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For all my Pregnant Friends…”Must Have” Baby Gear

Sunday, August 10th, 2008

Robert and I have had numerous conversations with several couples having their first child on what to register for. I have used quite a few products in the last two years and evaluated their performance. I decided to write some reviews to help you choose the perfect gift (if you get invited to a baby shower) or to help you create your registry.

Things We Could NOT Live Without (in descending order):

10. Dr. Brown’s Bottles: Sure, you might as well get the BPA-free ones, although studies have shown that it really doesn’t matter. BPA is not as harmful as once thought. If your kid insists on physically eating the bottle, then DEFINITELY choose BPA-free;) The price is the same regardless. If you have a baby that has colic, reflux, or constant spit-up, you MUST have these bottles.

Pros:

Specially formulated to prevent air bubbles from passing through the nipple, cutting down on gas and spit-up.

Leak-proof.

All parts are dishwasher-safe, just get a dishwasher basket to put them in.
No messy bags to deal with!

Cons:

Lots of parts - this is really only a con if you insist on hand-washing. You first-timers will only hand wash bottle parts for a month. Trust me - you’ll get over it.

They’re expensive - like $13 a bottle, but they’re totally worth it.

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It’s a boy!

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

That’s right campers — kid #2 is a boy! “Big Tater” (my nickname for him, even before we knew he was a boy, and pronounced with the most redneck accent you can manage) was a perfect patient for the ultrasound tech, posing nicely so she could verify the presence of his, ah, accessories. And he posed nicely pretty much the rest of the session — which hopefully is a reliable indicator of a more laid-back
nature, as I don’t know that our sanity could survive two demanding babies :D.

The tech also went through all of the health checks that they do at this routine ultrasound, based on measurements of various things and eyeballing the formations that are visible. And, if you’ll permit me a nerd moment, this ultrasound machine was The Bomb: we could see all four chambers of his heart doing their thing. Amazing fidelity. Amazing. The only other substantial news is that they unofficially moved the due date up a week to March 10, 2008, so there’s now a very real chance that mama and baby could share a birthday.

Ultrasound pictures are here >>

BONUS! Video from today of Audrey walking across her bedroom! Woot! >>

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