Recent Favorites

This is in response to a few recent blogs I have read about favorite baby items. All of these are recent favorites (6 months until now), newborn favorites are a whole new post!

First of all- Infant Motrin! Teething has been made much easier with this stuff! Kate gets some before bedtime and it lasts 8 hours (where Tylenol only lasts 4-6 hours), so we have had good nights even with those horrible teething days.

This is the Britax Roundabout convertible seat. We got this when Kate was 7 or 8 months old. She is pretty tall and her feet were hitting the back seat in her infant seat. This is one of the smallest infant/toddler seats, and it only holds up to 40 pounds (I think), but Kate is not a chunky girl, and I figured by the time she weighs 40 pounds, she will be waving to me from the carpool line and will be old enough for a booster seat. Also, there are velcro tabs on the sides of the seat that hold the straps back while you put them in the seat and a padded piece of fabric between the buckle and the baby in case it is hot. This has been a great seat both rear facing and forward. It reclines, so we have used that when Kate takes naps in the car- very nice not to see her head flop from side to side!

This is a Baby Einstein book, she actually has this one, but there are plenty to choose from. I don't know if they are any better than other books, but Kate seems to like them. They always have strange images (half cartoon, half reality), but it really catches her attention. Kate likes to turn the pages and talk, like she is reading to someone.

This is the Fisher Price Learn and Grow Baby Piano. It has a counting/colors setting, a pre-set song setting, and a real piano setting. We love to watch Kate as she thinks she is playing a whole song by playing just one button. I also love the height of these toys, because they helped her to get her strength while standing, also there are activities all the way around which helped her to walk.

This is the Playskool Ball Popper. Kate got this for Christmas and enjoyed it then, but she has completely rediscovered it now! She squeals and waves her arms when she turns it on and the balls start flying out. It used to be annoying to keep up with the balls, but now she loves to run around and get all of the strays. This keeps her entertained longer than anything else right now.


Finally, this is the Vtech Touch and Teach book. There is a magnet attached to the base and it reads outloud through the pages. Kate definitely has not figured this out completely, but she sure loves to turn the toy on and off and hear the song, and also hit the magnet around different spots to hear all the words. This one should be fun for a while!
Anyway, I just thought I would share some recent favorites and pretty soon I will post a few of my favorite things to get for Blake. I already have thought of a few things I would have loved with Kate and will definitely need for him. Hope this isn't completely boring, just wanted to list these so even I can remember next time around!