DC Diaper Dispatch: The Mercedes of Baby Swings

Even though we still have 4 1/2 months to go until the arrival of Baby D, Adam and I are getting started on making sure we have everything we need for the baby. Those who know us well, won't be surprised that we're starting so early. |

This past week we received two awesome baby essentials in the mail. Great Grandma (GG) Kathy called me the other week and said she wanted to buy a swing for Baby D. Adam and I of course had already done the research on what swing we wanted and GG told us to send the link and she would purchase! Adam and I knew this would be a great swing, but it wasn't until it arrived in the mail the other day when Adam coined it the "Mercedes of Baby Swings." This swing is absolutely phenomenal. You can either plug it in or use batteries, it swings both side to side and front to back, and it has two different positions for the baby to sit in. Also, it plays 16 songs (6 playtime, 6 lullaby) and 4 different nature sounds. If this wasn't enough, it has a rotating mobile and a star light show that plays on the canopy. Yes, you heard me right...a light show that plays on a canopy! You can't make this stuff up. THANK YOU GG!!!

For Christmas, Grandma and Grandpa Donat gave Adam and me a generous monetary gift to use towards Baby D. Adam and I decided this was the perfect time to buy a stroller. After lots of research and window shopping, we found the perfect one. As most strollers these days, this is a stroller/car seat combo that will grow with Baby D until s/he is 50 pounds. Adam and I currently don't plan to use the stroller too much in the first few months (we mainly want to use slings and carriers for bonding purposes), but I'm sure there will be days when this stroller really comes in handy. We'll definitely take full advantage of it when Baby D gets a little older. We also went ahead and ordered a second car seat adapter thingy (yeah, I don't know what the official name it for it and I'm too lazy to go look at the box), so Adam and I can easily put the car seat in either car on any given day. THANK YOU GRANDMA AND GRANDPA DONAT!!!