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Baby Favorites 👶👩🍼
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items All of the baby favorites we have found for his first year of life. Great items for both baby and parents!
Sections
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Books
Breastfeeding & Pumping Supplies
Clothing
Comfy Cozy Items
Furniture
General Supplies
Books
All of the books our little dude has started in his collection!
This was my favorite book growing up and I am loving reading it to our son! It is a wonderful book with many rhymes and a variety of complicated words that are hard yet easy and creative! Great fun ABC book!
Dr. Seuss's ABC
This is a great book and was a hand-me-down from my father then from me to our son. It is a cute book to explore family dynamics, life, and learn communication.
Are You My Mother?
Very vibrant fun joyous book that really encourages creativity. I love books that go out of the ordinary and create many fun words, experiences, and learning opportunities like this one.
Oh, the Thinks You Can Think!
Great book that contains many Dr Seuss books all in one! Recommend if you do not want as much book space or your little loves reading and needs more all in one or for on the go!
The Big Orange Book of Beginner Books
Such a cute precious book we got our son for Valentines day. He loves the different textures and thick easy to flip pages. Great loving book.
You're My Little Baby: A Touch-and-Feel Book
Hilarious book that we use to have silly days. Always great to make homemade green eggs & ham, we use spinach usually. Enjoy this silly fun food book!
Green Eggs and Ham - Dr. Seuss: Books
This is an amazing exploration book great for those night time adventures before bed. This is an interactive book we love to read and have a great family time with.
Where the Wild Things Are
Such a perfect classic Winnie the Pooh story. So grateful and thankful to have this amazing book to share with our son. We love exploring the 100 acre woods as a family and helping Pooh out. This is a great Pooh book!
WINNIE THE POOH The Honey Tree Golden Book
Amazing encouraging inspiring book to teach children to keep going, ask for help, communicate, engage, and so much more. Great book, definitely recommend!
The Little Engine That Could
This is my absolute favorite food child book that teaches manners about sneezing. Teaches in a light hearted, goofy, silly way, and explores another language. Great fun read!
Mr. Reez's Sneezes by Curtis Parkinson
Cute fun exploration walking animal book that centers around a character dog named Spot. Since we only have a cat at home, we love to read books about other animals and dogs to introduce our child to them. Also, for when we go on walks for our son to...
Spot's First Walk - Books
Wonderful interactive flap book that our baby loves. He enjoys carrying this book around and moving all of the flaps.
Babies in the Forest
Absolutely precious caring and meaningful book that I feel confident helps teach love and how deeply one can feel. We love reading this at all times and our baby loves the pictures for he always grabs and flips the pages to the ones he like the most!
I Love You to the Moon and Back - Book
Such a great introduction to nursery rhymes and there are a few I had not known! I love reading these and singing these to our son. He loves to bounce to this book!
The Pudgy Book of Mother Goose
We love this nighty night book that our little guy loves a lot too. He really loves the polar bear books we have and always asks for more. Great book and read. Good thick pages that are easier for him to grab!
Sleep Tight, Polar Bear (Little Loves)
Lovely learning book to teach about animals and the noises they make! Great way to introduce animals, sounds, farms, etc!
Who Says Quack? A Pudgy Book
Great bedtime with Elmo. & if you have a tickle me elmo or other elmo stuffie we love using it to puppeteer and narrate for our son! Our son loves this nighty night book.
Bedtime on Sesame Street
We love this book to explore love, life and family. We really enjoy how this book talks about so many physical things that you can act out while reading this to your little!
Guess How Much I Love You by McBratney
Great book to develop problem solving, eye coordination, hide and seek, etc. Wonderful activity for on the go!
I Spy School Days: A Book of Picture Riddles
Cute sleepy time book that our kid loves and enjoys the singing and rythyms of!
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Breastfeeding & Pumping Supplies
What I found the most helpful on my breastfeeding journey!
