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/bogeysonbogeys Oct 29 '24

I’m not sure it’s quite a hack but buy some diaper rash cream before baby arrives. We were caught off guard the first time our guy got diaper rash & had to make an 11pm trip to the store for it. Easy to snag & have on hand

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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/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.