Nursing Necklaces *****contest closed******

My first guest blog post is courtesy of Donna West, mother of nursling Willow and a satisfied customer of a friend of mine, Lori of Lori's Nursing Necklaces.  As someone that has sacrificed quite a few necklace chains to nursling's tugs and pulls and whose body has borne more than a couple scratches from fiddling fingers and who currently has somewhat decorated skin from a nursling's fiddling with a pen (i.e. intentionally drawing on me!) while nursing, I can definitely see how one of these things would be worth its weight in gold to have!  Unfortunately, I only heard of them fairly recently, and I haven't had the funds to buy one, but I'm giving you the chance to win one!  So not only can you save your jewelry or skin, but you can do so for free!  Details of how to enter are at the end of the post.  Good luck!

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photos courtesy of Lori's Nursing Necklaces

A friend asked me once about the necklace I wore while I nursed my daughter. I felt it was an odd question since she followed it up with doesn’t that cost a pretty penny just to have your child break it?  Funny thing is, it has been the best investment I have ever made!

My daughter loves to hold on to the necklace while we nurse, so I no longer get pinched, scratched or pulled on while nursing.  And since I am comfortable so is she.  The longer she nurses the less of a chance I will have to purchase a can of formula; which is a life saver when it comes to trying to save a bit of money!  As for it breaking, nope not going to happen!  The friend I bought it from has hers tested by the government so that I know it is safe for my daughter to play with.  Which is yet another way that she loves it and I save money.  It is one less toy I need to buy!  She loves to play with the colors, we will sit and talk about the different trinkets and animals on her necklace, we have a red giraffe and a purple rhino on ours.  We talk about the glittery blue butterfly as well, since right now, that is her favorite thing to chew on.  Yup, I have no problem letting her chew on it either!  I know that it is safe for her, in fact I have found myself at times when I am done nursing chewing on the red giraffe at times, it is a great stress reliever for myself as well! 

I will be honest, I never thought about all the great ways this necklace came to be a great help to my daughter and I until she posed that question.  I have even recommended them to other friends, and even given them as gifts I believe in the value of the necklace so much.  I could not see my nursing going as well as it has with my daughter without it, and I would not have it any other way.

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 Makes you want one, doesn't it?  Even if you don't have a nursling yourself, this would make a great shower gift for an expectant mom!  Lori's Nursing Necklaces is giving away a gift certificate rather than an already made necklace so it can be customized for the winner to make it extra special.  How cool is that?  The winner will place an order for the necklace of their choosing at http://LorisNursingNecklaces.com and enter the provided gift certificate code when prompted.

To enter, leave a comment on this blog post or "like" Lori's Facebook page and post there saying you heard about the contest on Adventures of a Thrifty Mama (if you could tag Adventures of a Thrifty Mama in that post, that would be very helpful to make sure we don't miss it!).  The contest closes Saturday April 30 at midnight (Eastern time zone), so there is plenty of time to tell all your friends about this great opportunity to win this awesome prize!  The winner will be announced on my facebook page on Sunday May 1.