the one baby product you can't live without

Madame - posted on 02/26/2013

The newest Boppy pillow is wonderful and makes for a great baby shower gift, too:
http://www.babygearlab.com/Nursing-Pillo...

Crystal - posted on 11/10/2011

I love Johnson & Johnson baby bed time bath soap. That truly makes a huge difference in a baby sleeping longer during the night or when they are overly fussy and NEED a nap, but refuse to take one. I swear by this product.

I could definitely also live without the diaper genie, trash doesn't stay in our house long and we have a air tight trash bin.

Amber - posted on 08/27/2011

1. munchkin jellybean sling : i've been carrying my daughter in it since we came home from the hospital. i can do housework, walk the dog, ect. while still being close to my baby. she loves it.

2.diaper genie: i just don't use it that much.

Chatty - posted on 05/08/2010

That's what I'm talkin bout....LOL! Let's see how many things we use them for...

* Clean out stringy boogers

C. - posted on 05/08/2010

LOL Dana! I never even thought about Q-Tips.. They do come in handy for quite a few things..

Chatty - posted on 05/08/2010

Q-TIPS....I use them for EVERYTHING! If I was stranded on a desert island I could NOT live without Q-tips! LOL!

Shavaune - posted on 05/07/2010

swing chairs! If my babies weren't moving they were squawking lol

And I could certainly do without the 100 lb awkward double stroller! Any of you ever try to get those things over a big curb or maneuver through a crowded store. What a pain in the ass!

Haane - posted on 05/07/2010

DS loved the bumbo seat....until about a month ago when he figured out how to wiggle out of it!

The boppy is a must, obviously. From BF-ing and he still uses it to sleep.

Katarina - posted on 05/06/2010

How can I forget the puzzle piece floor mat!!! My son LOVES taking apart all the pieces, spends forever taking apart the whole floor, then I get the joys of putting it back together alphabetically. Maybe this is a love/hate product?

Cynthia - posted on 05/06/2010

How could I forget about the exersaucer?! Molly STILL loves that thing! We clip on and surround the tray part with a bunch of her toys also, so she has fun for a while! It's a lifesaver when I need to get something done. She also has this fish bowl thing that plays music and makes bubble sounds, it came with 3 fish but we also add a bunch of little balls to it... she loves dumping all that out and throwing them around... it can occupy her for a LONG time!

Katarina - posted on 05/06/2010

My son loved his exersaucer as well! We bought one that converts into an activity station after and still loves it! My Baby carrier(I'm believe it is Safety 1st) was great for crowded places when I didn't want to use the stroller, although since I am pretty petite and have a bad back I found as soon as my son started to get to big(over 12lbs) I couldn't use it for long periods of time anymore. Now, he's 22lbs and can still be used,but he much to big and mobile.

My car seat was like yours, Christina, where it would click onto the travel system and as an added bonus it would just click onto the stroller! Loved it

C. - posted on 05/06/2010

Oh, I just thought of a couple more that I couldn't live w/o after reading some other posts..

Infant swing, Exersaucer (my son LOVED his Exersaucer!), playpen (even now at times), Graco infant car seat/carrier. So many times was that infant carrier so helpful.. And you just click it into the travel system, so it's really great on short trips to the store. Loved it!

Heather - posted on 05/06/2010

I could not live with our play yard...my son is VERY active and I could not get anything done without it...he's not in it alot, but its so handy if I need to use the bathroom or start dinner and cant keep a constant eye on him.

The thing I could live without would be a carrier, I bought one (sling style) and used it like 2 times...it was not very comfortable, and it was really hard to put on...I know tons of moms swear by them...maybe I bought the wrong one, but it was really uncomfortable.

Cynthia - posted on 05/06/2010

1. Boppy! I LOVE it... worked perfectly for nursing, I put it around her when she was learning to sit on her own, now she likes to lounge on it sometimes.
2. Agreed with the Bumbo! Worst 40 bucks I've ever spent lol. My daughter HATED it. I'm gonna attempt to sell it at my rummage sale- it's pretty much brand new!

