The Best New Baby Products for a New Mom
In advising a new mom as to what are the best new baby products, it would help to know the temperment of the baby and any problems the mom is having that the latest innovations may be able to solve. Regardless of whether you have this information, new baby products are divided into four general categories: feeding and changing, entertaining, sleeping, and traveling.
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Feeding and Changing
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Animal prints are everywhere on today's high fashion runways, and now mom and baby can enjoy them, too. Mom can be in style with a leopard nursing bra and a giraffe print diaper bag. Changing diapers may be a little more fun with a cow print cloth diaper or disposables in assorted patterns that include zebra stripes.
Entertaining
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Keeping babies entertained for even a little while has always been a challenge. Several new baby gyms may help. Skip Hop's Treetop Friends dangles large, bright owls and birds above babies on sliding arches so moms can easily change the view. Another newbie is Bright Starts Entertainer-Bounce Bounce Baby. An electronic piano plays six songs; a giraffe, lion, tree and leaf provide interaction and a teether; and when babies bounce, the entertainer bounces, too. Its three adjustable heights lets it grow with babies, from four months up, and extra links let moms add favorite toys.
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Sleeping
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Some babies have a tougher time getting asleep or staying asleep, which affects mom's sleep, too. The soft music and gentle motion of an overhead mobile often does the trick. Petit Collage offers natural bamboo mobiles laser-cut into animal, bird and tree shapes, while Flensted has flying chairs, flying saucers, pixies and more out-of-the-ordinary mobiles. Some newer mobiles have remote control so you don't have to constantly rewind them.
Travel
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For traveling with baby, products that are small, lightweight and foldable are ideal. Look for small infant beds like the Eddie Bauer Infant Travel Bed or the PeaPod Kidco Bed. Both are easy to fold up into compact storage bags. For a stroller that's easy to pack and take, look for umbrella styles. These get their name because they snap open easily and close easily, too. Less bulky than everyday strollers, they fold up into a light package that goes anywhere easily. Manufacturers update them regularly with popular characters and colors, so look for the latest style and you can't go wrong.
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