This post has been a long time coming. So many of you have asked my favorites in a lot of these categories, so here are my opinions! Feel free to leave your own. Or, if there is something that you couldn't have lived without be sure to let me know so I can try it!
Equipment:
1) Bugaboo Stroller for the navigating the city streets
2) Maclaren Quest Stroller for traveling and trips around town that require a taxi
3) Jumperoo
4) Swing
5) Baby Bjorn
6) Bumbo
7) Playmat
8) Alphabet Playmat
Nursery:
(I found mine at the Pottery Barn outlet!)
2) Beautiful Crib Bedding and Accessories from Monarch Creations
(see right sidebar for coupon code)
(We found ours at the Potter Barn outlet!)
(great for changing table so you don't have to change your cover every time and also good in basinette/crib...you can't have enough of these!)
6) Rumble Tuff Changing Pad'& Rumble Tuff Changing Pad (4 sided)
(I bought mine on Craig's List brand new!)
8) Storage Baskets for baby
Feeding:
1) Born Free Bottles (worked the best for my reflux child when I quit nursing)
2) Nuby Sippy Cups (we like the straw cups the best)
3) Munchkin Spoons
4) Bumkin Bibs
6) Baby Mum Mums
7) Gerber Organic Apple/Strawberry
8) Yogurt Melts
9) Green Puffs
10) YoBaby
Bath Time:
1) Fisher Price Whale Tub
(this was one of my favorite when Baby J was little)
3) Mullins Square Towel for bigger baby and toddler (they have two sizes and the larger size is perfect for our 1 year old)
4) Skip Hop Whale Spout Cover
(great for the bathtub when they start moving around!)
5) Bath Organizer
6) Squirt Toys
7) Johnson and Johnson Moisture Care Wash and All Over
8) Mustela for Cradle Cap, Mustela All Over, Mustela Relaxing Bath
(I use it when I give J a bath every night!)
Diaper Bag:
1) The Pottery Barn Ultimate Diaper Bag (it is AWESOME!)
(don't forget to use the code MMMBLOG!)
4) Snack Cup
6) Pacifier Holder
7) Pampers Swaddlers until they crawl
8) Huggies Little Movers from crawling to walking
Toys:
1)Sophie
2) Winkle
3) Crazy Eye Panda Bear
4) Lovie
5) Step 2 Car
6) Music Table
7) Blocks
8) Melissa and Doug Puzzles
9) Drum Set
10) Radio Flyer Wagon
Favorite Baby Clothes Brands:
1) Kissy Kissy
6) Anavini
11) Shrimp and Grits
And so many more...
Favorite Websites:
(my favorite for monogrammed bibs, football bibs and monogrammed gowns)
2) A. Tierney
(the BEST monogrammed burp cloths and monogrammed sun hats)
3) Palmetto Princess and PST Designs
(great custom longalls, I've ordered from both)
4) Diapers.com
(Don't forget to enter code MMM blog for $10.00 off your first order)
5) Amazon
(We bought the amazon prime membership and I LOVE it!)
6) Alice.com
(Get $10.00 off your first order of $50.00)
7) Ebay
8) Etsy
Books:
1) Pat the Bunny
2) 123 NYC Counting Book
3) Halloween Jack ( or any of the other Roger Priddy funny face books)
4) That's Not My Dinosaur
5) Toes, Ears and Nose
6) The Very Hungry Caterpillar
7) Touch and Feel Animal Books
8) Usborne Truck Book
9) Barnyard Dance (or any Susan Boyton book)
10) Goodnight Moon and Goodnight New York City
11) Peek-a-Moo
Travel:
1) Travel Sleep Sheep
2) Maclaren Quest
3) Foogo Thermos for milk on the plane or on the go (it keeps 12 ounces cold for up to 12 hours!)
4) Britax Roundabout 50 (The best option for our family since we don't have a car in the city and we only rent. We wanted it to be on the smaller side, but the 50 makes it go up to 50 pounds! It is GREAT!)
5) Carseat travel bag (fits a Britax)
4 comments:
what a fanatastic post that i'm sure took TONS of time... but so helpful! i don't even have one on the way, but to log this in my tiny memory would be smart ;)
Ahhh, Mustela! Now that is what heaven will smell like to me, when I get there. I still use the wash and lotion on my 20 month old. We even have the perfume for baby. MMMMM
woah.
that was an information packed post!
(i may just add it to my favorites) :)
ty kindly for all the favs you have, and suggestions. i will refer back to this often!
WOW! What a great post! Super helpful tips for new Moms! Thanks!
Post a Comment