- Hi guys, welcome back to my channel.
In today's video I'm going to be sharing with you
my top baby must-haves for babies
that are between six months and 12 months old.
I made two other videos like this.
One was my newborn essentials,
and one was my must-have for babies
from three to six months.
So I will link both of those down below
if you have younger babies.
But I thought I would share with you
what my baby Jackson is loving the most at the moment.
So here we go.
Right so the first thing I wanted to show you
is my new baby carrier,
and I have been using this so so much.
It is the Ergobaby baby carrier,
and I love it.
I mostly got it because it's ergonomic.
So it is like hip healthy,
whereas some other baby wraps that I have used in the past
have not been ergonomic.
So I really wanted to get this and every wrap
that Ergobaby does is also ergonomic, so that's great.
And I loved this limited edition print.
It is like a pop art print by Keith Haring.
It is so bright, so colorful.
I think it really suits my baby Jackson's personality,
and it's so comfortable.
It has padded shoulder straps and it's like cotton,
but it's not hot at all because it's the summer here.
And yeah I love wearing it.
You can wear your baby four different ways in it,
and I have found that I've just been using it so much
to be in the garden with the kids.
If I'm playing football or something with my older children,
I can put Jackson in that
or if he's having a particularly clingy day,
he can go in this as well.
And yeah I just love it.
Although this is a six to 12 months video,
you can actually use this baby carrier from birth.
So if you're about to have a baby,
you can totally get this and use it.
It's completely fine.
It's just that I didn't discover it until Jackson
was a little bit older.
And I have actually been in touch with the brand,
Ergobaby, and they have said that my viewers
can have 15% off their baby carriers.
So I will put the links down below,
but all you have to do is if you want to go and buy
one of these,
you just have to use the code friendsofemily15.
So it's nice and easy to remember.
And you can get 15% off a baby carrier like this
until the end of August.
My next must-have is pull-up nappies,
and these have been a complete game changer for me
because Jackson hates having his nappy changed
and he wriggles around, he rolls over,
he tries to crawl away, it's really difficult.
But now I have got pull-up nappies.
I didn't even know that they came this small.
He's a size four or five,
and they come that small.
The best thing about them is you can just literally
like pull them on like pants,
so if I need to grab him and like sit him on my knee,
I can just pull them up like pants.
But then when you need to change a nappy,
if it's like a dirty nappy,
you just like tear the side.
You just tear them apart and take it off.
So you don't like get anything everywhere.
And there's like this cool tab on the back
that I didn't really know what was for for ages,
but if you do have a dirty nappy,
then you just roll it up
and you can like use the tab like that.
My next must-have is Jackson's high chair.
It is an IKEA high chair and it costs a grand total
of 15 pounds.
I love it because Jackson sits happily in it.
It is the easiest high chair to clean,
and it's just plain white.
You can even take the legs off and take it out with you
if you were going to someone's house for lunch.
We actually took it recently to a barbecue with us.
So it's just really practical and really really great,
so I wanted to mention that.
Now that your baby is a bit older and sitting up quite well,
you can start using an umbrella buggy.
Our main buggy is actually an umbrella buggy
because it's a Bugaboo Bee,
but we have also had a Maclaren buggy in the past
and other simple umbrella buggies.
I find them just so easy that you don't
have to put anything together,
so I wanted to mention that.
I also just wanted to mention a few items of clothes.
We have been loving the Next all in ones.
They do really really cute all in ones for summer,
and they do really cute like all in ones for winter as well.
So I just don't think you can go wrong with Next clothes.
They wash up really nicely,
and I've also been loving little baby Morrie clothes.
I'll link them down below.
They're really really soft.
They're like really minimalistic,
and they are just so easy to wash and wear.
In terms of bath support,
Jackson was sitting in a bath support
that I found on Amazon,
but recently he started standing up in it
and getting out of it,
which was becoming quite dangerous.
But if you sat just in the tub on his own,
he would slide around.
So I got a bath mat on Amazon.
It's like really sticky and it just gives
that little bit of grip so that he can sit up
better in the bath and he also likes to stand in the bath.
So it just gives a little bit of a grip
and it has been really really good.
Jackson is drinking really well from beakers now as well,
and these are my two favorite.
I have used these ones with all of my children.
They are the Tommee Tippee ones,
and they are my favorite because they're really simple
but also if you fill them up and throw them
into your handbag like this,
they're the only ones that I find don't leak.
Sometimes it's really difficult to get the top off,
but I'll take that because they don't leak.
And then I also love these ones from Nuby.
