The Eclectic Dabbler

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The Fisher-Price Rainforest Bath Center brings a comfortable bath time experience to both baby and mom in 3 stages of use: Newborn, Infant, and Older Infant/Toddler in a very fresh translucent tub. A wonderful bolstered soft sling with separate head support cradles newborns for mom, then detaches …

Fisher-Price Rainforest Bath Center

Bathtub grows with your baby

Pros: Leakproof, Dries Quickly, Lightweight

Cons: Bulky

Best Uses: Infants, Bathing, Preemies, Toddlers, Washing

Describe Yourself: Parent of Two or More Children

Sink baths didn’t really work well–the baby was too big, the faucet was in the way–so I decided to go the route of a baby bathtub. After a regrettable incident involving water leaking all over our kitchen with our 1st bathtub (which was supposed to “fold for easy storage”), I decided to return that one, and look at reviews before picking the next one out. I have not been disappointed with this bath center!
I have a 20-month-old girl and a 3-month-old preemie boy. My daughter used this tub for about 9 months, until she was crawling well. I expect that my son will get a lot of use out of it as well.
The sling/hammock works great with preemies and smaller newborns; it is machine washable, so I try to wash it frequently to keep it from becoming musty since I use it several times/week. Once the baby’s umbilical cord fell off, I used the sling on one end of the tub to keep his/her head from falling to the side and keep his body/her from sliding around. After a few months, when the babies are getting bigger and starting to sit up, they do tend to slip up over that hump in the middle of the tub, but at that point, they can move over to the bigger side. I use the “toys” to pour water over the baby’s head when washing their hair.
My daughter loved to splash and play in it! My son enjoys his baths, which is saying something!
It is bulky–requires that you have some place to store it, which is a challenge in the small city rowhomes. (You can store it in your bathtub, like another reviewer mentioned.)
I don’t consider a baby bathtub in the absolutely “must-have” category. That said, if you are getting one, this is the one you want to get!

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Protect your baby’s clothing with this Carter’s Keep-Me-Clean Bibs 3-Pack. With 3 different designs in pink, brown, and white, you’ll have one for every meal! The first has the text “Too cute to eat my veggies.” A second has elephants, and the third features colorful hearts…

Carter’s 3 Pack Drool Bibs – Pink

The Only Bib for the Spitter or Dribbler

Pros: Compact, Absorbent, Waterproof, Durable, Portable

Cons: White oneshard to clean

Best Uses: Meals, Infants, Crawlers, Preemies

Describe Yourself: Parent of Two or More Children

Your darling little girl is a spitter–or a dribbler. Let’s face it: what infant isn’t? In your quest to keep from changing her clothes–and yours–with every feeding, you need a bib that is absorbent and waterproof!
You would think ‘Isn’t that what a bib does?’ . . . You would think! But not necessarily. Manufacturers sell products left and right labeled “bibs” that are neither absorbent nor waterproof. I can’t tell you how many times my childrens’ clothes have absorbed their dribble underneath their suedo-bibs. But it doesn’t have to be that way!
Enter Carter’s Keep-Me-Clean/Dribble-Happy waterproof bibs! They are designed to do what you would think a bib should do!
Register for a couple packs of these. After I started using them, I found our other (non-waterproof, non-absorbent) “bibs” never left the closet.

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The 900MHz Long Distance Monitor from Fisher-Price® features a small, edgy design that makes the receiver very portable. The transmitter features a night light which is perfect for your baby’s nursery. The 900MHz allows for a long reaching 900 feet of range and 4 channels to avoid static in tra…

Fisher-Price 900MHZ Long Distance Monitor

Crystal clear signal/sound! 4 Channels!

Pros: Reliable, Good Range, Clear Signal, Great Features, User Friendly, Multiple Channels, Simple

Cons: Poor Battery Life

Best Uses: Infants, Toddlers, Sleep, Preemies, Naps, Newborns, Remote Monitoring

Describe Yourself: Parent of Two or More Children, Parent of a preemie

I have a 20-month-old daughter and a preemie baby boy, living in a rowhome in Philadelphia. This monitor is great! There are 4 channels, so when you get interference (inevitable in the city, especially w so many houses packed in so little space), you can always switch to another channel. The sound is crystal clear, like the child is in the same room! It picks up any little sound, even my little guy sucking his paci! or my daughter’s nasal congestion!! In buying a monitor, I wanted one with lights AND sounds, because sometimes I don’t want to hear all the baby noises, but I want to be able to glance over and see if they’re making noise. The nightlight is fine–I don’t really care if it has one or not–mostly my daughter likes to turn it off & on. The batteries never seem to last long, so I usually just plug it in whereever I’m going to be, and only occasionally use it with the batteries. Would definitely recommend it!

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