Congrats to our winner Tiffany!
If you ask my kids, I’m sure they’d enthusiastically espouse the merits of hanging with their dad as opposed to me. Of course, my husband wholeheartedly would echo their sentiments and insist that staying home with dad is infinitely more fun for kids than with mom because dads care less about the small stuff.
My husband asserts the daddy fun factor can be attributed to the fact that men in general are ultimately more focused on life’s big picture, a trait most moms, myself included, have trouble embracing. So, the child wants to wear his bathing suit all day and eat peanut butter and jelly for breakfast, lunch and dinner? Dads will more often than not say, “Go for it son!” whereas mom counterparts would tell the kid to change into his clothing and draw the line at one PB&J for the day. Kids can expect to get nice and dirty at the park as fathers don’t care much for baby wipes or hand-sanitizer. They’ll also likely get a healthy dose of frolicking under a lawn sprinkler because what dad doesn’t welcome the idea to multitask and water his lawn while providing ample opportunity for his kids to exhaust an hour?
And being that there are far many more stay-at home dads minding the kidlets than EVER before with the five items below, now dad can be ready for anything that comes his way, from impromptu naps to outings with these baby and toddler essentials.
momboâ„¢ from Comfort & Harmonyâ„¢ (starting at $29.99 at Babies R Us) is the newest innovation in nursing pillows that can be used for bottle-feeding with dad! With a unique Firm2Softâ„¢ design for better support and positioning this pillow comes complete with a soothing vibration feature for lounging and tummy time. mombo is also customizable with an assortment of stylish slipcover fashions. Perfect for quick changes, these covers allow you to choose multiple styles so you’ll always have a spare!
Bright Starts Playtime to Bedtime Sleeper ($39.99 Walmart) When dad needs a few extra minutes, this inclined seat helps baby sleep more comfortably. Also, great for the guy on the go, with a lightweight folding frame that makes it easy to move from room to room and is comfortable enough for sleep or playtime with your little one!
Bright Starts Lights & Sounds Fun Pad ($12.99 Target, Toys R’ Us/Babies R’ Us, Walmart) Let baby be just like dad with their very own tablet! The large, soft, buttons on the fabric screen are easy for baby to press for fun melodies and activities. With 5 colorful lights that dance across the screen, baby will be introduced to animals, shapes, colors numbers and more, all while feeling just like their dad on his smartphone.
InGenuity Washable Playard with Dream Centre ($99 at Babies R’ Us) Dad’s life is a little easier with the first full-size playard made of fabrics that easily zip off in just about one minute for machine washing. Thanks to InGenuity’s unique and innovative design, this playard provides a hassle-free way to wash away germs, allergens, bacteria and dirt, answering moms’ need for a playard that can be kept as fresh as the rest of baby’s bedding. Such a great time-saver for dad!
Bright Starts Having A Ball5 in 1 Sports Zone ($49.99 Toys R’ Us/Babies R’ Us; (12m -36m) An interactive and exciting game zone for dad and baby! Comes with 5 ways to play from baseball, basketball, golf, soccer and more! Features include: digital scoreboard with fun animations, multiple ball drops and ball play, action packed lights, sounds and music, and even promotes motor skill and muscle development!
And we are giving away one Bright Starts Playtime to Bedtime Sleeper ($39.99 Walmart) to a lucky reader! For a chance to nab it leave a comment on this post with one baby essential you could NOT live without. For a second entry you can LIKE The Staten Island family on facebook and for a third entry you can follow @MelissaSChapman on twitter and retweet this giveaway! Good luck Giveaway ends March 1st!
I couldn’t live with out my wrap and bouncy seat!
I couldn’t live without my breast pump 😉
I could not live without my bobby pillow. It gave me so many options for breast feeding and baby propping. After that is the baby swing.
I like you on Facebook: Tara Cherry
I follow you on Twitter
@mommyhead
Couldn’t live without my boppy 🙂 Thanks Melissa 🙂
Following on twitter!
Liked your facebook page already!
The Baby Wraps are something my daughter says she uses every day. It keeps the baby safe when they are in public and frees her hands for getting things done and everybody is happy.
I’m a Facebook fan of The Staten Island Family. terri moore 2
I’m following Melissa S Chapman on twitter. @moore30terri
I cant live without the boppy!
I like you on facebook
I follow you on twitter @mermont84
can’t live without sleep sound machine
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like you on FB as deanna time
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follow on twitter & tweet
https://twitter.com/dlw447/status/305125384515620865
xoxo
my cloth diapers. serve a needed purpose and look stinking cute.
My Dr.Brown bottles are amazing!! Also a great receiving blanket 🙂
I follow you on twitter. I would love this!
I like you on facebook
I Could Not Live Without Baby Wipes A Must Have Essential !
