My first item is Twilight Turtle - No this is not a book about a vampire turtle who sparkles in the sunlight and falls in love with a regular turtle against the odds. Twilight Turtle is the coolest baby/kid item in the whole world. Its a great gift item too! We got one before Emily was even born and played with it all the time. It is a cute little turtle that has lights in his back... his shell has cut-out stars and a moon in the shape of actual constellations and when you turn it on, it projects the stars onto the ceiling! It has three different light colors (amber, blue, and green). It has a 45 minute timer so that it turns off on its own once your kid falls asleep! This has been one of the best baby items in our lives to date! The light is soft enough that the kid will still fall asleep but bright enough to be used as a night light. When you go to check on your baby in the middle of the night and its super dark, you can just push the little button and its easy to see your baby without waking them up with bright light. On top of this, you can see actual star constellations! Is it necessary to the survival of your offspring? Absolutely not! But it is awesome and worth the $30 or so that it costs! They even have different animals if you aren't into turtles (like lady bugs! You can find these cool turtles at most major stores including Target and Amazon. The brand is called Cloud B and they make lots of other cool and different toys! Pillow Pet just started making a similar product but I just don't trust those pillow pet people!
My next item is called a jumpy seat... There are similar products out there that do similar things, but this is the one we have and we love it. It was given to us as a hand-me-down and it is so great that we would have payed the nearly $100 for one if we had to! This is something you can wait to buy or borrow until after your baby is a few months old. The idea is that they can sit in it and their feet touch the ground and they can just bounce around... they can spin around to various toy and teething items that are connected to their little saucer and just jump and jump... Emily loved this thing for quite a long time! When she was super fussy for no apparent reason, we could put her in the jumpy and she was the happiest baby ever! She was so cute watching her chubby little legs bouncing happily up and down while she giggled and drooled all over the toys. It is a really safe apparatus (assuming you put it together correctly). I hate to say this, but its like a little mini baby sitter! You and your hubby can actually sit down and eat dinner together while your 3 month old cheerfully bounces away (in the same room as you of course). There are lots of similar products that our friends have that don't bounce but are still an activity center type of toy, but we loved the bouncing! Can't wait to use it with baby girl #2!!! This is the one we have - its a Fisher Price Rainforest Jumparoo:
My final item(s) of the day is a sound machine... This is an item that you may want to wait to see if you need first. We started out with the Sleep Sheep... It is an adorable looking sheep stuffed animal that has a little sound maker in the back that sounds like ocean waves or a heart beat. The one we got was small and could attach to a stroller, car seat, or crib rail if needed! The purpose is for the baby to hear soothing and relaxing "white noise" type of sounds to fall asleep to. Some babies are just good sleepers and could go to sleep right next to a train track, but others (like ours) couldn't do it! We found that the "white noise" sounds really helped her to fall asleep on her own. Our condo is small and the baby room is right next to the kitchen and living room. She can hear everything that is happening and sometimes its just too distracting for her. Here is a pic of the cute little sleep sheep...
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