one when she gets a sweet tooth, but should probably lay off the chocolate! Lol)
Ah, one of my friends alerted me to the contest and I am totally entering my babes! They both have pretty chubby cheeks, although my second is only a month old so she’s still working up to the level of cheek my son had at his cheekiest.
We don’t usually get yogurt, actually, but the few times I have grabbed some from the store my son IMMEDIATELY zones in and eats mine. Pretty sure he would love having more yogurt!
My daughter taught herself to eat with a spoon at 11 months old just so she could get more yogurt into her mouth faster. It’s still not possible for anyone to eat yogurt around her without her demanding some too!
My 3.5 year old can’t have milk. But this kid will eat yogurt like there is no tomorrow and it doesn’t upset his tummy! His brother(10 months) loves it as well. In fact I need to go out and get some more tomorrow. We’re almost out!
my toddler and i fight over the yogurt flavors at lunch. somehow i’ve convinced her that raspberry is yummier than chocolate underground…
This family is truly a bunch of yogurt-lovin’ fans! Like Harlow, my ten year old daughter has refused milk since age two so yogurt is our substitute. It is a major component in her lunchbox daily. My five year old son loves it, too. In fact, just this weekend, it was the only food he would eat because he had such a bad sore throat from strep. Thank you, yogurt, for keeping him out of the ER!
My 13 month old will only eat yogurt if he can double fist spoons to get maximum yogurt consumption. Which also means double the mess. ????
My baby girl would eat yogurt for breakfast everyday if she could…but mommy has to limit it because a morning bath everyday is a little too much to handle. Yogurt always end up from head to toe!
My son loves yogurt! His favorite lately “pour yogurt” as he calls it with the fruit on the side. He eats it everyday and loves new flavors even lime.
Our kiddo lives yogurt: yogurt with cereal in it, yogurt frozen, yogurt plain, yogurt with sprinkles, “blooking” blueberries into yogurt.
MY 4 1/2 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER STILL CALLS IT YOGRIT, I DON’T DARE CORRECT HER! IT’S SOOOO CUTE! SHE WILL ALWAYS BE MY LITTLE YOGRIT-FACED GIRL!
My son has always been a Stonyfield kiddo!!! 6 years old and in the First Grade now, and I pack a strawberry yogurt tube everyday in his lunch. I know it’s healthy, I know he’ll eat it, and I don’t have to worry about him not getting an excellent source of dairy!
We put the tubes of yogurt in the freezer and my son thinks it’s the most special treat
I have to keep Stoneyfield yogurts stocked in my fridge at all times. My 2.5 yo son wakes up and asks for a yogurt cup and a “yogurt stick” every morning. It is also his go to snack during the day. I love that he can open the cups by himself and eat most of it without making a HUGE mess.
My toddler has a cup of yogurt every night before bed. It’s part of our bedtime book routine and she loves it! At 6 months old, the baby is getting close to joining in too!
My 2 year old has gone through an entire package of the yogurt smoothies in one day and then gets upset when I don’t have anymore.
We always keep Stonyfield stocked in our fridge. My baby lost interest in baby food at about 9 months but he only had two teeth so there were a very limited number of food items he could safely eat. I started buying Stoneyfield Yogurt because it is healthy, taste good, it is organic, and it has probiotics. My Jack has been hooked ever since! At almost 17 months old he still eats yogurt at a minimum of 1-2 times a day. Thankfully he also eats other food now too and he has a lot more teeth. 🙂
My daughter LOVES yogurt. We always need to have stock in the fridge because when she is being a picky eater, that is the one thing she will always eat. It’s gotten so serious that she knows when we come home from the grocery store, there will be new yogurt in the fridge and demands to have one while we put the rest of the food away.
My kids eat yogurt for breakfast every single morning! It’s become a given in our house unless it’s Saturday pancake day.
My daughter loves yogurt so much, it’s the reason she took her first steps. We lured her across the room!
They’d rather have yogurt than dinner. My youngest one is finally getting the hang of squeeze yogurt and my son can tear off the top by himself. At least the messes are more contained.
Yogurt is a staple for my three! No matter what shenanigans they had been getting into, I can always get them to converge at the table when I shout “who wants yogurt!!!!”
My granddaughter who is 10 months old goes and bangs on the refrigerator until I open the door and the she points to yo Baby yougurt if she can’t see it she fussies for me to pick her and then “she diggs around to find one grabs and she is off to her chair”. She prefers his over anything else she eats or drinks and is very vocal about her wants. I am raising a YOBABY for sure and I have to keep my refrig stocked 🙂
All 3 of my kids love yogurt!! I started them all off on YoBaby…then they graduated to YoKids. Still have 1 eating YoBaby, 1 eating YoKids, and 1 eating regular ol’ Stonyfield 😀 I especially love that they love it so much because they are not big milk drinkers. So, yogurt is their “milk”!
My 10 month old and my 2 year team up to get to the fridge and get them some yogurt by holding each other up that’s how much they love yogurt
We actually do love the stonyfield yoghurt – it’s one of the only things my one-year-old will let me spoon feed him (he likes to just about everything by himself).
With all of my babies, we started stoneyfield baby yogurt at 7 months! My oldest, now 7 favors the yogurt tubes, especially frozen!
My two year old Analise, eats 2 yogurts a day and would eat way more if I let her. We had to buy a child proof lock for the fridge because she kept opening yogurts, (eating half) and then going back for another flavor. (and a two year old opening her own yogurts makes for big messes!)
Our toddler needs to have yogurt on a daily basis, not sure who she gets that from, but we oblige, its healthy and she loves it!
Our daughter loves yogurt so much she eats it on a daily basis. In addition to saying she has a milk mustache, after eating yogurt she yells “yogurt mustache” and then giggles.
That’s my baby!! The chubby cheeker in the Santa hat at the top of the page is me and my boy Elliott! I don’t know how he got submitted for the Evil Glare page, but I’d love to submit him for the Chubby Cheek contest too!!
Ah! I’m so glad you commented! I assumed it was his mom that submitted the pic originally! I’ve had it saved to the desktop of my computer for at least two years I think! Do you want to submit this pic? Or do you want to submit another one?
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