Our baby is five weeks old!! Do you recall my post outlining my stubborn refusal to buy certain mommy/baby “necessities?” Well, I thought it would be fun to share with you what “I’d never” items have made it into our household already…
Baby Monitor: So far, we haven’t had the need for one. Little Joey has a set of strong lungs on her and she is never too far away from one or both of us.
Breast Pump and Bottles: Honestly, I bought a manual pump and bottles right after I published that post. Good thing I did. We had latch issues at first. We met with a lactation consultant who discouraged bottle use but suggested I pump and use a syringe to encourage latch. Thanks to the consultant’s guidance we were syringe and pump free within 2.5 days. Recently I have been using the pump again to have some bottles on hand to bring to appointments or have on an occasion that I want a beer in the evening.
Infant Car Seat: It has not been a problem to take baby from our convertible car seat to baby carrier during outings. Joey is not bothered moving from one to the other. We do not regret foregoing the infant seat.
Happy in her convertible car seat…Content with her paci
Two Car Seats: So far, the station wagon has been working for us as the designated child transport vehicle. This may change later on, but I suspect a second seat for our second car will be a distant future need.
Multiple Strollers: We have barely used our City Mini. For now, we’re all loving the baby sling and Baby Bjorn for our fall walks, but we can’t wait to break out the stroller next spring.
Additional baby items I thought I’d never see in my house, but are here and in use:
Pacifier
Disposable diapers
And for fun, parenting behaviors I thought weren’t for me, but turns out they are:
Co-sleeping
Toys in my living room
Stepping over a baby gym to get to the couch, using a paci when we go for a walk, pumping in the afternoon to have a glass of wine with dinner… These changes of directions keep this tired family happy. And as they say, a happy family is…a happy family!
See no evil, Hear no evil, Speak no evil
I tend to agree with the convertible seat too. The only thing I liked for the infant seat was that I could quickly use a snap n go when I had 2 under 2, but my kids are big and they are always out of the infant seat by six months anyway.
You eventually will like having a baby monitor when they are older and sleeping 12 hours a night…because guess what they eventually do! lol and you will sleep again. Of course that is if you are not co sleeping…because obviously you won’t need the monitor if you are
We also use one car as the “kid car” and whoever is bringing them somewhere has that car. I have had to invest in two more carseats for the girls because sometimes I need extra, but that didn’t happen until recently.
She is the cutest thing Gilly!!! so happy for you guys and you seem like absolutely wonderful parents.
Yay! So glad that things are going well! One thing I have learned is that if I say “I will never…” I will find myself in a situation where I HAVE to! Parenting is all about flexibility, and you are going with the flow! Joey is adorable. Oh. My. Word. Cuter than a baby tortoise (but don’t tell them I said that, ‘kay?)
The ‘see no evil’ series pics are just adorable! All her pics are adorable…
I agree with becomingcliche that it’s all about flexibility. The minute you think you’ve got it all nailed down, they reach a new stage and there are brand new challenges. So glad you’re relaxed about parenting and having fun! (Beer is said to increase milk production.)
You guys are really good at this whole kid thing.
I had to check in for my baby fix. Soooo cute! Glad everything is going well.
Never say never is my best parenting advice!