Liked On Facebook
Following On Twitter @reinaheather
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I could not do without a pack n play
I LIKE The Staten Island family on facebook
https://twitter.com/chelle493/status/305433446174560256 & follow on twitter
i can’t like without my boppy pillow =)
i liked you on facebook DOminique Munster
i followed you on twitter @dominiqueclouti and tweeted https://twitter.com/DominiqueClouti/status/305462476676403201
Cloth diapers and wipes!
Following @MelissaSChapman on twitter and retweeted this giveaway.
https://twitter.com/TheSuperVegan/status/305510244811931650
Sofie the giraffe toy 🙂 My baby loves it.
I follow on twitter too
Liked your facebook page too
I couldnt live without my boppy pillow. Its a life saver while breastfeeding!
I like you on facebook
I follow you on twitter and retweeted @nikkis4822
I could not live without the desitin diaper rash ointment with zinc. No other brand works like it and I’ve had four babies to test it out on!
My Ergo carrier was indispensable!
I couldn’t live without my daughter’s swing.
The boppy!
Like you on FB
following on twitter and I tweeted: https://twitter.com/britibee/status/305757405554286594
Couldn’t live without my boppy or breast pump
Love my diaper genie:)
Would love love love love this stroller
LIKED on fb!
FOLLOWING on twitter
**Fingers crossed**
I could not live without a good swing!
I follow you on twitter and tweeted
https://twitter.com/Ilovemybeagle2/status/305875511224184832
My son’s bouncer!
Facebook follower
Twitter follower @ashmo90
https://twitter.com/ashmo90/status/305884127910064128
We couldn’t do without my grandbabies’ bouncer. It’s a lifesaver!
I like you on FB 🙂
Following on Twitter @trrg12 Tweeted.
https://twitter.com/trrg12/status/306001477120446464
I always liked having a pack n play set.
i could not live with out a baby carrier! great way to get cleaning done around the house
i follow you on facebook
i already follow you on twitter @lbolduc0
This is so cool. Would love it <3 and put it to good use.
Folllowing on Twitter. @nickijoseph3
Liked on facebook, yeah!
Our baby seat was the item the kids HAD to have to sleep
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Cannot live without Sophie the giraffe!! Whether its for sleeping or teething that thing is a lifesaver sometimes!
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Like on FB already 🙂
Brittney Reader
I couldnt live without my wrap
I follow on Twitter
A GOOD baby carrier
I like Staten Fmaily on FB
I follow on twitter
@dinobabies
my daughter’s bouncy seat
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I like your page on facebook as Nikki Lynn Hanna
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I couldn’t live without our swaddle blankets with our first. They were a must have! I am due in April with my second so this would be great to win.
I like you on Facebook.
I follow on twitter and tweeted https://twitter.com/SecretsofKristi/status/306786877237768193
i couldn’t live without a baby swing 🙂
i like you on facebook (Holly Gunter)
follow you on twitter and tweeted: https://twitter.com/HollyGunter/status/306814989371600896
Thirsties Cloth Diapers are my baby essential!
I follow on Twitter as @mechelejohnson and I tweeted:
https://twitter.com/mechelejohnson/status/306823440587952128
I like you on FB as Mechele JOhnson
I could not live with out the swing. He loves constant motion
couldn’t live without my nursing pillow!!!
I have liked The-Staten-Island-Family on facebook ( Robin Abrams)
i follow you on facebook
i dont think i had any cant live without baby items, i would say the adorable cloth diapers were my favorite thing 🙂
i liek you on fb as nicole weiss
https://twitter.com/mrsnaweiss/status/306854298359312384
https://twitter.com/mrsnaweiss/status/306854298359312384 tweeted and i follow as mrsnaweiss
The swing
My all-time favorite baby item is a big fluffy hooded towel!
One thing you can’t live without is a pacifier.
I LIKE The Staten Island family on facebook
I follow @MelissaSChapman on twitter and I retweeted.
we love our baby carrier – and of course the diaper genie 🙂
i like on facebook
i am following on twitter (@delightcreative)
I couldn’t go without at least one good wrap/sling/carrier.
I like you on Facebook.
One baby essential that you can’t live without is a baby swing. It may be the only way you can sit down and have a meal together!
I like you on Facebook. (Colleen Maurina)
I could not live without my baby-carrier!!
Hands-free convience! 🙂
Definitely a good swing!
I couldnt live without the doorway jumper! My son loves that thing.
The boppy is amazing!
I couldn’t live without my vibrating bouncer seat. It is the only thing that calmed my daughter down.
I couldnt live without my fisher price swing 🙂
I like your fb page
I follow you on twitter @lbugsmommy
I couldn’t live without my ring sling!
