Lansinoh and Nuk Nursing Pad Review

On Monday, my son turned 4.  I nursed him until he was 10 months old, so I was very used to wearing disposable nursing pads.  At the time I never saw any other brand of reusable nursing pads in the store except for Lansinoh.  I never had any complaints.  They were incredibly soft, and absorbent.

So when my daughter was born 8 weeks ago, my go to nursing pads was Lansinoh.  This time I was extremely disappointed!  They were still very absorbent, but they felt very coarse.  It got to the point where I would have little scratches on my skin from them.

I began looking into reusable nursing pads, but I am terrified that I would leak through them in public, and be embarrassed with wet spots.  I use cloth diapers, so reusable nursing pads shouldn't concern me.  It's just I don't want to fork out the money for them if they don't work.

Last week, I went back to the store to restock my nursing pad supply.  I was so excited because there were three brands to choose from!  I opted to try Nuk nursing pads.

Compared to the Lansinoh nursing pads they feel like heaven!  So soft!  I wanted to share this post for other moms out there looking for the best nursing pads.  I still want to try a reusable nursing pad.  If anyone reading this makes them, I would love to have a sample and do a review for you!  Just contact me, or comment.

Lansinoh Double Breast Pump Review

I was given a free Lansinoh double breast pump to review from my participation in influenster.  (If you are interested in reviewing products for free message me for an invite.  It's totally free)  I was super excited to receive this because at the time i was trying to figure out which double pump to buy.

In the box there was quite a bit of equipment.  You get 4 valves (2 extra), bottles, and the pump itself.  I was surprised at how much was in the box.

Here are the pros:

• easy to use
• works well
• very affordable
• extra parts
• many different settings to use to make sure you express what you need.
• closed system (which means the milk doesn't go into the tubing which eliminates the possibility of mold getting into your milk if it isn't cleaned properly.

Here are the cons:

• difficult to maneuver the buttons when you are using the pump
• doesn't have a manual pumping option
• the diaphragms seem to be a part that could be easily lost

To make the pump easier to maneuver you can just buy a pumping bra.  

I was very impressed with this pump.  It has made my life a lot easier as a mom of two.  I was an owner of the Avent single pump with my first pregnancy.  I am just as happy with this pump as I was with that one.