https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 18 Apr 2026 19:50:47 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-baby-gear-regrets/page/2#post-510856 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:28:43 +0000 Weagle 510856@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LemonLong: The inflatable changing pads from Ikea are awesome! We got a really nice changing pad that ended up being ruined by a giant poop-splosion (maybe not ruined, but lots of scrubbing still didn't clean it), so I picked up one from Ikea. Cheap and LO can't fling herself backwards off of it.</p> <p>@mrsjyw: I wish we had gotten the Breeze too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-baby-gear-regrets/page/2#post-510786 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:09:35 +0000 mrsjyw 510786@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wish we would've gotten the breeze instead of our standard pnp... </p> <p>And anything NB seems to be a waste... while we loved our NB lounger and obvi needed NB clothes, they lasted maybe 4 weeks at best. Seems like such a waste of $$! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-baby-gear-regrets/page/2#post-510783 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:08:21 +0000 stargal 510783@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Receiving blanketa omg we have soooo many we don't need. And we have 8 towels for him. Half of that would of been sufficient </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-baby-gear-regrets#post-510761 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:56:46 +0000 BananaPancakes 510761@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have way too many bottles. And so many are the really expensive glass Lifefactory ones with the silicone sleeves. But my son preferred a wider nipple and we never used them. </p> <p>Also, we never needed swaddle blankets or pacifiers. He took to neither. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-baby-gear-regrets#post-510744 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:52:59 +0000 BananaPancakes 510744@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tororojo: The absolute best hooded towels are from Sprout. They're not cheap but they're like hooded towel blankets. So thick and absorbent. We love them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-baby-gear-regrets#post-510738 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:50:12 +0000 cascademom 510738@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travelingbrit: I find it really comfortable to have him on the pillow. Now that he's older, he's propping himself up while he feeds. He loves to throw himself off of the boob and flirt with me during feedings on the pillow. It's pretty amusing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-baby-gear-regrets#post-510727 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:44:45 +0000 littlek 510727@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>regrets:<br /> - Moby and Sling Carrier (too complicated)<br /> - Bouncer (LO was too little to fit)<br /> - Graco Elephant Swing (LO HATED it!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-baby-gear-regrets#post-510719 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:42:50 +0000 MsLipGloss 510719@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't really have any . . . except that I wish my glider also reclined. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-baby-gear-regrets#post-510715 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:42:06 +0000 pastemoo 510715@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We went very minimal and mostly bought things AFTER needing them.<br /> Things I wished we HAD bought before he arrived?<br /> -more wipes<br /> -muslin swaddle blankets<br /> -a nursing stool and a rocking chair or glider</p> <p>ETA: We didn';t use the playtex drop ins we bought but it gave us peace of mind to have SOMETHING. And my mom then bought us a whole bunch of medela bottles. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-baby-gear-regrets#post-510705 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:40:37 +0000 wheres_c 510705@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: @cascadecherub: For me I feel like B is too high up....it totally doesnt work for feeding. For feeding, i just put him in my lap.</p> <p>@cascadecherub: looks like it really worked for you! I saw soooo many rave reviews about it, thats why I was sad when it didnt work for me. I tried it again today but it just feels too big! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-baby-gear-regrets#post-510685 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:37:29 +0000 Bao 510685@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So far, just buying too many different types of pacifiers before she was born. She ended up liking (and only liking) the first brand I bought. I will save the others for LO #2 someday and try again, since they were never even used. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-baby-gear-regrets#post-510677 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:35:27 +0000 Boogs 510677@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The whole Chicco travel system. I wish I had just gotten some sort of stroller frame that was more lightweight and I would have been fine with that and the car seat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-baby-gear-regrets#post-510666 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:33:33 +0000 kml636 510666@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>bottle warmer... much easier to just heat a mug of water and put the bottle in there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-baby-gear-regrets#post-510638 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:29:31 +0000 LemonLong 510638@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The halo Swaddle sleepsack &amp; Woombie-we have a swaddle blanket that we use that works fine. The halo swaddle allowed her to sink down so the fleece was covering her face even though we were using the newborn size! Woombie was okay, but we preferred the blanket method. </p> <p>Ikea changing table-American changing pads don't fit it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-baby-gear-regrets#post-510621 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:25:41 +0000 cascademom 510621@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travelingbrit: I love my Brest Friend pillow. It's been so insanely helpful for us with feedings since he was born. It's a good platform to sit the baby after feeding or in general. </p> [attach=1889/13/mgsgut.550x400.mombaby2.jpg] [attach=1889/13/mgsguv.320x239.100_2547.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-baby-gear-regrets#post-510610 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:22:02 +0000 loveisstrange 510610@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tororojo: We loved our hooded towels too and used them a lot. When she outgrew them, we just use a regular bath towel. </p> <p>PnP- She hated it. It's useless. I wish we hadn't bought the damn thing at all.</p> <p>Fuzzibunz- Leaky and awful</p> <p>Moby- We both liked it... but when you have a large baby, it's only useful for a short period of time. We stopped using it when she was like 3 months old because she was just too heavy.</p> <p>Graco travel-system- I should have listened. I freaking hate that thing. It's bulky, heavy and it's like driving a semi. I love my City Mini SO much more. I wish we had opted for it and the universal carseat adaptor from the beginning. