Monday, August 20, 2012

Tommee Tippee Bottles and Formula Cups Review



I originally bought the tommee tippee bottles because my son was having tummy issues. I purchased the Tommee Tippee sensitive tummy bottles. They worked wonderfully. The plus is that the nipple was wide enough so that when he went from the breast to the the bottle there were no issues.  I love that the nipple is vented so that it does not collapse. There are more than a few parts to it. But the fact that they really did help my son keep down his milk a lot better, is well worth the few extra minutes it took to clean and reassemble. On the bright side the parts are not hard to put back together or take apart for washing. A few weeks later we tried the regular Tommee Tippee bottles those were awesome too. I have to say what i love the most about them is the size. They are not super tall, long or excessively big they fit easily anywhere. Now the icing on the pretty little cake is that tomme tippee also makes formula cups which fit perfectly into the regular bottles. So up to 8 oz of water and four scoops of formula can sit unmixed in one neat little package until you need them. The formula cups fully break down into parts that make it really easy to clean. These bottles come in three different colors clear, blue, and pink. I have yet to try the many bottle accessories they do have but will do so soon. There are many many products that Tommee Tippee makes but from the ones I have tried I can say that it is a brand I like and trust. They are quality made and though a little more in price well worth the difference. The perfect time to try these products is during a sale. Babies r us offers really great deals on this brand when they do feeding sales. I recommend these products.

LANSINOH mOmma SIPPY CUPS REVIEW***


I HAVE A VERY PICKY TODDLER, WHO HAS REFUSED MANY, MANY SIPPY CUPS. SHE HAS HOWEVER TAKEN TO ALMOST ANY CUP THAT HAS A STRAW. THAT IS GREAT WHEN SHE IS SITTING DOWN & EATING. BUT WHEN WE'RE IN THE CAR AND SHE IS FALLING ASLEEP THAT IS NOT SO GREAT CAUSE THEN ALL I HAVE IS A SCREAMING, VERY SLEEPY 2 YEAR OLD. NOT TO MENTION A CAR THAT HAS SPILLS FROM HER MILK OR WATER ALL OVER THE SEATS. CLEARLY, SIPPY CUPS WITH STRAWS WERE NOT MEANT TO DRINK IN A RECLINED POSITION. I REALLY HAVEN'T HAD GREAT SUCCESS IN FINDING A SIPPY CUP THAT SHE LIKES CAUSE SHE IS VERY PICKY ABOUT THE SPOUT- DON'T KNOW WHY? I NEVER HAD THAT PROBLEM WITH MY OTHER 2 GIRLS WHEN IT CAME TO SIPPY CUPS. BUT AS YOU WILL GROW TO LEARN ALL CHILDREN ARE VERY DIFFERENT, NO TWO ARE ALIKE EVEN WHEN THEY ARE BLOOD RELATED. 

THE FIRST LANSINOH mOmma SIPPY CUP I TRIED WAS THE CUP WITH THE STRAW AND DUAL HANDLE. SHE DID WONDERFUL WITH IT, SHE WAS EVEN VERY INTRIGUED WITH HOW IT WAS ABLE TO ROCK BACK & FORTH. THE HANDLES ARE GREAT CAUSE HER LITTLE HANDS WERE ABLE TO HOLD IT WITHOUT ANY TROUBLE. THE FEATURE THAT I LOVE MOST ABOUT THIS CUP IS THAT WHEN SHE IS NOT USING THE STRAW YOU JUST TURN THE TOP & IT IS STORED AWAY. I LOVE IT!!! CAUSE I'M VERY PICKY ABOUT GERMS FLYING IN THE AIR WHEN WE ARE OUT & ABOUT. OVERALL THIS SIPPY CUP IS A WINNER!!!! YAY :D 

