Uses way past nursing..

Blessed Nest sells the most divine nursing pillows you could ever imagine...

When Connor was breastfeeding, I used one of those highly marketed half donut shaped pillows which we honestly loved (so much so I had three, two of which were of diffrent brands, but needless to say we never left home without SOMETHING).

My biggest complaint about the super puffy stuffed pillows is the fact that they are a bit hard to manage unless your sitting strait upright in a chair. This is great in comparison to using just a plain pillow or nothing, but they leave you hanging when it comes to nursing laying down or if you want to get comfortable in another position.

The Blessed Nest nesting pillow on the other hand will form to you, no matter what position you choose. The inside is stuffed with buckweat which gives the pillow weight and it also allows the pillow to bend and curve to whatever position you've chosen. This picture shows a football type nursing position, one I found VERY difficult to achieve with those traditional pillows and a really great position to use if your nursing a very tall baby, twins, or especially helpful if you've had a c section and your avoiding laying the baby across your stomach. I used a football hold often the first few weeks with Connor and I ended up making a makeshift ramp with pillows, but the Blessed Nest nesting pillow would have made it SO easy. I am actually jealous looking at that picture as it seems so natural for her and not at all awkward like I found it to be at times with my pillow fort.

Honestly though well past breastfeeding is when the Blessed Nest nesting pillow really shows its true value. When all your other nursing pillows have made the way to the attic, that Blessed Nest will still be hanging out in the living room (or in your bedroom in my case) still proving its worth. I LOVE to use mine to watch DVD's in bed. I in the past would end up propping myself up on pillows while I laid on my stomach at the end of the bed to watch movies and always without fail my arms would fall asleep after a few minutes, so I would end up adjusting my pillow fort again over and over trying to get comfortable. Needless to say the first day my Blessed Nest showed up I tried it out.. and not only was it super supportive (no pillow fort needed) my arms were happy and I didn't end up driving anyone in the room with me crazy, as I'm no longer constantly fiddling with pillows... and If I end up falling asleep during the movie I don't end up feeling like someone kicked me in the head from having my neck cranked up on all those pillows. I think I actually sleep better on the Blessed Nest nesting pillow than I do on my regular pillow at times.

Connor appreciates my Blessed Nest nesting pillow as well. We take naps on the floor at times and it makes a great long pillow we can both rest our heads on. His favorite way to use it though is actually as a little baby sofa of sorts. If I leave the pillow on the floor of his room he will usually drag some toys over and sit on the Blessed Nest nesting pillow while he plays. It apparently makes a super good ramp for crawling as well as he spends a lot of time doing that.

Ive heard the nesting pillow makes a great doggie bed as well... sorry dogs, I'm not giving it up!!

Blessed Nest's web page is actually undergoing some difficulty at the moment, must be Gremlins in their web server.. but no fear. You can purchase your Blessed Nest nesting pillow through email or on one of the many online retailers and local ones, that sell them! They are offering 10% off to all email orders right now while the web page is down. Use code : OUCH

Blessed Nest is also giving away a Nest Egg pillow and a mommy gift pack to one lucky winner right now on their blog. Sign up to win on their blog!

I never knew something so simple would become so valuable.

While we are on the subject of babywearing I thought this would be the perfect time to bring this up.

I stopped breastfeeding sooner than I would have liked. I had hoped to make it to at least a year if not beyond but we ended up winding down slowly after Connor turned six months as he just became so active and so wiggly it got harder and harder to manage him. It was almost impossible to keep his attention and though he did a great job nursing at night during the day it was almost torture to get him to nurse longer than a few minutes at a time before he was halfway crawling all over me and grabbing everything in range.

I don't know how many times I thought to myself.. there has to be a way to distract this kid long enough he can eat peacefully without driving me insane, or injuring one of us in the process. If I had only been told about these necklaces sooner, we might have met our goal or at least stayed feeding longer than we did.

Tickled Pink Designs make the most fabulous nursing necklaces that not only solve that problem of how to keep your child preoccupied while nursing, its also a great keepsake to remember that time you shared together and a fun learning tool. Its a great way to keep those little hands busy without subjecting yourself to constant pinching, pulling, and hair twirling which many breast fed babies do at some point in the nursing experience. Connor has the Baby Boy High Contrast Necklace and we love to take it with us on trips outside the house. Even now that we are well past breastfeeding when I need a quick distraction I will get it out and we talk about all the diffrent colors, textures, shapes, and of course his name on the necklace. Connor is just fascinated by it and its the perfect solution to the "screaming baby in the middle dinner syndrome".

Speaking of learning necklaces, the Extrasensory Exploration Nursing Necklace would be a perfect tool for not only those breast feeders who have to be playing with something while they eat, but that sliding ring on the necklace would be a great distraction for a toddler.

With that said, the Nursing Necklace is not designed to be an infant toy, and is not suitable for teething, toddlers should be supervised when playing with a Nursing Necklace as though they are designed to withstand tugging and pulling care should be taken so that your little one does not accidentally swallow a bead.

While your over at Tickled Pink Designs check out their mom jewelry too as mother's day is fast approaching and they have some great selections!