Q-Tips Baby Packs Prize Pack Review & Giveaway (Ends 3/9)

When I was pregnant with my first son, I wanted everything to be perfect before he arrived. I had the nursery all put together, with clothes in the drawers and diapers in the organizer. I thought I had everything I needed and was ready. Well of course it is nearly impossible to be completely prepared, but with a little help you can get close. To help other new moms and moms-to-be create a beautiful nursery and stocked with essentials, Q-tips cotton swabs has teamed up with celebrity Nursery Designer, Wendy Bellissimo, to introduce the newest addition to the Q-tips family. Q-tips Baby Packs are adorable pint-sized Q-tips packages that go perfect with your nursery décor!

Wendy is no stranger to designing perfect nursery spaces and has worked with celebrity moms like Brooke Shields and Kelly Ripa. She has some great tips to create a nursery that is both beautiful and practical!

• Be Your Own Designer: Go through magazines, catalogs and visit baby & furniture stores to see the looks available. Choose a style that feels most natural to you so the nursery can become an extension of your home. Then create your own book or board of clippings, fabric samples and photos for inspiration. Start the design process well before your due date so that you have time to relax before the baby’s arrival.

• Save the Paint for Last: Select your nursery furniture and fabric before you paint. It is easy to find a paint shade to match your furniture/fabrics and not always the other way around. Keep in mind, furniture and fabrics do not all need to match – a great mix of textures that complement each other can add a truly custom, “designer” feel.

• Don’t Sacrifice Style for Functionality: It is easy to create a beautiful, organized space in the nursery to care for your baby (without the piles of diapers and a mess of toiletries). Place a basket or fabric covered box (from an arts & crafts or paper store) on the changing table or shelf above and fill with diapers, Vaseline® petroleum jelly, diaper cream and rubbing alcohol. One nursery essential you won’t have to hide is the new Q-tips® Baby Pack!

• Add a Personal Touch: Give your nursery a personal touch by adding framed covers of your favorite childhood books or classic black & white or sepia photos of you and your significant other when you were babies.

• Create A Sleepy Time Sanctuary: We all need our beauty rest, so it is important to create an environment that’s peaceful for your baby to sleep. Create a calming atmosphere with soothing colors and softer tones rather than bright or harsh colors. Then, use accents to add pops of color without being too overwhelming. Be careful not to make the room too dark or too quiet at nap time. This way your child will be able to fall asleep in any environment, which is great when you are traveling or when new siblings arrive! You can also play soft, soothing music or lullabies to help the baby fall asleep.

• Room to Grow: Choose design options that can grow with your child – consider color palette, furniture style, storage options and a play/reading area. Look for a dresser with drawers and cabinets, rather than a standard changing table and simply secure a changing pad on top. Once your child outgrows diapers, you will have a beautiful piece of furniture with drawers for clothing and cabinets for toys that are within reach for your child.

• X vs. Y: Not finding out the sex of your baby? No worries! Design a gender-neutral nursery with yellow, green, white or crème and simply add touches of blue or pink accessories when the baby arrives – these simple changes can be made to anything from the receiving blanket to the changing pad. These color options also give you the flexibility to use the bedding over again for a new sibling.

• To Theme or Not to Theme: Nursery themes such as safari, princess or transportation are a great way to create a fun, lighthearted statement. A themed nursery can still be done tastefully if the items are selected in moderation. For example, if you are doing a safari-style mural, keep bedding and fabrics neutral so the room doesn’t look overdone.

• Accessorize: A few must-have accessories for any nursery are books, books and more books! You can also add a silver piggy bank and a few irresistibly soft stuffed animals that will quickly become your child’s best friends! Even my celebrity clients still go for the traditional accessories – they bring us all back to that magical time of childhood.

• The Essentials: When designing your nursery (large or small), you should always keep these essentials in mind – a crib, rocker, changing table/dresser, light dimmer switch and books within the little one’s reach. If you do not have enough space for a bookcase, a basket for the floor will do the trick perfectly. Your little one will be crawling around before you know it and handing you their favorite book at bedtime!

Now that you have some tips to create and prepare your nursery, make sure you also include the new Q-tips Baby Packs in your preparations. They are available in two adorable nursery animal designs, and feature a sliding drawer that helps keep them protected from babies but still easily accessible for moms.

Now you may only think Q-tips are to clean your baby’s ears, but there are actually a whole bunch of other great ways to use them with your baby:

• Q-tips® cotton swabs are great for cleaning and applying ointments to a baby’s delicate skin.

• Dip a Q-tips® cotton swab in rubbing alcohol to clean around your newborn’s umbilical cord.

• Moisten a Q-tips® cotton swab with warm water to clean your baby’s outer ear, folds of the neck or between the toes.

I received a pack of these new Baby Packs and I must say, they are adorable! I love that they really can match any nursery colors. They look nice on display so I no longer am shoving them in a drawer and then digging them out when I need them. They also hold quite a bit (285 Q-tips) so one box will last a while. Along with the Q-tips Baby Packs, I also received a chic silver elephant bank to accessorize my nursery Wendy Bellissimo style!


BUY IT: You can buy the new Q-tips Cotton Swabs Nursery Packages at Target and Walmart stores for $3.19 for a box of 285.

GIVEAWAY: One winner will receive a “Perfect Nursery” Product Pack containing two Q-tips Baby Packs and a silver elephant bank.

WIN IT: Leave a comment on how you use your Q-tips (other than cleaning your ears!)

Mama’s Money Savers Disclaimer: I was given a Nursery Prize Pack to review from MomSelect. This review is 100% my opinion and has not been edited or reviewed by anyone. I was not compensated in any other way for this product review.

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