Comments on: Life Savah http://www.andnoplacetogo.com/index.php/2010/02/26/life-savah/ Putting much too fine a point on it since 1976 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:26:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: parkingathome http://www.andnoplacetogo.com/index.php/2010/02/26/life-savah/comment-page-1/#comment-14978 parkingathome Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:52:54 +0000 http://www.andnoplacetogo.com/?p=1151#comment-14978 We had a side to side swing that he laid back in that we used up til 17 pounds, then a front to back swing that many a night he would sleep in. Also the boppy The diaper champ - best diaper pail ever The bumbo Rings!! so simple, but we have shitloads of rings everywhere and he's always happy with them A standing mirror for tummy times Swaddlers Stroller blankets - the kind that have holes for the straps and wraps around? awesome I'll tell you one thing I hate - t shirts for kids that still have to be held. All onesies, all the time A headlamp for clipping nails A really really good changing pad. We have one that is cushy on all four sides and he will just lay in it and be happy forever. He's also safe because it would be really hard to roll on up over those sides teething tablets mylicon drops never buy pants that don't have snaps, almost as annoying as the t shirt thing an excersaucer for sure, I doubted it and then we needed one to work on flad headedness and our baby leaped forward with standing and sitting and he's so happy with all the toys. Make sure you get one that has hooks for your own toys (attached with RINGS so they don't keep falling on the floor!) so you can shake things up don't get those pulldown shades for back windows, what a waste of money. You should have a post on what NOT to get! Get them tinted or buy the rub on tint for 5 bucks A stroller with a basket underneath so that you don't have to put baby in a cart if you don't have to when you have small shopping trips That's all i can think of. We had a side to side swing that he laid back in that we used up til 17 pounds, then a front to back swing that many a night he would sleep in.

Also the boppy
The diaper champ – best diaper pail ever
The bumbo
Rings!! so simple, but we have shitloads of rings everywhere and he’s always happy with them
A standing mirror for tummy times
Swaddlers
Stroller blankets – the kind that have holes for the straps and wraps around? awesome
I’ll tell you one thing I hate – t shirts for kids that still have to be held. All onesies, all the time
A headlamp for clipping nails
A really really good changing pad. We have one that is cushy on all four sides and he will just lay in it and be happy forever. He’s also safe because it would be really hard to roll on up over those sides
teething tablets
mylicon drops
never buy pants that don’t have snaps, almost as annoying as the t shirt thing
an excersaucer for sure, I doubted it and then we needed one to work on flad headedness and our baby leaped forward with standing and sitting and he’s so happy with all the toys. Make sure you get one that has hooks for your own toys (attached with RINGS so they don’t keep falling on the floor!) so you can shake things up
don’t get those pulldown shades for back windows, what a waste of money. You should have a post on what NOT to get! Get them tinted or buy the rub on tint for 5 bucks
A stroller with a basket underneath so that you don’t have to put baby in a cart if you don’t have to when you have small shopping trips

That’s all i can think of.

]]> By: Jules http://www.andnoplacetogo.com/index.php/2010/02/26/life-savah/comment-page-1/#comment-14972 Jules Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:02:24 +0000 http://www.andnoplacetogo.com/?p=1151#comment-14972 The Podee Hands Free Bottle. Bottle with a long tube from nipple to bottle - no propping, no bubbles or gas. When I was in the car it SAVED my sanity with both babies. You can't drive and hold a bottle and you can't drive with a screaming baby either. Babies R Us is one of the few places that carry it. The Podee Hands Free Bottle. Bottle with a long tube from nipple to bottle – no propping, no bubbles or gas. When I was in the car it SAVED my sanity with both babies. You can’t drive and hold a bottle and you can’t drive with a screaming baby either. Babies R Us is one of the few places that carry it.

]]> By: bitchy mcbitchesalot http://www.andnoplacetogo.com/index.php/2010/02/26/life-savah/comment-page-1/#comment-14939 bitchy mcbitchesalot Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:00:58 +0000 http://www.andnoplacetogo.com/?p=1151#comment-14939 I'm sure you probably have a swing already but if not, get the one that plugs into the wall, not the one that uses batteries. Then you'll never EVER have to pray that the batteries don't die in the middle of a much needed nap. I’m sure you probably have a swing already but if not, get the one that plugs into the wall, not the one that uses batteries. Then you’ll never EVER have to pray that the batteries don’t die in the middle of a much needed nap.

]]> By: Domestic Extraordinaire http://www.andnoplacetogo.com/index.php/2010/02/26/life-savah/comment-page-1/#comment-14938 Domestic Extraordinaire Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:18:17 +0000 http://www.andnoplacetogo.com/?p=1151#comment-14938 its been a while since the Chicken is 12, but for both of the girls we used the jumpers that hooked on the doorways. now they are stationary and that would have been so much easier, because really a kid blocking the doorway, super safe. its been a while since the Chicken is 12, but for both of the girls we used the jumpers that hooked on the doorways. now they are stationary and that would have been so much easier, because really a kid blocking the doorway, super safe.

