http://www.viewpoints.com/aboutme/mommamel79 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:52:52 GMT Reviews by mommamel79 http://www.viewpoints.com/Gerber-Graduates-Finger-Food-Fruit-Veggies-Puffs-review-fa422 <p>My daughter loves these puff snacks! Being a first-time mom, I have been taste testing everything I feed my daughter! (Yes, I have even experienced the wonderful flavor of iron from both baby formula and cereal!) These are a great snack that I give my daughter with a sippy cup full of juice! She loves to pick them up with her pincer-grip, I love to hear the tiny crunching sounds she makes eating them - it's cute!</p><p>I bought these as name brand puffs, but have also tried Walmart and Meijer brand as well. I don't really think there's much difference in taste, I don't think my daughter realizes either!</p><p>I enjoyed not only taste testing the different flavors (my daughter loves banana) and occasionally snack on a handful or two along with her. They are very low in calories! That's always a great thing!</p>... Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:52:52 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Gerber-Graduates-Finger-Food-Fruit-Veggies-Puffs-review-fa422 mommamel79 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/First-Years-Winnie-the-Pooh-Nursery-Projector-review-159a4 <p>As a new mom, I saw this on the shelf at Walmart and got excited! Normally it would be an expensive item, but I found it on clearance! However, maybe there was a reason for that!</p><p>This projector was a cool concept, but it needed some tweaking!</p><p>First off, it is very heavy and bulky! I had to go to the dollar store for batteries, since it takes I believe C's or D's!</p><p>The idea of it being a projector, well, that goes out the door once you see how it really works on your ceiling!</p><p>I think it is a cool gadget if you really wanted to spend the money, but really, it is not so worth it! This is just another gadget that gets new moms thinking they need it all!</p>... Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:49:24 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/First-Years-Winnie-the-Pooh-Nursery-Projector-review-159a4 mommamel79 2 http://www.viewpoints.com/Graco-Swingomatic-Infant-Swing-Days-of-Hunny-review-88663 <p>A friend bought us this swing, luckily since it is a little pricey! Sometimes you can find it on sale a bit cheaper!</p><p>The best thing was when my daughter was a newborn, the swing allowed her to sleep while I was able to get some housework done, or get some Zzzzz's myself!</p><p>However, as my daughter got older (7 months +), she began to not like being in the swing so much! I think it scared her!!!!</p><p>It did go together easily though, and it is nice that the legs fold up! </p><p>Try to put this swing on your baby shower gift list, maybe a group of friends or family will buy it for you! I think it is great for any first-time parent - very helpful in keeping your sanity, actually!</p>... Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:38:42 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Graco-Swingomatic-Infant-Swing-Days-of-Hunny-review-88663 mommamel79 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/Snapfish-review-07bb2 <p>Before I owned my digital camera I never paid much attention to any Snapfish ads. At the same time, I did not realize how expensive photos could be! Once I got my digital camera, I realized I would not be able to afford to get the photos printed except for using a service such as Snapfish!</p><p>Snapfish turned out to be a total life-saver! I snapped over 1000 photos in no time (I am a first-time mother!) and I've been able to easily get them developed!</p><p>The only problem I have with the snapfish photos I received was that sometimes, even with a "true digital print", they cut off some of the picture! I wasn't happy when I saw my brother's head chopped!</p><p>However, Snapfish runs many promotions that save me a lot of money!!!! I even got 20 free photos for referring my friend!</p><p>I think it is a fun and affordable photo service!</p>... Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:30:12 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Snapfish-review-07bb2 mommamel79 4 http://www.viewpoints.com/Enfamil-Lipil-Formula-with-Iron-review-b1882 <p>I am a first time mother, so I was worried when the hospital started my baby out on a formula that the WIC program did not participate with! Nine months of reading articles and parenting classes at the hospital prepared me for a spitting up, gassy baby if a formula did not agree!</p><p>Enfamil with Iron turned out to be wonderful! My daughter took to it right away, without any gas or spitting up! No problems caused with her tummy what-so-ever!!! And you know, I didn't think it had that horrible "rumored" smell everyone told me formula has!</p><p>All I know is that my daughter did really well with it and she is a healthy &amp; strong baby!</p><p>You can sign up for coupons from the Enfamil site to save too! I was enrolled in the WIC program for all my purchases of this formula. It is a great choice!</p>... Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:19:59 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Enfamil-Lipil-Formula-with-Iron-review-b1882 mommamel79 5