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Spinoff: Everyday newborn must haves!
kkerner87
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So I know there is a thread on newborn travel must haves, but what about everyday must haves? I thought it would be fun for us to share some of the things that has made our lives as new mommies easier! Maybe even learn a few things as well! What is your top 5? I will start
1.) A baby wrap/carrier. We use a Solly Baby Wrap and it is a lifesaver! Lets us be hands free and baby girl is out like a light as soon as she is in it.
2.) Rock n' Play. It's one of the only places I can get LO to sleep!
3.) Gripe water. Takes her hiccups away almost instantly! I even keep it in my diaper bag!
4.) Aden and Anais swaddle blankets. I actually don't even swaddle her in them, but use them as a car seat cover, nursing cover, wipe off spit-up and it makes a super soft blanket for baby girl. It's basically our go to blanket!
5.) Summer Infant "swaddle me" it keeps her swaddled tightly all night! It's the only one that she can't bust out of and its super easy to use
And one more cause I could not leave this one out..
6.) A nursing pillow. We have a Boppy. I prop hee up in it, I use it as an arm rest when I nurse her. It's pretty much where ever we are in the house. If we need a pillow, that's the one we use
1.) A baby wrap/carrier. We use a Solly Baby Wrap and it is a lifesaver! Lets us be hands free and baby girl is out like a light as soon as she is in it.
2.) Rock n' Play. It's one of the only places I can get LO to sleep!
3.) Gripe water. Takes her hiccups away almost instantly! I even keep it in my diaper bag!
4.) Aden and Anais swaddle blankets. I actually don't even swaddle her in them, but use them as a car seat cover, nursing cover, wipe off spit-up and it makes a super soft blanket for baby girl. It's basically our go to blanket!
5.) Summer Infant "swaddle me" it keeps her swaddled tightly all night! It's the only one that she can't bust out of and its super easy to use
And one more cause I could not leave this one out..
6.) A nursing pillow. We have a Boppy. I prop hee up in it, I use it as an arm rest when I nurse her. It's pretty much where ever we are in the house. If we need a pillow, that's the one we use
Re: Spinoff: Everyday newborn must haves!
LANOLIN without this my sore and cracked nipples would stick to my nursing bras. Not pleasant at all!
Coveredgoods nursing, car seat and shopping cart cover all in one. I don't leave the house without baby girls car seat covered. Protects her from the sun and the germy people!
Receiving blankets
Boppy
Moby wrap/ring sling
Swaddle sleep sack
Bassinet with wheels - I can wheel her out to the living room if DD1 is up before her in the morning and use this for sleep around the clock (when not being worn or held)
A&A swaddle blankets
Baby wrap carrier/ring sling (I have a cheap wrap from etsy only paid $25 made of the same material as the A&A swaddles & a tula ring sling)
Rock n play
Boppy breastfeeding pillow
White noise machine
Breast friend pillow
Graze box!! (Snacks at arms reach!)
Nursing tanks
Moby wrap
And as hurricane Joaquin showed its face today, the JJ Cole shower cap style car seat cover is a lifesaver!! I had my 2 week midwife follow-up today and I'm not pumping yet so LO has to be with me, and for the first time in 9 months there was no street parking in the vicinity of the office and I was so happy she was covered and in her little cocoon!
Aidan and Anais blanket for everything, daytime swaddle, car seat cover, nursing cover, etc.
halo fleece swaddle sleep sack for night
Vibrating baby papasan chair, currently the only place LO will sleep more than 15 minutes
Mommy snacks - I am obsessed with granola and granola bars. Love the kind oat and honey bars
My white noise app
Swing. Its the only way I can get house work done.
Sleep Sacks. I was gifted multiple kinds.
Sleep Sheep for white noise
Her wubbanub for when we go out in public.
My boppy pillow.
Aden & Anais blankets - I use them for everything from swaddling to burp cloths to light blankets
Mother Earth nipple cream - I like it so much better than lanolin
Lanisoh soothies - along with the Mother Earth nipple cream, they are great after nursing! I keep them in the freezer
Rock N Play
Mamaroo swing
Baby Einstein Sea Dreams Soother - the white noise combined with the movement of the sea creatures helps our LO fall asleep faster
I know there's more but this is all I can think of right now!
2. Receiving blankets
3. Swing - the only place (other than on me) that LO will sleep
4. Gripe water - he is sooooo gassy
5. Ergo
Soothies pacifiers.
Bedside table stocked with snacks drinks breast pump etc
My Brest friend pillow- life saver for nursing.
Changing pad cover with wipable center from target. Haven't had to take it off to wash yet and baby spits up a lot.
Pack n play with the napper so I can actually leave the bedroom and be in the living room and feel human and not just a milk machine.
2- Rock-n-play
3- Cloth diapers for burp cloths
4- Pacifiers!!! - LO loves to suck!...on anything...hands, sleeves of his sleeper, my shirt, my shoulder when I try and burp him!...literally everything so pacis have been a life saved!
5- The Boppy
There are others but these are the top 5 on my list right now!!
Boppy
Sleep sacks
Cloth diapers for burp cloths
Gripe water
K'tan carrier
Wine (pinot noir, specifically)
Wubabub pacifier (weight of animal helps it stay in place!)
Disposable table liners
Universal wedge for crib (slight elevation for reflux/spit up reduction)
Aden blankets
Gripe water
Oh and wheat beer
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Boppy newborn napper (only place she will sleep)
Lansinoh hand pump(my Medea electric doesn't work as well)
White noise app
Swaddling blankets
Yes I've been using it for about a week and it really does work. Between tightening the part around the flanges/shields/whatever they are, keeping the neck part tight and fastening the under boob string i haven't had problems with it staying on. And once I got used to it I can get it on and pumping in no time. I feel like it will be so convenient for pumping at work.
Boppy lounger. Super portable, I use it constantly. LO lays in it while I'm prepping his bath and stuff like that.
Wubunub pacifier. The weight from the little stuffed animal that is attached makes it harder for the pacifier to just fall out of his mouth which is especially great for car rides.
And I know it's a big item but it's been a huge lifesaver for my family. The pack n play. I ended up with an unplanned csection and due to the insane amount of stairs in our house LO and I slept in the living room for the first week. He slept in the bassinet in the pack and play and the larger area ended up being where I kept his clothes/diapers/wipes/etc.. so I didn't have to go upstairs to his room. Plus we moved to another state last week and are staying with my parents. 2 dogs, 2 adults, and a 4 week old all living in a single bedroom and out of suitcases. Same situation with the pack n play. Somewhere for him to sleep and to keep his stuff organized and easily accessible.
2. Boppy
3. Wipe warmer
4. Mamaroo
5. Dr. Browns bottles
6. Nuk orthodontia pacifiers
7. Swaddleme swaddlers for night time
Boppy
Gerber cloth diapers for burp cloths
A&A blankets
Medela quick cleaning breast milk soap
Mylicon gas drops
Swaddle sleep sack
A&A swaddle blankets
Nail clipper
Vitamin d drops
Probiotic drops
Pack n play
Swaddled sleep sacks
Receiving blankets
Rockabye lullabye on Pandora