Hey y’all! What a productive day this Monday has been. It’s the best feeling in the world when you make it through the majority of your to-do list for work and for around the house! I asked y’all a couple of weeks ago for blog Q&A requests, and so many of them were about Olivia. 🙂 I am going to try to start doing these kinds of posts once a month or so, sharing all of my faves on here. I’m also going to be sharing her 6 month update post either this week or next. I’ll be sharing her schedule, how we started sleep training and naps, transitioning from her swaddle, and all that fun stuff!
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Favorite toys
She loves anything that makes noise/sounds, plays music, lights up, and is colorful. She is starting to crawl/scoot so I love placing toys in front of her to encourage her to move.
Here favorites are:
Sophie the giraffe (she loves the squeaky sounds and loves to chew on it!), her unicorn stuffed animal (only $15!!) (love to clip this onto her car seat and stroller) her banana tooth brush in pink, her links (love to hook these on her stroller and car seat), this musical piano (loves to play with this one the floor), and this musical bee toy (so good for babies who are starting to crawl – she loves trying to catch it!).
favorite teething toys:
The banana tooth brush that I mentioned above is great for teething, and we also love these teething keys (you can put in the fridge), this pink hewing hand mitt, and just a good old cold wash rag from the fridge.
My Fave Places to Shop for Baby Clothes
I am going to do a blog post (hopefully soon) sharing all of the fall pieces that she will be wearing. I just got a huge package from Tea Collection last week and am OBSESSED with their fall clothes. I got her a few long sleeve rompers, new pajamas, and a couple dresses + leggings sets. Tea Collection is hands-down my fave place to shop for her because the quality is unbeatable. It is a little more pricey, but wash after wash they look amazing and brand-new. I shared her in this pink romper over the weekend and y’all loved it! 🙂
I just ordered a bunch of stuff from Gymboree and their fall pieces for babies are soooo cute. Some of my faves that I ordered are this floral onesie & this little one piece! This light pink dress is one of my faves that I got and it’s over 50% off right now! I love one pieces, rompers, and onesies because they keep her covered and make her look like a baby! 🙂
I also love shopping at Nordstrom for baby clothes. I just ordered this little pumpkin bubble for her for this fall and I’m OBSESSED! They carry a couple of in-house brands that I love, and I love the prices. I get a lot of her baby stuff (toys, play mats, all that good stuff) from Nordstrom too. They also sell Tea Collection, so if I find something new for Olivia I just grab it while I’m shopping for myself online. 🙂 Nordstrom has the best return policy too, so if you’re worries about sizing Nordstrom is amazing (free returns and free return shipping).
Activity Center
We get a lot of questions about which activity center we have (I share it all the time on my stories). We have this activity center from skip hop and she loves it. I love how there’s extra room for her to play with other toys on it too. We use this bouncy seat too and she loves watching us workout while she sits in this. I also put her in it in my office to work on my computer and she will sit and play with her links or Sophie the Giraffe! 🙂
Jumper
I also get a ton of DMs about her jumper. She LOVES her jumper & I ordered it online from Walmart. We love it so much that my mom ordered the same one for her house! 🙂 Olivia jumps in it for at least 30 min to an hour and as long as she can see me, she’s a happy camper.
Activity Mat
We have 2 activity mats for her – they’re both from SkipHop – this unicorn one and the farm-stand activity mat. I love both of them, but the farm-stand one is my favorite. I love the toys and the little lettuce pieces make a crunchy sound that she loves! 🙂
Her nursery/large monogram
I have a full blog post on her nursery with all of the details! 🙂
Hair Bows
These big hair bows from Etsy are my favorite. The headband is so soft & super stretchy – never leaves any dents on her head. I also love these hair bows from Nordstrom as they’re also very soft and stretchy – don’t leave marks either). One of those two bows are always on her head. 🙂 My fave is the solid white for both because they match basically every outfit that she wears! 🙂
Stroller + Car Seat
We’re still using the Nuna Pipa Lite Car Seat and the Nuna Mixx2 Stroller and we love them both! I LOVE this stroller organizer attachment for the stroller to hold my phone and our water bottles during walks.
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