The Original Boppy Pillow is a terrific item. I have used it many times already, and my twins are just one month old. The pillow is terrific for breastfeeding support, a "nest" for the babies to hang out in, and for "tummy time" so they strengthen their neck and other muscles. Later down the line, it will help support their backs as they learn to sit. Right now, I really enjoy keeping them on the bed with me, nesting in their Boppy Pillows.
The Original Boppy Pillow is also known as the Bare Naked Boppy Pillow. This means that you just get the pillow without any slipcovers. In order to ensure that your Boppy isn't going to be stained or otherwise ruined, a slipcover must be purchased and put on the Boppy. There is a wide variety of Boppy Slipcovers available.
When I found out that I was pregnant with twins, my husband and I decided that we weren't going to find out the genders of the babies. We painted the nursery in a Winnie the Pooh theme, with a lot of mint green. While I was creating our registry on BabiesRUs.com, I registered for two Boppy Pillows and several different slipcovers, including the Boppy Safari Slipcover.
The two reasons that I chose the Boppy Safari Slipcover was because it was gender-neutral and had a mint green background. It looked as though it would match our nursery quite well. It was also advertised as a "cotton blend", which made me believe that the slipcover would be soft or, at the very least, smooth.
I received the Boppy Safari Slipcover as a gift from one of my clients, who purchased it directly from my registry. I must say, I was relatively disappointed with this slipcover.
First and foremost, the background of the slipcover is an off-white, not the mint green that appears in all of the photographs that I have seen of this item. While the print is cute - cartoon drawings of trees and animals, including lions, hippos, giraffes and monkeys - it just doesn't match my nursery. The photographs are extremely misleading.
But, I'm not a real stickler for coordinating everything in a room. If a Boppy Slipcover doesn't match, that's fine by me. After giving birth and bringing the twins out of the NICU, however, my new family and I stayed at my mother's house. Since I had a C-section with complications, I couldn't move around too much. My poor husband was traveling between mom's house and our house. During one trip, I asked him to pick up the two Boppy Pillows and two slipcovers. He grabbed the Boppy Safari Slipcover and the Boppy Velvet Two-Sided Slipcover (Blue/Green Frosty Sherbet) from the selection that we had at home.
I must say, I am very disappointed with the texture of the slipcover. I thought that it was going to be soft and smooth, like a cotton T-shirt or an ordinary pillowcase. Unfortunately, this slipcover is quite coarse, almost like canvas. The "cotton blend" advertised is actually 100% cotton on the tag, so I don't exactly know what the cotton was blended with. Honestly, it feels like it was blended with sandpaper. To avoid putting the baby directly on the coarse material, I lay a blanket down first. It kind of defeats the purpose of having a cute print such as this.
While the Boppy Safari Slipcover fits the Boppy Pillow well, the tags are on the outside of the slipcover, stitched in the seam. If you rip it off, you will rip the seam and have a hole in the slipcover. If you cut it off, there will still be a remnant in the seam, which gives an even worse appearance. It would have been nice if the tags were sewn inside of the slipcover.
Overall, I wouldn't recommend the Boppy Safari Slipcover to anyone, strictly because of the material. People purchase Boppy Pillows and their slipcovers because they plan on using them often. You just can't use this coarse material often on your baby's sensitive skin. There are plenty of other Boppy Slipcovers available that are made of a softer material.
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