Best Ever Purchase (and BF Chairs)

While I love my rocking chair i found I prefer not to rock when feeding at night. We found ours on TM and we have not looked back....really handy to have in the room.
One of our best buys would have to have been the sleeping bag...she is such a wriggler but i know she will not get cold from wriggling out from under the covers.   LOL i have to say the cloth nappies also and the cheeky wipes for her bottom sanitisation. Toys wise we love the Mary Lou teething toy and the mutitude of mats to put on the floor to protect the carpet from spew stains.

Good luck with your chair

One of my favorite items for the cot is the Fisher & Price Fish Aquarium - it plays for about 18 minutes (sounds or sound and movement options, or light) we also have a normal mobile but it only plays for about 2 minutes, so I like the other one as bubs normally drops of before it stops playing and it gives her longer to settle herself without us popping in every 2 minutes!

When she was born I used to fed in our bed (DH sleeps thru anything) cause it was warmer to do that, otherwise I just fed in the normal lounge chair, while a rocker would be good its probably not the best idea to do thru the night feds as bubs would probably get used to it and you have have problems settling later.

And the one thing I couldn't live without for going out is my Snap-and-Go, its great, takes less time to get bubs in and out of the car, easier to use than the normal bulkier pram, great to get into the boot of your car. You can hire them from Baby on the Move or purchase them.

We got one of the Baby Factory BF chairs off TradeMe. Was great! However, now Jackson is bigger he kicks it heaps while feeding. But I guess he'd do that to any chair.

My favourite purchases were:

- Merino Wrap (great for swaddling, lovely, warm and breathable)
- Hammock (J settled SO well in it)
- Door clamp for hammock - so it was portable!

In regards to a chair I had an old arm chair of my grandmothers that I could sit right back in and still have my feet flat on the ground, and this has worked fine for me although a foot stool would have been good as I tended to cross my legs to bring baby closer.

The things I could not have done without are:
- Miracle Blanket to swaddle baby really easily and they cannot escape from it (wish I had 2!!)
- White Noise CD - play it on repeat in babies room, this has made a huge difference in how long bub sleeps for
- The Baby Whisperer books - wish I had them before bub was born so that I was more prepared for baby and not just labour
- Fisher Price musical seahorse - plays for about 5 minutes and lights up plus not expensive like some mobiles. We use it a sleep cue for bub at night
- Tri pillow for feeding


All the best!

just like to say in regards to the bf chair. We had a gorgeous rocking chair but the arms were to high and my bubs was too long so couldn't feed in it because i couldn't position him right. If i was looking for a breastfeeding chair now i would get a lazyboy type one with low arms that don't come up very high off the seat. Also its good if your feet can be flat on the ground when your sitting back - helps your posture.
The thing that i could not have done without was a sling. We got it quite late he was 4wks and i wish we'd had it from birth (before getting the sling we were using a front pack - majorly messed my back). We still use the sling now and because you can adjust it i can use it or my dh can use it too. BRILLIANT!!

Oh yes a dummy was our lifesaver!

Couldnt afford a fancy feeding chair, so I made do with the couch and a million pillows! Which was hard work after a c section and a feeding chair would have been great.

Lovely soft swaddle blankets, just the flannelte type.

A mobile, he loved watching it as he drifted off to sleep

We got our feeding chair off trade me for $16 and its our fav chair in the whole house and DH won't let me get rid of it.

My absolute favourite thing we have had for our babies has probably been our Angelcare monitor. I just wouldn't have been able to sleep without it and the knowledge that if baby stops breathing an alarm will sound just gives me the hugest peace of mind with all the stories you hear about people losing little ones to SIDS. It is the one thing I just couldn't have done without - esp in those very early days. Good luck!

I second the Angelcare monitor, it was the single best purchase ever!!! Best piece of mind you could have. Also love her Leapfrog baby tad, it plays 10 minutes of music and you can take it anywhere, she associates that music with sleep, and will sleep almost anywhere with it.

Miracle blanket and my baby love book =)

Miracle blanket
Baby activity gym - hours of fun for mum to at least have breakfast
Angelcare monitor
fisherprice ocean sounds mobile thing - awesome mobile sends him off every time, bought off trade me for a bargain, battery is dying today, will be making emergency run to shops.
Dummies in the beginning
Our electric bottle steriliser - such a time saver.