Comments on: Goody! More Baby Stuff http://lianaandmason.com/dollhouse/2007/03/01/goody-more-baby-stuff/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed This isn't going according to plan... Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:21:03 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: maggie http://lianaandmason.com/dollhouse/2007/03/01/goody-more-baby-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-948 maggie Sun, 11 Mar 2007 18:12:45 +0000 http://lianaandmason.com/dollhouse/2007/03/01/goody-more-baby-stuff/#comment-948 Hi! Congrats!!! I have the angel care monitor and I LOVE IT. I have a video monitor too and I love that too. I think one of the greatest things I bought was the fisher price jump-a-roo. She can start using it at 3 or 4 months and it is a lifesaver. I just bought a cheep diaper pail at bru and it does not smell. I adopted a little girl too and I am so happy for you!! Maggie Hi! Congrats!!! I have the angel care monitor and I LOVE IT. I have a video monitor too and I love that too. I think one of the greatest things I bought was the fisher price jump-a-roo. She can start using it at 3 or 4 months and it is a lifesaver. I just bought a cheep diaper pail at bru and it does not smell. I adopted a little girl too and I am so happy for you!! Maggie

]]> By: WWBD http://lianaandmason.com/dollhouse/2007/03/01/goody-more-baby-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-904 WWBD Tue, 06 Mar 2007 04:21:24 +0000 http://lianaandmason.com/dollhouse/2007/03/01/goody-more-baby-stuff/#comment-904 Diaper Disposal: We have a Diaper Dekkor. It's fine. The best solution for diaper smell though is to flush it all together. We use gdiapers (www.gdiapers.com) which are flushable, biodegradable diapers that are sooooo great. They breath which means less diaper rash and they are super cute on baby bottoms. It's so much better for the planet too. I cringe everytime I hear about a diaper (made of plastic) being wrapped in plastic (sometimes individually!) and sent off to the landfill to sit for 500+ years. Bumbo v. Bebe Pod: We had a Bebe Pod. It was fine, but our daughter wasn't very into sitting in it. Video Monitor: We have a Summer Infant video monitor and I love it! It made the transition from Anya sleeping in our room to in her own crib so easy. I love being able to see if she is truly awake or just rolling during REM sleep. Diaper bag: I started with a JJ Cole Logic bad which was great. I have since moved up to a Ju Ju Be "Be a Star" which is really fun and has great accessories. Baby Bjorn: I loooovvveee my Bjorn Active (go with Active). We use it almost every day for hikes. Anya prefers it to her stoller, so it has been a great investment. I also just got a Hotsling to carry her on my hip for quick trips. Sleep Sack: Love these and are still using them at 9+ months. Swaddle me: A lifesaver for getting our daughter to sleep at night and for naps. These made several reappearances over the course of about 4 months or so. It would seem like she was over it, and then we would find that it would work again for a while. Hope this helps! Good luck! Diaper Disposal: We have a Diaper Dekkor. It’s fine. The best solution for diaper smell though is to flush it all together. We use gdiapers (www.gdiapers.com) which are flushable, biodegradable diapers that are sooooo great. They breath which means less diaper rash and they are super cute on baby bottoms. It’s so much better for the planet too. I cringe everytime I hear about a diaper (made of plastic) being wrapped in plastic (sometimes individually!) and sent off to the landfill to sit for 500+ years.
Bumbo v. Bebe Pod: We had a Bebe Pod. It was fine, but our daughter wasn’t very into sitting in it.
Video Monitor: We have a Summer Infant video monitor and I love it! It made the transition from Anya sleeping in our room to in her own crib so easy. I love being able to see if she is truly awake or just rolling during REM sleep.
Diaper bag: I started with a JJ Cole Logic bad which was great. I have since moved up to a Ju Ju Be “Be a Star” which is really fun and has great accessories.
Baby Bjorn: I loooovvveee my Bjorn Active (go with Active). We use it almost every day for hikes. Anya prefers it to her stoller, so it has been a great investment. I also just got a Hotsling to carry her on my hip for quick trips.
Sleep Sack: Love these and are still using them at 9+ months.
Swaddle me: A lifesaver for getting our daughter to sleep at night and for naps. These made several reappearances over the course of about 4 months or so. It would seem like she was over it, and then we would find that it would work again for a while.