THE NEXT SIPPY CUP FROM THE LANSINOH mOmma LINE THAT I TRIED WAS THE NON-SPILL CUP WITH THE SOFT SPOUT. I WAS ACTUALLY SAYING A PRAYER AS I HANDED HER THIS CUP, CAUSE LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER MY LITTLE LOVE DOES NOT DO WELL WITH SPOUT CUPS. WELL DRUM ROLL PLEASE......... WHAT DO YOU KNOW- SHE ACTUALLY LIKED IT! SHE DIDN'T THROW IT BACK AT ME & SHE WAS ABLE TO RECLINE ON THE SOFA AND DRINK WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. THE 2ND BEST PART ABOUT THIS CUP IS THAT IT REALLY IS NON-SPILL, I SHOOK THE CUP UPSIDE DOWN AS HARD AS I COULD & NOT ONE DROP OF LIQUID SPILLED OUT! DOUBLE YAY!!! NOW I CAN STOP CRINGING KNOWING THAT IT'S CONTENTS ARE NOT GOING TO SPILL EVERYWHERE! AWESOME :D OVERALL, BOTH MY TODDLER & I ARE VERY SATISFIED WITH THE LANSINOH mOmma SIPPY CUPS. DEFINITELY WILL GO OUT & PURCHASE MORE!

BELOW IS THE LINK THAT WILL TAKE YOU DIRECTLY TO THE LANSINOH mOmma WEBSITE SO YOU CAN SEE & LEARN ABOUT ALL THEIR COOL PRODUCTS. 




Lansinoh mOmma Bottle Review***


Let me start off by saying that these new mOmma bottles from Lansinoh are definitely not your traditional bottles, but that's exactly what makes them so AMAZING.

My baby girl is an exclusively breast fed baby, so getting her to take a bottle is mission impossible in this household. Thus, I was super eager to see how she would do with these new mOmma bottles by Lansinoh. Usually when I give her a bottle she immediately spits it out or starts chewing on the nipple because it's so foreign to her. Especially, cause the nipples to most bottles do not resemble the real ones' like they claim to, well at least not mine lol. The nipple on the mOmma bottle is none like I've ever seen either, but Lansinoh really did it's homework!!! WOW I was absolutely 100% taken back and AMAZED with my baby's reaction to this bottle. She completely took to the bottle without any hesitation!!!! On the first try :D That is really great news for an ebf baby, all us bf mommas know just how stressfull it is to try to get baby to take a bottle. 

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU LANSINOH FOR YOUR OUTSTANDING ENGINEERING IN CREATING A BOTTLE THAT REALLY DOES COMES CLOSE TO THE REAL THING!If you are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed, you absolutely have to stock up on these bottles. they will become your life saver if you ever need to give your little one a bottle. Or if you will be breastfeeding & bottle feeding and don't want any nipple confusion THIS IS DEFINITELY THE BOTTLE TO BUY! 


ebf= exclusively breast fed

bf= breast fed

LANSINOH FEEDING BOTTLES








Thursday, August 16, 2012

LANSINOH MOMMA BOTTLE COUPON


HI MOMMAS!!! HAPPY THURSDAY, ALMOST TGIF :D HERE IS A LINK THAT WILL TAKE YOU DIRECTLY TO A COUPON FOR THE NEW LANSINOH MOMMA BOTTLE.

THESE BOTTLES WERE ENGINEERED TO CLOSELY RESEMBLE BREASTFEEDING. I WILL HAVE A FULL REVIEW ON THESE BOTTLES UP VERY SOON, SO MAKE SURE TO CHECK BACK!!!


LANSINOH BREASTMILK STORAGE BAG REVIEW


SO, TONIGHT I USED MY FIRST LANSINOH BREASTMILK STORAGE BAG FROM THE SAMPLES I RECEIVED WHEN I PURCHASED THE LANSINOH MANUAL BREAST PUMP. ANOTHER AWESOME PRODUCT BY LANSINOH!!! THERE ARE SO MANY GREAT REASONS WHY I LOVE THESE BREASTMILK STORAGE BAGS.

