I think I forgot to pack the Sippy cup!!!
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FlyingWen
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Well Put Sloan!Sloan said:These are just some of my tricks that have worked for me.
1. Some sort of clip that attaches to the car seat for the binky.
2. Mustela wipes, expensive but in 19 months we have only had 3 diaper
rashes
3. We have had 5 diaper bags and finally have one that works from Lug.
4. Pampers Swaddlers for reducing toxic blow outs.
5. Dr. Brown's bottles awesome.
6. American Apparel online for kids clothes (In general our philosophy has been spend more money for better fabrics and have fewer clothes)
7. We got these bibs from a local lady Huckleberry Baby with a chenile fabric on the back. By accident we discovered that by putting the design in the chenile makes that vomit stick when it hits.
8. Don't cheap out on the crib, the stroller or the high chair. These are things that you use constantly and if they are a PITA, well. I have a Bugaboo stroller and would buy it again at twice the price. The nice thing about the Bugaboo si that it comes with the stroller attachment and a bassinet that Abby lived in for the first few months of her life.
9. Skip Hop makes a small diaper changer thing that is awesome for quick runs. It holds 3 diapers, some wipes and the thing unfolds into a big surface to lay Jr. on.
10. Take the swaddling blankets form the hospital. They expect it and no commercially available swaddling blanket will wrap a baby for... Also grab a bunch of the shirts that have the pockets to fold the hands inside. Disclaimer: Our nurses bundled up large quantities of the mentioned items for us.
11. Tell everyone to send flowers and gifts to your house NOT the hospital.
12. We use the Diaper Dekor and love it.
13. We bought a pack of disposable plastic spoons when Ab started eating baby food and just washed them. We ended up using the same 10 pack until she started using real silverware.
For starters.
Pampers, Swaddlers, Dr. Brown bottles, Kelty 3.0 pack ($300 but worth it), 1 pk of plastic spoons, pack N play is helpful when you are cooking and want to put the kid down, bjorn front carrier, carseat BINKY CLIP is a MUST!
You'll figure it all out. No worries :campfire:
marc olivares
Adventurer
the kelty 3.0 is a great pack, but i caution you about "overpacking" it.
my wife and i would split the loads, i'd get kid she'd pack food/water/etc...
after our second was born, we were forced into serious "go-lite" packing. you'll learn what you do and don't need really quickly...lol
we were a huggies family, never loved the pampers, YMMV
X2 on the "they might be giants" CD's
my kids love those guys, and yes you'll learn every friggen word to every song whether you like it or not.
brest feeding is a super way to go especially if you and the wife if go camping together alot. it not, you'll want to get an inverter and a bottle warmer. i'd take my kids to moab with me when they were less than 4 months old (to give my wife a baby break). since she breast fed, it meant i had to pack frozen milk in the engle...lol. it's a bit of work, but once you get a system down, you'll be golden.
the rear cargo area of a disco is great for changing kids, provided you dont fill it up with crap.
dont waste your money on getting them their own sleeping bags for a while.
our kids slep with us for a long time before they wanted to sleep in their own bags. we would zip 2 rectangular bags together and sleep with everyone in the one big bag.
last bit, buy lots of onesies
i repeat, BUY LOTS OF ONESIES
dont waste you money on a bunch of baby "clothes" for a while.
plan on changing them 5-8 times a day.
my kids would go through clothes like mad.
we finally got smart, and went to the baby gap and bought out all of their onesies. and yeah, we did like the baby gap stuff over all the other brands.
the quality was just better. again ymmv.
best of luck
this is a loaded thread, as everyone with kids is gonna have an opinion about how they did things. one thing to keep in mind, is that EVERY kid is different. and they ALL come preprogrammed. you're just there for the ride...
my wife and i would split the loads, i'd get kid she'd pack food/water/etc...
after our second was born, we were forced into serious "go-lite" packing. you'll learn what you do and don't need really quickly...lol
we were a huggies family, never loved the pampers, YMMV
X2 on the "they might be giants" CD's
my kids love those guys, and yes you'll learn every friggen word to every song whether you like it or not.
brest feeding is a super way to go especially if you and the wife if go camping together alot. it not, you'll want to get an inverter and a bottle warmer. i'd take my kids to moab with me when they were less than 4 months old (to give my wife a baby break). since she breast fed, it meant i had to pack frozen milk in the engle...lol. it's a bit of work, but once you get a system down, you'll be golden.
the rear cargo area of a disco is great for changing kids, provided you dont fill it up with crap.
dont waste your money on getting them their own sleeping bags for a while.
our kids slep with us for a long time before they wanted to sleep in their own bags. we would zip 2 rectangular bags together and sleep with everyone in the one big bag.
last bit, buy lots of onesies
i repeat, BUY LOTS OF ONESIES
dont waste you money on a bunch of baby "clothes" for a while.
plan on changing them 5-8 times a day.
my kids would go through clothes like mad.
we finally got smart, and went to the baby gap and bought out all of their onesies. and yeah, we did like the baby gap stuff over all the other brands.
the quality was just better. again ymmv.
best of luck
this is a loaded thread, as everyone with kids is gonna have an opinion about how they did things. one thing to keep in mind, is that EVERY kid is different. and they ALL come preprogrammed. you're just there for the ride...
