PRODUCT REVIEW + GIVEAWAY: BABY BOND

As former breastfeeding mommy of two, I know what its like to breastfeed anywhere and everywhere…and in order to be modest, and keep my private areas – well, private, I always cover up either with a nursing cover or a blanket. I have a few nursing covers that I have bought or received as gifts over the past two years, which go over my neck and cover me & baby like a backwards cape. Yes, its comfortable for me…but not really for my baby girl. She likes to look around, and be free to stretch, and make eye contact with me & others around her. When using the typical nursing cover, she also gets hot very easily – just as a blanket over your head would too! So what is the solution?? The Baby Bond nursing sash 😀

What is the Baby Bond?
Baby Bond is a new and innovative way to breastfeed your baby, where you are only covering yourself. Baby Bond nursing sash covers mom, not her baby…so really, it is not a typical nursing cover that you would normally use. Usually, nursing covers are worn around the mother’s neck and covers both mom & baby – but this sash from Baby Bond only covers mom, allowing your baby to breath, see you & others, and not get too hot underneath a typical cover/blanket.

I love watching my baby nurse, and she loves to make eye contact with me ~ and with this product, we can! She doesn’t have to be covered up, and wonder whats going on outside the cover – she can be apart of the action while she eats/nurses.

There are three different nursing sashes that they offer: Original, Flex & Couture (as pictured in order below).

The BabyBond Original is worn with shirts that are accessible to nurse from the top and has a built-in burp cloth and matching pouch storage pouch.

BabyBond Flex is worn with shirts that are accessible to nurse from the top and has a removable burp cloth and matching pouch storage pouch.

BabyBond Couture is adjustable and can be worn with shirts that are accessible to nurse from the top or the bottom. It rolls up into itself to store. BabyBond is machine washable, 100% cotton, and made in USA.

As part of this review, I was able to choose any one of the three…and to tell you the truth I had a hard time trying to pick. All three look very comfortable, and I read rave reviews on each one…so I just had to decide what type/size/color I would want. The Original & the Flex are very similar – the sizes are the same, but the colors are different. The Original comes in Black, Espresso or Charcoal. The Flex comes in Chocolate, Night or Charcoal. The Couture comes in five different colors – Espresso, Hudson, Riviera, Classic or Barcelona. The Original has a built-in burp cloth, and the Flex has a removable burp cloth (where you can use the one they provide or your own) – both come with a matching storage pouch to hold it all when finished. The Couture just rolls up in itself to store.

If you want to order the Original or the Flex, you have to use the following size chart (see above)….based on my height I would be a size 1 (I am only 5′ 2″ tall), but I am a bigger gal when it comes to weight & bra cup size (I won’t share how big :P)..so I ended up getting a size 3. I was told that the size 4 would be too big, and the couture (which doesn’t have a size chart) would be too big as well (it has a very long tail that you size to your body/shape). 

How does the Baby Bond work?

My thoughts
If  you are breastfeeding or plan to breast feed, than this product is something you will definitely want to have!

The fabric is very soft, and comfortable. I love that I don’t have to cover up my baby girl, out in public or in front of others, when I feed her! The only downside is that I am a very modest person, and I am not sure if I am comfortable using this product in public, or in front of others.

(January 2011) When I used the sash the first time, my husband said he could still see ‘me’ (my breast) as I fed our baby…this may be a little too much info for you, but I am very endowed in that area 😛 So maybe as I practice or use the sash more, I will figure out how to not show myself when feeding our little one. I would totally recommend this product for any current or future breastfeeding mommy – it would make a great shower gift or hospital arrival gift 😀

(July 2011) I also let my cousin (who just gave birth to her fourth baby in May), borrow my Baby Bond…and she told me that loved using it! It covered her up, and not her baby…she felt comfortable breast feeding in front of family, and visitors for the first couple months – and she said that using it at her job was not an issue either. She told me that being able to see her baby while she was eating was absolutely wonderful. With other nursing “covers” you are covering up yourself and the baby…and the baby would get hot, and be very unhappy. But now with her Baby Bond sash, she can easily feed her baby, be covered up and know that her baby is happy eating.

The ‘cover’ goes your head like a beauty pageant sash, on which ever side you plan to nurse, then you separate the two layers of the fabric to reveal your breast for your child to eat. Then when you baby is finished, you can use the burp cloth to burp 🙂 When finished with everything, it rolls up & fits back into its matching pouch – perfect size to fit into your diaper bag or purse!

They sell for $35 on thier site…which is a reasonable price – I have seen nursing covers from $25 and up. This unique and wonderful product comes highly recommended by myself and my cousin who used it for several months as exclusive breastfeeding moms.

To learn more about Baby Bond, you can visit their website, like them on Facebook, follow on Twitter, or purchase one at Amazon.com.

Now for the give away…Baby Bond would like to give ONE Frugal Fabulous Finds reader a nursing sash of their own. You get to choose the type of sash, size and color. Please read below to learn how to enter!

There are also several other OPTIONAL entries as well, including (but not limited to):
Following BabyBond on Twitter, Liking FFF on Facebook, liking this blog post via FB, tweeting and more!

***Very Important: All of your entries MUST be entered into the giveaway form below, or they will not count towards winning!***

This giveaway will end Sunday, September 18th at midnight. The winner will be chosen via Rafflecopter.com and will be announced Monday, September 19th! Good luck!

Post published by Melissa Roach, our new Product Review & Giveaway Specialist.
Melissa is a Full Time Mom & Blogger HERE (please check out her blog!) 

I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.
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