FIRST, I LOVE THE FACT THAT IT HAS A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN WRITE THE DATE YOU EXPRESSED YOUR MILK. SECOND, YOU CAN ALSO WRITE HOW MANY OUNCES OF MILK YOU ARE PLACING IN THE BAG. THIS IS GREAT CAUSE YOU CAN FREEZE YOUR MILK FLAT TO HAVE MORE ROOM IN THE FREEZER TO BUILD A SUPPLY & WHEN IT'S TIME TO THAW YOU CAN JUST READ HOW MANY OZ. YOU STORED, INSTEAD OF TRYING TO GUESS. I WROTE IN BALL POINT PEN AS IT SUGGESTED IN THE INSTRUCTIONS & I DIDN'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS AT ALL WITH IT SMEARING.

THIRD, THEY ARE INDEED MADE OUT OF VERY STURDY, PRE-STERILIZED MEDICAL GRADE PLASTIC. ON THE LANSINOH WEBSITE (LOOKOUT FOR DIRECT LINK BELOW!!!) THEY MENTION THAT THEY ARE THE STRONGEST BAG AVAILABLE & THAT THEY ARE ALSO THE #1 SELLING BREAST MILK STORAGE BAG. WOW, RIGHT!?!? PLUS, THEY ARE 100% BPA FREE, WHICH ALL US MOMMAS KNOW BY NOW THAT BPA FREE IS VERY IMPORTANT.

LAST, BUT NOT LEAST THE FEATURE THAT I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE IS THAT THESE BAGS HAVE A DOUBLE ZIPPER. WHICH MEANS NO SPILLED MILK, YAY!!! I ACTUALLY TURNED THE BAG OVER & SHOOK IT, TO MAKE SURE THERE WOULD BE NO LEAKS/SPILLS IN THE FREEZER. IT HELD UP, EVEN WITH 6 OZ. OF BM IN IT!

OVERALL, THESE BREAST MILK STORAGE BAGS BY LANSINOH ARE DEFINITELY A GREAT BREAST FEEDING PRODUCT TO PURCHASE. I WILL ABSOLUTELY BE BUYING MORE WHEN THESE SAMPLES RUN OUT.

BM= BREAST MILK



LANSINOH MANUAL BREAST PUMP REVIEW


MY HUSBAND RECENTLY PURCHASED THIS PUMP FOR ME LAST WEEK AT OUR LOCAL WAL-MART ONE NIGHT WHEN MY OTHER MANUAL BREAST PUMP GAVE OUT. I HAD READ SO MANY GOOD REVIEWS ON THIS MANUAL BREAST PUMP I JUST HAD TO BUY IT TOO & I'M SO GLAD I DID!!! FOR THE SUCTION YOU GET ON THIS MANUAL PUMP, LET ME TELL YOU IT'S AS GOOD- PROBABLY EVEN BETTER THAN MOST ELECTRIC BREAST PUMPS. I'M SO HAPPY THAT THIS PUMP DIDN'T COST US AN ARM & A LEG TOO LOL.

I'M A 38 DD & I WAS KIND OF WORRIED THAT THIS PUMP WOULDN'T FIT MY BREASTS, BUT IT DID! SO FOR ANY OF YOU MOMMAS WHO HAVE THIS CONCERN, LET ME EASE YOUR WORRIES & TELL YOU THAT THE GIRLS WILL FIT ;D. THIS PUMP ALSO COMES WITH A COMFORT SEAL CUSHION THAT HELPS YOU ACHIEVE A SECURE FIT, WHICH ENABLES EFFICIENT PUMPING. IF FOR ANY REASON YOU ARE EXTREMELY ENGORGED AS I WAS ONE NIGHT (RECENTLY MY LO STARTED SLEEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT) YOU COULD REMOVE THE COMFORT SEAL CUSHION. I DID THIS JUST RECENTLY WHEN I WOKE UP VERY, VERY ENGORGED. I REMOVED THE COMFORT SEAL, THEN ADDED IT BACK ONCE I HAD PUMPED ENOUGH MILK OUT. SO THAT'S A GREAT CONVENIENCE TO HAVE AS WELL IN A BREAST PUMP.