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-baby-gear-regrets#post-510607 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:20:49 +0000 autumnlove 510607@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travelingbrit: The back of that Brest Friend really annoyed me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-baby-gear-regrets#post-510606 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:20:48 +0000 Mrs. Stroller 510606@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tororojo: just a grown up towel. We had a cute one from PB and we ended up using a grown up towel most of the time anyway. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-baby-gear-regrets#post-510565 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:06:14 +0000 wheres_c 510565@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Regrets;</p> <p>-bouncer He hated it<br /> -pacifiers Hates them too<br /> -ktan Didnt fit well, tried multiple sizes<br /> -graco snugride 30 exchanged this for keyfit<br /> -swaddlemes and halo sleep sacks He just wears pjs<br /> -"fancy" clothes As a newborn he didnt go out anywhere<br /> -hoodies Florida heatwave<br /> -my brest friend pillow Awkward and uncomfortable<br /> -playtex drop in bottles LC told us to buy vent air </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-baby-gear-regrets#post-510550 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:00:31 +0000 prettylizy 510550@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The only real regret I have is the bouncer we bought, because she never liked it. We opted for the basic PnP because of the reasons everyone listed above. I also sorta regret my Double electric pump, I NEEDED the medela freestyle and the reality is I didn't do it justice. I barely pumped since I have been at home for her entire first year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-baby-gear-regrets#post-510519 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:54:51 +0000 tororojo 510519@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@banana: @yoursilverlining: @sorrycharlie: @hilsy85: Thanks! I think I will get a pack of hooded ones just in case, and I can always use big ones if those don't work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-baby-gear-regrets#post-510439 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:33:34 +0000 hilsy85 510439@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tororojo: I also love the hooded towels! I feel like they keep LO warmer because his head is covered. We have a JJ cole one and a pottery barn one, and I like them both. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-baby-gear-regrets#post-510432 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:31:38 +0000 JoJoGirl 510432@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Tagging! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-baby-gear-regrets#post-510409 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:21:23 +0000 sorrycharlie 510409@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tororojo: I use a regular adult towel too! I felt like the hooded ones were so thin and not really absorbent or warm! Granted in I'm New England during winter. Haha. You'd be fine w 2-3 hooded! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-baby-gear-regrets#post-510407 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:21:02 +0000 yoursilverlining 510407@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree that hooded towels were pretty useless for us. When she was very small, I would lay her down on a big towel folded up and then dry her with a hand towel. Now I just wrap her up in a big (regular adult) bath towel. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-baby-gear-regrets#post-510405 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:20:22 +0000 banana 510405@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tororojo: I loved our hooded towels! Used them all the time actually. For the infant stage, I liked draping the hood over her head before she came out of the bathtub and then draping the towel over the rest of her body. I also liked that I can leave the hood on her head while I put on her lotion, diaper and jammies. During the early toddler stage, my son loved to run around the house right after his bath and it was nice having the hood on his head so that he wasn't running around bare nekked. lol I know a lot of moms didn't find the hooded towels useful but I totally did!</p> <p>ETA: Maybe buy 1 or 2 of them and see how you like them? I bought mine from PBK so they were a bit thicker than other ones I've tried. Plus they make super cute photo moments. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-baby-gear-regrets#post-510395 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:17:54 +0000 tororojo 510395@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrsbells: @Mrs. Stroller: What kind/size of towels would you recommend instead? Hooded towels are on my shopping list for tomorrow but if they're useless I could get something else. Is it worth it to buy like a $10 pack of 2-3 from Target for the newborn phase? Seems like a grownup towel would be too big! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-baby-gear-regrets#post-510378 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:11:19 +0000 autumnlove 510378@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Stroller: I love Bravado! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-baby-gear-regrets#post-510374 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:10:19 +0000 hilsy85 510374@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Pretty much only newborn clothes (bought way too many after he was born). Other than that, I feel like we've used everything we have! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-baby-gear-regrets#post-510320 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:49:26 +0000 Mrs. Stroller 510320@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>FuzziBunz diapers didn't work for us, but I sold them at almost the same price I bought them (they were used maybe once or twice!)</p> <p>An expensive highchair - it was so pretty, but the fisher price plastic booster is way more practical</p> <p>Too much clothing - I need to stop doing this ;)</p> <p>The Ergo - I use it every single day, but I wish I'd registered for the Beco Gemini instead since I hated the infant insert and for the first 4 months M wanted to face outward so I ended up getting a Moby too. Wish I just had the Gemini from the start (Ergo is fine now though)</p> <p>Hooded towels - used them for a few months before switching to a regular towel. Ditto baby wash cloths.</p> <p>Pack n Play - that thing is huge and a PIA to travel with. Plus, I had to buy an extra mattress to make it comfortable enough for him to actually sleep! If anything, I wish I'd bought it used.</p> <p>Too many cloth diapers - I wish I'd done a trial after he was born so I could decide what I liked on a real baby with real poop. I have so many to sell off, but no time!</p> <p>Too many baby blankets, too many sheets, too many non-A+A receiving blankets. I use one or two blankets, two sheets, and used the A+A. I didn't need anything else and they all just take up space.</p> <p>Nursing bras and tanks that aren't Bravado. Wasted money, should have just not bought four target bras and bought two Bravado bras on sale. Ditto Target tanks! </p>