unnecessary baby items

Heather&Mikey

So DH and I were walking through the baby section at Target to get a few things and they have a baby Kurig. Apparently it mixes the formula and water and warms it all at the same time. I was thinking "who in the world needs that? It's completely unnecessary." My thought? Do it the old fashioned way. Mix it up yourself and if you need to heat stick the bottle in some hot water. What unnecessary baby items have you run across?

Miz_Liz

This isn't a baby item, but I had a good laugh at the grocery store the other day when I saw "juice box holders" that were literally just plastic things you slide the juice box into with handles for your kid to hold. Since when can kids not handle holding a juice box?! Seriously??

toccoaparker

This may be my UO early but I think high chairs are useless, both of my kids learned to eat by either sitting on the table, in my lap, or in the chair right beside mine. If I needed something else taking up room in my house I'm sure I could find something much more useful..

kelseyrayay

Miz_Liz said:

This isn't a baby item, but I had a good laugh at the grocery store the other day when I saw "juice box holders" that were literally just plastic things you slide the juice box into with handles for your kid to hold. Since when can kids not handle holding a juice box?! Seriously??

Lol I feel like they made those for me. I always squeeze the box to hard and spill it everywhere

kedbach

I obviously don't know from experience but the wipe warmers seem like a useless item. Are you going to lug that bad boy around with you on the daily??!

EmEeGee

kedbach said:

I obviously don't know from experience but the wipe warmers seem like a useless item. Are you going to lug that bad boy around with you on the daily??!

Agreed. Parents bring these in to the ICU and ask us to use them for their babies and I just roll my eyes in my head and say sure. Warm the wipe in your hands if you really think your child will self implode from a room temperature wipe but why would you intentionally create a warm moist environment for bacteria to grow? But seriously, a wipe straight from the package is no more traumatic than opening your kids diaper and letting the air hit them... The crying usually starts before the wipe even gets involved.

emmacake08

Anyone else ever seen those banana slicers? I guess a paring knife or fingers is just too hard? Lol

albolan80

emmacake08 said:

Anyone else ever seen those banana slicers? I guess a paring knife or fingers is just too hard? Lol

Have you read the Amazon reviews? I cried I laughed so hard!

emmacake08

Ooh... ::moving to web browser now::

carleym93

My husband registered for a grape slicer. You line all these grapes in a little tube and push down a button and it cuts them all into quarters. He was very upset when I removed it

Miz_Liz

albolan80 said:

Anyone else ever seen those banana slicers? I guess a paring knife or fingers is just too hard? Lol

Have you read the Amazon reviews? I cried I laughed so hard!

THANK YOU for sharing this piece of info! Here is the link to make it easier for people....https://www.amazon.com/Hutzler-571-Banana-Slicer/dp/B0047E0EII/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1435718468&sr=8-1&keywords=banana+slicer#customerReviews

emmacake08

I'm dying silent laughing in my snoogle in the dark with an iPhone and Amazon reviews.

Anyone else that's bored, look up the Amazon reviews of the Haribo sugar free gummie bears... Hilarious )

ittybittybaker09

Check out the amazon reviews for the sugar free Gummi bears too. I laughed so hard!

My aunt didn't use wipes on her babies, she actually used wash clothes for the first 2 months. Then they went into a bucket to be washed. She was worried the wipes would hurt their butts. Talk about a waste

kelseyrayay

Lmao I'm dying!

Miz_Liz

Another great Amazon review item...https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/reviews/B007I4HI1K/ref=mw_dp_cr?qid=1435719059&sr=8-1

ann_jeremiah

Miz_Liz said:

This isn't a baby item, but I had a good laugh at the grocery store the other day when I saw "juice box holders" that were literally just plastic things you slide the juice box into with handles for your kid to hold. Since when can kids not handle holding a juice box?! Seriously??

My ding dong kids squirt juice on themselves EVERY TIME they use a juice box!! I even flip up the flaps and tell them to "use the handles."

KaylaLovesNoah

It could be useful I guess but it totally freaks me out! Has anyone seen the floaty thing that goes around baby's neck?! Can you imagine walking into a pool and seeing a bunch of floating baby heads!! Nope. Nope. Nope. I'll pass! [-X

Miz_Liz

KaylaLovesNoah said:

It could be useful I guess but it totally freaks me out! Has anyone seen the floaty thing that goes around baby's neck?! Can you imagine walking into a pool and seeing a bunch of floating baby heads!! Nope. Nope. Nope. I'll pass! [-X

ktabs

The Amazon review for "3 wolf moon t shirt" is the absolute best yet. Just FYI

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/reviews/B002HJ377A


Never mind I see that this was already mentioned!!!

