10 Most Useless Newborn Items

1)  Infant hairbrush.  When you are born with no hair, you have no need for a hairbrush.  My baldie boy didn't have enough hair to need to be brushed for months.

No hair for my hair brush.  Who can name that tune?

2)  Mittens.  I tried to use these when he was scratching the crap out of his face, but he would just suck on them anytime his hands were free and get them all wet and cold.  It was much easier to just swaddle him with his hands in a lot of the time.  This also kept him calm and helped him to sleep a little bit better.

3)  Cute baby shoes.  As adorable as they were on him, baby shoes served no actual purpose.

I'm a Cowboy Baby.  Anybody want to name that tune as well?

4)  Bottle warmer.  This was useless to me as I breastfed and even when I gave him bottles, it was just easier to heat it in warm water.  (I used Playtex nursers with the liners so they heated very fast in warm water.)  I really liked this bottle warmer though and if I had formula fed, it probably would have been a lot handier.


5)  Pack n play.  Since Destructo only slept in his swing for the first six months of his life, this was useless.  We do use this anytime we travel and occasionally for a ball pit though so not a total waste.  I have a feeling I am going to love it on vacation in two weeks.

Destructo in his ball pit jail

6)  Flannel receiving blankets.  They were just too small for me to do much with.  When I do use them, I would use them as burp rags.  (Side note, theAden by aden + anais swaddle blankets are well worth every penny they cost but that is in a post to come.)

7)  Crib bedding set.  Completely useless, but I don't regret getting it.  I put the quilt on the back of my rocking chair and it looks pretty.  I do love the matching lamp.  I also use the sheet and changing pad cover regularly.  Stay tuned for a Flashback Friday with pics from Destructo's nursery hopefully this Friday.


8)  Small drool bibs.  They were just useless.  Destructo wasn't a very drooly baby even when teething.  Plus they are too small for eating.  But they were cute so I guess they served some purpose.

Chick Magnet

9)  Rocking chair.  I have a Shermag glider with a matching ottoman.  It is the single most useful thing I have right now.  But the first six plus months of his life, I almost never used it at all.  So I recommend getting one, but it isn't anything you need to have immediately at the baby's birth.  (Oh and Babies R Us has them on Black Friday sales for 149 and I love the Shermag brand.)


10)  Bumbo and other seats like it.
He just never liked sitting in it very much.  I loved it at the daycare when I had multiple babies to take care of at once, but with just Destructo, I never really used it much.

So what items did you guys find totally useless when your babies were newborns?  Be on the lookout next Tuesday for the top ten newborn items I most highly recommend.

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