Two babies and Questions?

tamarar5

So ds will be 18 months old when this baby arrives. I'm working on my registry because I want the completion coupons. What items did you wish you had and didn't get? What items did you find not so helpful?

Currently, I've got my car seat and stroller picked out. I don't have a monitor right now because we only had one baby. But I've always wished i had one. Will a two camera system work if the babies are not sharing the same room?

I'm getting a new pump through my insurance, but I need to replace my bottles. For some reason, BBB, BRU, and Amazon don't have the Avent style at the moment. Is Tommee Tippy worth the cost? I used to like the Platex glass, but they changed the shape and now they leak like crazy and nothing I did helped.

We cloth diaper, and mostly use sized diapers, so other than supplementing my stash with a few girly covers if this baby is a girl, I'm good on the diaper front. What about a changing table? I haven't used one with just DS, should I with two? Our bathroom is MUCH too small to put anything in there. But the kids have built in dressers currently right now so I don't even have a surface to put a pad on.

I'm looking for your suggestions! Thanks in advance!

EandIMommy86

I use our changing table every day. It is also great for storage and organization of small items in the nursery.

We have the motorola video monitor and it came with two cameras. They do not have to be in the same room. You just set up both cameras and the parent unit shows the picture from whatever room you set the cameras in. They are easy to install and I have never had any problems with them.

I use Tommee Tippee bottles and I love them. If I were you, get the 9 oz ones. If you get the 5 oz, you may have to buy the 9 oz later once LO drinks 6-8 oz of formula. They are also very easy to clean.

The only item I got that was a serious waste of time was a wipes warmer.  Nobody has time for that. LOL.

jf198400

I used Breastflow bottles with both of mine, and liked them, but might try tommy tippee when we have a 3rd baby b/c I love their sippie cups.

I just have a regular audio baby monitor, no fancy video cameras. This works fine with me. I only needed one in the babies room, not the toddlers. If I had 2 kids sharing a room I might like a video monitor to check on them, to make sure toddler isn't bothering the baby.

If you've gone this long without a changing table, then I guess you don't really need one. I have one in the nursery and I have a changing pad to use downstairs.

As far as anything else you might need, I think it's personal preference. I bought a 2nd boppy b/c with my first baby I was always taking it up and down stairs. But I ended up not using it nearly as much with baby2 b/c I was more comfortable with BFing. I also bought extra burp cloths and washcloths.

My kids are also 18months apart and girl boy, but even if I had a 2nd girl I still would have needed to buy some clothes b/c they are in opposite seasons.

Also if you don't already have a baby carrier you will definitely want one for chasing after your toddler. I used a baby ktan for newborn stage and then an ergo. I Love the ergo!

FmrAFBrat

I honestly never use the video part of our video monitor...so for DS2 I just purchased an audio monitor for DS1s room and put the video one I had in DS2s room just in case.

My boys are 19 months apart...so opposite seasons and a lot of new clothes. Some of the sleepers and onesies I was able to use, but a snowsuit in June or shorts in January just doesn't work.

Bottles...do not stock up on anything. I like Tommee Tippee and use them for this baby but both my boys liked different ones. Wait, maybe buy a 3 pack of that and another brand to start with. Nuk and Dr Brown's seem popular at daycare.

tamarar5

Thank you all for the advice, I really appreciate it! Like I said, I'm filling out registries just to get the completion coupons-- like we need to get a double stroller and that 10%-15% (conflicting reports about BBB) would come in really handy!  Like everyone said, we need cloths because boy or girl, this baby will be the opposite season of what I currently own.  But once I started putting the bigger items on my coupon registries, I suddenly drew a brain fart and couldn't think about what we might want/need!  

I fully intend to BF as long as possible, and will primarily feed straight from the tap, but I'd really like to be able to go out without the baby at some point, or have DH do a feeding now and then.    Thus the questions about bottles.  I also own a Moby, but I found with DS that it was just too hot to use it.  I'm hoping to invest in a Tula with the newborn insert before baby arrives!

jnnfrrose6

We currently have an audio monitor but will be getting a double video. I don't really care about being able to see the new LO (just hear), but DS spends time playing in his room so I want to be able to check in on him plus once we transition hi out if the crib it will be useful to check in at night I'd he's wandering. Since I don't want to have to deal with 2 parent units we're going to just upgrade to the video.