Breastfeeding Milestone and Must-Haves

We did it! We made it to six months of breastfeeding!

Even though I find breastfeeding to be easy (I have been so lucky and I'm so grateful we haven't had any issues), I set smaller goals as I work my way to hopefully nursing for one full year.

Sometimes breastfeeding looks like me curled up on the couch with the little man, and sometimes it looks like the Princess or the husband giving the little man a bottle of expressed milk.

That being said, the husband and I have come up with a few of our favorite breastfeeding must haves.

Gillian & O'Malley Nursing Bras
I am a huge fan of these particular nursing bras.  They are lined, comfy and inexpensive!
A Simple Wishes Hands Free Pumping bra is a plus if you're a working mom as well!

Lansinoh Disposable Nursing Pads
Life savers. Plain and simple. I have at least 4 in every bag I own. Never know when you'll need a new pair.

Munchkin Bottle Warmer
The husband swears by this! It is much quicker and more convenient for him to prepare a frozen pmped milk bottle with this than running it under water by hand for 5+ minutes!

Lansinoh Milk Storage bags
I only trust my milk in Lansinoh bags. I won't even try other bags at this point.

Joovy Boob Bottles
Joovy's bottles offer multiple nipple sizes and really imitate the nipple so there's no confusion!

Undercover Mama Tank Tops
I will breastfeed in public just about anywhere thanks to Undercover Mama tanks.  My belly is covered and I feel more confident.

Nurse Purse
I'm obsessed with how gorgeous a breast pump bag can be! I've received more compliments on my breast pump bag than I can count, and no on is the wiser!

Do you use these products already? Let me know what is on your must haves in the comments! 

It's a Ball! It's a Bubble! It's the Wubble Ball!

Disclaimer: This a sponsored post, however all thoughts and opinions are my own. 

When I attended Blogger Bash over the summer, I got to check out the Wubble Ball.  It is like no ball I have ever seen before.  It looks like a bubble but plays like a ball!

It is one of the most heavy duty balls I have ever seen! I was able to sit on it and even though it conformed around me like a chair, it didn't pop!

A couple things you should know:

• Target selected the Wubble™ Bubble Ball as a 2014 Top Toy for the Holiday Season. It was listed among other popular toys and games that are sure to be on every holiday wish list.

• Wubble has won numerous toy awards, including an Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Best Toy Award, a National Parenting Center Seal of Approval, a Mr. Dad Approved Award, a Parent's Choice Award and the  Dr. Toy Best 100 Picks Award and more! 

 Wubble Ball's are not indestructible, but they have a lifetime replacement guarantee. It costs $6.99 to replace a Wubble under the guarantee. 

Wubble Ball is available at Target, Toys R Us and online at www.wubbleball.com. Wubble Ball is on Twitter (@WubbleBall) and Facebook.

Loves her #wubbleball ans it a not even blown up all the way!

A photo posted by Heather (@heathgiff) on Oct 10, 2014 at 2:09pm PDT

My daughter LOVES the Wubble ball!  She calls it her bubble ball and is just obsessed.  We have played with it in our living room (not my husband's best idea), outside on the grass, outside on the driveway, and even in our basement!

She has already decided that she is buying a Wubble Ball for all of her friends this holiday season!

The Joovy Boob

Disclaimer: This a sponsored post, however all thoughts and opinions are my own.

I've clearly been on a Joovy kick lately and had to share about these ridiculously adorable bottles by Joovy, aptly named the Boob.

I had to check them out after seeing that they had won a Cribsie award!

The PPSU Bottles are BPA/PVC free and will not absorb any odors and is perfectly designed to fit right in your hand.

My favorite part of the entire design is that the entire bottle is only 5 pieces, including the cover! There are no weird, tiny pieces that have to be lined up just right.  Instead, the Boob offers a one piece CleanFlow vent that makes cleaning the bottle a breeze and allows venting regardless of how you hold the bottle!

This is what the Boob looks like without the cap and nipple:

You can see the little air vent and how easy the set up is!

Speaking of caps and nipples, the Boob offers 5 different size nipples:

Stage 0, Preemie, 0+ Months

Stage 1, Slow Flow, 0+ Months

Stage 2, Medium Flow, 3+ Months

Stage 3, Fast Flow, 6+ Months

Stage X, Extra Fast Flow for Thicker Fluids, 6+ Months

The base is wider and the nipple is longer to help assist with proper latching, helping breastfeeding last longer!

Joovy also makes an insulator to help keep bottles warmer longer!  Studies show babies do better with milk that is closer to body temperature so it's an awesome new product not seen on any other bottles.

And finally, the greatest part of the Boob bottles:

They offer a breast pump adapter!!!

The breast pump adapter allows you to use a Medela, Lansinoh, Playtex, Evenflo, Simplisse, or Ameda breast pump and pump directly into the Boob bottles.  Rather than transferring the milk into another container or a milk storage bag, you can simply use a Boob sealing cap and you're ready to pack it up to bring home!

I am obsessed with the Joovy Boob Giftset.  It is the perfect starter gift for a new mom, offering both sizes of bottles, nipples in all 5 sizes, an insulator for each bottle size, breast pump adapters, sealing caps, and a bottle and nipple brush! You can pick it up for only $129 from Joovy's website, or you can use their handy Store Locator to find a place local to pick up! You can also find Joovy on Facebook and Twitter!