THE LANSINOH MANUAL BREAST PUMP IS SUPER EASY TO CLEAN. IT ALREADY COMES WITH 2 BOTTLES & A COUPLE OF SAMPLES OF THEIR BREAST MILK STORAGE BAGS (WHICH I'M EXCITED TO TRY), I'LL BE DOING ANOTHER REVIEW ON THAT LANSINOH PRODUCT AS WELL, SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THAT :D IT ALSO COMES WITH A BOTTLE STAND WHICH I LOVE CAUSE I'M ASSURED IF I PUT MY PUMPED BREAST MILK DOWN IT WON'T TOPPLE OVER & SPILL. WHICH ALL US BREASTFEEDING MOMMAS JUST DREAD, YOU KNOW THAT SAYING "THERE'S NO USE CRYING OVER SPILLED MILK", WELL I'M 100% POSITIVE THEY WEREN'T TALKING ABOUT BREAST MILK, BECAUSE I WILL CRY LIKE A BABY IF I SPILL MY MILK CAUSE IT REALLY IS PRECIOUS "LIQUID GOLD" AS THEY CALL IT.

THE BEST PART OF ALL ABOUT THE LANSINOH BREAST PUMP IS THAT YOU REALLY DO GET "EFFICIENT" PUMPING AS THEY STATE ON THEIR WEBSITE IN THE DESCRIPTION FOR THE BREAST PUMP (LOOK OUT FOR THE LINK BELOW!!!). MY PUMPING SESSIONS LASTS ANYWHERE BETWEEN 10-15 MINUTES FOR BOTH BREASTS, MY MILK SUPPLY IS ALREADY ESTABLISHED. IT MIGHT TAKE A LITTLE LONGER WHEN YOU ARE FIRST ESTABLISHING A MILK SUPPLY, BUT NO WORRIES I WILL POST ANOTHER BLOG ABOUT THAT TOPIC SOON. IT'S COMPLETELY, PERFECTLY NORMAL IN THE BEGINNING OF BREASTFEEDING TO HAVE THIS ISSUE.

OH 1 MORE GREAT THING ABOUT THIS BP IS THAT IT COMES WITH AN EXTRA VALVE, WHICH IS AWESOME CAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU MIGHT NEED THAT. OVERALL I AM 100% SATISFIED WITH MY RECENT PURCHASE OF THE LANSINOH MANUAL BREAST PUMP :D

LO= LITTLE ONE
BP= BREAST PUMP



Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Bright Starts InGenuity Automatic Bouncer

Well I'd like to start with a product my sister and I both have. The InGenuity Automatic Bouncer by Bright Starts . Let me just start by saying that I think it is a really great thing there is a bouncer out there that actually bounces the baby, instead of giving him a pretty numb bottom or an interesting massage. I've had my bouncer for about two or three weeks now and I really really like it. More than that my Baby boy really likes it. We originally had a bouncer that just had the vibrating box at the bottom and he REALLY did not like that. It was as tedious to him as sitting in his car seat. It did nothing for him. He's a baby that loves movement one of those who as soon as the car goes he's sleeping. This bouncer gave him just what he likes because I'll be damn it actually bounces. Not only that but it has two settings a soft bounce and a bounce with a little more hop to it, as well as two soothing sounds. And a really awesome feature is the timer it goes for thirty minutes at a time, so guess what your batteries last longer. I know that was an issue I had with our last bouncer the little box got left on and ran thru batteries like water in the desert. The seat is super soft and comfy it craddles the baby so he feels secure. There is also a simple toy bar that is easily moved, removed, and attached. So do I love it yes but true test is that my son loves it.

Monday, August 13, 2012

WELCOME PARENTS!!!

Hi & Thank you for visiting What To Buy Baby. My name is Star and I'm a mommy of 4 gorgeous little girls. Together with my sister we will be blogging about many AMAZING baby/children products that are out on the market. This way you get the actual reality before you buy- by who better than real PARENTS. The words TIME & MONEY become very crucial once you become a parent. Spending your hard earned money on a product that turns out to be a lemon- well that just plain out sucks. We already lead very busy lives, who has the time to be frustrated waiting in line to return a product that you shouldn't even have to be returning in the first place? Visit us daily to find out  which products are a DO and which products are a DON'T. That way you know exactly WHAT TO BUY BABY :D