HappyBaby: Review and Giveaway

Even though I may not always eat perfectly healthy (understatement of the year as I eat a chocolate chip cookie…), I am very careful about what I give my children to eat.  So much so, it’s become a joke among some of my family.  But really, I’m just trying my best to the make the food they eat count nutritionally as I help them develop good eating habits.

So when I was given the opportunity to test-drive HappyBaby products with my kids, I jumped in excitedly.

HappyBaby gave me some HappyBaby frozen baby food and cereal for Jack, my nearly 7-month old.  Unforunately, Jack is protesting against anything that’s not his bottle, so we haven’t actually gotten him to try his food.  That being said, I’m very pleased with it.  This baby food comes frozen in small cubes that you thaw or microwave, and it’s made from organic ingredients.  I’ve thawed out a few cubes and was thrilled with how fresh the food seemed.  The colors were bright, and it’s a great consistency.  It reminded me of homemade baby food that I would make if I could ever get the consistency right!

On the other hand, Sadie- my two year old- was excited to try all the different toddler product lines.  She thought the the Mac & Cheese Bites and Veggie Tots were good, and she downed nearly a whole package of the HappyMelts in one sitting.   And today, she’s been eying the canister of HappyPuffs for her afternoon snack.  So I think it’s safe to say HappyBaby is Sadie-approved.

I’m glad she enjoyed the HappyBaby food, but I think I appreciated it more.  The HappyBaby line is all minimally processed and made of organic , non-genetically engineered ingredients.  And when I compared it to other national brand baby and toddler foods, it often came out on top nutritionally.  Besides the healthiness of the food, I appreciate that HappyBaby supports sustainable farming.

While I do find the regular price of some of the items a bit hard to swallow, I am also willing to pay a bit more for healthy, organic options for my kids when we can.  And when I compared prices on some of the items- like the HappyPuffs and HappyTot meals- at Whole Foods and Target, I found HappyBaby was definitely competitive in their pricing.  Plus, I’ve seen coupons available for HappyBaby on occassion, which is always a plus!

HappyBaby also wants to share a bit of this yummy goodness with one Mrs. Moneysaver reader.  One of you will win the following:

-2 free trial coupons for each of the Happy Family lines.
-1 FAQ on Probiotics & DHA
-1 infant & toddler Nutrition Guide, co-authored by Dr. Sears
-1 HAPPYFAMILY Recipes

So you want to win?   (C’mon, you know you want to!) You have five chances to win. You can enter in each of the five ways, or just pick which entries you would like to submit. Make sure you leave a separate comment for each entry. If you are reading this post from an email, you must click over to the Mrs. Moneysaver site to leave your comments.

1. Check out the Happy Baby website and let me know of one product that you would love the kids in your life to try.

2. Subscribe to this blog, and leave me a comment letting me know you’ve done so. Click here to subscribe by email or feed reader or see the right sidebar to sign up. You must remain a subscriber for the duration of this giveaway. If you’re already a subscriber, leave a comment letting me know.

3. Follow both me and HappyBaby on Twitter, and tweet about this giveaway. You must do both! Then leave a comment below with the tweet.  (Click on the time stamp below the giveaway tweet to see a status update page.  Leave the link to that page.) You can copy and paste this tweet if you would like:

Enter to win a @HappyBabyFood from @mrsmoneysaver here:  http://bit.ly/4J1HtV

4. Blog about this giveaway on your own blog, then leave a comment with the direct URL to the blog post.

5.  Become a fan of Mrs. Moneysaver on Facebook and leave a comment on the Facebook page with a site suggestion or just to say hello!  Then come back here and let me know you did this.

Remember, please leave a separate comment for each entry. And please enter only in the ways listed above. I reserve the right to delete comments not adhering to the above entry guidelines.

You can enter anytime now through Sunday, January 24th at 8PM EDT. One winner will be selected at random. I will contact the winner by email shortly after the giveaway ends, and the winner will have 48 hours to respond. If the winner does not respond within that time frame, a new winner will be selected.

Thanks for entering!

The products reviewed above and the giveaway prize were provided to me by Happy Baby.  The opinions shared within the review are mine and were not provided by the company.