Need review for the baby items...?

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Hi all...I am in my third trimester. I am going to register baby items at Babies r us this weekend. This is my first baby and I am not sure which items and brands should I pick is safe and comfortble for my baby and pricewise reasonable too. Please give me the review about the baby items and items I do need must. Thank you all.
Thank you all ....for sparing your precious time and giving me lots of information in detail. I am new in this country and first time mom. So, not much idea how to choose the right baby items. But your patience and support helped me alot to select the right things for my baby too instead of wasting money. I am going to print out all those information and check out those items in the store. Once again thank you.

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I highly suggest taking a (relatively) new mom with you to register. My sister (who had a 2 year old at the time) went with me to register and she was a HUGE Help.

Here are a few suggestions.

There has been a lot of press recently about car seats so I'm sure you can google which ones are safest. The one that sticks in my head (b/c it's the one we have) is Graco Snug and ride. I would recomend getting a Snap and Go base so that you can turn the carseat into a stoller.

The crib is totally a matter of taste. We chose the Da Vinci Roxanne because I liked that it could transition into a toddler bed and I liked that it had a drawer under it.

If you get a changing table, make sure it has safety straps (so that baby can't roll off it). We choose the Da Vinci Roxanne changing table dresser combo.

Actually.... I still have my list that has prices and brands that I wanted. I can paste it here -- sorry.... it's going to be long.

Furniture
â Crib â (Da Vinci Roxanne with drawer and conversion kit) $260
â Mattress for Crib â
â Fitted sheets for crib (jersey knit) â 2-3 $10 each
â Ultimate Crib Sheet 2-3 (an all-in-one waterproof mattress protector/cover/sheet) $18 each
â Waterproof mattress pad/lap pad â 2-3 $10-20 each
â Dresser/ Changing table combo (Da Vinci Roxanne 3 drawer Baby Changer with safety strap) $240
â Changing pad & pad covers â 3 covers $10-15 each cover/$23 for pad
â Glider chair (Storkcraft sleigh glider â Cherry wood/beige cushion) $199
â Ottoman for glider (storkcraft) $70
â Hanging bookshelf (idea to hand shelf 12â to 18â below the ceiling around room to add lots of display and storage space)

Room Accessories
â Crib mobile (electric â the wind up ones stop to fast) Be careful what you pick out b/c all mobiles will not work with Da Vinci crib $40-$50
â Video Monitor (Summer infant Products: Day and Night Video handheld monitor) $170
â Baskets (for odds and ends â blankets, cloths, dirty laundry) $20+

Traveling With Baby
â Infant car seat with detachable base (MoTH recommends Graco Infant Snug-ride) $100 for seat $40 for x-tra base
â Stroller (Car seat stroller frame) with zip up blanket(???) MoTH recommends Snap and Go frame for stroller $60
â MoTH also recommends Bugaboo Frog â too expensive
â Baby jogger (MoTH recommends City Series â yikes expensive)
â Front carrier (bjorn - wrap is more comfy)
â Baby back pack (for when baby is older & no longer in bjorn Justine offered hers)
â Pack N Play $100


Playing With Baby
â Activity gym $40
â Bouncy Seat/exercauser (Baby Bjorn Baby Sitter) $100

Clothes
â Onesies â 3 packs $10 per 5-pack
â Long sleeved onesies
â Pjs with feet (zipper is easiest)
â Halo Newborn Sleepsack with swaddling feature $20 OR Swaddleme Fleece Wrap $10
â Sleepsack â 2 $20
â Socks â 6 pairs
â Terry cloth bibs â 3
â Caps for head â 4

Baby Hygiene
â Baby washcloths â 6 >$5
â Baby Bath Pad/chair thing â to put in tub â the baby tubs take up too much space $15
â Baby towels $15
â Baby Manicure set >$5
â Alcohol swabs >$5
â Q-tips >$5
â Cotton balls >$5
â Desitin >$10 ?
â Organizer for changing table $15 + - (Maybe either get a basket or hanging Koala organizer â maybe get both)
â Cloth diapers (for clean-up rags/changing table) â 4 $12 for pack of 12
â Diaper bag/baby sherpa backpack $25+ Look at the Koala Black Messenger back with pink accent/ Eddie Bauer and plain black messenger
â Diapers â donât get too many til know what he likes â we used pampers swadlers
â Vaseline & gauze pads
â Wet wipes
â Baby Tylenol
â Thermometer (rectal) >$10

Nursing and Feeding
â Nursing bras (no underwire) â 4
üBoppy
ü Breast pump (Medela Pump N Style)
â Receiving blankets â 2 $10-15 for a 4-pack
â Nursing pads (100% cotton â machine washable are better than disposable)
â 6 bottles (don't bother with bottle warmer)
â Silicone nipples, infant size â 2
â Pacifiers
â Bottle brush to clean
â Formula (Enfamil; Similac with Iron) -- nice to have on hand even if you plan on breastfeeding
â High chair â get the booster seat with tray that you attach to chair â takes us less space. Also suggested by MoTHs â and all plastic or wood/ NO cloth. $15-$25

Do you care what kind of diaper bag you carry and are you willing to spend a lot for something?

KandCsMomm

I have a diaper clutch for our 2 YO. All she needs to go out is a diaper or two wipes and a snack so I dont carry a bag for her. Occassionally I will use my one Coach tote that is coated cotton; it's a bit more spring/summer and I can hold tons in it for longer days out. But my clutch is a PPB Cake Clutch my hubby got for me last year. I think it was like $100. However it is also a purse. In the fall/winter mostly it is my purse as well as her bag (when shes not with me I take her stuff out and just use it for me). If you didnt know who made it and everything you'd NEVER guess it was a diaper clutch. it's black french cut velvet and tweed underneath. I am Due in dec. and want the bigger ba (trying to decide between the society satchel and cosmopolitan carryall if you have one to give me a review)! ANyway I am leaning toward the cosmopolitan one because it can TOTALLY be a handbag after the fact. And I would prob get it in black also. THe other style is more distinctly a baby bag and is an odd shape for a purse. These bags run about $325-$350 depending which style. To me I went through 4 $50-60 diaper bags in the first year our daughter was born because they kept ripping or they werent as functional as they originally seemed. ANd they are NOTHING I could ever use as a purse. I breastfeed so only need it for my stuff diapers, snack and a change of clothes. ANd I take exceptional care of things so it's not goin to be "runied" by using it for baby. I am just wondering if any other moms (given you are/were able to spend the money) would do so on a really goreous bag that can double as a handbag ect. Or what is the max you'd spend on a bag? I mean I cant see any woman turning it down if someone offered it to them; but i know that some women even if they had/have the money still wouldnt spend it. I LOVE bags in general and since I use the diaper bag as my bag then I want something I LOVE to carry. Before baby I would spend that much on my own bags; so being the only bag I carry I find no reason not tp spend it now.
if you look at the Cake collection not the orignial the 2 styles the cosmo clutch and carryall look very much like handbags. I agree the original collection with silk fab. looks like a diaper bag; but if you look at the Cake collection spec. then no they dont.

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If I had the money for a large Coach tote, I would totally buy it. But, I have a really nice camouflage diaper dude from Nordstrom. It was a gift for my baby shower. It is less like a porse and more like a backpack, but I love it, and my husband doesn't mind carrying it either. I only have one boy and another boy on the way, so it helps that the diaper bag is very masculine. But, yes, I'd pay the money if I could afford a $300-400 bag!

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