It feels like everyone around me is pregnant or struggling to get pregnant. Many of us hit our early 30's and it seems to preoccupy our beings. After numerous conversations on infants and baby products (and after the toy sale on the weekend...that would have been great to go to if I had an infant but not so good for a toddler) I am writing this blog for the girls who want opinions on baby products...since I've purchased most of the products available! Here is my list of items that helped me survive a new baby...
1. bouncy chair - I could not figure out how to shower with a baby before I purchased one of these...and then I went and bought another one for the main floor so that I could have my coffee in peace!
2. swing - what a wonderful invention...we had the fisher price my little lamb cradle swing and it was fantastic!
3. play mat - it is amazing how fascinated infants are with a few things dangling down at them and this is great for tummy time
4. nursing cover and glamour mom nursing tanks - I'm not a hang it out there girl and when that baby wants to nurse (mine has a high pitch shriek) it is time to pull her out! I loved the glamour mom nursing tanks because I found them comfortable and easy to use (still wear them to bed). The nursing cover I liked best was the one with the wire at the top so that you could look down at the baby...Connor liked to pull the cover off so if I could see him I could save myself and anyone around me the flashing.
5. exersaucer and jumperoo - two fantastic items to get for around 6 months cause they are safe and occupied (and the jumperoo will wear out those busy babies!)
6. co-sleeper - if I had known that I would have ended up with a baby in the bed I definitely would have bought one of these! By the time I could actually admit that I was sleeping with him he was too big!
7. diaper genie - amazingly simple, fantastic invention...basically a special garbage can with a lid so that as those poops start to stink your whole house won't! (Although with some poops nothing helps and it just needs to be taken out! LOL)
8. Sophie the giraffe - an expensive version of the dog squeaky toy...and worth every dime! I don't know how many teeth this helped Connor with but he would drool and chew and squeak everywhere we went.
9. bumbo seat - This was fantastic for Connor because he loved to be able to see what was going on and this assists them with sitting long before they can actually sit on their own. Connor loved to watch me make dinner while sitting in his bumbo.
10. receiving blankets - a not so fun staple for a spitter. Connor was a big spitter so I went through probably 15 of these little cloths a day whether I had it on my shoulder while I was burping him or putting them under him while he was lying on the floor or using it to wipe a big puke off of the floor. As much as this isn't as fun a product as the others I thought it was important enough to include...although a lot of my friends didn't have spitters and never used theirs...it was a staple in our household!
I'm missing a lot of great products but these were some of my favorite, most useful items.
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