Archive for the ‘MustHaves’ Category

March 8th, 2010

Gerber Bunch a Bowls

One of my favorite must have’s for mothers, and babies once your baby starts eating solids.
Gerber Bunch a Bowls, are awesome, have great lids that STAY ON!
I used them for things like puffs, cheerios, and other finger foods.

I can say, we never had a spill!

February 22nd, 2010

Hylands Teething Tablets

These just so happen to be my must have of the week!  In the past 2 months, my child has sprouted two new teeth, well, new and his only teeth, but they are the biggest life savers ever!  It is almost like they make teething, and new teeth completely painless. I am sure if Ben could talk he would certainly tell me that isn’t the case, but they have worked wonders with both children.

The best part?  They are homeopathic, and 100% natural. A parents dream, especially when you are worrying about things that your children eats, and ingests.

These get the Momotics Two Thumbs Up!

February 8th, 2010

Baby Must Have : Bumbo!

Camden at 4 months old in the famous pink Bumbo

I know there are a lot of debate over the bumbo itself, and in reality I am sure there are people who are going to disagree with my pick of the bumbo as a total must have, but in our household, I couldn’t live without this thing!

Our story starts with my husband in Target one night, I asked him to pick up a bumbo for our oldest. He looked at the little sticker that said “actual color” thinking that the bumbo on the box was the actual color, not the actual sticker.  Normally he is far more bright then that, but this was one of those… shining moments that we joke about.  Well he got it home, and I opened the box, and there was a PINK bumbo for our SON.

Now, pink can be a color a boy can use, but my husband being Mr. Macho wasn’t going to let it fly. He was going to return it the next morning. Unfortunately that night, our oldest cat Emily passed away. We looked all over for something to put her in. The only box we had was the one from the bumbo, leaving us with the pink seat, and clearly no option to exchange it for the next color.

We look back on it now and get a chuckle 2 years after the fact, but it certainly wasn’t funny at the moment, especially with my hysterics, and demanding my husband take the next day off from work so that we could give Emily a proper burial at my parents home.

Fast forward 2 years, and we have used this seat for so many things. An easy take along seat, feeding chair, the optional tray is super awesome, it makes life so much easier when going to visit family, not that my family lets the kids spend more than 5 minutes in it before someone just NEEDS to hold one of the boys.

When they first came out, there were idiots who were putting their kids in these, on counters, tables, and all kinds of super fun elevated surfaces,

Ben Using the bumbo at 8 months old

in which these should NOT be used, then turning around and trying to sue the company when their own negligence caused some type of injury in their child. Use common sense with a product like this.  Just like any other product on the market, use your common sense.

You can find these nearly anywhere, online, amazon.com, Walmart, Target, Babies R Us, and all other kinds of fun retail baby stores. Depending on where you pick it up, the price ranges from about $30 to $45 and it also has a neat optional tray that connects to the front making it almost like a little mini high chair.

Anywho, this is one of my number 1 baby picks!

I hope some take my advice and invest!

February 4th, 2010

Mint Herbal Lip Balm

A couple weeks ago I got in contact with Earth Momma Angel Baby, which is an awesome company that makes a great cesarean recovery kit which I was inquiring about giving away on my blog since I have a lot of focus on c-sections, and cesarean awareness.

Well for being so interested in the company, I got a couple other neat gifts from Earth Mama Angel Baby, and one has turned into an over night must have in my book!

The Mint Herbal Lip Balm is the BEST chap stick I have ever used in my life, and the best part is, it is all natural, no crappy chemicals, or any of that junk. It is made from Shea butter which goes on much smoother than most chap sticks and last much longer!

With the winter months here, I am the kind of person who puts chap stick on a million times a day, and I don’t think I will EVER go back to any of the other brands I have used in the past, including Burts Bees Wax!