so as some of you know it's been a really busy year for me i had a baby in january january 1st
to be exact and then we've been adding on to our 500 square foot cottage here in seattle
we've added on an extra bedroom and a bathroom and a loft which i'm currently standing in it's
still not complete nine months later so i will show you guys the finished product eventually
we're getting closer and closer but today's video is gonna be more about what it's like living in
a small space with a baby not only did we live in the 500 square foot cottage here in seattle
but also i spent some time at my tiny house on whidbey island which is only 165 square feet
when you have a tiny house you can't just be going out and buying all sorts of stuff you have
to think about each and everything in your little space because i've made so many other videos about
other people living tiny with kids i was able to draw a lot of inspiration from other people
and incorporate it into my lifestyle here in a small house and also in a tiny house
so in this video i'm going to show you some of my favorite products that i use as a new mom
living in a small amount of space i think all of these products are great for people living small
or if you live in a large house but just want to save some space
i'm going to be breaking down this video into different categories where you can
scroll to a certain section such as sleeping feeding cleaning and playing
and if you like these kind of videos make sure that you subscribe and hit the bell
so that you get a notification every time i post a new video so let's start with sleeping
when you have a tiny house most of the time your bedroom is going to be in the loft a regular crib
won't really work in a loft because you only have a few feet of space so you can't grab the
baby out of the top of the crib you really have to have something that has a side opening so i
asked around with all my tiny house friends a lot of them recommended this travel crib but i found
another one basically a cheap knockoff and it fits perfectly in my loft when i'm not using it up in
the loft it's easily collapsible and i can take it outside and there's a place for her to play
the main advantage is that it's lightweight it's easy to set up you can store it away when you're
not using it that's going to be a theme in this video by the way and it has a side opening which
is absolutely great i do want to bring up another option that i found from another tiny houser with
a baby in a loft and i think this is absolutely beautiful so there's floor-to-ceiling coverage
in a sturdy way with a climbing rope that the baby actually can't pull down
so when your baby starts eating solids you're going to need a spot for her to eat
first i just had her on my lap and i was feeding her with a spoon not recommended so i did find
out that i actually do want and need a high chair first of all it's a great place to just set her up
with some toys so she can do some activities on her own but also it helps a lot with cleaning
and cleaning is now a regular part of my life so i recommend this collapsible highchair what i love
about it is that it folds down in one sweeping motion and it fits perfectly in between my fridge
and the wall which is really just like a three inch space i love that it doesn't have all the
bells and whistles that some of the other high chairs that i've tried have but it's
really affordable and it's a great space saver okay so now we're going to talk about cleaning
i've always struggled with keeping a tiny space clean it just gets dirty so fast all
of the sudden i had a baby and a long-haired dog in a tiny space and i was just constantly finding
little pieces of hair on her slobbery little hands it was gross guys so this product is the
hoover one power evolve cordless vacuum that's right cordless it runs on a battery and yes i was
skeptical that it wouldn't be powerful enough to actually clean up all of selisa's dog hair
but i've been pleasantly surprised the battery life lasts a long time
it charges super fast also it's really easy to clean out it's also smaller than a regular
upright vacuum which is great for a small space and when i was postpartum the first
couple months it would have been really hard for me to carry a large vacuum around this
one weighs less than nine pounds so it actually weighed less than baby juniper when she was born
hoover also has the dust chaser which is a handheld vacuum that uses the same battery system
so i have both and i mainly use the handheld one at the tiny house in the
loft you'd be surprised how dusty it can get up there with three people sleeping
and the dust chaser weighs less than three pounds so even if you're just
looking for a handheld vacuum for your tiny house that one's really great
i know it's really tempting to buy a ton of toys for your kids
i have a lot of hand-me-downs that's for sure but i will say some of her favorites
are not toys at all you can give a baby a 20 toy or you can give them
a ladle from the kitchen and they will prefer the ladle she also likes empty egg cartons
so if you're about to have a kid and you're in a smaller tiny house my advice would be to
just reconsider going totally crazy i'm buying a bunch of toys that light up and make noise i mean
in a tiny house you really don't want that anyway look around you and see if there's something that
you can give them that's safe and free but i did cave and i bought this play yard and i love it and
here's why you can remove panels so it can really be as small or as large as you want it to be
it's foldable so it once again can collapse down into a small space if i'm not using it
but i love that it's foldable for another reason too it can
fit in an odd shape or around different pieces of furniture
that's really helpful when you have a small or tiny house with only a little allocated space
to create a safe space for your baby to play so really the only space that i have
for juniper in our cottage is just a four by five little area for her but she loves it
and it supports her when she stands up to look at me and say hi mom
so another recommended product from another tiny houser who has not only a baby but a toddler
living in her tiny house is the baby bjorn bouncer it can actually collapse and fit underneath the
couch also the baby loves it okay so now we're moving on to safety so my favorite baby gates
are these retractable ones and they're great for small houses because you can leave them in place
they look really nice they actually almost blend into the walls so they're not an eyesore
they're also removable and they come with two sets of mounting hardware so sometimes i use it
to block her off from the kitchen and sometimes i use it to place her in her bedroom but keep
the door open so i can keep an eye on her i'm not sure i would trust them at the top of a
staircase but i trust them to keep her out of the kitchen so those are my favorite baby gates mama
all right guys so those are just a few of the products that i recommend for having a baby a dog
and a significant other in a small or tiny house if you'd like me to do another video
with some of the other products that i recommend i'd be happy to do that just let me know in the
comments if this is something you're interested in hearing about or if you want me to do a day
in the life video as a mom in a tiny house or a small house let me know and i will come back to
you with a final tour of my small cottage once it's absolutely complete anyway i will see you
guys soon with more content jenny that's mommy's tripod are you my little camera assistant oh gosh