I have had several people tell me that my blog is helpful (that or they are lying :) ) and I have found fellow bloggers' reviews helpful so here we go!
Baby's Dream Crib/ Dresser/Hutch: LOVE. It is chemical free and made with real wood. It is really thick which makes it look so much nicer than other cribs. We have gotten several compliments on it for looking so good! Bonus it can covert into a queen or full size bed. Our cats have scratched it when they decide to run across it (when I'm yelling at them- not when the baby is in there) but they scratch all of our furniture doing that.. if it is FAKE wood it would be fine but then you have crazy chemicals and it's made in China.. where there are limited regulations. My suggestion is to really research your crib because your baby is spending hours in it breathing whatever crap has been put on it :)
Moonlight Slumber Mattress- I really wanted an all organic mattress but they are $$$ and at this point we had already spent so much money I felt guilty spending more. So we went with the Moonlight Slumber which is all natural/nontoxic.. as close as we could get to organic and it was cheaper. We love it! It has two sides- one for infant one for toddler. It's light weight which makes changing the sheet easy. I think this is a great option if you don't want to spend all the money on the organic one.
Rocker/Glider- It's from Target and it's the best! I have already written about it in a previous post but I still love it. And it's a great price! I can't say that we use it as much as I thought so I could argue that you could go without this price of $$$ furniture. We do use it every night for our bedtime stories.
NO BUMPERS unless they are the breathable kind. Hello SIDS.
Clothing- I don't know why people tell you you will have too much clothing because we never do. Maybe their baby doesn't spit up or pee on stuff? You will use all of the clothing you buy. We never have enough sleepers with feet. I also have spent a lot of time buying white onesies for when we have gone through three outfits and are on #4 in one day.
Diapers- ahhhh I mean obviously cloth is the best for your baby, however, I'm not quite sure how that works if they go to daycare or stay with a nanny? We currently use pampers and I like them. I like the little line that tells if you they peed or not. But I think Jackson might be allergic to them so I can't say I love them. I did really like Honest Diapers and the chemical free ones.. not sure the brand.
Wipes: Baby ganics! They are so thick you only use 1 instead of 16 on a poopy diaper. Who knows maybe your baby has baby size poo?? And they are all natural.
Pumps- Get the medela. Don't be a cheap person like me you will regret it!
Nursing Pillow- I love the Mumbo! It's similar to a boppy but it fits around your waist better, it has a hard and a soft side, and it vibrates! We have both the boppy and the mumbo so I can tell you that I would 100% get the mumbo. We never use the boppy..but Oscar does so it's not a complete waste.
Bottles- Buy one of each kind. Not kidding. We tried Dr. Browns and avent and ended up with MAM. LOVE the MAM bottles. He doesn't spill any milk with these, they are cute, and easy to clean. You can actually self steam them in the microwave.
*Bottle Warmer/Sterilizer-
Playmate- Fischer Price Rainforest. It's great! It plays music and has lights. It has plenty of spots to hang toys. The only thing I don't like is that you have to buy a little mini boppy pillow for tummy time.
Snuggle Bunny Bouncer- Awesome! This thing vibrates, plays music, and bounces.. I think it does something else but I can't remember. I have used this since day one to put Jackson in so I can shower or get ready for work. He actually just slept in it for a week when he had a cold. It's super easy to clean too.
Monitor- Summer's Day and Night Monitor. I'm obsessed! I'm not quite sure why anyone would not get a monitor without video... but it's totally worth it! I can see him breathing on the screen. I still kinda wish ours was in color.
*Now that we have hung this up it's much harder to see if he's breathing. My suggestion is to get the color one so the picture isn't grainy.
Swing- Fisher Price Snuggle Bunny- it can swing in two directions- this is way better than you think... I didn't know it could do that until last week... which would have been nice early on because Jackson HATED going side to side. You can also make it sit up so it's like a real swing. And it's cute :)
Carseat- Infant Carseat is GRACO and I know I picked it based on safety. Enough said. And the convertible one is Britax also picked for safety.
Jogging Stroller- the BOB. Obviously the cadillac of strollers. This thing is my favorite! I can go running all the time! And I really like it for outdoor activities. Great turning radius.
Regular Stroller- someone gave us theirs and it's great! Fits our GRACO carseat.
Carriers- Baby B'jorn- I rave about this every post. And the K'tan- see newborn posts.
High Chair- This is another mistake I made. I didn't realize you could get really cute ones! Grrr. I mean ours is great don't get me wrong but I kinda wish we had one of the new models. But we will probably use the one we have for all of our kids.
Honestly the BABY BARGAINS book lead me to all these great purchases with the help of some mommy friends. The only two things we have regretted- breast pump and our diaper thing.. we switched to the diaper genie elite and love it. We haven't looked back on that purchase! Don't be fooled by the $$$ ones they aren't any better. And the high chair could be cuter.
I hope this is helpful! Always always check out amazon.com before ordering expensive items we saved a lot of money on the mattress and jogger stroller and carseat for that matter. Actually always check them first when I was writing this post ALL of our baby stuff was half off what we paid. GRR. I always check diapers.com too. And buy buy baby takes Bed Bath and Beyond coupons FYI.