Hope this helps! Good luck!

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]]> By: Judi http://lianaandmason.com/dollhouse/2007/03/01/goody-more-baby-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-898 Judi Sun, 04 Mar 2007 13:17:45 +0000 http://lianaandmason.com/dollhouse/2007/03/01/goody-more-baby-stuff/#comment-898 I have to echo what some people are saying here. Swaddling - I just did it with a thin receiving blanket. Watch the video "The Happiest Baby on the Block" it saved my life. It is only about 15 min's. long. Our baby liked his www.hotslings.com. Now he is four months and doesn't like it as much, but it saved me when he was tiny. We have the Diaper Dekor and love it. But once they get bigger the diapers do really smell and there isn't too much you can do but just bring them directly outside. Love your blog and can't wait for stories of your baby very soon! Judi I have to echo what some people are saying here.

Swaddling – I just did it with a thin receiving blanket. Watch the video “The Happiest Baby on the Block” it saved my life. It is only about 15 min’s. long.

Our baby liked his http://www.hotslings.com. Now he is four months and doesn’t like it as much, but it saved me when he was tiny.

We have the Diaper Dekor and love it. But once they get bigger the diapers do really smell and there isn’t too much you can do but just bring them directly outside.

Love your blog and can’t wait for stories of your baby very soon!

Judi

]]> By: Patti http://lianaandmason.com/dollhouse/2007/03/01/goody-more-baby-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-897 Patti Sat, 03 Mar 2007 13:45:19 +0000 http://lianaandmason.com/dollhouse/2007/03/01/goody-more-baby-stuff/#comment-897 I love my video monitor. DH got it at Target. I'm a nervous mommy, and I like to be able to see and hear her when I wake up at night, which I do at least 5 times. Celia loves her Bumbo. She's getting a little flatheady, so she spends a lot of time in it, always on a mat and supervised.n I'm not familiar with the other product. In fact you have opened up a world of baby products I didn't know existed! Celia loves being swaddled, and I use something called the Magic Blanket I got as a gift. I have a Bjorn and Celia likes it for short periods of time. I have a Snugli with back support that I use occasionally. Mt fave way to carry her is a sling, and mine is from mammasmilk.com, which I believe just might meet your style standards. :-) I would recommend an array of carriers so you have options. At different stages, she seems to prefer different things. I love my video monitor. DH got it at Target. I’m a nervous mommy, and I like to be able to see and hear her when I wake up at night, which I do at least 5 times.

Celia loves her Bumbo. She’s getting a little flatheady, so she spends a lot of time in it, always on a mat and supervised.n I’m not familiar with the other product. In fact you have opened up a world of baby products I didn’t know existed!

Celia loves being swaddled, and I use something called the Magic Blanket I got as a gift.

I have a Bjorn and Celia likes it for short periods of time. I have a Snugli with back support that I use occasionally. Mt fave way to carry her is a sling, and mine is from mammasmilk.com, which I believe just might meet your style standards. :-) I would recommend an array of carriers so you have options. At different stages, she seems to prefer different things.

]]> By: cecily http://lianaandmason.com/dollhouse/2007/03/01/goody-more-baby-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-896 cecily Fri, 02 Mar 2007 17:40:37 +0000 http://lianaandmason.com/dollhouse/2007/03/01/goody-more-baby-stuff/#comment-896 My feeling about the diaper disposal issue? It doesn't matter. They all smell a bit. We ended up with a cheap one and that works just fine. In fact, I bought the cheapest one-- $11. We like having both a co-sleeper and the pack n play. We have the pack n play set up downstairs for a safe place to put the baby and use as a changing station! My feeling about the diaper disposal issue? It doesn’t matter. They all smell a bit. We ended up with a cheap one and that works just fine. In fact, I bought the cheapest one– $11.

We like having both a co-sleeper and the pack n play. We have the pack n play set up downstairs for a safe place to put the baby and use as a changing station!

