These slip on shoes are wonderful, they keep the socks from falling off! We liked the fire-breathing dragons.

I love these bottles, we don't use anything else. V was able to hold them himself from about 5 months.

This cream is the best - we live in a cold, dry climate, and it kept V's skin smooth during his first winter.

I love this car seat, it is exceptionally safe, with side-impact padding around the baby's head. V was in it until he grew too tall at about 7 months, and then we moved him up into the next stage Britax. Works with most frame strollers.

V still likes to sit on this mat, he grabs the arches and rattles the whole thing. Before he could sit up, he loved looking up at the toys.

Because Mom needs to stay healthy, too.

V's favorite toy, an excellent teether.

We didn't use this much for nursing, more for helping V to be upright and eventually to help him learn to sit up.

My pediatrician recommended this book for after the baby was born - it was a good resource during the first cold/fever, when I was panicking and waiting for the on-call doc to call me back.

I loved these flannel blankets for swaddling V - they worked until he was about 5 months old (he got too tall). I also used one in the car, knotted it in the handgrip over the door next to the carseat, and then draped it so that it kept the sun off the baby. (V's a boy, my blankets were green)