KaylaLovesNoah

@Miz_Liz Yes! Those! Totally creep me out!

mrswiebe09

Bic pens For Her reviews are also super hilarious!!

mrsb30

Miz_Liz said:

KaylaLovesNoah said:

It could be useful I guess but it totally freaks me out! Has anyone seen the floaty thing that goes around baby's neck?! Can you imagine walking into a pool and seeing a bunch of floating baby heads!! Nope. Nope. Nope. I'll pass! [-X

How is that even safe...

lethanne

Alright I'll step up and admit it.... I want one of those baby brezza formula pro's! This will be our second child and if you choose or need to formula feed, anything that makes those late night bottle making/warming quicker and easier- simply rocks.

chshannon

carleyec93 said:

My husband registered for a grape slicer. You line all these grapes in a little tube and push down a button and it cuts them all into quarters. He was very upset when I removed it

This would actually have came in handy in my daughters 4k class we had to cut the grapes in slices so they wouldn't choke when eating them.

laurenbeyer

Wipe Warmers... It seems like the baby would get used to a nice warm wipe on his/her bottom, and then, you have to change a diaper out in public with regular cold wipes and the baby wouldn't like it as much.

hgyp1006

emmacake08 said:

I'm dying silent laughing in my snoogle in the dark with an iPhone and Amazon reviews.

Anyone else that's bored, look up the Amazon reviews of the Haribo sugar free gummie bears... Hilarious )

I was crying laughing reading those and my husband thought I was crazy. Those reviews were fantastic.

hgyp1006

Have any of the FTMs bought the baby bottle sanitizer/steamer things? The actual name escapes me. I was planning on just boiling water in a big pot and using that to sanitize the bottles, but my MIL (going off what my SIL did last year when she had her little one) suggested I get that. I personally don't see the point but thought I'd ask if I'm in the minority.

ChristyM87

hgyp1006 said:

Have any of the FTMs bought the baby bottle sanitizer/steamer things? The actual name escapes me. I was planning on just boiling water in a big pot and using that to sanitize the bottles, but my MIL (going off what my SIL did last year when she had her little one) suggested I get that. I personally don't see the point but thought I'd ask if I'm in the minority.

I was told that you don't need to sanitize bottles. I am just planning on washing them with hot soapy water

Seh114

hgyp1006 said:

Have any of the FTMs bought the baby bottle sanitizer/steamer things? The actual name escapes me. I was planning on just boiling water in a big pot and using that to sanitize the bottles, but my MIL (going off what my SIL did last year when she had her little one) suggested I get that. I personally don't see the point but thought I'd ask if I'm in the minority.

If you have a dishwasher it should get hot enough to sterilize the bottles.

laylababe3

albolan80 said:

emmacake08 said:

Anyone else ever seen those banana slicers? I guess a paring knife or fingers is just too hard? Lol

Have you read the Amazon reviews? I cried I laughed so hard!

OMG Thank you! My morning needed laughter )

heath3er

I always boiled my bottles in hot water.

Seh114 said:

hgyp1006 said:

Have any of the FTMs bought the baby bottle sanitizer/steamer things? The actual name escapes me. I was planning on just boiling water in a big pot and using that to sanitize the bottles, but my MIL (going off what my SIL did last year when she had her little one) suggested I get that. I personally don't see the point but thought I'd ask if I'm in the minority.

If you have a dishwasher it should get hot enough to sterilize the bottles.

heath3er

I also think that the baby boy teepees for their boy parts are a waste! My friend bought like 12 of them

laylababe3

heath3er said:

I also think that the baby boy teepees for their boy parts are a waste! My friend bought like 12 of them

I'm a FTM, so this is just an observation rather than experience, but can't you just use a wipe??

hgyp1006

@ChristyM87 @Seh114 That makes life a lot easier. I don't know why I didn't think about just using the dishwasher...

missmarissa711

The baby bottle holder just makes me sad. C'mon people.

kedbach

My dishwasher claims to be fancy and have a sanitize cycle so that's what I'll be using. Thanks for bringing up bottles- I should probably get on washing those in case LO doesn't like my boobs.

emmacake08

I loved the microwave sanitizer bags for sanitizing my pump parts in the beginning when I was pumping constantly and couldnt always wait for the dishwasher. Past that and for the occasional travel, they weren't necessary.

jessandandy09

Marissalynn0620 said:

The baby bottle holder just makes me sad. C'mon people.

these make me really sad too. 

lifesabeach85

kedbach said:

My dishwasher claims to be fancy and have a sanitize cycle so that's what I'll be using. Thanks for bringing up bottles- I should probably get on washing those in case LO doesn't like my boobs.

Even if BF goes great you may just want to pump a little so you can have a night out, or a night where you sleep and DH does the 4am Feeding here and there

awebsteWed218778

Marissalynn0620 said:

The baby bottle holder just makes me sad. C'mon people.

WTF? lol 

xsunshinelady15

Lol I received 3 of the mentioned items for shower gifts: sterilizer, formula pro and wipe warmer. I used none of these things with my daughter who is 10, and I survived just fine. I actually may wait and see how/if these items make my life easier before I decide to return them. I plan to BF, but never really knowing it will work so the formula pro could make things easier I suppose..