]]> By: spyderkl http://lianaandmason.com/dollhouse/2007/03/01/goody-more-baby-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-895 spyderkl Fri, 02 Mar 2007 17:02:29 +0000 http://lianaandmason.com/dollhouse/2007/03/01/goody-more-baby-stuff/#comment-895 Congratulations on finding a good baby registry! As for the other stuff: The Diaper Genie, in my experience, was a waste of money. It did <strong>nothing</strong> in the way of odor prevention. Nothing. After about 6 months we gave up and used a grocery bag inside a wastebasket. Since it was filled and emptied more often, we didn't have to worry about the smell as much. Baby Bjorn was a great sling until our daughter got too big, which happened for us at 10 months. Then we used an Apodaca (version of a Korean baby backpack), and it worked great until she was about 3. I loved our co-sleeper! We got an Arms Reach too; I wish it had come in black :( We did have both a Pack-n-Play and a co-sleeper; but the co-sleeper lasted a lot longer than the Pack-n-Play, even though it was used more. I was very disappointed. Depending on the size of your house, you might not want/need a baby monitor at all. I'm not sure I would go with a video monitor. If you're looking for something different in a diaper bag, you might want to look at <a href="http://www.etsy.com" rel="nofollow">Etsy</a>. Some of the craftspeople there have some great bags, and in a lot of cases they can make something for you if you didn't see anything you liked. Sleep sacks are great! Our daughter was such a big, fast-growing baby that we didn't use it for long, but it was terrific. Our daughter was placed with us at 6 weeks. We tried to swaddle her once, but she thrashed around so much that we got her out and didn't try again. I'd give it a try though. Good luck! I hope the wait goes quickly. Congratulations on finding a good baby registry!

As for the other stuff:

The Diaper Genie, in my experience, was a waste of money. It did nothing in the way of odor prevention. Nothing. After about 6 months we gave up and used a grocery bag inside a wastebasket. Since it was filled and emptied more often, we didn’t have to worry about the smell as much.

Baby Bjorn was a great sling until our daughter got too big, which happened for us at 10 months. Then we used an Apodaca (version of a Korean baby backpack), and it worked great until she was about 3.

I loved our co-sleeper! We got an Arms Reach too; I wish it had come in black :( We did have both a Pack-n-Play and a co-sleeper; but the co-sleeper lasted a lot longer than the Pack-n-Play, even though it was used more. I was very disappointed.

Depending on the size of your house, you might not want/need a baby monitor at all. I’m not sure I would go with a video monitor.

If you’re looking for something different in a diaper bag, you might want to look at Etsy. Some of the craftspeople there have some great bags, and in a lot of cases they can make something for you if you didn’t see anything you liked.

Sleep sacks are great! Our daughter was such a big, fast-growing baby that we didn’t use it for long, but it was terrific.

Our daughter was placed with us at 6 weeks. We tried to swaddle her once, but she thrashed around so much that we got her out and didn’t try again. I’d give it a try though.

Good luck! I hope the wait goes quickly.

]]> By: StillaMomma http://lianaandmason.com/dollhouse/2007/03/01/goody-more-baby-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-894 StillaMomma Fri, 02 Mar 2007 05:31:46 +0000 http://lianaandmason.com/dollhouse/2007/03/01/goody-more-baby-stuff/#comment-894 * For diaper disposal. We have just a normal diaper pail and I bought some of those baby powder scented discs at BRUS. We also have the Diaper Champ in the nursery but she doesn't sleep in there yet. It is a little loud, but I think they key to cut down the smell is to empty whatever you use daily outside. * Bumbo or Bebe Pod? We had a Bumbo. My friend's son who is 6 months and 18 lbs and had on a snowsuit sat in it...and was fine. I even sat my 3 week old in it with neck support and it seemed like she will enjoy it later. * BebeSounds Movement monitor and video monitor? I have a regualr monitor. I'd drive myself bonkers with anything else. * Pack and Play in addition to co-sleeper? We have both. We have a pillow top mattress, so we need to get the extenders for the co-sleeper. The pack n play is in the basement and is now used for a changing station when we are down there or for an impromptu nap. * Where can one find a divalicious diaper bag? My cousin got me a Kate Spade bag. Well made, but overrated. Just as good as the bag I bought myself. Here are some sites for the more popular ones: I guess it also depends on your style/preference. http://www.trendymaternityclothes.com/ http://www.bugsandblossoms.com/ http://www.instylemoms.com/index.php/action/item/id/904/prevaction/category/previd/8/prevstart/0/ http://www.letsgostrolling.com/ http://www.pandapark.com/category/Diaper-Bags/c195 There is a store in Ambler called Trimesters Boutique that is supposed to be very good too. * Baby Bjorn carrier? Love my nojo sling. Want a peanut sling that they sell at this local breastfeeding center. Heard bad things about Bjorn for itty bitty ones. * What do you think about SleepSacks? LOVE IT! Easy to change at night and nice for at home during the day * Swaddle Me? Comfortable or infant straitjacket? Swaddling is essential for our daughter! She shakes herself awake and without swaddling, we'd be up every hour. Hope this helps. I had these items bookmarked for years, and my feedback is from use within the past 3 weeks with our newborn. Hope your wait is not long. * For diaper disposal. We have just a normal diaper pail and I bought some of those baby powder scented discs at BRUS. We also have the Diaper Champ in the nursery but she doesn’t sleep in there yet. It is a little loud, but I think they key to cut down the smell is to empty whatever you use daily outside.

