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Amazon Gadgets New Dads Didn’t Know They Needed
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items This list is perfect for new dads and first-time fathers looking for gadgets that make life with a newborn easier. It’s also a great resource for anyone shopping for a useful new-dad gift that he might not think to buy himself.
Baby fingernails are approximately the size of a grain of rice, yet somehow you're expected to come at them with CLIPPERS. An electric file gently grinds them down and makes Dad feel significantly less like he's defusing a bomb.
Electric Baby Nail Trimmer
Clip it to the stroller, car seat or diaper bag and suddenly you can take baby's favorite WHHHHHHHHHHHHH anywhere. New dads specifically recommend portable sound machines as one of those unexpectedly useful purchases.
Portable Travel Sound Machine White Noise Machine
It's basically a Keurig for formula. When it's 3:12 a.m. and you're attempting to measure formula while functioning on 90 minutes of sleep, pressing a button starts sounding worth every penny.
Baby Brezza Formula Pro Advanced Dispenser
Enough light to determine what horrifying situation is happening inside that diaper, but not enough to tell Baby, “GOOD MORNING! LET'S PARTY!” A touch-controlled lamp is especially useful when your other hand is occupied.
Touch-Control Dimmable 7-Color Nursery Light
You need one wipe. The package has decided you're getting nine. A weighted dispenser lets you yank out a wipe one-handed while your other hand deals with whatever crime scene is occurring on the changing table.
Perfect Pull Wipes Dispenser
After doing it the traditional way, you'll understand why this one makes the list. No booger sucking manually this way!
Frida Baby Electric NoseFrida Pro Nasal Aspirator
Yes, it's a tiny silicone spatula specifically for putting diaper cream on a butt. Yes, you will laugh at it. And then you'll use it once and realize you no longer have Desitin permanently embedded beneath your fingernails.
Bumco Baby Bum Brush - Diaper Cream Spatula
Giving medicine to an infant sounds easy until the infant realizes you're trying to give them medicine. These route the dose through something Baby already understands: the pacifier.
Pacifier Medicine Dispenser
It unfolds into a changing surface while carrying diapers and wipes, meaning Dad can handle a diaper emergency without hauling the entire diaper bag into a restaurant bathroom.
Baby Portable Diaper Changing Pad with Pocket
The hospital nurse wraps your newborn into a perfect little burrito in six seconds. You attempt the same thing and somehow create a toga. Velcro swaddles because they make nighttime changes and re-swaddling much easier.
Velcro Swaddles, 3-Pack
Put one underneath the baby during diaper changes and throw it away when the inevitable happens. Puppy/incontinence-style disposable pads are great for catching surprise pee and poop and reducing laundry.
Disposable Baby Changing Pads 110 Pack 13x18
Laugh now. Then drop the remote while there's a sleeping baby on your chest.
Grabber Reacher Tool - 32” Foldable Gripper
Eventually the tiny milk-drunk potato starts eating actual food. This lets Dad blend homemade baby food and portion/store it without turning the kitchen into an episode of Chopped: Baby Edition.
NutriBullet Baby Food Prep System
Eventually your baby enters the phase where they want UP! DOWN! UP! DOWN! every 90 seconds, and your lower back files for divorce. A hip-seat carrier gives them a little platform to sit on while distributing the weight better and gives Dad storage fo...
Tushbaby Hip Carrier
You thought washing bottles would take five minutes. Then you discovered bottles have more individual parts than a carburetor. This thing automatically washes, sterilizes and dries bottles and accessories, turning one of the most repetitive new-paren...
Baby Brezza Baby Bottle Washer Pro
Clamp it beside the couch or bed and Dad can watch something while both arms are occupied by a tiny dictator who has decided his chest is the only acceptable mattress.
Extra-Long Phone Stand/Gooseneck Holder