Monday, August 20, 2012

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 breastfed 
bf= breastfed

Click on the link below & it will take you straight to the Lansinoh Website where you can see the different sizes and forms these bottles come in. 


Lansinoh mOmma 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.

THE LANSINOH mOmma BOTTLES WERE ENGINEERED TO CLOSELY RESEMBLE BREASTFEEDING, IN MANY WAYS. I WILL HAVE A FULL REVIEW ON THESE BOTTLES UP VERY SOON- SO MAKE SURE TO CHECK BACK!!!

LANSINOH MOMMA BOTTLE COUPON


Saturday, August 11, 2012

LANSINOH BREASTMILK STORAGE BAGS 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® Breastmilk Storage Bags


Thursday, August 9, 2012

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

LANSINOH MANUAL BREAST PUMP LINK


WELCOME MOMMAS!!!

HI MOMMAS! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING TO MY NEW BLOG WHICH IS DEDICATED TO THE ART OF BREASTFEEDING. EVERY DAY I WILL BE ADDING THE LATEST INFORMATION ABOUT BREASTFEEDING & ALL THE MANY NEW PRODUCTS THAT ARE OUT ON THE MARKET TO HELP US ACHIEVE THIS WONDERFUL, YET SOMETIMES CHALLENGING MOMENT IN EVERY BREASTFEEDING MOTHER'S LIFE.

I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM ALL YOU AWESOME MOMMAS! FEEL FREE TO POST ANYTHING INFORMATIVE OR ANY TIPS YOU HAVE PICKED UP ALONG THE JOURNEY OF BREASTFEEDING FOR OUR NEW MOMMAS.