Best products from r/SAHP
We found 9 comments on r/SAHP discussing the most recommended products. We ran sentiment analysis on each of these comments to determine how redditors feel about different products. We found 9 products and ranked them based on the amount of positive reactions they received. Here are the top 20.
1. The Baby Owner's Manual: Operating Instructions, Trouble-Shooting Tips, and Advice on First-Year Maintenance (Owner's and Instruction Manual)
- Quirk Books
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2. Squooshi Reusable Food Pouch | Animal 6 Pack | 5 Ounce (6 Count)
NEW ANIMALS! NEW SOFTER MATERIAL! LARGE WINDOWS!EASY TO USE - NEW CLEAR BELLY - EASIER TO VIEW CONTENTS! Our straight forward shape with a top spout and wide bottom zipper allow you to easily fill your Squooshi pouches with your favorite squishy food by using a regular spoon or pour directly into th...
3. The Toddler's Busy Book: 365 Creative Games and Activities to Keep Your 1 1/2- to 3-Year-Old Busy
Meadowbrook
4. Melissa & Doug Safari Chunky Puzzle
- 8-PIECE WOODEN PUZZLE: The Melissa & Doug Safari Wooden Chunky Puzzle features 8 wooden, durable, easy-to-grasp pieces that display full-color pictures of safari animals.
- CHUNKY WOODEN PIECES: Our puzzles for young kids include high-quality, chunky wooden pieces to ensure tiny hands can easily grasp the pieces and complete the puzzle. The pieces display full-color pictures beneath them to offer visual clues.
- EASY TO MANIPULATE: This Melissa & Doug wooden puzzle for kids is made with pieces that can stand up to use as manipulatives or play pieces. It also encourages hand-eye coordination and imaginative play.
- GIFT FOR AGES 2 TO 4: This puzzle makes a great gift for kids from 2 to 4 years. Add the Melissa & Doug Colorful Fish Puzzle to round out the hands-on play experience and give kids another engaging option for screen-free fun.
- “THE GOLD STANDARD IN CHILDHOOD PLAY”: For more than 30 years, Melissa & Doug has created beautifully designed imagination- and creativity-sparking products that NBC News called “the gold standard in early childhood play.”
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5. How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind: Dealing with Your House's Dirty Little Secrets
- Thomas Nelson
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6. Sesame Street - Moo! Moo! Cock-a-Doodle-Doo! ...and Elmo too! First Look and Find - PI Kids
- From Secret Garden artist Johanna Basford
- Complete drawings and find hidden objects
- Journey through the forest to reach the castle
- Hidden symbols help solve a poster puzzle
- Paperback with 82 illustrations
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I did cloth for my first and half of my second, then switched to throwaways toward the end of my second and third kid.
The thing that will get you off of them is extra time and effort. They take up more space, are harder to manage when you have 3 kids running around, and make a lot more laundry. I found I had to do a load every other day or the smell would be not very fun when putting them in the washer.
I found pockets were the best at stopping leaks and keeping baby happy and dry, but required most effort, all in ones took more drying time but had less hands-on time while doing laundry, but sometimes leaked if baby had a heavy night, and weren't always as good at wicking away moisture as the pockets were. I only used prefolds for the infants, but if I had larger ones I might have preferred those over the pockets since they are the least time consuming of the three. Also you can reuse the covers, just wipe, dry, and put in a new prefold. Great when you are changing them every hour because they won't. stop. pooping.
I used Charlie's Soap, and we still use it for all our laundry. Our first had really sensitive skin and when we got Charlies for the diapers, we used it for a couple loads of her clothes and her skin looked much better almost right away. It's pretty good soap. We get it from Amazon delivered every month, I'd recommend it. I don't know how good it is at disinfecting.. but we've never ever had a problem with it. We used BAC-OUT from biokleen every couple of washes to help with the smell, as Charlies was great on normal laundry but after a few washes diapers get a faint odor that I didn't like. Also you need to do a special wash every once in a while, I forget what it's called but I'm sure you'll see it.
As you can see... washing is the big thing. It's the main thing that turned me off to them. If I didn't dislike laundry as much we would be using them for number 3.
Best of luck! I'd recommend a book too, nothing to do with diapers, but it's fantastic for your first kid. I give it to all my friends when they have one. The Baby Owner's Manual
Trust me, it's fantastic and totally worth 10 bucks, but you can find it cheaper on Amazon some places. I found it for 3 bucks at a local bookstore, so a bought more than one :)
Not OP but we LOVE these pouches. We started to use them as an add on to BLW for her to feed herself purees. And then we realized how awesome they are on the go. We've literally used them every day for 2+years and only had to replace one due to the toddler chewing the spout. We use them for yogurt every day for both kids, and apple sauce, or whatever puree we happen to have for the baby.
Squooshi Reusable Food Pouch | Animal 6 Pack | New Larger Size! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01IYW6AVS/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_srP6xbH0T0W3R
Eta they can be frozen as well AND go through the dish washer.
Creativity with small children is a learned habit. :) The more you do the more opportunities you see for fun. If you're desperate you can buy something like this: http://www.amazon.com/Toddlers-Busy-Book-Activities-3-Year-Old/dp/0671317741/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1323272663&sr=8-1 which will give you a lot of very very very SIMPLE ideas that make you think "Gee, this is dumb. I can do better than this" and suddenly you come up with a genius idea involving empty cans, string, and paperclips.
Thought of another thing!
We do a lot of these chunky puzzles
I love them because it works on puzzle piecing, animal sounds, for hide and seek, & then we also play with them like figurines. So they have a lot of uses.
I like flylady but couldn't keep up with it. I read A Slob Comes Clean--she has a book How to Manage your home without losing your mind, blog, and podcasts. I have found that lots of what she says is really useful to me because we tend to think the same way.
https://www.amazon.com/Beaba-912066-BEABA-Babycook-Sorbet/dp/B001LQCOIS
I also bought a thingy that enables you to make your own pouches of baby food (made by Infantino i think) and some freezer trays.
This I buy a copy for the Mom and Dad at every baby shower, baby's first birthday.
http://www.amazon.com/Unplug-Play-Games-That-Charging-ebook/dp/B00IH5I3U4