]]> By: Amy http://www.andnoplacetogo.com/index.php/2010/02/26/life-savah/comment-page-1/#comment-14935 Amy Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:28:42 +0000 http://www.andnoplacetogo.com/?p=1151#comment-14935 We have a bjorn and love it, but our daughter was under 6 pounds when she was born, so I'm glad we got a sling too. It was a life-saver when she needed to be held, but I needed my arms free. A friend of mine gave me a journal as a shower gift. BEST IDEA EVER. I probably wouldn't have thought about this until I had forgotten everything she used to do as an infant. AND I'm still writing in it at least every few weeks after 9 months! Every time she does something new or makes a new noise, I write it down. I want to be able to re-live these years...and also to give it to her when she has her first baby. :) We have a bjorn and love it, but our daughter was under 6 pounds when she was born, so I’m glad we got a sling too. It was a life-saver when she needed to be held, but I needed my arms free.

A friend of mine gave me a journal as a shower gift. BEST IDEA EVER. I probably wouldn’t have thought about this until I had forgotten everything she used to do as an infant. AND I’m still writing in it at least every few weeks after 9 months! Every time she does something new or makes a new noise, I write it down. I want to be able to re-live these years…and also to give it to her when she has her first baby. :)

]]> By: Korinna http://www.andnoplacetogo.com/index.php/2010/02/26/life-savah/comment-page-1/#comment-14934 Korinna Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:20:47 +0000 http://www.andnoplacetogo.com/?p=1151#comment-14934 The Red Cross brand nasal snot sucker-thing. It works like a MACHINE. Seriously. And it's only $2.49. The Red Cross brand nasal snot sucker-thing. It works like a MACHINE. Seriously. And it’s only $2.49.

]]> By: Jodi http://www.andnoplacetogo.com/index.php/2010/02/26/life-savah/comment-page-1/#comment-14911 Jodi Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:32:20 +0000 http://www.andnoplacetogo.com/?p=1151#comment-14911 Pacifiers. We gave them to all our kids and loved that we could easily help them comfort themselves. Especially when in public. :D Pacifiers.

We gave them to all our kids and loved that we could easily help them comfort themselves. Especially when in public. :D

]]> By: Karey http://www.andnoplacetogo.com/index.php/2010/02/26/life-savah/comment-page-1/#comment-14910 Karey Sun, 28 Feb 2010 01:59:11 +0000 http://www.andnoplacetogo.com/?p=1151#comment-14910 Elastic bottomed baby gowns. So much easier and less disruptive to baby to change diapers in the middle of the night! Elastic bottomed baby gowns. So much easier and less disruptive to baby to change diapers in the middle of the night!

]]> By: Amiyrah http://www.andnoplacetogo.com/index.php/2010/02/26/life-savah/comment-page-1/#comment-14904 Amiyrah Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:15:30 +0000 http://www.andnoplacetogo.com/?p=1151#comment-14904 Boppy. On my Lord in Heaven, I thanked everyday for that thing. And for the extra one we got at the shower after he was born. Breast feeding was hard for me, and that was the only thing that made it bearable for the 3 months I did it. He's 4 and a half now and still sleeps on his blue one. It was a great place to lay him from newborn to 2 months and take numerous pictures too, and it was often the place where he'd like to fall out during nap time. The best 20 bucks we spent on him so far. That's like 5 bucks a year! lol Boppy. On my Lord in Heaven, I thanked everyday for that thing. And for the extra one we got at the shower after he was born. Breast feeding was hard for me, and that was the only thing that made it bearable for the 3 months I did it. He’s 4 and a half now and still sleeps on his blue one. It was a great place to lay him from newborn to 2 months and take numerous pictures too, and it was often the place where he’d like to fall out during nap time. The best 20 bucks we spent on him so far. That’s like 5 bucks a year! lol

]]> By: Penny http://www.andnoplacetogo.com/index.php/2010/02/26/life-savah/comment-page-1/#comment-14902 Penny Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:47:02 +0000 http://www.andnoplacetogo.com/?p=1151#comment-14902 Oh! And a large swaddling blanket. We skipped the miracle blanket route and learned to swaddle the old fashioned way, and it SAVED US. Oh mah god, it saved us. It's nearly impossible to find an actual swaddling blanket that is large enough and not stretchy, so make one yourself or buy it off etsy or whatever - it's got to be like, 46x46 and NOT stretchy. hooray! Oh! And a large swaddling blanket. We skipped the miracle blanket route and learned to swaddle the old fashioned way, and it SAVED US. Oh mah god, it saved us. It’s nearly impossible to find an actual swaddling blanket that is large enough and not stretchy, so make one yourself or buy it off etsy or whatever – it’s got to be like, 46×46 and NOT stretchy. hooray!

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