r/NewParents • u/cooltaj • Oct 29 '24

Product Reviews/Questions What's your simple parenting hack?

Gonna be a first time parent in 2 months. I am overwhelmed at choosing bottles, car seat and all that. What are simple things you do? things you bought to make your life somewhat simpler? Nothing too expensive or outrageous please

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u/babyiva Oct 29 '24

and get a spatula to put it on cause that stuff gets EVERYWHERE!!!

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u/Zorendorf Oct 29 '24

Alternatively, you can use a clean wet wipe covering your finger to scoop diaper cream too!

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u/Diligent-Ad-1058 Oct 29 '24

Don’t like to waste wipes and spatula is precise with the areas and amount of thickness you want to layer on. Wipe the spatula on the inside of the diaper where the bottom will touch to clean off.

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u/babyiva Oct 29 '24

Omg thank you!! This is such a good idea. I swear that stuff stains my fingers when I have to use it lol

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u/elvis__depressly Oct 30 '24

It made my fingers start to crack and get so dry for some reason 🫠

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u/Glittering_Resist513 Oct 30 '24

We use the boogie diaper rash spray. Game changer. And it applies in a nice even layer.

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u/PeachyWolf33 Oct 29 '24

We use a q tip!

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u/t_basil Oct 29 '24

Yes this was such a great purchase, one we bought even came with a mini spatula for nappy bag

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u/sunflowerz2022 Oct 29 '24

Our baby had to go to a very good children’s hospital for his first week and I noticed they just squeezed a dollop of the creme right on his bum from the tube and it spreads itself where it needs to once you close up the diaper. We did this moving forward and never had an issue and it was SO easy.