When I talk with moms with grown kids, the number one thing I hear is that there’s so much stuff for kids now. Instead of one baby carrier and only a handful of companies making baby stuff these days, the market is literally flooded with new items every year. While some of the new products are amazing, some superfluous, and some a minor improvement to what our parents had, I love the fact that we now have so many choices to fit any need and any budget.
This was especially true for me when shopping for the basics that kids go through so fast – from diapers to wipes to formula. Even though I breastfed both of my kids, there were times that I needed to supplement with formula and when I did, I was very happy to have so many formula choices available to me. Gone are the days of having one or two varieties available at most retailers, now there is a plethora of choices available to suit your baby. I was lucky that both kids would take any formula I offered, so for me, the biggest factor in my purchasing decision came down to cost, which meant I bought mostly store-brand formulas.
Since store brand formula is as nutritionally complete as national brands, yet costs 50% less, the choice for me was easy. Perrigo Nutritionals store brand formulas from stores such as Walmart and Target meet or exceed FDA standards and simply provide a lower cost alternative to the big formula brands. Whereas with the bigger brands you are paying extra for the name and their advertising budgets, with store brands you can find a lower cost solution even without coupons.
When Perrigo Nutritionals offered to send my little nephew a
baby savings gift pack, I jumped at the chance.
My sister has had a hard road breastfeeding and has supplemented with
formula more and more in the recent months as her breastmilk has declined and I
knew this would be perfect way to try out some of the store brands so we could
see how he did with them as compared to the big name formulas. Just as we hoped, he took to the new formula
like a champ without any problems at all.
Doesn't this adorable little guy deserve the very best? I don't know about you, but I'm smitten.
For all the many {many, many} bottles in my sister’s future, I was happy that the gift pack included a Munchkin baby bottle drying rack, a formula dispenser, and a bottle brush. With how convenient breastfeeding is with no extra equipment required, this will at least make things easier on her as she transitions to supplementing more as needed. She especially loves the drying rack as it makes keeping the counters clear and there finally is a place for everything.
But, my favorite thing included in the gift pack was a copy
of Sandra Gordon’s new book, Save a Bundle: 50+ Ways to Save Big on Baby Gear. In the past few years I’ve become the money
saving guru in my family and have been teaching my sister as we go how to save
on stuff for her baby. The book offers some
great advice on what baby products you should save on, and what you should
splurge on that you will use for years and is the perfect shopping companion
for her for the next few years.
Speaking of savings, now you can save even more by signing up for baby formula coupons from StoreBrandFormula.com. While you’re there, you should enter to win the awesome new Origami Strollers from 4moms, the world’s first power-folding, self-charging stroller. We reviewed the mamaRoo from 4moms when my son was first born and it was one of my all-time favorite baby products. They also have a weekly prize of two cases of baby formula, so there's no reason not to head over and enter today!
One lucky Rave & Review reader will win a Save a Bundle Prize Pack that includes:
- One can of Parent’s Choice Premium
- One can of Up & Up Advantage
- One copy of Save a Bundle: 50+ Ways to Save Big on Baby Gear
- Baby bottle drying rack
- Formula dispenser
- Bottle brush
To Enter: comment below with what you would do with the bundle you'd save switching to store brand formula
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On December 17th at 11:59pm PST a winner will be drawn, announced here and notified via email. Winner will have 24 hours to contact me or a new winner will be chosen.
Winner, winner! This giveaway is now closed. Thank you to all who entered and congrats to: #19 Danielle N said... I would use the money to put a down payment on a house. Renting stinks!
The Perrigo Nutritionals product,
information, and two gift packs have been provided by Perrigo
Nutritionals. As always, all opinions
are 100% ours.
