What are your "couldn't live without" things?

Found some "little toppers" last week on Ebay, they screw onto bottled water. What a lifesaver, I've been telling my girls that I'm sick now for over 5 months! They always have a fit, and want to drink from my water bottle, and that means spilling, backwash, and more..... These little tops screw on, and the bottles don't leak!!!! The girls did great with them. They are great for on the go and in the car, and best yet, it's good for them!!!!

I would post a link, but don't know how.

 

Here are some items that I just thought of:
1. Milk frother (perfect size for mixing individual bottles of formula)
2. Swivel sweeper (it's light, quick, & easy for all those crumbs during meals)
3. Magic eraser
4. Spot shot (it gets EVERYTHING out with little or no elbow grease)

 

This laptop! Without it I couldn't get to Twinstuff everyday and get your expert advice!

I have found that hiking fanny packs are really convenient. I can put wipes, pull ups, bandaids purell and my wallet inside and can put two sippy cups in the holders and strap in around my waist. This way my hands are always free to hold on to my very active 3 year olds!


Lisa

 

I'll have to look for those topper things. I have the same issue with bottles of water, they ALWAYS want mine.

For me I guess it would be:

Bibsters - disposable paper bibs. Great for taking to restaurants.
My diaper bag/purse combo. Not really a gadget, but it's saved me from lugging a purse and a diaper bag everywhere, and not having to switch my wallet and essentials from bag to bag. It just looks like I have a huge purse when I go out without the kids, doesn't really scream "diaper bag". But it's big enough so I can keep diapers, wipes, and various things in it.

Put me down for the laptop too!

 

I love my kitchen scissors. It sounds funny, but I use them all the time. They are perfect for quickly cutting everything into the perfect sizes - especially quesadillas, sandwiches, and meat. When the kids see them they get excited

I also couldn't live without the cupholder on my stroller! My PLaytex hip carrier - perfect for getting both kids to the car and carrying a bag or two! Lastly, anything made by 'Take and Toss,' there forks are the best, the cups are great for taking outside, and I don't stress over losing them.

 

I am in love with the little S hooks that BRU sells. You attach them to the stroller handlebar and you can attach your diaper bag and any other bags onto it. They are really strong!

 

Backyardagains- for those bad days when I can't get anything done

Pediasure- so Jessy actually gained weight

gerber sippy lids that fit on the little gerber juices http://www.babiestravellite.com/Merchant2/...oduct_Code=GRSL

Take and toss meal sets(comes with a cup, a fork, a spoon, a tabletopper and a bib)

nuby cups

overnight diapers

Here is the link for water bottle lids http://www.babiestravellite.com/Merchant2/...uct_Code=LTBWSC

 

I found the water bottle toppers at Walgreen's today after reading your post. Gerber is making them. They were $3.49 for a two pack and look like the same thing!!!

1. Podee bottles (couldn't have made it through the first year without them)
2. Baby Einstein videos (I know..... bad mommy!)
3. My family!!!!

Crystal

 

My Valco Twin Runabout! I am free to do whatever I want with all three of my kids in tow. The bumbos when they were smaller, FIsher price laugh and learn home, and my pentax K10D camera. That should be it. Oh yeah, and my husband sometimes...

 

BUBBLES!!! We've been going through gallons of the stuff around here lately. :laughing:

-Kimberly

 

Just lately--our Juicer. We can make the girls healthy drinks in the AM with strawberries, grapes and apples; then DH and I throw in all kinds of veggies and ginger for ourselves. Also, our Magic Bullet. The girls have been eating smoothies for dessert for a long time now. In the winter there's a lot of fruit/berries that you can't get here so we just throw frozen ones in and they still get their nutrition. Hate cleaning the juicer though. I wish it could all go in the dishwasher.

 

We absolutely love our handheld shower sprayer. It makes bath time so easy and quick, especially if you have girls with long hair!

 

I agree with the Magic Erasers - I don't think I could live without them.

 

For us? BABY EINSTEIN video's.

It is a ritual that they watch them before bed. It winds them down...
We have 5 that we rotate!

 

Pizza cutter (for cutting sandwiches, quesadillas, pizzas, chicken fingers...)
Snack Traps (don't use them anymore, but they were awesome!)
OXO peeler (for peeling fruit quickly and effortlessly)

 

I completely agree about the kitchen scissors! I have the ones from Pampered Chef and could live with out it! It even cuts through those impossible hard plastic things that electronics come in.

