Top 10 Gifts for a 0-6 Month Old

Your friend/sister/neighbor/co-worker just had a baby. Stop giving yourself a headache thinking about what to buy. These 10 items are sure-things — baby, as well as mom and dad, will love them! 1. Sophie the Giraffe – A classic, must-have, 100% rubber teething toy. She squeaks, she’s cute, and she always makes an excellent gift. (Plus, at a whopping $22, any parent would be crazy to buy this on their own at a time when they’ve got so many other new expenses.) 2. Fisher-Price Precious Planet Kick and Play Piano – This, as well as other “crib toys,” are excellent gifts for new babies. All parents want their babies to love their cribs, and what better way to help them along than to transform the crib into a fun (yet not overstimulating) space? This one safely secures to the crib and will continue to please your baby throughout her crib years. (I also highly recommend getting a crib mirror, like the Sassy Baby Sweet Dreams Crib Mirror. 3. Lamaze Playhouse Gym – Here is a baby gym that will grow with your child. It comes with 5 removable toys, folds up into a playhouse (that an older baby would enjoy

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Baby Things You Want: For Baby Number 2!

When I first started writing for this blog we had one little boy, and I was blogging about products such as high chairs and single strollers, the essentials for a first baby, as well as the various types of baby paraphernalia I coveted, but couldn’t quite bring myself to buy. You Want This Book! Fast forward to the present, and our little family has expanded to four of us, with the addition of our little girl back in the summer. She’s now six months old, and the sleep deprivation is easing up (thanks to the book, Healthy Sleep Habits, Healthy Child, known in our house as Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Mummy) so it’s time for me to get back to blogging, and answer the question you are all asking: What baby products do I need for baby number 2? Graco Pack ‘n Play Well firstly, it’s important to remember that many, if not most of your initial baby gear purchases can be reused for number 2. So that’s the cot, highchair and baby sleeping bags sorted then. What I do recommend, if you’ve not got one already, is a pack and play. If your first one is still in a

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