CSN Stores Review

I was recently contacted by CSN Stores to do a review of one of their products! 

{insert squeals of delight here}

So I began to ponder what exactly I would like to review.

I could get something for my son, but really Christmas is coming and I know for a fact cause me and Santa are best friends that he is getting quite a bit for his first Christmas. 

Mommy however won't be getting much because I sacrificed my Santa gifts to Bug. 

My selfish side came out and I decided I should get something for myself. I am sure Bug will forgive me! After all he got $75 worth of stuff from CSN Stores just a few months ago when we won that awesome giveaway!

I just purchased a new TV, and in light of bug trying to push all the buttons, I am thinking possibly a new flat screen tv stands. 

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This particular stand is looking quite promising. I love the storage space underneath and the height is perfect to keep a 10 month old away from the buttons!

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While the height is not exactly what I was looking for on this one maybe the baskets for toys will be a distraction for my one track mind kid. 

Decisions decisions... Now that I think about it this is kind of like a gift for bug after all. The gift of not getting in trouble too much!

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And in light of my review I am feeling generous, so I am going to be doing a giveaway of something from my shop next week. The giveaway will open on Saturday December 4th and the winner will be announced the following Saturday, December 11th, evening. So be on the look out for that giveaway! 

Vinyls on Mirrors? YES PLEASE!

Remember when we won the contest @ Living With Lindsay?

I won my choice of two awesome vinyls from Xpresiv Designs store!

Well we got them in the mail and I immediately ran out and bought two mirrors from walmart!

I decided that since I did not know where we would be in a few months I wanted the option to bring my lovely quotes without having to cut out pieces of the wall! 

{Yeah I so would have done that... well maybe not but it's a thought!}

Here are the end results...

{For my room}

{For Bugs room}

I can't wait to get them hung up! 

I have to say that I was very pleased with how well the vinyls applied and how easy it was too! 

I have never worked with them before so it was eazy peezy with the instructions included. 

5 bugs out of 5 for Xpresiv Designs

Vinyls: Free

Mirrors: $5 a piece

Total: $10.00!

Enjoy!

(While I did receive the vinyls free it was not intended for a review, but given to me through a giveaway, and all views are solely my thoughts)

Baby Mum Mum Rice Husks Review

I recently purchase Baby Mum Mum Rice Husks vegetable flavor for my son. 

Here is my thoughts...

After hearing so many good things about Baby Mum Mum Rice Husks, from other moms with kids my sons age, I decided that it was a must try!

I have to say I loved them at first. I was a bit concerned at first because I was not sure that r.bug could handle solids like a cookie... But the box says "You can give these to your child as soon as they are ready for solids." Well R.Bug is almost 6 months old and has been eating solid foods since he was 4 months, yes! 

[Update: Their website says, "You may give Baby Mum-Mum rice rusks to your baby as soon as he or she has developed the skill to bite, chew and swallow solid foods."]

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So off to our local Wally world we went to purchase some. We got the vegetable flavor because my kiddo is addicted to vegetables! He would rather have sweet potatos or mixed veggies over any kind of fruit! 

These lovely bits of scrumptious come in individually wrapped packages inside a big box. Each package contains two rice husks. 

So we opened and we ate! After the first package I was pleasantly surprised and pleased! He could eat it no problem although we did have to break out little surf board shaped cookie in half because a whole one was just too much of a jab the back of our throat risk! 

[r.bug enjoying his rice husk on our first try]

They do in fact "melt" pretty quickly so I was not afraid of choking too much either!

However on our second and third time we ate it I decided to wait until he was at least 7 months old to try again... Why? Well he choked. We opened a new individually wrapped package and he ate... All of the sudden he started gagging apparently it was not "melting" fast enough and he was eating a bit too fast and of course being a baby with very little teeth he was not chewing well. This happened twice and I had to sweep the bite out of his throat with a finger. 

Needless to say traumatic for mommy but baby took it all in stride ! 

Final Thoughts....

I would say I give these 3 rattles out of 5! 

They are good, affordable, and baby loves them. 

However I would not do as they say and give as soon as baby is ready for solids. Waiting until he is 7 months old is probably for the best... For my sanity at least! 

Have you ever tried Baby Mum Mum's? How did your baby like them?