Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Free Mother's Lounge Nursing Pillow Review

The latest "free" product available from the Mother's Lounge is nursing pillows.  Like most of their products there are coupon codes frequently available that allow you to buy the product for free, but you must pay shipping.  As I liked a few of their other products- nursing cover and carseat cover- I decided to buy one for the new baby.

Since I am in Canada, the shipping cost me $17.90.  It took about 2 weeks for it to arrive. 

I ordered the yellow minky pillow. The basic shape of the pillow is nice.  The minky fabric is comfortable .
That is about the end of the positives.  The pillow does not have a separate cover although the whole pillow can be machine washed. It is really thin and does not much structure to it.  It is also very small.  Posted below is a comparison shot between the yellow nursing pillow and my jolly jumper boomerang pillow. 
Next is Johnny hanging out on the nursing pillow. 

While it looks like a great deal, I would rather put money into buying a proper nursing pillow.  As I type this, Johnny is fast asleep on my lap in the boomerang pillow and I am able to balance him on my knees quite easily. With the ML nursing pillow, I would not be able to do that. 

Nursing pillows are supposed to help you hold the baby up and provide support for your arms. I find this pillow does neither. 

3 comments:

MommaAnt said...

Thank you for your review, I didn't want to waste money on the "shipping" even though it's considered free...I also got the car seat cover and breastfeeding cover and those seem a bit more legit than this...I'll go ahead and buy the boppy! :-)

Unknown said...

If you are wondering if this deal is too good to be true, it is! I got my pillow the other day and conveniently they have a no return policy, probably because this thing is not even worth the $12 "shipping charge" they offer all the time and pretend it is a special deal!

Other than appearing to be a slightly smaller shape of the far superior Boppy Pillow, I am not sure what qualifies this trash to be considered a "nursing pillow." The Nursing Pillow (a name almost impossible to find reviews for on the internet because the name brings up all nursing pillows, how convenient) is cheaply made, the material is NOT soft, (I got the "Hush" cover) the side pieces are entirely too short so this thing will slip like crazy if you attempt to nurse with it, and the height is too short so you'd have to stack two or three pillows underneath to attempt to use this as a nursing pillow. Save yourself the "shipping charges" and buy a Boppy or My Breast Friend because they are actual reputable companies willing to exchange or return if you are unhappy with the product!

My guess is this woman thought she could try a get-rich-quick scheme because she tried to copy Boppy's design with little to no effort. Please do not waste your money on this thing like I did. If you want more reviews look up "The Nursing Pillow by Mother's Lounge" and you will find other disappointed customers.

Meg said...

I washed it the other day due to my 2 year old peeing on it. It's so lumpy now. It's not even comfortable for the baby to lay on it.