I couldn’t live without the pacifier! Helped my little guy sleep a little longer at night. 🙂
i could not live without dr browns bottles, helps a ton with reflux. i tweeted and followed the twitter account, and liked the page
I like The Staten Island Family on facebook!
I couldn’t live without my ring sling and a bouncy chair.
My breast pump is what I think I couldn’t LIVE without!
cant live without the boppy!. like you on facebook
I could not live without baby swing or sling!
We couldn’t do without the exersaucer. My little man can’t get enough of it!
I couldn’t live without Dr. Browns bottles, they are the only bottles both my sons could use.
Cozy cover has been a life saver this winter!
I would love this!!! Liked on FB 🙂
We can’t live without Boppy!
I could not live without my bumbo seat. My daughter loves sitting in it
The Bouncy Seat!! Thanks for the chance!!
I couldn’t live without my pack an play an Dr Brown bottles!
I couldn’t live without our swaddle blankets!
Could not live without my Ergo!
Can’t live without my diaper bag
I follow on twitter as @traciebrowny
I could not live with out the swaddle blankets 🙂
I honestly couldn’t live without my bright starts bounce seat or my moby or even my Playtex nurser drop ins. They all saved my life.
Like on Facebook
I could not live without my high chair/shopping cart covers!
I cannot live without my Swaddle Me 😀
I could not live without my portable swing. My son loved it and I hope my little girl will love in when she is born in 6 weeks.
With how much my boy drools I could not live without his bibs.
I could not live without my bobby pillow. It gave me so many options for breast feeding and baby propping
i liked you on facebook and i could not live without my jumperoo and high chair
had to put my last name basham
Cannot live without my babys bouncy chair 😀
I could not live without my moby wrap!
I could not live without my pack n play
Could not live without a boppy!
Right now I can’t live without my bright start bouncer, my daughter loves it. It keeps her calm, I don’t know if its the music or vibration or both
could not live without my daughters swing
Baby item I could not live with out (with baby #3 on the way) I would say is a swing/glider! Our boys both loved their swings, making everyday activities like going to the restroom or getting a snack so much easier!!
I couldn’t liive without our pack n play
I couldn’t live without my Boppy pillow!
My boppy pillow!!!
Chew Beads Necklace. Love them and my baby does too!
The one thing I could not do without would be my husband; sometimes Mom needs sleep or extra help. He makes life sane 🙂
I liked you on facebook:) and my little angel couldn’t live without her boppy!
I use cloth diapers as burp/spit up rags and I couldnt live without them. Lifesavers!
Dr. Brown’s Pitcher for formula. It was a godsend! You can make a whole day’s worth of formula, the mix it in the pitcher which reduces bubbles and store it in a fridge all day. Since my baby wouldn’t take to breast feeding it was a huge help.
FB Fan 🙂
http://www.facebook.com/MrsW1107
I could not live without my rocking chair. My daughter loves to be rocked and cuddled to fall asleep:)
I can’t live without earplugs…well…ok…I’ll make a better choice. One thing I always found useful was the pack and play. I think it’ll get a lot of use when our new baby arrives in March.
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I can’t live without my Boppy! It makes nursing the babies so much easier!
Like you on Facebook. Matt Schmunk
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Follow and tweeted. https://twitter.com/matt0701/status/307316409715785728
mattschmunk at gmail dot com
I can’t live without my Swaddle Designs Swaddles!!!!! Or my Petite Frites Swaddle! LOVE THEM! And so do babies!
I like you on Facebook!
the love of my family, and a baby bouncer…<3
I could not live without my boppy pillow!
<3 just liked you on fb <3
I like The Staten Island family on facebook
I follow on twitter
I could not live without my kids… They are the best thing to ever happen to me.
Following you @SarahW1107
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I couldn’t live without my travel swing!
I can’t live without my wubbanub (pacifier connected to stuffed animal for baby to hold)
couldn’t live without my babies rice pillow!!! helps him sleep right through the night!!
I could never live without the nasal aspirator given to me by our hospital after delivery! It was the best kind I have used so far! That thing has been through the wringer and back, and narrowly missed being tossed in the trash by my daughter! It has saved me a ton of anguish with my little girl trying to make it through colds. I swear when she threw it in the trash in the living room I about panicked 😀 (I had no idea and tossed out the bag! Luckily after scoring the house I went outside searching through many tiny bags of soiled diapers :/ I found it peeking through the clear plastic! Woo!!! And my bf thought I was nuts for freaking over it XD).
Can’t live without my extra large diaper bag with tons of pockets.
I could NOT live without the Baby Einstein Musical Walker. He used it for 6 months! It kept him contained and out of trouble, but he was still able to explore. I actually got to make dinner!
I couldn’t live without my breast pump and boppy the first few weeks she was born along with her vibrating monkey chair from target and snug a monkey that plays 20 mins of music. I also couldn’t live without her pacifier!
