There’s nothing I love more than a simple gadget that will make your life easier. When my husband and I were building our registry, shopping around, getting feedback from other parents, we came across some pretty cool stuff! Here’s a bunch of things we got that we LOVE!
(full disclosure, I have not been paid or compensated to endorse/promote these products. These are my own personal opinions)
This is a GREAT travel warmer. Say you’re on the road maybe taking a vacation, baby’s hungry but oh no! That bottle full of formula is cold! This works like a thermos, keeps hot water hot so when you’re ready to warm a bottle you can without having to find something to plug into. The Tommee Tommee Tippee Closer to Nature Portable Travel Baby Bottle Warmer
Taking baby’s temp. There’s about a dozen ways but having a thermometer built into a pacifier? GENIUS! And it’s inexpensive too! Summer Infant Pacifier Thermometer
Cold, flu, germs and ‘Don’t touch my baby!’ season is here. I’m honestly going to be that Mom who has a very short list of the number of people who can touch or come within a 3ft radius of my tiny human offspring. A friend of mine got me this to clip to her carseat…LOVE IT Don’t Touch Baby Sign
Have you ever reached into a wipes container and you end up with 3 at once or they’re all dry? Not anymore! This OXO Perfectpull Wipes Dispenser has a weight on top of the wipes so it dispenses one at a time and the gasket closure ensures the wipes stay wet.
Tubby time! Why fill up the ENTIRE tub once the little one has outgrown the ‘sink bathing’, when you can install this halfway up the tub? You use less water and it takes less time to fill it BabyDam Bathwater Barrier
Is slicing grapes or cherry tomatoes hard? Not really. But this little gem makes it a heck of a lot more efficient! OXO Tot Grape Cutter
Car seats and bases. There’s about a million out there. I’m partial to the Graco Snugride Snuglock system. One of the lighter car seats on the market, and the DLX version offers some great features like: One handed operation of the handle, tons of cushions for baby’s wobbly newborn head, 4-position recline, has a built in level indicator that takes all the guesswork out of installing and the base has much easier to install and remove latch hooks than the standard hooks (which is handy if you’re someone like me who may need to utilize every inch of their cargo space in their car from time to time). Check out this video comparing all the models (this is how I landed on that specific model)