Fantastic pumping option on the go! I loved this pump for full time exclusively pumping for about three whole months while baby demanded bottle and to feed himself, go independence and learning! Now I still pump full time but not exclusively like bef...
Medela Pump in Style MaxFlow Electric
Great storage option. I had a few come with my pump and I decided to get more to compare with other brands. Good option and some times is covered by insurance.
Medela Breast Milk Storage Bags, 100 Count : Baby
We went through 1k of these bags and were so grateful for the thorough storage safety. Did not have any bag issues or leaks. Great storage option. We used frozen for around 4-8months!
Lansinoh Breastmilk Storage Bags, 100 Count
We absolutely loved these milk bags and have gone through about 500. We have around 200 left and now baby is older we sometimes use for his baby food or left overs. Great freezing storage option. Kept milk frozen for 4-8months with no issue.
Parent's Choice Breast Milk Storage Bags 50 ct
For me, these were a great option to catch milk instead of using breast/nursing pads. I am a just enough producer so saving every drop especially during the day is so helpful!
Haakaa Ladybug Breast Milk Collector
Wonderful option when child is feeding on one side and you would like to manually or automatically collect on the other side! Great way to keep milk stored and see amount. Pair these with the Haakaa Ladybugs and you're set!
Haakaa
I have loved this with my breastfeeding journey and for a comfortable spot. Our baby loves to cuddle with it and drink his milkies on it once he wanted to start using a bottle.
Boppy Pillow
Clothing
This is the wardrobe our baby has had and thoroughly loved!
Great sturdy one-pieces that fit well!
Cat & Jack : Baby Boy One-pieces - Target
Pant options of all sizes that are very versatile, sturdy, thick, and comfortable for littles.
Cat & Jack : Boys' Pants - Target
Great cute little pants that work with babies variety of onesies!
Cat & Jack / Boys' Pants / Boys' Clothing
Fantastic onesie no matter what size. Our baby loves these especially as he has gotten more mobile. Quick to use and easy to change diaper!
Baby Onesies - Official Onesies® Brand Sets - Gerber Childrenswear
Warm comfy nice jackets and sweaters to keep your little warm and maybe a touch of stylish in there too!
Shop Baby & Toddler Jackets & Sweaters | Warm & Cozy Outerwear
Comfy Cozy Items
All of the comfort items, stuffed animals, and cozy blankets we enjoy at our home.
These are great blankets for the whole family. I have used this blanket a lot when family or friends were over during breastfeeding times. Great cover and during the cold winter months it is perfect!
Ardour Blanket
Very classic fun toy our baby loves to cuddle with! Definitely recommend an Elmo for anyone!
Tickle Me Elmo
So many different Elmo options if you and your fam do not prefer Tickle Me Elmo. Our baby loves his Elmo and using the Elmo during reading time.
Elmo Stuffed Animal
We love the boppy for so many uses & the covers make this item so versatile! Our baby loves to cuddle and snuggle into this!
Boppy Covers
Furniture
The items we have that complete our babies first nursery and bedroom!
We love our light gray / grey 4 in one convertible crib. Our baby enjoys it so much and now that he can move, crawl, and walk. He has so much fun in the crib perfect space for him while we do laundry or read!
The Safest Cribs for Infants & Toddlers - Delta Children
Wonderful leakproof, durable, cleanable, lightweight mattress that our baby loves so much. When he has gotten tired recently he will waltz right up to his crib and say more. So he loves his bed and we do too! Grateful for easy spill cleanup if milk s...
Serta Perfect Start Dual Sided Crib Mattress
We love the storage options with the changing table and the amount of diaper storage capabilities. Great changing spot and easy to clean changing pad. Changing area holds baby well and helps so much.
Nursery Changing Tables & Dressers | Delta Children
General Supplies
All the general items and staples we have found helpful.
We are in love with this pack n play on the go and is perfect for travel!
