Some Of Our Favorite Items

Travel

Baby In Sight Mega Mirror

Before we bought this mirror I was always in the back of the van with Cayman or if I sat in the front I had to lean my seat back so I could check on her. Now even Daddy can view her in the rear view mirror when he's driving.

Automobile Bottle Warmer

Sometimes when we are on the go I am not always able to pump right at her feeding time so we always take extra bottles in an insulted lunch bag packed with ice. So this travel bottle warmer is so helpful. It plugs right into the cigarette lighter. It's small so it fits easily in the glove box or side door.

Quick Clean Breastpump Wipes

These are awesome. No longer do I have to figure out how to clean my phalanges when we're traveling.

Thank you Michelle for suggesting them to me.

Dirty Diaper Waste Bags

Sometimes there isn't always a place to throw away a messy diaper, so these bags are helpful especially when it's a stinky diaper. The bags are even scented to mask the smell. We always keep them in the diaper bag.

Portable Changing Station

It's perfect for laying it down on a changing table in a public restroom or a bench or wherever. We don't trust those places are clean enough to lay Cayman down on. So this thing is perfect. It holds diapers, wipes, and her butt cream. It folds up and we keep it in the diaper bag. It does take up quite a bit of room in the bag but it's so worth it to have it along.

Car Seat Undermat

This mat protects our leather seats from getting those indents from the car seat. It also has pockets that hang in front of the seat to provide extra storage. I love extra storage. It feeds my urge for organization.

Playtex VentAire Advanced Bottles

The bent neck bottles are perfect for when we have to feed Cayman in the vehicle. When she's in the car seat, a regular bottle smashes her nose when we tip it up as it gets down to the end. So this bent neck helps take care of that problem. We bought the VentAire Advanced kind. They are suppose to reduce gas, spit-up, and colic. They are very worth the little bit extra money they cost. Whenever Cayman feeds out of them she has very few burps.

We're so glad to have our van, especially after our big trip to North Carolina. Babies need so much stuff and we would have never been able to fit it all in a car.

JJ Cole Pacifier Pod

It has an "attach-anywhere" velcro handle. We always keep it attached to the outside of the diaper bag so it's easy to find Cayman's pacifier.

Portable Size Hand Sanitizer

We attach these to the outside of the diaper bag too. Daddy and Mommy are total germaphobes so these are great for those times when we can't get somewhere to wash our hands.

Graco Travel System

We knew we would be returning to Ann Arbor for a lot of doctor appointments. So we bought this kind of system where the car seat snaps onto the stroller which is perfect since the trek from the parking garage to the doctor's office can be long. During the time when we needed to hold Cayman's head downward to slow down the drainage from her head we took her out of the car seat and laid her in the stroller since it reclines to a lay-down position. We also like all the cubbies the stroller had for storage!

At Home

JJ Cole Diaper & Wipes Caddy

Because we're short on space and don't have room for a changing table this is so ideal because we have everything we need for Cayman's diaper changing times stored in this caddy. It doesn't take up much room and we can take it between upstairs and downstairs very easily and convienently. I love the extra little drawer it has. We keep a pacifier, thermometer, q-tips, or whatever else we might need when we go upstairs so we don't have to keep running back downstairs for stuff.

Bebesounds NasalClear Nasal Aspirator

We never seem to be able to get much out of her nose with those bulb suckers. This nasal aspirator works much better! At times when Cayman is fussy because of her stuffy nose, we'll suck it, and then she's comfortable and goes right to sleep.

Pampers Swaddlers

We've tried different diaper brands and these are our favorite