They have like a soft top
so it feels a little bit more like a bottle
so it makes the transition a little bit easier.
So I have loved these and I have started giving him
a little bit of milk in this in evening.
Also for mealtimes, I have been loving these coverall bibs.
I found this one in IKEA and it was five pounds I think.
But basically it covers them right up to their hand
and it's got like a little bit of elastic
so like no food can even get up there.
And then it has a little place that can catch food
just here and it just keeps my baby really really clean.
We do baby-led weaning as well,
so it is so so messy.
So these bibs have been brilliant.
I also wanted to mention a few bits
that have really helped with Jackson teething.
We are still loving the ZoLi teether.
It is like this little gummy teether.
I actually couldn't find it for this video.
I think it might be out in the car
because we use it so much.
But it's just something that they can hold onto
and really really chew,
and Jackson seems to love it.
We have also been using Teetha powder, Anbesol liquid,
and Calpol if his teeth pain gets really really bad.
I have loved using all of them in conjunction
with each other
and he has been wearing dribble-on bibs nonstop,
which is basically just little bandanna bibs.
Because he is constantly drooling and I like
that they come right up under his chin
and they catch like all of the saliva.
There are also a few sleep products
that I wanted to mention.
Jackson sleeps in a baby sleeping bag
which has been so brilliant because now that he is
rolling around and kicking his legs,
he would kick off a cover.
But because this like clips on his shoulders,
he can't kick it off.
So I know that he is like all safe and warm all night.
And you can get different versions of it.
You can get summer ones that are very thin,
and you can get like winter ones, et cetera.
So yeah we have really loved having him sleep
in a baby sleeping bag.
Now to entertainment.
Now that Jackson is older,
he is playing with so many toys,
so I wanted to show you his favorite ones.
First off, I wanted to talk about his play mats
because I get so many messages and questions
about where I got this play mat.
I have seen these kind of play mats
in lots of different places,
but I actually found this one from a place
called The Modern Nursery on Instagram.
I'll link them down below.
I just got a white and black one,
but you can get colorful ones,
you can get all kinds of different ones.
I just love it because especially when he was starting
to learn how to sit up,
it's soft enough that if you fall over on it,
it kind of cushions your fall and it doesn't really hurt.
And again it's a little bit grippy,
so if he stands on it by the couch,
he won't fall, he's got that little bit of grip.
So I've really loved having this play mat.
In terms of toys,
this VTech walker has to be one of his favorites,
and I had this for both of the other boys as well.
It is great because you can like learn how to walk with it,
but also you can just take off this front bit
and put it on the floor when they're just learning
how to sit up.
And it has lights and music and sounds.
(rooster crowing)
And hinges and cogs.
It's just really really brilliant,
and he's really get into these kinda toys
that give him a little bit more stimulation.
He loves musical toys, light up toys,
and things like this with buttons.
So I wanted to mention that.
Here are a couple more of his favorite toys.
I love most of the VTech toys.
He just really really likes them and is drawn to them
and also the Baby Einstein range is great as well.
And we have also just got the Baby Einstein activity
center for him because he loves standing up so much
now that he is 10-months-old.
So I thought I'd get this toy that he can stand at
and like play with all the buttons and music
and things like that.
So he has really loved having this activity center.
He also loves this set of TOMY eggs.
If you've never seen this before,
you're probably not a mom because I see these everywhere,
every play group we go to.
It is basically just full of these little eggs,
but Jackson loves them.
He's like drawn to them.
They're all different colors and shapes
and they make these little squeaking sounds.
(toy squeaking)
And yeah he just loves them.
He loves like holding them and stuff,
so wanted to show you those.
We also really love reading these That's not my books.
They are like textured and you can get loads
of different ones.
I have loads left from my older children,
but they have like soft textures, rough textures,
fluffy ones, and he really enjoys
when we read these ones together.
And then the last thing that I wanted to show you
would actually be a really good first birthday present.
It is a smarTrike.
We just got it and I love it because it's something
that your baby can sit up in from 10-months-old,
and it's great for like little walks to the shop.
If you don't wanna take the buggy,
you can put them in this and my Jackson loves
being like straight like sat up and looking around
at everything and yeah,
I should've probably saved this for his first birthday,
but because it's the summer now, we are already using it
and loving it.
It also has like some really good storage,
so if you do go to the shops,
you can actually put some stuff in it.
So yeah I wanted to mention his little smarTrike as well.
Right so that's it for this video.
I really hoped you liked my must-haves.
Please comment below if you have any other suggestions
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if you liked it.
And I will see you in my next one, bye guys.