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Baby Needs: The Best Balances of Function & Budget🧸👶🏼
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items I am a super Type-A, research oriented, detailed person: and my baby registry was months of homework. This list is after 11 months of use what we would buy again in a heartbeat! 🫶🏻
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On The Go🚗💨
Toys🧸🪀
Home Must-Haves🍼🩵
Somethings Wrong!😨🙀
On The Go🚗💨
This car seat is the best function meets budget item on my list! Its a fair price in line with most car seats, but its the only one you’ll have to buy. It lasts the entire time until booster seats, spins to face you when getting baby out of the car (...
Revolve360 Extend All-in-One Rotating Car Seat with Quick Clean Cover
The BEST all-in-one stroller!! Big enough for day/mall trips (huge under basket, adjustable handle for mom or dad to push, and big back wheels for outdoors). Small enough to fit in your trunk and through all the doorframes. One handed disassembly, ad...
Mockingbird Single Stroller 2.0
Toys🧸🪀
Every single baby loves this thing! It is great for all stages: tummy time, learning to sit & grab, crawling, and later on just playing piano! My baby keeps coming back to this one even at 10 months old. Before you know it, you’ll also be singing...
Fisher-Price Deluxe Kick & Play Piano Gym
This was our first Sassy toy, and immediately convinced me we needed more. It suctions to high chair & flat surfaces (bath tub wall, restaurant table👀), it has beads that rattle as he spins it, and when spinning makes a rainbow that captivates m...
Sassy Wonder Wheel High Chair Tray Toy
This toy is $9 for 6 months now my son is still using his daily. The suction to high chairs or flat tables (restaurant toy👀) and complex design keeps him occupied for so long!! Every single Sassy toy has been my baby’s favorite, as well as all the o...
Sassy Teethe & Twirl 2-in-1 High Chair Toy
We love this spinner stacker!! He has been using it consistently since he got it, and loves playing with each peice as well as trying to stack them. I already know the pretend play as he grows will make this toy last so much longer than a regular spi...
4-in-1 Learning Hamburger
If you’re a young parent, or a gaming parent, you know. Babies always want the things youre using the most, and especially the things they shouldnt touch! This controller makes him feel so included, is engaging with 3 different noises per button, and...
Fisher-Price Laugh & Learn Game Controller
Since the day we got this my boy has been OBSESSED. The buttons are sensitive so they can barely click it as they learn buttons and it still works great. Your baby will love this a lot, so the two volume options are a lifesaver (iykyk). I love the di...
LeapFrog Learning Friends 100 Words Book, Green
Home Must-Haves🍼🩵
You NEED a playpen, somewhere/someway/somehow. There will be times you can’t watch your baby directly and need to cook/make a bottle/pee! These are the one space that are constantly baby proofed and give you the minute you need to get it done. The ba...
Playpen
This was one of our splurges, and I would do it again in a heartbeat. We use ours 1-2 times daily, it has rapid and normal modes that you can customize depending on how quick you need the bottles back, and when you order the dishwasher pods for these...
Momcozy KleanPal Pro Baby Bottle Washer Sterilizer
This bassinet that pairs with the Mockingbird stroller was great for a space & budget friendly bassinet the first few months!! It is so easy to move from the stand to the stroller (literally just clicks in and out with a button), and the easy zip...
Bassinet + Bassinet Stand - Mockingbird
You simply cannot go wrong with Carters clothes! They are constantly doing deals on top of their already fair prices, the quality is solid, and the designs are sooo cute!! They offer organic product lines as well as trendy designs that switch out mon...
Carters Baby Clothes
These are the only bibs that my baby will still wear at 10 months! Any bib might seem good at 4-6 months learning to eat, but as my baby grew (QUICKLY), these stretchy soft bibs are the only ones that didnt rash his neck with velcro or rub tightly on...
Baby Bibs & Burp Cloths
Please trust me: You need Philips bottles. Glass or plastic, (we’ve done both), the natural response is such a lifesaver. It only lets milk out when baby actively sucks for it, which is so much more useful than you think it will be! These keep baby f...
Natural Response & Anti-colic Baby Bottles | Philips Avent
Somethings Wrong!😨🙀
This is the diaper cream that I’ve never had to apply for more than 2-3 days. It always works so fast and has major differences after 1 day. This is what works for us!!!
Boudreaux's Butt Paste Max Strength Diaper Cream 4oz
Babies are going to get allergies at some point, and every time you call the doctor they will ask if you have done saline spray. Go ahead and do the saline spray!! It clears up their little nostrils so well to help them breathe better, and is an abso...
Boogie® Saline Nasal Mist
These teething gels are the BOMB for when they really start losing sleep over their gums. You only have to use a small drop: it spreads out on their gums well, and keeps the area numb long enough to soothe them back to sleep or move on. The nighttime...
Orajel ™ Baby Daytime + Nighttime Cooling Gels for Teething
This babyrub has been the best for allergy season. It applies smooth, lasts all night, and works great. The smell is strong like the classic vicks, but gentler for baby. I personally love the pink lid so no one ever mixes the two rubs up at home, and...
Vicks® BabyRub™, Non-Medicated Soothing Ointment