My wife and I are always looking for healthy, organic and tasty foods to feed our kids. My wife, especially, has always struggled with feeding the kids homemade organic foods vs. anything that comes in a jar. And the recent trend of frozen baby food doesn’t work as well, since our freezer is already jam packed with packages of breastmilk, homemade food and more recently, a quarter of a grass-fed cow. Given that insanity with which we approach food, I was please to find the
Happy Baby organic baby food pouches a welcome option for baby food.

Pros: – Delicious flavors. We tried the beet/blueberry/banana, broccoli/pea/pear, spinach/mango/pear and chick chick – all of which our hungry son inhaled rather rapidly. – The Stage 2 pouches come with a nifty resealable cap so you don’t have to use the entire pouch in one sitting. – The pouches are not only made of BPA-free, eco-friendly packaging but they are easy to throw into the baby bag. The pouches are also lightweight and travel really well. – The process of using the pouches enables the food to be cooked at a lower temperature and without any additives = healthier food. – A little over $1/bag, so reasonable in price, especially if you mix it up with some other stuff, like rice cereal, banana, avocado, or other fresh food you might have on hand.

Cons: – One bag doesn’t constitute a full meal for our son. Truth be told, neither do two. We mix it up with other stuff we’ve got on hand.

All in all, the Happy Baby Pouches have been a huge hit for my wife, son and me.

We’ve always used disposable diapers, but for our youngest, we had heard good things about the Bambino Mio cloth diapers and decided to give it a try.

Bambino Mio Cloth Diapering System

This is my kind of cloth diaper. They were easy to use – just a cloth diaper to fold (there is a boy/girl fold) and insert into a cover, along with a disposable liner. The cover is very easy to close with simple and secure velcro closures, fitting snugly to the baby. From the minimal research I’ve done on reusable diapers, the Bambino Mio system is the most complete cloth diapering system out there – from the cover, cloth diaper, liner, laundry bin to the detergent. Here is my list of pros and cons.

Pros

- One-stop-shop for cloth diapering needs. Bambino Mio offers diaper and cover sets, including a birth-to-potty set, which enables you to purchase all of your cloth diapering needs in one fell swoop. Bambino Mio also offers a laundry bin, laundry bag, wet bag, detergent and antibacterial sanitizer.

- Not as gross as I initially thought. You dispose the liner, so you’re washing a wet diaper, but not any solid waste.

- Reusable diapers are better for our environment than disposables and you aren’t sending the diaper and waste into a landfill. With the Miofresh cleaner, you can even cold machine wash the diapers, and then line dry, if you’re so inclined.   - You can work with a diaper service if you don’t want to invest in the nappies or wash them yourself, although we have our own nappies.

- Disposable & flushable liners are very convenient.

- Snug fit, easy to assemble and put on.

- Seems to absorb well and the liners seem to wick away moisture from baby’s skin.  Doesn’t absorb as well as disposable diapers but the diaper does not contain chemicals to wick the moisture away and the baby’s skin is better protected as we tend to change his diaper more quickly after being soiled.

- Over time, I think we’ll save a ton of $ with the Bambino Mio diaper system over disposables, and this includes costs associated with laundering. Using a baby cost calculator, the cost for disposable diapers is roughly $72/month, cloth diapers I wash myself is $19/month.

- Very natural way to diaper the baby. Our baby is not exposed to unnecessary chemicals in disposable diapers.

Cons

- There are many steps in the diaper changing process. Removing the soiled diaper and liner out of the cover, getting the liner into the toilet, the diaper to the laundry bin, wiping down the diaper cover, then re-diapering the baby…

- The velcro fastenings are easy to use but easily snag on clothing and blankets
- Our diaper covers were soiled immediately following our son’s poop at least once a day, forcing us to do the wash a bit more frequently than was recommended.
- For a cloth diapering rookie, there is some getting used to in cloth diapering a baby.

All in all, the cloth diapering system by Bambino Mio is not that much more complicated than disposable diapers and the benefits to the environment, our baby’s lack of exposure to diaper chemicals and savings to our pocket-book far outweigh any hassle.

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The Discoverer’s
Meadow Fabric Ball is a soft plush ball made of fabrics of different textures. The green ball has soft colorful toys surrounding it, and these toys can be moved by pulling objects on the opposite side of the ball. The toys include a butterfly, worm, snail, bird and flower. The toys make noises, such as the squeaking flower, the rattling snail, and rustling foil butterfly.
I like this toy because of the various objects that the baby can grab, clutch, and move. The ball is also a nice size for a baby to hold. The noises keep a young one entertained. All-in-all, this is another wholesome, simple, natural cloth toy that young babies seem to enjoy and is easy to clean (just throw it in the wash).

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