I also love my can opener. It is one that cuts around the outside of the top, making it easy to close again and doesn't leave sharp edges. Plus, it is a breeze to use and requires almost no elbow grease.

My number one "gadget" that I couldn't live without is my cell phone. We don't even have a land-line at our house because we use our cell phones for everything. It helps that DH works for Sprint so we get unlimited everything really cheap.

 

Baby Einstien...my kids disco globe with lighted stars (they cant live without them)...sippie cups, cars and MAGIC ERASERS!!!!!! (I have a crayon wielding child)

 

I'm loving the big bag (purse) trend, I don't use a diaper bag anymore, I just throw whatever I need for them in by big bag and move on... that reminds me, I should ebay my diaper bag!

 

Baby Einstein Video's when they were still babies and toddlers...with the portable DVD player that went EVERYWHERE with us. Kept them from screaming in the car, quiet at weddings, entertained on long trips. They are how I was able to get to the bathroom, get a shower, make a meal. LOVE them.

Now at age four, we love the SoftPLay felt books for car travel and special entertainment.

I love my Cutco Peeler. I lost it for a while once and thought I would go mad trying to use a cheaper one. ARGHH!

My Bigger House. We had a very small house when the girls were born (not expecting twins at all!) and were able to purchase a very large one when they were about one. Just haviing different rooms that I can put them in when they get bored with the one they are in is a bigger deal then you might imagine!!

And one more, my Mini Van. I had a Station Wagon for a while and that was fine too, but now with three kids, I love having all that SPACE!!

 

My minivan.
Freezies.
Backyardagains/Noggin (519 on my cable box )
And my wagon with the two seats and seatbelts. (http://radioflyer.stores.yahoo.net/raflpaplwa.html)
My debit card to make paying for shopping with all the kids easier at checkout.

 

I just got a new DVD which we love.
It's called "Boo", or maybe "Where's Boo" it's a show from England for under 4 year olds. I love it because the episodes are short under 15 minutes so they can watch it while we get dinner ready or load up the car, or do their hair in the morning, and not want to not go because it's not over yet and not be watching too much tv, there are 7 different episodes on the DVD, the language is very clear and I think they have learned many new words from it, it's fun-like a hide and seek game, and it's educational, each one is in a different enviroment. And best of all, they LOVE it. I got it for 5 dollars at Walmart.



I also love our juicer. But agree it's a pain to clean!

 

Single-serving tupperwares -- we have at least a dozen. I serve most of the girls' food in them (no separate toddler dishes!) plus use them to save leftovers in the fridge. As a plus, the girls love to play with them as stacking cups.

Larger tupperwares that we use to store all those Little People and other toys.

Ziploc bags. I don't even have a diaper bag, I just keep a few diapers and a travel pack of wipes in a ziploc in my purse.

Take & toss sippy cups and spoons/forks -- we don't toss them (I'd hate to throw away that much plastic), but the girls seem to like them just fine and they're so much cheaper than other kinds!

Milk delivery from the local dairy -- we never, ever run out of milk.

Costco membership.

 

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Milk delivery from the local dairy -- we never, ever run out of milk.


I didn't know you could still get milk delivered in some places! Do you live in a rural area? We have a "local dairy," (or at least a distribution center) but it is smack-dab in the middle of the city, not a farm or anything. I would LOVE to have milk delivered. You can't imagine how often DH has to stop on his way home from work to pick some up.

 

Podee bottles
dual screen dvd player in my car
Backyardagans dvd
twinstuff friends :friends:
my cell phone

 

My Watch.

Before having the boys, i never even owned a watch, now i can't live without it. It tells me exactly what i should be doing every moment of the day.

 

Nursing Pillows - not just for nursing anymore.

At first I could not do without my double nursing pillow. I carried it everywhere and attached it to the stroller.

When the babes got bigger, I didn't use it as much when we double nursed but then when they started learning to sit, I put one around each of them with a pile of toys in the middle. (By then I had picked up two inexpensive single nursing pillows.

Now I use them to pad extra hard stuff like around the base of the toilet and near the bath tub. The babes play while I take a bath.

I wonder if I will find another use for them as the babes learn to walk etc?

 

TiVo! Having a wealth of kid-friendly TV at our disposal has been invaluable, never having to scramble for the right DVD or hoping that Noggin' hasn't already switched over to "the N" right in the middle of meltdown time.