When we asked you guys, “What’s one infant product you’d advise a new mom to borrow instead of buy?” there was one remove winner: The Swing.
I had a swing infant as I like to phone call her, as well as she slept overnight, swaddled, in the swing many times. Oh indeed she did. however I can envision that if I bought a swing brand-new, as well as then discovered that my infant hated it, I would want to return it. Borrowing from a good friend who is in between infants or done with baby-making is the simplest method to discover on-the-cheap if a mechanical swing will be a miracle medication for your child.
Other products with short shelf lives named by rookie moms as great candidates for borrowing (or Craig’s List):
Snap n Go stroller
Baby gym
Bouncy chair with elegant features
Bumbo
Infant insert for the Ergo carrier
Breastfeeding pillow
Double stroller depending upon the spacing of your children
Shopping cart cover-thingy (Heather found an simple method to make a affordable one out of fleece as well as a few strategic scissor snips.)
Exersaucer or Jumperoo-style entertainers
Moses basket/basinette/co-sleeping device
Infant bathtub
Baby carriers are one more story. If you can borrow some for a few weeks to see if you like it, that’s great. A Moby wrap is wonderful to have in the extremely early days as well as a good friend with a two-year old is not going to miss it. however an Ergo carrier, or similar styled device, can be utilized with an infant as well as a toddler, so you may want to splurge on it — particularly if you scored a lot of these other products from a good friend or consignment store.
How about travel cribs? many of you called these out as short-lived, however mine got tons of use. I believe this depends upon whether or not you travel (we do!) as well as if you hold a nanny share (we did — as well as our infant guest slept in our pack N Play every day.) I believe it’s a must-have for a infant registry list, however that doesn’t mean I wouldn’t accept a hand-me-down from a friend!