Pack 'n Play Playards & Playpens | Graco Baby
Incredible detachable stroller that you can manage to shut or open super quickly or with other items in your hand! Great sturdy stroller even on the go hiking or inside!
SnugRider® Elite Stroller | Graco Baby
This is the stroller our baby came home in and we have used every since. The limit I believe is 35 pounds and we will be replacing to a rear facing 45 pound one to follow laws when baby approaches around 30. We will update more info on next car seat ...
Explore Infant Car Seats | Shop Now | Graco Baby
Hygiene & Diapering
Best of what has worked for us with diapering and hygienic products!
I love this item so very much. When our child was in the NICU, the nurses and doctors recommended this ointment. Our baby is now 9months and this is the only cream we have needed to avoid a red rash or irritation, etc. So grateful for this recommenda...
Medline Remedy
Our doctors recommended this for making sure to keep the bottom moist if dry and worked wonderfully.
Medline Remedy Prevent
Since our baby was slightly early, 6lbs 12oz, with a long but small body, he had started off in premature diapers for the first month. These fit nicely on his body without drowning him in the diaper and was very soft of newborn skin.
Huggies Premature Newborn Diapers, Little Snugglers Baby ...
These premature diapers were a good second and backup item. For our baby, he has a small frame and these were too big until about 2-3weeks old. Then we switched to them until sizing up to size newborn at 1mo 2weeks!
Pampers Preemie Diapers
We used Huggies Newborns from age 1mo2wk to about 2 and a half months. These form and fit to very nicely and we did not deal with blowouts.
Huggies Newborn Diapers
We used these beginning around age 2-3months until switching to size one. Our son grew fast after catching up from NICU time and these worked well during the awkward sizing up stage! Maybe one blowout and ironically was out of one of the legs at back...
Pampers Newborn Diapers
We prefer the little snugglers over all and turned to these at the end of month two until midway through month three. These fit very nicely and conform well to natural shape. No blowouts and able to use when sleep training. When beginning sleep sched...
Huggies Size 1
Our baby was in a growth spurt and did not fit well in size two diapers but these were perfect for him until we jumped to size one to three!!
Pampers Swaddlers Size 1
We prefer the little snugglers as baby is getting more mobile and sleeping longer time spans. We love how this fits to baby and protects with leakguard flaps. Very reliable, helpful, and good diapers. We used from midway month three until about five ...
Huggies Size 3
We used these from end of month four to month five. Baby was in an awkward size and did not fit well into any diapers at the size he was so these were perfect.
Pampers Swaddlers Size 3
We absolutely love these diapers as the baby became mobile and slept longer at night with sleep training. We were able to have baby sleep 4-6 hours at night with no leaks and they always absorbed well, so we knew he was not sleeping moist. Great diap...
Huggies Diapers Size 4
We still use and prefer the little snugglers the most! They fit the best for our baby currently at nine months and has since end of month seven. We are thinking at about ten months is when he will age up to size 6.
Huggies Diapers Size 5
Good alternative. We ran out of cream on the go and found this which was recommended by our pediatrician.
A+D Original Diaper Rash Ointment
We use the natural care and get like 12 boxes for $20! SOO much better than at stores near us and lasts us for months. Soft, does not tear, very moveable, smashable into diaper bags, easy to use and well sealed.
Huggies Wipes
Obsessed with these wipes for post-partum and newborn baby. We used these until about month four. Very very thick, soft, grabable, easy to use, and nice container.
Medline Simply Water Baby Wipes, 100 Count
Perfect replacement sling if needed. We needed for ours torn when our cat and kid were playing with it like a blanket and scratch toy, lol.
Infant Bathtub Sling
We absolutely love this tub. This is where our baby had his first bath and still baths to this day at nine months. Great support and way to introduce hygiene habits!
The First Years Newborn to Toddler Baby Bath Tub
We love Dr Brown products and these tooth brushes. A must have to get young ones used to cleaning their teeth and mouths. Our pediatrician and dentist said this is great to introduce when teeth have arrived! Please consult and go off of your own doct...
