A friend asked me this today and my answer was Merry Muscles. It's a little jumper designed by an occupational therapist to help with muscle development and coordination. When my daughter was smaller, she spent more time in it than she does now, since she's now more interested in crawling, but when she was tiny, I hung hooks in every doorway of my house and moved the jumper around to whatever room I was in. I still use it in the doorway of my bathroom to, you guessed it, take a shower. I put her in and sing Old McDonald while she dances and I have an awesome long, hot shower. Win, win.
They're made in Canada and are still in the same packaging from the 70s, when they were probably first designed, but are adjustable (you let seams out as the baby grows), made of baby body-hugging cloth and have a metal ring at the top to prevent head bonking on doorways.
http://www.merrymuscles.com/
Peltor Junior Earmuffs are made to protect little ears at concerts, sporting events, on planes, etc. I just ordered a pair for my daughter after attending an outdoor concert last week. The music was too loud for her sensitive ears and I was wishing I had a pair of these cute ear muffs. Available on Amazon.com (Obsessed Moms gets a small percentage if you buy through this link) Peltor Junior Earmuff
Several friends have decked their little one out in one of these amber teething necklaces. I've always admired them, but it only recently occurred to me, after 4 sleepless teething nights, to get one for my daughter. I got this lemon-colored, clear necklace, but they come in colors from black to orange to yellow. Check out the selection on Etsy.
The Nosefrida may look weird, but man does it work. Compared to those bulb-aspirators, it really does the job. My husband calls me the "Booger hunter" when I use it, because I am always able to get whatever is lurking inside my daughter's nasal passages out, with a minor fuss on her part. The tube only goes on the outside of the nostril as opposed to a bulb-aspirator, which makes it more baby friendly.
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