Favorite baby things

Eight months ago, life was changed as she said hello to the world (at the early hour of 4 am and has been waking me up at the crack of dawn every day since). For months before that, lots of research was done regarding what might be needed to take care of this creature. There is a lot of stuff out there for just that purpose. I will preface the upcoming information with a few caveats…every baby and parent are different. That said, these things are what helped us the most. Perhaps later I will do things that weren’t helpful or that we didn’t get…if people are interested.

• The Rock ‘n Play: We were lucky enough to get this as a hand-me-down and it SAVED our lives. Little One had, what I assume, was at least a mild case of reflux. Thus, those first few months involved a lot of spit-up and difficulty sleeping, particularly during the day. At night, she slept in her Pack ‘n Play in our room, but for naps and general day-lounging, the Rock ‘n Play was where it’s at. Plus it was so easy to take with us. Apparently there are ones that auto rock, which would have been even cooler. Here are a few links:
  Fancy pants version –

Bare bones (similar to what I had) –

• Swaddles: Where do I begin with swaddles?! Again, this was another thing that Tiny Dictator would not sleep without. Not only that, it calmed her when little else would. Without these, I would have had even less sleep. I loved the SwaddleMe brand with the little Velcro pieces. However, she was not much of a magician about coming out of them. Though I’ve heard some babies are, so just keep that in mind. I had probably more of them than I needed, but I really didn’t want to need one and not have it. Heaven sent.

Here’s a little link for you –

• Diaper Sprayer and Rinse Bucket: This is a very specific choice for those cloth diapering moms out there. I have loved cloth diapering. It works well for us. These two things make it so much easier when it comes to those messier diapers. The bucket fits right onto the toilet and you are able to more easily spray off the unmentionables. Not sure what else to say about that.

Here is the sprayer and bucket together –
Here is just the bucket –

There you have it. Some of my favorite finds thus far in this mommy adventure. The Amazon links are affiliate ones, meaning if you decide to get them for yourself, I get a portion of the proceeds (so to speak). The Target link is not, it’s just a plain old hyperlink. Again, let me know if you are interested in my thoughts on stuff we weren’t so fond of or just didn’t pick up. Also, I would appreciate opinions on whether you like the links better in the body of the post or if you would prefer them all together at the bottom.

Until next time, thanks for stopping by. Have a great day and be kind!