Baby Gear: Baby Monitors
We were given a baby monitor at a shower before we traveled to adopt GlitterGirl. The monitor was never used. It turns out there is no reason for a monitor when the child is always in a room with...
View ArticleBaby Gear: Baby Gates
Once babies become mobile we pretty much have to restrict their ability to move within our homes. There are stairs, shelves they don’t need to try to climb, maybe electronic equipment we’d rather they...
View ArticleBaby Gear: General Safety Items
Crawl around your house on your hands and knees and look at the things you can get into: electrical outlets, cleaning supplies under the kitchen sink, the toilet, the dog’s bowl, the cat’s litterbox…....
View ArticleBaby Gear: Cloth Diapers
If you’ve missed the other posts in my Baby Gear series this month you can catch the earlier posts by going to my Series Listing page. I was surprised at the number of people who had no idea that...
View ArticleBaby Gear: Staying away from Plastic
When GG was little I used mostly glass bottles with her. I didn’t trust plastic. As she got older and a little more mobile I did use some plastic, but that was because there weren’t a lot of options....
View ArticleToys
Which toys have stood the test of time? I’ll start out today by pointing to two previous posts: Review: Toys for little ones From that page — the easel still gets a ton of use. In fact, the girls did a...
View ArticleToys: The Basics
Call them basic, or classic… there are some toys that have stood the test of time. Yo-Yo Sidewalk Chalk Jump Rope Hula Hoops A variety of balls — big, little, bouncy Play-Doh Bicycles Scooters Outdoor...
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I’m going to let the comments start us off on this one with a few questions. What piece of equipment did you buy that you loved the most? What did you buy that you didn’t use at all? Looking back, I...
View ArticleBaby Gear: High Chairs and Boosters
This is one of those things you can’t buy until you know how old the child you’ll be adopting will be when you bring them home. GlitterGirl was about as young as a baby can be at referral, and we...
View ArticleBaby Gear: Baby Carriers
I used the original Hip Hammock with GlitterGirl – the one made by a person (don’t remember her name off the top of my head), before Playtex bought the pattern and name from her. I loved it. GG loved...
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