* Bumbo or Bebe Pod?
We had a Bumbo. My friend’s son who is 6 months and 18 lbs and had on a snowsuit sat in it…and was fine. I even sat my 3 week old in it with neck support and it seemed like she will enjoy it later.

* BebeSounds Movement monitor and video monitor?
I have a regualr monitor. I’d drive myself bonkers with anything else.

* Pack and Play in addition to co-sleeper?
We have both. We have a pillow top mattress, so we need to get the extenders for the co-sleeper. The pack n play is in the basement and is now used for a changing station when we are down there or for an impromptu nap.

* Where can one find a divalicious diaper bag?
My cousin got me a Kate Spade bag. Well made, but overrated. Just as good as the bag I bought myself. Here are some sites for the more popular ones: I guess it also depends on your style/preference.

http://www.trendymaternityclothes.com/
http://www.bugsandblossoms.com/
http://www.instylemoms.com/index.php/action/item/id/904/prevaction/category/previd/8/prevstart/0/
http://www.letsgostrolling.com/
http://www.pandapark.com/category/Diaper-Bags/c195

There is a store in Ambler called Trimesters Boutique that is supposed to be very good too.

* Baby Bjorn carrier?
Love my nojo sling. Want a peanut sling that they sell at this local breastfeeding center. Heard bad things about Bjorn for itty bitty ones.

* What do you think about SleepSacks?
LOVE IT! Easy to change at night and nice for at home during the day
* Swaddle Me? Comfortable or infant straitjacket?
Swaddling is essential for our daughter! She shakes herself awake and without swaddling, we’d be up every hour.

Hope this helps. I had these items bookmarked for years, and my feedback is from use within the past 3 weeks with our newborn. Hope your wait is not long.

]]> By: lorrie http://lianaandmason.com/dollhouse/2007/03/01/goody-more-baby-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-893 lorrie Fri, 02 Mar 2007 03:09:01 +0000 http://lianaandmason.com/dollhouse/2007/03/01/goody-more-baby-stuff/#comment-893 Here's what we did with poopy diapers--wrapped them in a grocery bag and put them in the outside trash bin. The Diaper Champ was clunky to operate and didn't contain the smell either. Waste of money. Then you have to take the fermenting diapers OUT of the Diaper Champ eventually. I just wanted the nasty things out of my home ASAP! Here’s what we did with poopy diapers–wrapped them in a grocery bag and put them in the outside trash bin. The Diaper Champ was clunky to operate and didn’t contain the smell either. Waste of money. Then you have to take the fermenting diapers OUT of the Diaper Champ eventually. I just wanted the nasty things out of my home ASAP!

]]> By: teendoc http://lianaandmason.com/dollhouse/2007/03/01/goody-more-baby-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-892 teendoc Fri, 02 Mar 2007 03:08:49 +0000 http://lianaandmason.com/dollhouse/2007/03/01/goody-more-baby-stuff/#comment-892 Thank you, thank you, thank you for your detailed reply. I've taken lots of notes! And by the way, we are finally official. The paperwork is in. We could match any time now. Thank you, thank you, thank you for your detailed reply. I’ve taken lots of notes!

And by the way, we are finally official. The paperwork is in. We could match any time now.

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