Christina - posted on 05/06/2010

1a. I agree with the nursing pillow. I also use it for tummy time and sitting my daughter up. She really enjoys it and it helped my so much with breast feeding in the beginning. I really do not think I could have lived without this for the first 4 months.
1b. The Bumbo chair would have to be my close second. We even bring it along to restaurants with us. I am very sad now that my 5 month old is almost to big : ( Her legs get stuck when I am trying to pull her out. (She is a very big baby though - just over 16lbs when she was 4 months old).
1c. Now that I am thinking... the baby swing is definately the most valuble thing we have. So many times I could not have lived without it.
2. Baby Einstein jolly jumper. I thought she would just love this but she has way more fun with her exersaucer. I've heard from a few moms that the ones that attach to the door jam are much better.

Katarina - posted on 05/04/2010

1. I absolutely LOVE my Mommy Hooks!!!!! They are over-sized climbing hooks sold at Toys R Us that can hook anything onto your stroller! It's great for mall shopping or day trips! I have a fairly large diaper bag so I "Mommy Hook" it to the handle bar of my stroller and put everything else underneath. Makes the diapers bag easily accessible as well. I've also used it to hook my purse up and then put my purse in the folded part of the stroller hood so no one can see it, makes it harder to steal and easily accessable without having to bend down all the time. If you can't tell, I LOVE these things!!!!! http://www.themommyhook.com/

2. I didn't nurse for long, so def. my Boppy Pillow. But a more recent item would have to be Bumper pads were pretty useless as well. They are cute and made the crib set complete but my son figured out how to use them to climb up(scary) and If he was sleeping I couldn't see him from afar.

Sharon - posted on 05/04/2010

1) My little boy loved his Bumbo seat. He could sit up and browse through his little toy box, kept him happy for ages.
2) My change table/baby bath was a waste of time and money. It was a complete hassle to fill the bath and then empty it again after.

Nikki - posted on 05/04/2010

Ok, can I have more than one!!
1.
QV bath oil, my baby loves baths and we live in a hot climate so she has one maybe two a day, but her skin was drying out. I purchased the QV oil and put a drop in with her bath, her skin if fantastic now, I never even have to moisturise it.
2.
My electric double breast pump, it was a life saver after 2 months of using a manual one!!
3.
Large muslin wraps for swaddling at bed time

The one thing I could have lived without was the sleep positioners I bought for her cot, they didn't work, she managed to squirm her way out of them from a very early age.

C. - posted on 05/04/2010

I would have to agree with the Boppy pillow, but since I could only nurse for 2 weeks, I'm going to pick something else as my 'can't live w/o' item :)

1. Ruffies vanilla scented trash bags. I use them for poopy diapers, even when I'm out so others don't have to smell anything.. And even though I put the poopy diaper trash in the trash can outside, it still helps keep the smell at bay.. Especially if you roll down the bag all the way before you put the diaper in it, grab the edges and lift up so nothing touches the sides of the bag, tie bag close to dirty diaper and flip the bag as to double it up, tie again (and since nothing touched the sides of the bag, you don't have to worry about germs on the now outside).

2. Bumbo seat. My MIL got it for my son with good intentions.. But he hated it. The leg slots aren't very big, so unless you have a perfectly average baby, their legs might get stuck. Anyway, we ended up putting it out on the curb and someone came and got it.. I hope it worked better for them than it did for us.

Good Day! - posted on 05/04/2010

1. Boppy pillow. It's a must for nursing moms. I also allowed my daughter to have supervised tummy time on it and propped her up to sit up with it. I also used to to prop my books on when reading.

2. bumper pads. Cute, but what are they for really? We took them out when my daughter started standing on them to get out of her crib. And we've never had an issue with her getting stuck in the crib slats.