So I thought it would be fun to share some of the items we are wanting/buying for baby number three. I had my first child 5 years ago and it’s really amazing how fast things change in the baby product world in such a short time! The great part for me this time around is that I was able to borrow or be passed down some items for this baby instead of having to buy them. Since we know this will be our last baby, it was a nice feeling to not have to buy brand-new, expensive products. So here is what we are adding to our already large collection of baby supplies for #3!
- Halo Bassinet – I’m thankful that our friends passed this down to us to try for baby 3. I have used the Rock N’ Play Sleeper by our bed with both of our other babies and that worked out pretty well. The downsides were that it was lower to the ground, so I had to get out of bed to get the baby and since it has a little incline (which the babies seem to really like); it made for a harder transition into their crib. We move the babies to their crib at 1 month, so I’m happy to be able to just borrow and try this out to see if this baby will like it.
- Love to Dream Swaddle Up – With that said, I wanted to try this sleep swaddle that I have seen a lot of people loving lately. I like that it keeps the babies hands contained, but they can move them up close to their face if they want to.
- Dock A Tot – I’m sure you have heard of this contraption by now, but every mama seems to swear by it. I’m able to borrow this as well which is really nice. I have seen people use this inside of the Halo Bassinet or the crib or on their bed or anywhere throughout the house. I love the versatility of it!
- Uppababy Mesa Carseat – I’m so happy to have an upgraded car seat for this baby. This seat wasn’t out yet when our first was born even though we had the entire Uppababy Vista Stroller system. I love that this will now work directly with our stroller system and that it is so much lighter than our previous carseat! Plus, it was another hand-me-down which is so nice 🙂
- Baby Shusher – I am all about the “white noise” for babies. This is an expensive contraption, but I’m all for having it hanging from the car seat to keep my baby from screaming their lungs out on car trips. It’s great to take anywhere too!
- Carseat Cover – I love this lightweight cover because it is cute, looks great over the carseat to protect baby and also doubles as a nursing cover when needed!
- Peanut Changer Diaper Pad – We used a traditional changing pad with the other babies, but I wanted this pad for the new baby because I will be using a pretty tall dresser as the changing table in the baby nursery. I love that this was in rubber-like so it will stay put on the dresser and that it just wipes clean without needing a changing pad cover!
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Other baby registry posts
Baby Registy Must Haves|Equiptment and Essentials – Baby One 2013
Updated Baby Registry & New Products for Baby #2 – Baby Two 2016
I plan on doing a COMPLETE baby registry post to compile all of my favorites for you now that we are going to be three babies in, so stay tuned 🙂
I just read something about car seat covers (even a muslin swaddle draped over a car seat) can elevate the temperature in the car seat by 10 degrees! Obviously you will be very careful but just FYI because I used a car seat cover and had NO idea! yikes.
I’m so glad you’re using the Swaddle Up – it was a huge hit over here!! Hope your sweet baby loves it too!
We had almost all of these items!! Splurged on the Halo bassinet and never used it because she loved the rock n’ play so much then went straight into her crib. We loooooved our Uppa baby products! And that swaddle too!
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard that about the Halo bassinet. That’s why I was so happy just to borrow it from someone. What I really want to try is the SNOO!!! I’ve had so many people rave about that.
Most of these were new products for us with #3 too, and they were AWESOME. I can’t sing the praises of the Dockatot enough (I’m contemplating buying the large one now) and that car seat (still using it at 11 months) and the car seat cover – which we use as a cart cover now!
I know, I think I’m going to end up wanting the bigger dock a tot too! Im so excited to use ours 🙂
My sister-in-law loves the Swaddle Up for her little guy, but I have to recommend that you also try the Ollie Swaddle. For me, that, in combo with the Dock A Tot was a GAME CHANGER. My first didn’t sleep through the night until 15 months and was up every 2 to 3 hours almost the entire time up until then. We used those products with our 3 month old…since he was 10 weeks he’s been going down at 7 PM and not getting up until after 7 AM. Before that he did long stretches of sleep and I attribute the good sleeping to both of those items. When he broke the swaddle, I transitioned him to the Zen Sleep Sack that has a slightly weighted pad that is on the chest that simulates mama’s touch and the transition out of swaddle was seamless. Long story short, I highly recommend the Ollie Swaddle and Zen Sleep Sack as well.
So good to know!! Ive heard of the Ollie Swaddle too and all about trying out a new good one!! Thanks so much for the recommendation!