New Mommy Lessons Learned / Life Hacks

Nikkoli98 · July 2016

I've learned a TON the last 2 weeks! I had been wanting to start a GTKY thread with Life Hacks as I'm sure we could all use a shortcut here and there - so feel free to join in whether or not your have had your baby yet!

Nikkoli98 · July 2016

In a Michael Weston voice from Burn Notice:

When you have a tiny newborn who's bottom is so tiny that they diapers keep slipping off of his bottom - try dressing him in a snug fitting Onesie to help hold the diaper in place. This dramatically decreases the pee missiles and poop grenades that have been going off in our nursery!

I've found that placing a few large prefold diapers underneath LO's crib sheet, bassinet, and changing table can help to catch said artillery as mentioned above - this prevents needing to wash the mattress cover and changing table covers.

beenabee · July 2016

@Nikkoli98 DH and I just got done rewatching Burn Notice last week!! Second time for him and third for me, we love that show.

Nikkoli98 · July 2016

@BrunetteBabe722, I'm just watching it on Netflix for the first time. It's been great during pumping sessions!

entropicallyfavored · July 2016

Not sure that it is necessarily a life hack, but I can't recommend Milkies Milk Savers more strongly if you're breast feeding. The cup catches milk that comes out of the breast that baby is not feeding on. You can store and then later use this milk to follow-up a feeding or as a way to calm down a fussy baby prior to breast feeding the next time.

I bought mine on Amazon!

pelorunningmama · July 2016

@entropicallyfavored do you think they would be good for fairly large breasts (e cups)? I'm worried about them fitting but want to try it.

cm716 · July 2016

My biggest lifesaver/life hack are the infant nightgowns. Buy the baby nightgowns that you just pull down over their feet. No buttoning/zipping/swearing at pajamas in the middle of the night. Best.Things.EVER. Boy, girl, giraffe, they are the best! Gerber makes really cute ones that you can buy at Target in boy/girl/gender neutral prints.

Also, a friend did this and I feel like an idiot for not thinking of it. If you're nursing freeze 3 oz. of breastmilk in a storage bag instead of the 6-8. It's so much easier to defrost. You can just run hot water from the sink over it and it will defrost super quickly for Grandma or whoever is helping.

entropicallyfavored · July 2016

LWC1112 said:

@entropicallyfavored do you think they would be good for fairly large breasts (e cups)? I'm worried about them fitting but want to try it.

@LWC1112 I'm not sure what size I am now, but I was a DD pre-pregnancy, so I feel like the answer is yes. They don't seem size-specific: it is more like a shield with a hole cut out that slips over your nipple:

PJpeppercorn · July 2016

entropicallyfavored said:

Not sure that it is necessarily a life hack, but I can't recommend Milkies Milk Savers more strongly if you're breast feeding. The cup catches milk that comes out of the breast that baby is not feeding on. You can store and then later use this milk to follow-up a feeding or as a way to calm down a fussy baby prior to breast feeding the next time.

I bought mine on Amazon!

I'm so so happy to hear this! I just ordered them. I leaked all 34 months that I nursed my first and I'm just thinking of all my wasted milk!

Stephanie7693 · July 2016

First time boy moms: point the penis down when you put on diapers. They won't pee out of the diapers that way.

Nipple shields. I wonder if I'd known about them with my first two kids if I could have managed to make nursing work better with them. This baby nurses like a champ with them, and I don't even care if we never are able to stop using them!

kriley602774 · July 2016

This one sounds odd, but when my DS was born and spent some time in the NICU 2 years ago, one of the nurses there recommended giving a quick puff of air as you open the diaper and then close the diaper for another 30 seconds or so to avoid getting peed on. Again, seems weird, but it did help!

runsoncoffee · July 2016

The rock and play saved us!!! The first two nights baby wouldn't sleep at all unless he was being held. We finally tried a swing and he liked it so we went out and got the rock and play. He now only wakes up once or twice a night! I know it's not the greatest sleep solution but desperate times call for desperate measures!

Bookhousegirl · July 2016

court5608 said:

The rock and play saved us!!! The first two nights baby wouldn't sleep at all unless he was being held. We finally tried a swing and he liked it so we went out and got the rock and play. He now only wakes up once or twice a night! I know it's not the greatest sleep solution but desperate times call for desperate measures!

We did the exact same thing with DS1. I bought it on night 4 out of desperation, because he was only sleeping on my chest. It was a lifesaver, and I plan on using it again with this LO. I've heard people have trouble transitioning to the crib, but we didn't have any issues with DS1.

runsoncoffee · July 2016

@Bookhousegirl I heard that about the crib too but hopefully we'll luck out like you!

Bookhousegirl · July 2016

@court5608 we laid him down in his crib pretty often, and let him nap in there at least once a day, so that definitely helped!

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