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Buying the right stuff as a new parent is tough. Buying the right things for a new parent? Even harder.
There’s just way, way too much junk out there marketed at new parents. A lot of it seems useful until you realize it’s just taking up space.
As it turns out, Team TechCrunch had a lot of babies this year. Really — backstage at TechCrunch Disrupt SF was like a lil’ temporary nursery. I chatted with the new moms and dads of TechCrunch (past and present) to figure out the things that helped them the most in the early months.
We won’t get into things like carriers and car seats and strollers; those are pretty personal, and there’s no one-size-fits-all recommendation. Instead we focused on the things that surprised us with their usefulness. Some of them aren’t necessarily marketed toward parents, but make their lives easier. Some are things they didn’t think they’d need, but ended up using on the daily.
Here are some of the things that came up most:
Headrest mirror
Age range: Until the baby is moved to a forward-facing car seat.
For the first stretch …read more
Source:: TechCrunch Gadgets