So for my next post I thought I would share some reviews on some of my favorite baby products. I LOVE anything that makes my day easier and simpler so that way I can spend time with my family. Or spend time with Grey’s Anatomy (I’m officially 4 episodes behind). Mind you as a mom and not an official product tester, I don’t have much to compare to. There are some products I did a lot of research on first, which I will share too. This will probably be a multi-series.
Sleep Sheep: This is number one because this is by far one of the biggest surprise of great things we own. I bought this myself. I read great reviews on Babies R Us and decided to take a leap. We got the travel version after the reviews said the bigger one basically just cost more. But the bigger one does have the heartbeat sound. T prefers ocean noises, which is little surprise since I spent mid to late pregnancy at the beach. The travel Sleep Sheep has a very adjustable velcro strap. Ours is attached to the infant carseat. It has 2 different time settings, 15 or 45 minutes. My only complaint is this thing seems to get dirty fast. Ours looks so dingy already. But T doesn’t play with it, just listen to it.
Graco B is for Bear Snugride 30: This was a gift that we registered for. I wish we would have been smarter shoppers. The canopy on this thing is such a pain! It is so close to the handle that you can’t have the canopy open and carry the carseat on your arm. I am a petite 5’2 so carrying with my hand is awkward at best. There are way better carseats out there. Graco is not the best, just the most well known. On a positive note, we loved using it with our Snap N Go.
Graco Snap N Go Stroller: This was a win. We registered for it and used it all the time until we stopped using our infant seat regularly (switched to convertible after I returned to work). It folds up small. It’s light enough to use even though I had a c-section. It is pricey at it’s full price, but BRU usually has sales and coupons to help reduce the price. It’s not great for parks or bumpy sidewalks, but awesome for malls, grocery stores, etc.
Fisher Price Rainforest Melodies and Lights Gym: As far as playmats go, I don’t see it getting better. It folds up nicely to travel, the lights entertain T even at his age of 5 months. The toys all detach and clean easily. The mat detaches from the bars for easy washing. I put this thing through the washer and dryer several times and it looks as new as the day I bought it. It has easily gone through spit-up, vomit, poop, and puppy drool. We have now hooked teethers on to the cloth rings and they make T so happy. This was a gift, but not one I registered for. I am thrilled to have gotten it though.
Excersaucer 3 in 1 Triple Fun: I registered and received this gift. We didn’t use the Stage 1 because the mat was paper thing and the toy bar didn’t attach to the mat. Plus we already had a nice gym mat. When T turned 4 months, we put him in this with a blanket wrapped around his middle since the seat is so large. He enjoyed looking at everything, but it wasn’t until more recently that he became interested in touching everything. There were some complaints that tots weren’t able to spin the seat, but T has no problem turning himself around. MY complaint is that we had to take apart the bird on the right with the horn because T kept getting his arm caught under it. We unscrewed the base and pulled it apart and took the horn out. Easy and perfect fix for it since the horn served no purpose anyways. T loves to be in this as he loves to stand up, even though he can’t on his own yet. The light up lizard is cute and funny. He loves the pieces on the alligators back. He spends most of his time trying to flip them off, and since they are attached by ribbons I can easily put them back (when he’s not looking).
More reviews to come!
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