Five Mom-tastic Products for the Week

Itzbeen Timer

Such a handy little contraption. We use it much less now than we did when Bryleigh was first born, but I still like to use it every time I feed her. The Itzbeen timer is a little timer that keeps four time periods. So when the baby falls asleep, you press the button, and it count the minutes/hours she’s been asleep (you just have to remember to look at it when she wakes up). One button counts how long it’s been since she’s had a fresh diaper, one button is a free button to count whatever you like, and the last one is to count how much time has passed since she last ate, which is the one that I use most often. There’s also a little button on the bottom that you can click from Left to Right to tell you which breast you last fed from. So handy!

Breastmilk Storage BagsMuch more convenient than trying to travel or store hard plastic bottles, these bags are safe and handy! I carried a box of them when we travelled for Christmas, and it made it so much easier than in the past when I tried keeping all my milk in bottles. I was able to fit them all much more easily into a cooler, and it’s easier to keep the milk cold since there’s thin, pliable plastic rather than a thick, hard bottle material between the milk and ice packs.

Clorox Wipes
I cannot get over how handy these things are. I keep them in my pump bag, and use them as a quick clean-up when I don’t have a sink readily available. I keep a baggie full of them in the diaper bag for wiping down public changing tables (though I still use a changing pad, as well). They are just so very handy!

Phil & Ted’s Sport Buggy

I love my Sport Buggy. It fits with the Chicco Keyfit 30 carseat that we use for Bryleigh to make a total travel system, but it can also hold one toddler when she grows out of the carseat. Then it also can convert to a double stroller and hold an infant and a toddler or two toddlers! We should never have to buy another stroller!

Bumbo seats

My cousin Beth gave me a Bumbo seat for Bryleigh that her twins had outgrown, and we sit her in it occasionally at home. She also has one at daycare. It was especially good, though, for Christmas. I was able to sit her in it and put her stocking on the removable tray, and we actually got pictures of her sitting up and pulling her toys out of her stocking, thanks to the Bumbo seat!