If you participated in my recent auction for the Z99 Radiothon, you may already be familiar with The Sling Sisters. They donated a couple sets of their snack bags which proved to be quite popular come bidding time! I was lucky enough to receive some of these snack bags to review along with a wet bag and some organic wash cloths. Even better news for everyone is that they are going to give away some of their wonderful products on my blog as well. Finally, if you are in the Regina area, they will be at the Regina Baby Expo on April 3rd so you can stop by, meet them and check out their things for yourself.
Before I get into the review, I just wanted to provide a little bit of background on Sandra and Lori of the Sling Sisters as I think everyone enjoys hearing how Moms becomes Mompreneurs! They are a couple of sisters from Winnipeg, Manitoba who started their business when fellow mommies began admiring their homemade baby slings. Since then, they have begun selling a wide variety of products including the slings they started with as well as wet bags, organic cotton sherpa wash clothes, and reusable lunch and snack bags. They now have their products in numerous baby stores across Canada and you can find a list of their
retail locations on their website.
Now to the review! First, I'm going to start off with the snack bags as those are the items we have been using non-stop on our trip. We received three snack bags including one small flower snack bag and a snack bag set for Connor with a transportation theme. They are cloth on the outside and the inside is lined to prevent crumbs and things from getting into the fabric. They fit plenty of crackers, goldfish or cereal in them and I'm just referring to the small snack bags. We used one for Connor, one for Aleena and saved the larger one for snacks for us which were usually granola bars and that sort of thing.
My favourite thing about the snack bags for Connor is that he can easily use the zipper to open and close it which doesn't work with a Zip-Loc bag. Of course, they also have fun and colourful designs, are resuable so they're better for the environment, and kids enjoy having their own special snack bag. On our trip to Disney World, we had them packed each day with snacks for all of us and it worked very well.
Now to the wetbag we received. This bag features my favourite design of the bunch (although Connor would likely disagree as he liked his the best). We have been using it for extra clothes changes and it's the larger size so there's plenty of room. Two clothes changes barely even filled up the bag. I brought it everyday in the diaper bag as well and it came in handy as I ended up changing Aleena into clean and warmer clothes almost every evening. Basically, it's a great reusable bag for anything you want to use it for including extra clothing changes, cloth diapering, or swim suits/towels. It also has a zipper to close things up when needed and a tab with a snap so you can attach it to your diaper bag or even the handle of your stroller.
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| Wet Bag |
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| Strap for Attaching to a Diaper Bag or Stroller |
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| Inside of the Wet Bag |
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| Organic Sherpa Wash Clothes |
Lastly, I also received some very soft organic sherpa wash clothes and I wish I had had something like these when my babies were newborns. They are so soft and perfect for a newborn's gentle skin. Of course, my babies are still small and it's nice to use these soft wash clothes even now. I tried taking a couple photos to give you an idea as it's hard to explain how something feels. Unfortunately, they weren't turning out very well so I borrowed the one from their website. As I said before though, they are making the rounds at baby shows including Regina's Baby Expo so you can check everything out at their booth yourself.
The Giveaway
The Sling Sisters are giving one lucky reader a lunch kit of the winner's choice to include a lunch bag, large snack bag and small snack bag.
How to Enter:
There are five ways to enter this giveaway contest.
Only separate comments will count as entries so make sure to make separate comments for each. I will number the entries and select a winner using www.random.org.
Ways to Enter:
1. "Like" The Sling Sisters
on
Facebook.
2. Visit the
The Sling Sisters Website and let us know what your favourite reusable snack bag print is.
3. Follow A Sophisticated Mommy via Google Friend Connect.
4. Like
A Sophisticated Mommy on Facebook.
5. Share this giveaway. (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Blog)
This contest is open until Tuesday, March 29th at Midnight SK Time.
Open to Canada only.
Here are a couple photos of the snack bags in action. As I said, we've been using them daily!
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| Aleena having a snack on the airplane. |
The Regina Baby Expo is a huge event for families. It will feature plenty of local and national products and services for expecting parents and parents with young children up to preschool age. There will be lots of great shopping, informative seminars, a children's play zone, a family rest lounge (that you will need after everything else) along with the concessions of course. You can find a whole schedule of events on the Baby Expo Website.
First of all, I want to make it clear that True Cuddles has asked me to write a review about their blog along with several other Canadian mommy bloggers I presume. With that said, they also asked for the good, bad, and ugly in hopes of making their website even better and I totally respect that. I am a fairly diplomatic sort though so I can't see things getting too ugly here. Also, I just submitted my very first academic book review for my Education Master's class so diplomatic it must be! 
