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The last of my February subscription boxes arrived today and that just happened to be bluum. It appears that bluum is having some trouble switching from their small baby boxes (for 12 months and younger) to their bigger customized boxes by age (up to age 3 I believe). I certainly understand going through growing pains, but I also feel like you shouldn’t be charging customers for their March boxes when you haven’t shipped their February ones yet you know? It annoyed me with the Fancy box and it’s annoying here as well.
Okay, now that we got that out of the way, let’s get started ;). The minute I opened the box, I was annoyed no more. They hit it out of the park this month! I did a comparison between the old baby box and the new larger boxes last month, so I thought I’d skip right over the box picture this month.
Our bluum theme this month was “Strong Hands”. I mentioned it last month, but I aged WB up, so he is a getting a 14 month-old box instead of an 11 month-old box. bluum doesn’t include product information on their information cards anymore, but they do send you an e-mail with all the details you’d ever want the day you get the box.
~B Kids Bath Duck Family ($8.99): Ahh, the boys will love these! L saw them and immediately was like are those for me? We can never get enough bath toys around here and you can’t go wrong with a classic duck set ;).
~mOmma Straw Cup ($9.99): I love this brand (we have a few teethers by them and WB loves them) and am excited to try the cup. I am not sure how WB is going to do with a cup with no handles, but we’ll see. I did age him up for bluum boxes because I had felt that some of the items he was getting in the baby boxes were too baby’ish, so I can’t complain that this is “too old” for him. I’d rather have the box include something for him to grow into than something he has already grown out of you know?
~Ella’s Kitchen Nibbly Fingers ($4.09): WB loves these. While he has no teethm he takes these things down and has been for a few months! He is going to thank whoever at bluum decided to put Nibby Fingers in the box.
~Edushape Sensory Ball ($7.99): We got this ball in our December Stork Stack and was pleased with it then, so while we already have it, I do love it. Plus, with all these boys in the house, someone is always throwing something at someone. You can never have too many balls(*)!
~Baby’s First Words (over 150 words and pictures) book ($12.95): I know the link says this is like $3, but that also says it’s a paperback, which this book isn’t? But if it’s the same book for $3, I am buying one for everyone I know! This book is adorable and we’ll be reading it asap!
~Bathtime Baby Bathing Baby Hair & Body Wash ($15.50): I have never heard of this brand before, but I checked out their website and it looks like they have a lot of great products. And it doesn’t hurt that it smells yummy.
~Boiron – Oscillococcinum ($10): We actually got this last month as well and actually haven’t used it yet, but that’s fine by me. Maybe just having it around the house is what’s keeping us healthy??
~Dapple Dish Liquid Travel Size ($2.29): At first I wondered who would need travel sized dish soap and then I realized, umm, I do. I can’t even tell you the number of times I have stood at a hotel sink getting ready to wash a bottle or a sippy cup or whatever and realized I had no soap. I’m putting this in my suitcase right now!!!
All totaled, the February bluum box had a value of $71.80. Way way way over the $24.95 cost of the box and every single item is usable to us which is always a bonus!
Do you subscribe to bluum? What’d you think of this month’s box? Other than the shipping delays of course. bluum swears that the boxes are going to be on time this month and I really hope they are, because their FB page might must implode if these delays keep happening! My account is actually already showing that I am getting the “Balancing Act” box this month, so I am crossing my fingers this means it’s coming on time! If you are interested in subscribing or want to learn more about bluum, click here.
