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Baby Bond is offering our readers a giveaway of a Baby Bond Nursing Cover in the winner's choice of style and color, a value of $35. The Baby Bond cover makes it easy and comfortable to nurse in public in almost any top. From our reviewer, Arpita at Up, Down & Natural:
One of the many things I'm looking forward to once our little bambino comes along is breastfeeding. The main reason of course is because of the incredible health benefits both to mom and baby. However, I have to admit that a large part of my desire to breastfeed is because coming up on 3 years of trying to conceive, I'm going to want to soak up all the bonding time that I can possibly get with our baby! When I think about our plans for breastfeeding I always wondered how I would balance the fact that I think breastfeeding is the most natural thing on the planet, and the fact that, at least at first, when in public I know I'll want to cover up.
Enter, Baby Bond! I was really impressed with this nursing cover when I first saw it. I love that someone finally addressed the fact that it is absolutely ridiculous to throw a tent over your baby's head while feeding him or her! Of course, I couldn't fully review this cover since I'm not nursing yet, but I did recruit the help of my sister who nursed my beautiful niece and nephew.
My Thoughts: The fabric is SO deliciously soft!! As soon as I took it out of the box, I touched it to my face! I was pretty amazed at how easy it was to figure out how to put it on. I also like that on
the label there is a how-to. It's nice to always have that handy. I also really like that it rolls up and has little flaps to keep it tucked in to itself so that it'll travel really nicely (a la pic #1) I love the deep chocolate brown color! It's beautiful, and can be worn with anything! I love how stylish it looks while wearing it! No one would have any clue at all you were wearing a nursing cover.
I have the Baby Bond Couture, which I chose because you can nurse either from the top or bottom of your shirt - which is a nice feature. However, when I tied this the way you would to nurse from the bottom of your shirt, I thought it felt a bit cumbersome and I'd much rather just wear a nursing tank under my shirt if I was wearing a top that I didn't have access to the breast from the top of the shirt.
I do really love this nursing cover and it will definitely get a lot of use! I will also likely buy one more once I am finally pregnant. It's not as "universal" as it seems to be, though, so I will be buying other nursing wear as well.
My Sister's Thoughts: It's nice that you can wear normal clothes and just wear the Baby Bond Couture on top of anything you already have. The Baby Bond nursing cover is especially good if you have a nice dress that you can still access your breast from the top, and then you can just fit this cover over top your outfit when you want to feed. The burp cloth and being machine washable are good features as that is definitely necessary, although the BB Couture is the only style that does not have the built in burp cloth. Being made of cotton, it is very breathable and good for winter or summer.
However, this is an additional item that you now have to carry with you along with everything else you need for baby. There are also only certain types of tops that you can wear and still have access to your breast so you would be limited in terms of tops you can wear.
All in all, I like this cover. It's stylish, and good for dressy occasions. But, I wouldn't rush out and buy it if I was starting to nurse again.
Watch It! The Baby Bond Couture!
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BUY IT!
You can purchase your own Nursing Cover from Baby Bond. Choose from three styles of nursing covers all for $35 each, and enjoy international shipping! Prices and timelines for shipping vary.
And just for Natural Parents Network and Up, Down & Natural readers, Baby Bond is giving a 20% discount on all orders with no expiration date! Enter code UDN during the ordering process.
WIN IT!
For your own chance to win a nursing cover of your choice from Baby Bond, enter in the comments below. The winner will receive the preferred choice of style and size of Baby Bond Nursing Cover. Contest is open worldwide!
MANDATORY ENTRY: Visit BABY BOND and tell us one thing you learned about the company.
Leave a valid email address in your comments (the line where it says "email address") so we can contact you if you win. Email addresses are not made publicly visible.
This is a joint giveaway with Up, Down & Natural and Natural Parents Network. You may enter at one site only, and we'll be recording IP addresses to ensure that there are no duplicate entries. That said, please do visit and enjoy both sites! BONUS ENTRIES: Complete one or more of the following to increase your chance of winning after completing the mandatory entry above (leave a separate comment for each so we can count them all):
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RULES
- Contest open worldwide .
- Contestants may enter at either Up, Down & Natural or Natural Parents Network but not both. Entries will be combined for the drawing of a single winner.
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- You don't have to do any of the bonus entries, but you do have to complete the first mandatory one.
- We will pick the winner through Random.org after the contest closes and send an email notification. Leave a valid email address as you comment so we can contact you if you win. If we can't reach a winner or don't hear back within a couple days, we'll draw a new name. Entries will be added together from both sites. If there are 50 entries from the non-NPN site and 65 entries from NPN, we will count the non-NPN entries as numbers 1-50 and the NPN entries as numbers 51-115.
- After giveaway closes, a representative from NPN will contact the winner. The winner will have 48 hours to respond by email; otherwise, NPN will select another winner.
- Any questions, let our giveaway editors know: ShannonR {at} NaturalParentsNetwork {dot} com and Amanda {at} NaturalParentsNetwork {dot} com
Contest closes September 3, 2011, at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time.
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Information About Our Reviewer: As Arpita and her husband enter their fourth year of trying to conceive their first child, she is trying to embrace the lessons the universe still has to teach her. Arpita wears her heart on her sleeve on her blog, about trying to conceive both naturally and with medical help, the infertility experience, natural parenting and everything and anything in mommy-world including easy recipes and loads of giveaways. She blogs at Up, Down & Natural. You can also find her on Facebook and Twitter.
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I would love to try this nursing cover as I have yet to find one I like. #1) Most hang from your neck and you can't see your baby's latch well. I like the look of the Baby Bond cover, I'd love to win this contest! #2) I would use the cover while out at the park if I need to nurse my newborn while my little guys are playing. Looks way better to deal with wind/sun than the one I've got.
Anna
Posted by: Anna Martin | 09/02/2011 at 08:31 PM