Gosh I love this thread!!!!!! Okay so I am doing this for the second time too so I have a post to make. With dd #1 I was a single mama. Any "we" I speak of refers to my mother who was absolutely a GEM during that baby stage!!!!!
So the good stuff(stuff we couldnt' live without) included:
Avent Isis breast pump(I went bck to wor at 6 weeks and Madyson weaned herselfat 7 months. I used it daily for 5 1/2 months and built up not only enough to get her through each day but had a stock of an extra 5 months in the freezer so she had a year of breastmilk. Too bad I gave mine awy and have to buy another. I LOVED IT!
bouncy seat. Madyson lived in this for feedings(solids) and so that I could shower and get ready for work
maya wrap. I would never have made it through a day with my high-needs infant withoiut my Maya. I still have it and if I was able to lift during this pregnancy, I would stil be slinging her at 34lbs and 4 years old. She misses it like crazy, as do I.
exersaucer. as she got older(mybe 4 months or so) she loved this. There were times my arms just gave out from her constant jumping so this piece of equipment was for the later months but used probably as much as the maya. She would jump for hours. Never really played with the toys but the bouncing and spinning in it were her thing!
The bad(we should have given this stuff away because it was seldom used!)inlcuded:
the changing pad for the changing table: I think I maybe changed her a handful of times on this. It was always the couch, the bed, the floor(once I could get around easier!) What a waste and with the matchig covers in case it got dirty???? UGH!
the crib. again, never used. good thing it changed into a toddler bed so we got maybe a month of nights out of it!!!!
cradle. hmmmm, I believe it held the toys!
boppy. Honestly I woud have loved to have said that we loved it and used it but we loved to nurse lying down in bed. She used the boppy ONCE. I got too lazy to keep taking it out.
High chair. didn't use until she was maybe 11months and then she only used it a few times until we got a booster seat for the table.
mittens to keep baby from scratching face. cant' remember EVER using these things.
Pack n play. still have it for this next one but I doubt I will use it. the only one that got ANY use out of it was a 2 year old little girl I babysat and she took her nap in it. Madyson NEVER used it once.
stroller. she hated it until she was maybe about 2 and then she started liking walks in the stroller at night before bed.
wipes warmer. didn't even own one. I used disposable wipes at first and warmed them in my hands and then used cloth and ran under warm water. Seems a waste.
swing. waste of space and money. She used it maybe 5-10 times in the very beginning so I could poo without a nursing infant and it worked only semi-decent. she didn't really like it. not buying one this time.
Can't think of anything else right now. There wasn't too much that we actually used and even less than my hubby and I will buy this time. Pretty much we are buying clothing, diapers(cloth), and a car seat. We already have the maya wrap and the breasts so this kid is covered!!!!
Meg
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