Are you expecting, adopting, or know someone who is? Here's a bunch of great baby freebies to help you out:
Click on the picture above to request your free gift pack from Enfamil.*
More baby freebies:
Free baby samples from Planning Family
Free samples for expecting parents from Baby-To-Bee
Free Baby's Only Organic formula sample*
Free Nestle GoodStart backpack and formula*
Free sample of Parent's Choice formula*
Free Member's Mark formula sample*
And just for fun, you can submit your baby's photo to the Great American Photo contest.
*Since I usually get some negative comments for posting formula
samples, I just wanted to clarify something: I'm a big supporter of
breastfeeding (nursed baby #1 until she was 18 months and am continuing
to nurse baby #2 while pregnant!), however, we have many
readers here who have adopted babies or have been unable to nurse so
these formula samples are really helpful for them.
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There are many reasons why women cannot breastfeed, and even if it is for personal choice that they just prefer not to, that does not make them less of a mother.
Thank you for being considerate of all mothers.
Alice
I only nurse as well but the day I was leaving the hospital our sweet nurse told me to request all formula sample bags. I am so glad she suggested it. I got free pacifiers, bottles, clothes, towels, wipes, diapers, CVS coupons!! etc. So for all you moms that only nurse there are TONS of other reason to get formula bags than actually for the formula itself. If you don’t want formula in your house sell it at a garage sale or on craigslist, donate or give it to a friend b/c you probably end up with over $50 worth if you get all 3 brands.
Thanks for posting. After exclusively nursing for 5 months, my baby wasn’t gaining weight because my body wasn’t producing enough milk. I had to start supplementing with formula while continuing to nurse. Sometimes, try as one might, exclusive nursing isn’t possible. Thanks for keeping Moms like us in mind! Also to readers who post negative comments – keep in mind that its difficult enough to feel like you can’t feed your baby with your body alone, so no need to add insult to injury with rude comments.
Thank you for providing all the baby items.
There are plenty of mothers that do not nurse for a variety of reasons, and this does not make them a less of a mother.
I nursed my twins till there were 7 months then formula fed, feeding them.
I just wanted to remind people out there not to judge women who don’t breastfeed harshly. I wanted to breastfeed my son (who’s a year today) badly but because he had trouble laching he NEEDED formula to help him gain weight. Everytime I took out formula in public I got dirty looks from moms like I was feeding him poison! You can imagine how that made a new mom feel! Please remember, like all moms, we also want what is best for our children and sometimes formula is best. So judge not lest ye be judged becuase you never know anyone’s situation.
People leave ugly comments about formula posts? Wow! Thanks for posting. I’m a HUGE breastfeeding supporter but was unable to breastfeed my kids due to medical reasons. I would have loved to breastfeed. Hopefully people understand that’s such a personal choice!
Thanks, Crystal, for keeping us adoptive moms in mind.
Our son, on the way from Haiti, has a severe cleft lip/palate, and couldn’t be breastfed even if I tried (I’m nursing our 11 month old).
Mary
I was surprised to read that you get negative comments just for posting about about formula samples. I would sign up for these samples even if I didn’t have a baby and donate them to the local crisis pregnancy center. Or, like I did do – give them to a missions organization in the mountains of WV where women and girls don’t have enough money to buy formula for their babies.
My mom used to use formula in place of milk in her pancake recipe (I’ve never tried that – my husband would croak!).
There are always multiple uses and reasons for requesting products…
I’m big breastfeeding supporter too. I’ve nursed all 6 of my babies but when I got pregnant just 5 months after my fifth child I had lots of supply issues. We wound up switching exclusively by the time I was 20 weeks pregnant due to the supply issues and also preterm labor issues. We spent quite a bit on formula for the next 9 months and I really appreciated getting samples and coupons. I’m currently nursing my almost 10 month old and right now I don’t need the samples so I’ll just skip them. I’m glad you are posting them for those that can use them.
