What Products Baby & I Cannot Do Without

I like baby teethers like this, when you see baby starts to drool and keep wanting to put things into his mouth (and he’s just been fed a bottle of milk, you are sure its not hunger), it maybe time to give him a teether.  A variety of teethers is good, introduce one at a time to “prolong” the lifespan of the teether, babies get tired of their toys easily.

This is something I personally recommend, if you do not have a budget, as this is definitely more expensive than most of the baby wipes you see in the market. Why? because this is real gentle on the baby’s skin.  I used a lot of different brands of baby wipes, and this is the best one I came across.  The wetness is just right and easy to use, more importantly, occurances of rashes is so much lower than the other brands.

The ear thermometer is recommended by a friend when I had my first baby.  We had several other thermometers like armpit / mouth ones, and we do not like them.  Reason being, a ear thermometer is so much more convenient and fast, its difficult to keep a baby still while you are taking the temperature at the armpit. 

If you are wondering what brand this is? This is from Braun.  Frankly, I liked this brand and are using it. When I bought this, it is about $99 (Singapore dollars).

There are times when baby catches a cold and there are a lot of phlegm.  If you do not want to use your mouth to suck out the phelgm, it may be good to use this. I still remember I searched through the baby departments of major superstores and found Pigeon’s Nose Cleaner (there are 2 types, I got the smaller one). 

Basically, you try to baby to sit in an upright position so that the phlegm does not go to your mouth. All parts of the nose cleaner can be detached for cleaning. I tried the other nose cleaners as well (one that looks like a oval bubble), they just can’t work.

I used baby socks instead of booties on my baby. This is because I find mittens troublesome as they drop off easily. There are a lot of cute looking baby socks, if your baby is small sized like mine, I recommend fox baby’s stocks, they look great on the baby.

This is not to replace toweling the baby or toddler. There are times when I feel that a cooling sheet will work well, and there are times that toweling will be a better option.  Sometimes, I use both at the same time.

I love this high chair.  Its reasonably priced and very practical. When your baby can sit up straight, you can place baby in this (you may want to add a pillow at baby’s back if you want) during feeding times. 

One note, Ikea sells the tray separately packed from the baby seat and 4 legs.