Wednesday 3 July 2013

Top 10 Most & Least Useful Baby Products...

There are so many baby products in shops and online stores all promising to make our lives as busy parents easier.... Some do just that and we can't live without, others don't quite live up to the promise and many find they are barely or never used and left to gather dust on the shelf.

 Which surveyed over 1000 parents to come up with a list of the top ten most useful baby products and the must-have buys for baby. They discounted essentials such as pushchairs, car seats and cots and cam up with this list...

Parents 10 most useful baby products

 1. Stair gates - My girls are 5 & 10 and we still have the stair gate up....
2. Electric steam steriliser kit - I never used an electric one...
3. Baby changing bag - A must have! But mine was just a messenger style bag....
4. Audio baby monitor - We had one but never used it!
5. Microwave steam steriliser kit - Couldn't of managed without it...
6. Baby sleeping bag - Nope didn't have one...
7. Digital ear thermometer - We had the one's you stick on their heads...
8. Video baby monitor - Nope!
9. Dummy - (although this one divided opinion and also came second on the list of most useless baby products!) Both of mine had dummy's....
10. Baby seat/support for the bath - I didn't with my eldest but did for my youngest she had a plastic seat to sit in which she loved...

 Parents’ 10 least useful baby products

 1. Nappy disposal bin - Scented nappy sacks and then straight out into the wheelie bin when I had chance worked for me...
2. Dummy
3. Baby washing (top and tail) bowls - Had these and used them once I think....They came with the baby bath which I hardly used either...
4. Manual breast pump - Yep bought one and it was never used...
5. Nappy stacker - I had to google what one was...lol We had a plastic box they went in...
6. Ride-on toddler board for buggy/pushchair - Becky could walk well enough by the time Ellie came along...
7. Baby seat/support for the bath
8. Baby reins - We bought a pair for Ellie when she was just walking and we were out christmas shopping....She was swinging all over and getting tangled in them...Useless for us!
9. Baby carrier/fabric sling - I bought one for Becky and never used it....
10. Swaddling blanket - I was always told not to wrap them up tightly by the health visitor...

2 comments :

  1. I am due to have my second little girl in a few weeks and I wrote out a list, half the stuff I crossed off as not actually needing, things like a Nappy Bin - Scented nappy sacks are just as good! We've just brought a baby monitor as we live in a pretty big house so I think that will come in handy. Someone offered my a swaddle blanket to review but I turned it down I couldn't bare the thought of ting baby being wrapped up so tight she couldn't move! I opted for a Microwave steraliser they are great I used one with my first daughter and it was excellent!!xx

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    1. Ohh Congrats!
      I loved my Microwave steriliser...Used one with both my girls...Did the trick :)

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