I love my swing and bouncer set!
I could not make it without the Boppy Pillow.
Liked on Facebook.
I don’t think i could be with out a bouncer… my little one is just so in love with it and demands to be put in her bouncer to eat her bottle, she is such an independent princess. 🙂
Books! Even the youngest of kids love to look at books!
I would not be able to live without my ergo, Moby, boppy and Madela.
Cannot live without his miracle blanket swaddle. He cant wiggle out of it and sleeps longer in it.
I couldn’t live without my medela electric pump and boppy pillow!
I follow on FB
I could not have lived without my swing with plug in adapter when my daughter was a young infant. She practically lived in that thing!
I couldn’t live without a bouncer and a walker 🙂
Choosing only one thing I’d say a swing. That helped me get a lot of things done at times!
I could not live without Pampers/Desitin. A match made in heaven.
one major essential was my ERGO with infant insert!
liked them on FB
Our much loved boppy!
I like the Staten Island Family on facebook.
I’m following you on twitter as @bmom76 and I tweeted
https://twitter.com/bmom76/status/307481787888701442
I could not live without the Boppy!!
I could not live without Desitin!
boppy!
fb fan – ria clarke
mobile for baby’s crib!!
One thing I could not live without is a swing!! heath.Breyer@gmail.com
I wouldn’t be able to live without my Medela breastpump. I follow you on FB and Twitter, and have also retweeted this giveaway. Thank you!
We couldn’t live without a play yard!
We like you on FB.
I love the bumbo seat
my daughter LOVES her swing with the light up butterflys!! its def a must have! 🙂
weird idk why it say march 2nd when it is march 1st at 6:01 pm lol
I could not live without our daughter’s swing! That thing helped us soo many nights
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I like your page on fb as Nikki Lynn Hanna
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I follow your page on twitter as @weemuss09
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I could not live without my bouncer! It is the only thing that my baby will sleep in.
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I like you on facebook
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I could not live without my baby swing
I follow you on facebook Stephanie Phelps
I follow you on twitter and tweeted
https://twitter.com/break4momPhelps/status/307676095300399105
Couldn’t live without a Diaper Geine.
I couldn’t live without my baby wrap.
I like on facebook
My must haves were miracle blankets, white noise machines and wubbanubs!
My absolute must have essential has been my Moby wrap. I love it!
I could not live without my boppy and a walker. My son loved his walker ! I loved it for the 15 mins it bought this NON-MORNING mama to drink her coffee to wake up.!!
Could not live with out the baby swing, play mat, or baby wrap :))))
I couldn’t live with out my baby swing.he fell asleep so fast.:)
I would like to enter to win! And I could live without the summer infant video monitor!
Our swing…its a lifesaver
I used my boppy with both kids. Loved it!
I love my boppy. My baby falls asleep on it and is helpful when breastfeeding.
We could not live without wipes (for more than just butts) and our favorite blankie.
I couldn’t live without my moby! Made carrying baby around and running errands and little more easier!
I can’t live without my baby carrier. We started with a Boba stretchy wrap and just upgraded to an Action Baby Carrier. Makes life soooo much easier! 🙂
And I follow you on FB!
And I retweeted!
I love our pack n play
The boppy has been a dream. it had sooo many uses, from encouraging tummy time to nursing, from a safe place to help her sleep elevated to an awesome “chair” so she could sit up to eat…. A year old and she still looks for it to sleep on (she likes to be upside down)….. then we got the 2-in-1 activity table from Bright Start…. the “walker” seat is on the OUTSIDE of the table and goes around it, then it DETACHED so when she got big enough to stand at the table and play the seat was out of the way! This was perfect so she wouldn’t feel “trapped” in a typical exersaucer or walker AND it grows with her (big $$$ saver!)
Babies LOVE to be held so I could NOT live without my various slings/wraps & carriers (we have a variety because they are all good for when you want to do different things). My husband loves them also! I love the must-have list for daddies! 🙂
I couldnt live without Pampers!!!
I could not live without our excersaucer! My baby has loads of fun and he is safe. This allows me to clean, cook and do other activities!
I cant live without the boppy!
I can’t not live without my boppy pillow!! It helped me breast feed, help my daughter learn to sit up, and still makes a perfect pillow for my daughter 🙂 I love it!
I could not live with out a bouncer!
TJs mommy and daddy couldn’t live without the bright starts mobile!
I could not live without my Boppy!
I follow on Twitter as super_mom_beth
and I retweeted:
https://twitter.com/Super_mom_Beth/status/307972506344624128
I liked your page on Facebook as Beth Ann O’Donnell
I can’t live without my swing.
Definitely my baby’s bouncy seat. Where she can sleep too anywhere in the house.
My bjorn
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