Parenting after 35
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Best Baby Items to get?
woodberries
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My baby is 12 and despite the fact I'm not far along I was tempted to get things with all the sales.Fisher-Price Newborn Rock n' Play Sleeper
One thing I actually bought (and cancelled) was a
Fisher-Price Newborn Rock n' Play Sleeper
I fell in love with it, but realized I also want it to be automatically rocking, too. lol. I would say I'm lazy, but I think it's normal to not want to rock your baby for an hour.
I have a friend that has some cool cloth diapers (that make it do-able) and got a hose you hook to your toilet to rinse them.
So many different things out there. What have you loved having?
The best diaper bag? Swing? Crib? Toy? Bottles? etc
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Re: Best Baby Items to get?
Bouncy chair and small portable swing. Used the heck out of both of them and they were both easy to move around. The swing folded up flat for traveling. They are all pretty similar these days so I would pick one that plays music you like. Make sure the bouncy chair has a vibrate function.
Pack N Play. Although I've only used it twice, while traveling, it was an absolute necessity. I can't imagine what I would have done without it.
Diaper Genie. Yes we use it, even now that we cloth diaper. It still functions as a trash can my one year old can't get into.
We discovered gdiapers and love them. They work really well for us. I do have a diaper sprayer- highly recommend if you are going to cd.
I used Avent, Lansinoh Momma, and Medela bottles. I liked the momma bottle the best.
I used a Baby Bullet to make my own baby food. I still use it to make purées for bases. Love it.
I bought a cheap Munchkin bottle warmer. It worked great and it was so much faster than warming in a bowl of water.
My crib is discontinued but I have a Babi Italia and it's been great.
That's a good start, I'll post again when I think of more.
Also a mat with arches that toys connect to. Commonly called a play gym. Those are fantastic. Both my kids loved the fisher price one that had a tiger that played songs and lit up.
I have Graco cribs for both my kids and cannot recommend them highly enough. So easy to put together, solid as can be, and inexpensive. I have a Lauren for my son and a Charleston for my daughter.
We used G diapers for a while with our daughter. I loved them. DH, who is in charge of laundry, didn't. We switched to disposables. That wasn't the fault of the diapers, though. In particular, I loved the newborn pack by G diapers. DD was 6 lbs, 3 oz, and skinny as could be. So she was in the newborns for the first 6 weeks.
As for diaper bags, Fisher Price has the most awesome, durable, usable diaper bags on the planet. To be blunt, I make a ton of money and I'm a purse whore. I bought a couple of expensive diaper bags (JJ Cole and Skip Hop) and they were not durable or practical. I grabbed a Fisher Price one to replace the JJ Cole, which had ripped, thinking it would be an "until I can find what I really want" bag. Omg. That bag was awesome. Now we have their backpack since we have 2 under 2. Also awesome.
My kids were creeped out by anything that swung, bounced, vibrated, or otherwise moved. DS used a swing for exactly 2 weeks.
I also have gotten a ton of use out of the old snuggli carrier we got at a 2ndhand store for 8 bucks. Totally couldn't decide which modern fancy carrier I wanted (ergo, etc) and still can't so still using snuggli. Though noe she is tell enough to need her head held a bit ifvshe falls asleep in it. 'I have a ktan too but in and out of snuggli is so much easier.
Handme downs and 2ndhand stuff is totally the way to go!
Oh one other thing for Pjs I was surprised to find I prefer zippers to snaps - snapping so many snaps on squirmy screaming baby is pain plus they gape and are drafty.
Baby bathtub.edited for too many typos