Thanks! I’m going to post about the diaper sample on my site. I have compiled a big list of baby mailing lists that parents can sign up for to get coupons, freebies and more!
Thank you thank you for remembering us adoptive moms!!!
Thank you for posting about the samples. I think many women don’t realize that there are really three scenarios: breastfeeding, formula feeding, and wanting to breastfeed but not being able to (due to medical reasons, adoption, insufficient production); the last of which may be very difficult to deal with and can cause the mother a lot of pain and guilt. Motherhood is tough enough, it would be nice if women encouraged each other through the process.
Thanks, Crystal! I’ve been a happily breastfeeding mom but am now anticipating the arrival of an adopted son or daughter and had on my to-do list to locate the formula companies and start signing up! Thanks for all the help!
Hi. I tried the link for the Baby’s Only Organic sample, and I get an error page on their website?
As a mom-to-be of a child not born to me, I just wanted to thank you for including adoptive moms in your post. We are not often remembered and it means a lot to have someone acknowledge that we, too, are expecting!
Thank you for your little disclaimer. I wanted so very badly to nurse, but due to a severe infection three days after delivery my milk supply was damaged and was not able to replenish. That left me with formula. Thankfully we live in an age where formula is available and much better than alternatives years ago. The best thing for your baby is to love them, protect, and take care and that happens with or without nursing.
I can see where some people come from when talking about not nursing and the choices behind it. I nursed my daughter for 2 months and had to stop. It pained me greatly because nursing was all I wanted to do. It was even harder because she was in the NIC unit for her first 5 days and then back in for 3 days and the whole time I had to pump so they could monitor her intake and output. It was devistating for me to not be able to nurse (terribly depressed).
I hope that your bloggers realize that there is just more to live then just nursing because EVERYTHING happens for a reason. Thanks for your openness.
I’m still nursing my 2 year old. I did get the samples when my daughter was a newborn, and I donated them. I’m a huge breastfeeding supporter and am the recording secretary of my state’s breastfeeding coalition.
I know not all moms are able to nurse. I am actually a milk donor to the Mother’s Milk Bank of Ohio, which provides human milk to premature, ill, and adopted infants.
So few people have heard of milk donation, and it is gaining in knowledge and use in the medical community.
Thanks for posting these and for remembering adoptive moms. As a foster mom, I know that there are times when formula is a much better option than mom’s milk, particularly when mom is abusing drugs or alcohol. The point is to keep our babies fed and growing – however it is best for our families. Thanks for the samples, they come in handy when we get new placements.
just a note that baby to bee will call you to ask you bunches of questions after you sign for their site.
Yes, thank you for remembering us adoptive mamas!
Our church has a ministry for teenage moms who don’t have a lot of other support, and the free formula samples is a blessing to those girls, too!
Thanks for that reminder on nursing! I would have loved to nurse my children but it didn’t work out. They are just as healthy thanks to God!
These samples are still great to request if not for personal use but for pregnancy clinics or shelters.
Formula has been a help to me in many ways even though I breastfed almost exclusively for my first two children. It was also helpful when my child had thrush and passed it along to me: very painful! It was nice for those middle of the night nursings when you are sick and just can’t drag yourself to the baby to nurse him again. It is great for those Sunday mornings when things just arent’ going as planned and you can’t pump enough to give the nursery workers at church. I pumped and froze as much as I could for these occasions, but it was time consuming and always seemed to throw off my body’s system. My schedule was always unpredictable and so pumping on a regular schedule was not always possible. I ended up engorged so badly and so often that I felt it was more important to keep a balanced nursing schedule than to pump religiously for a while and then miss a couple times. I began to pump less and rely on formula for those occasions more.
I nurse my 3 month old son Cayden and I nursed his brother untill he was nine months. Cayden was born three weeks early and had a hard time learning to suck so I had to give him a bottle untill he learned to nurse. Thanks for the samples.
In the Sunday paper for our area (Georgia), there was a yellow rebate form “Buy 3 25.7oz or larger cans of Enfamil Lipil and get a $10 rebate”.