I‘m curious to see what’s on your list of 5 things you could not live without in the early years of parenting. Here’s mine in no particular order:
1. The Learning Tower: La Jolla Girl has always been taller than most so when she was about 14 months old and could stand solidly, I bought this for her. She still uses it to this day and it’s become a permanent fixture in my kitchen. It prevents her from clutching my leg and trying to see what’s going on when I’m trying to get food on the table. I am able to assess how much easier this makes my life because we didn’t have one in our Hong Kong apartment, and it was much harder to get anything done in the kitchen.
2. Skip Hop Pronto Diaper Changer Kit
3. Ergo carrier: Let’s see, before I found the Ergo we blasted through the 2 other popular brands. La Jolla Girl would only ride in the Ergo as she got a little bit bigger. A total necessity for urban living and easier on my back.
4. Boudreauxs Butt Paste
I used to pay a premium to have it sent to Hong Kong when we were living there. Nothing works as well.
5. Stokke Tripp Trapp: Mine is red but they have other colors like this one Stokke Beech Baby High Chair – Tripp Trapp(r) High Chair (Green) 19: So, so easy to clean, relative to others. Land of Nod has them in multiple colors. I can’t recommend this product enough.
What’s in your top 5? Share by leaving a comment!
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Twitter: dancinghotdogs
July 11, 2009 at 2:37 am
Top five parenting tools hmmm. Good question,
1. My wonderful parents (yes it counts ha!)
2. Wipe Warmer
3. My Coach baby bag with matching changing pad because it made me feel like a trendsetter Momma
4.Pacifer clip that attaches to bibs, clothes etc.
5. Baby Bjorn (I would even where it around the house to hold Thomas and have spare hands to do laundrey etc.
P.S. I saw you are a San Diego Blogger, are you going to Comicon? I am from CT but I am going to CA for that week on vacation and blogger business. Ha.
Twitter: dearjennymac
July 11, 2009 at 9:34 am
Great post.
Mine:
The butt paste definitively.
Baby Bjorn.
Baby Papasan Chair (Fisher Price) when he was a mere itty bitty.
The exersaucer!!!!!
Two books: Happiest Baby on Block by Harvey Karp (The SHHHH method worked 100% of the time for us. And BabyWise…we scheduled and he was sleeping through the night at 9 weeks.
Twitter: momhoodmoments
July 11, 2009 at 4:08 pm
Hmmm top 5 parenting tool:
1. my parents – thanks for the support and love ya’ll
2. baby wipes
3. baby powder
4. daily planner
5. baby carrier
LOL! I didn’t have much parenting tool really.
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Twitter: mommadanddaboyz.com
July 13, 2009 at 5:03 pm
I love the Johnson & Johnson Head to Toe bath wash…one product for washing all of baby!
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Twitter: muffintinmom
July 14, 2009 at 7:52 pm
I could not live without:
1. bordeaux’s butt paste (like you, this worked the best!)
2. pack n’ play (graco) with the basinet & changing table on top – I used it in the living room as a second “baby station” away from the bedroom.
3. huggies shea butter wipes (the yellow box), the good smell made changing diapers a little more bearable.
4. the book “Babywise”- I know it has met some criticism, but man it worked for me! By 2 months by daughter was sleeping 10 hrs thru the night!
5. My husband – he was my champion/my supporter in every way!
Twitter: catherinefin
July 19, 2009 at 8:02 am
My must haves:
1. Sunscreen for myself and the kids
2. Bibagogo travel feeding bib (stain-resistant and has a feeding spoon and 2 facecloths hidden in the back of it) – long enough for car eating and stroller snacking with drippy ice-cream. (If forget diaper change pad, can use bibagogo if need)
3. Baby tylenol
4. Burts’ Bees lipgloss
5. Snack food (fruit snacks, cheerios etc.) for those moments waiting in line up at grocery store etc.