We've created a new feature on the right called We Recommend. These are things that we cannot live without. A little note about each of them:
Dunstan Baby Language: this woman in Australia has a photographic memory for sounds. She had a baby and classified his cries into 5 sounds. She teaches you what to listen for and how to respond (the most DUH part being if you're baby is hungry, feed her). But we did learn some new burping techniques and have since started burping Lucia throughout the day instead of just after feedings. This has helped tremendously with the evening fussiness -- which I liked that the video called the "5 o'clock grizzlies."
Happiest Baby on the Block DVD: we learned how to swaddle, which is KEY for Lucia going to sleep.
The Baby Tracker is essential for tracking how much she's eating, how much milk I'm producing and what time she got her Zantac. We cannot live without this book!
The swing is ESSENTIAL for um, sanity. We can put her in her when she's sleepy and she zonks right out. We got it on Craigslist, but we would have paid full price.
Ergo Baby Carrier: well worth the money. I've only gotten a chance to wear it a few times (damn incision!) but Pete really likes it and my mom was proud as a peacock to wear it while she was visiting.
Muslin blankets: PERFECT weight and size for swaddling. We typically put Lucia in a nightgown or a sleeper for bedtime, and these blankets are just perfect.
1 comment:
Great idea! I will follow your "We recommend" list. You have pretty much the same can't-live-without-stuff as we do.
One exception. Instead of th Baby Tracker, I can give you Mattias' super excel spread sheet that tracks feedings, diapers, medicine etc AND graphs the feedings with a trend line. All this absolutely free (and no, there is no fine print that you have to sign up for some monthly plan to get the spread sheet). It's not as pretty as the baby tracker book but very functional :D
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