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  • 5 Best Foldable High Chairs: Great for Small Spaces & Travel

    5 Best Foldable High Chairs: Great for Small Spaces & Travel

    Foldable high chairs are an awesome, space-efficient alternative to standard high chairs (plus, many double as travel high chairs!). Check out these 5 best folding high chairs, perfect for people wanting less baby gear or living in small spaces. Fitting random baby gear in a small living space feels like a constant jigsaw puzzle. The…

  • 10 Used Baby Items that Are Easy to Sell for Cash

    10 Used Baby Items that Are Easy to Sell for Cash

    Have used baby items that you’re ready to sell? Check out this list of popular baby things to sell to make some quick cash. Since I started watching the used baby gear market a year and a half ago, I have made note of used baby items that sell very quickly. When baby stuff is…

  • 9 Children’s Christmas Books Not About Presents

    9 Children’s Christmas Books Not About Presents

    Looking for kids books ideas for Christmas but want to tone down the focus on gifts? Check out these 9 children’s Christmas books that aren’t about presents. I read a lovely comment thread on Instagram the other day about family traditions around winter and the holidays. One commenter said that in lieu of an advent…

  • Space Saving Baby Items: Tested By A Real Mom [2024]

    Space Saving Baby Items: Tested By A Real Mom [2024]

    Preparing to bring a baby home to a small space? Check out this guide to space saving baby products, tested by a real mom in a tiny apartment. We never expected to be living in our very tiny apartment with a baby. But then I got sick during my pregnancy and moving wasn’t in the…

  • Do You Need a Changing Table? + Easy Alternatives

    Do You Need a Changing Table? + Easy Alternatives

    Do you really need a changing table? Learn why you can skip this classic nursery item, and find alternatives that save you money and space. A baby brings with them the promise of seemingly endless diaper changes, and a lot of diapering gear. Gear like a changing table – the command center of diaper changes….

  • Do You Need a Diaper Pail? Top Diaper Pail Alternatives

    Do You Need a Diaper Pail? Top Diaper Pail Alternatives

    Wondering if you need a diaper pail? Then you’ve come to the right place. Read on to learn why we ditched our diaper pail and what we do instead. Changing a baby’s diaper is simultaneously the simplest parenting act, and surprisingly complicated. There are so many options for diaper changing gear that deciding between diaper…

  • Do You Need a Crib? Top Crib Alternatives for 2023

    Do You Need a Crib? Top Crib Alternatives for 2023

    Soon-to-be parents setting up a crib in anticipation of bringing home a baby is a right of passage, right? Cribs are so quintessentially ‘baby’ that it is assumed that you have to have one. But do you really need a crib? Nope! That’s right, you do not actually need a crib for your baby. Traditional…

  • 4 Free Resources for Cute & Unique Baby Names

    4 Free Resources for Cute & Unique Baby Names

    I have been fascinated by baby names trends well before I was even pregnant. Weird baby names, cute baby names, unique baby names – you name it (ha!) and I want to read about. For example, why did, so many people suddenly named their baby Heather in the late 1970’s, and then the name suddenly…