I am helping my sister in law register this weekend and want to poll this awesome board for some suggestions. For example, I dont like my infant car seat (peg perego) so I am trying to get some other suggestions to give her. Also i love my stroller (uppa baby vista) but i think its too expensive/cumbersome for her, so what stroller do you have/love? Would love to hear your top 2/3 items we must throw on this registry! Mine include:
-rock n play sleeper
-swing
-medela freestyle double electric pump / accessories
-any jumparoo
-aden & anais blankets and sleep sacks
Thanks for the help ladies!
Re: recommend your baby must haves!
My splurge item was my stroller. I have the City Mini by Baby Jogger. Totally worth every penny. I created a registry for E because the majority of our family lives very far away and that way they could see what we needed. Only it backfired and no one bought anything off the registry.
-Kick and play piano mat.
-We have a Jeep stroller. I didn't even know Jeep made strollers, but we found ours at Walmart. It was only $50. It's lightweight and smaller than a lot of other full size strollers, but still has an adjustable seat, cup holders, and a basket underneath for storage. I've gotten several compliments on it.
First round of Clomid in May 2012= BFP #1, DD born January 2013
BFP #2 in January 2014, DS born September 2014
piyo baby nail scissors
halo sleep sack swaddle
disposable changing pad covers
microwave sanitizing bags
and I LOVE my Uppababy Vista
Also sleep sacks/swaddles, Aden and Anais blankets and bouncy seat.
As for car seats I have the snugride 30 and love it but I wish I registered for the 40 instead so we wouldn't have to switch so soon!
bouncy seat (we have a really simple one that I just use to put the baby in when I take a shower or work in the kitchen)
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BFP3: DD2 born Feb 2013 at 38w4d via unplanned RCS due to uterine dehiscence
I actually just use an air purifier. Dual purpose that way! I also have a little travel Homedics mybaby soundspa for the stroller or travel ($10).
A swing. We had a whole new way of life when we got ours. We bought it second hand from a friend, and DS loves it. On daycare days he still comes home and naps in it while I get all unloaded and settled from the day. We went the first six weeks without it, and looking back, I probably would have been way less of a basket case during the newborn phase if I had it from go.
Sophie the Giraffee - she is obsessed
SwaddleMe swaddles - they were the best. I HATED the halo swaddle sleep sacks. I could never get the swaddle part right on those.
A&A blankets
I love my peg perego infant seat
Bouncy seat of some kind
things I couldn't have lived without:
*receiving blankets
*bouncers & swing
*sleep sacks, she still pretty much lives in them! they're so easy to put on and take off!
*her baby bath, it's one that the water can come up through instead of filling one up so it was a lot easier
*now that she's older, she loves things she can move around with her legs or jump in and the toys on them keep her busy