Best Baby Toothbrushes
Milk, Feeding & Bottle Items
All things milk & food! Great for BLW!
These glass bottles are very sturdy, durable, easy to clean and not hard for our son to hold at all. We are not worried about him breaking because it is all he has known and we try to communicate to be careful with milkies.
Dr Browns Bottles Glass
We have preferred the plastic and glass bottles but have more of these. Our baby has been able to hold the 4oz bottles the best especially when learning to and demanding to hold his own milkies. As a breastfeeding and pumping mom, that was some tears...
Dr. Brown's Anti-Colic Options+ Baby Bottle
We love these teal blue mesh feeders and so does our little man. Especially for pears and avocados! This is great for them to start learning food in general besides purees. When they are ready for finger food, holding themselves this is a great start...
Baby Mesh Feeder
Many varieties but we have ones that are just mini silverware like the adult silverware. Our baby enjoys doing things with and like us so we try to get him similar looking things so he feels included and stays excited and intrigued to learn!
Stainless Steel Baby Spoons
Absolutely love these glass non-colic bottles. The non-colic system with doctor browns is incredible and works on most bottles of the same size. We are not worried about him breaking because it is all he has known and we try to communicate to be care...
Dr Browns Anti-Colic Bottles Glass
We love this cute cutlery kit set that comes with a book and almost explains table manners, how to set a table, and use the utensils. Wonderful kit!
Stainless Steel Baby Spoons
Miscellaneous
All the random bits and bobs that help us on our parenting journey!
This is a great tool if your little gets sick. Our son fought his first cold at 8months and doctors recommended a bulb or this. Be cautious and ask your doctor for direct instructions. Our doctor told us to not use more than once to twice every 12-24...
Nose Frida
Great to have on the go in your purse or diaper bag in case needed!
Nose Bulb Baby
We had to use this for our sons first cold and fevers. This worked well and we only administered two times. Helped him so much. You could see the comfort, relief, and peace/ability to rest sink in(no longer fussy or restless)! So grateful for baby fo...
Infant Tylenol Dye Free
Our doctors recommended this and tylonel for our babies first cold and fevers. Worked well for us and no side affects, unless after use you count a comfortable happy baby as one!
Motrin Infant
Our baby loved these MAM pacifiers and this was his all time favorite brand daily for MONTHS. He weaned himself off beginning to throw the paci at five months. So we did not need to worry about weaning. This helped him to stay asleep and he loved it ...
Mam Pacifiers
We love having the car mirror to interact with our baby and check in with him while in the vehicle on the move. I stayed in the back seat with him until 8 months old so this was a great option for transition. He loves playing with his toys and talkin...
Baby Car Mirror
Toys
All of babies toys & go-to play time favorites!
My husband and I loved these when we were kids so when we saw it we had to get one for our son. Our baby is so obsessed and plays with this daily. The many sides keeps him very entertained. As he learned to stand and walk, this has been an incredible...
My Busy Town Wooden Activity Cube
Our son is obsessed with this toy and loves to play with it with us in the kitchen on the floor. When he was learning to crawl this helped him with his vision, tracking, mobility, and hand eye coordination! Now that he moves a lot he charges and groo...
Skip Hop Baby Crawl Toy 3-Stage Development
Our baby loves this to stand and help out in the kitchen or run around if he wants! He loves to be able to do what he wants and be a big boy walking like us! He absolutely loves the toys on it when he is in or out of it. He also likes when you attach...
Bright Starts Tiny Trek 2-in-1 Baby Walker
This was an incredible gift from grandparents that our baby is in love with playing, sliding, sitting, walking, riding, running, and more. He loves his little lion and the whole house mobility he gets. This even works on our carpet!
Fisher-Price 3-in-1 Sit, Stride & Ride Interactive Lion - Walmart.com