PARENTS: Don't waste your $$....

Top 5 Wastes-of-Money:

5. Baby Teethers. Freeze Mini-Bagels or crinkle cut french fries and let them suck on these. Do not leave baby unattended though!

4. Organic Baby Food. It is so easy to boil most veggies and then puree in blender. Freeze in ice cube trays then bag in freezer safe bags. When you are ready to use either pull out a few cubes and let set at room temp or microwave until thawed (careful with the temp) Easy Peasy and you will save your Mooolah.

3. RoBeez for non-walking infants. Thick socks are best until they scoot around and then Robeez are great, they don't slip off as much as others. When baby starts walking...Switch to hard soled shoes like stride-rite.

2. Baby Bumpers for the crib. They looks soooo cute and they match everything, but they are a waste of $. Research shows that babies with crib bumpers are more likely to fall victim to SIDS. Also parents...invest in sleepers, do not put blankets in crib with baby. If you think they are cold while sleeping dress them warmer!

1. Bumbo Seat, they are great for about 1 month until your child pops out of them and hits the floor. Instead buy 2-3 boppys and prop them up. Boppys don't only work great for this, they are great pillows for mom/dad and baby when baby is sitting up alone.

DO SPEND ON THESE:

BOPPY'S
BABY SLEEPERS UP TO AGE 2
DESITIN CREAMY DIAPER OINTMENT (not store brand)
AQUAPHOR BALM
THICK SOCKS
CONVERTABLE CRIBS
ONESIE EXTENDERS
BABY-PROOFING
BABY BOUNCERS/WALKERS

Things I would Rather do than Listen Mainstream Radio

• Mow my neighbor's lawn
• Clean the cat box
• Drink beer off the floor of the floor at Kelly's Irish Times
• Watch someone's children
• Pay $10 to watch a cover band
• Be a roadie for Eddies band
• Shave my crotch with a weedeater and gin
• Read every edition of Woman's World
• Watch the first 6 seasons of Oprah on DVD
• Enjoy my blogs
• Meet the president of Justin Timberlake's fan club
• Sew a tarp by hand
• Try giving myself an appendectomy
• Read the screenplay for How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days
• Wrestle a crocodile with one arm behind my back
• Learn to crochet
• Make an Alaskan ice tea with the liquid from a porta potty
• Watch paint dry
• Count the number of circles on the carpet in my doctor's waiting room
• Shop at Giant
• Watch a NASCAR event on tape delay
• View streaming porn with dial up internet
• Rotate the air in my tires
• Drink from a hotel swimming pool
• Pick a fight with Arnold
• Watch golf on television
• Attend a Catholic wedding
• Run a marathon in flip flops
• Drink a coffee from McDonald's
• Run a boarding house
• Crawl into a sleeping bag with a mongoose
• Remix a John Tesh album
• Go to the dentist
• Pluck my nose hairs
• Try on pants
• Attend a Colorado football game
• Ride a cheetah
• Inhale burning tires
• Wear a visor in public
• Contract head lice
• Fill out an online survey
• Go camping in the Everglades
• Start a daycare
• Join a cheerleading squad
• Climb an active volcano
• Attend a rodeo
• Go hunting
• Watch every movie starring David Spade and Dana Carvey
• Repaint my house with watercolors
• Get a third job
• Dance to T Pain
• Drive to Hawaii
• Churn butter
• Attend a Linkin Park concert
• Host a Mary Kay party
• Hang out at the country club
• Be a part of a test group
• Participate in a mass suicide
• Foster a lion
• Search for Noah's ark
• Stop by the A&T store
• Breast feed a badger
• Have my picture taken at a porn shop on Sunday morning
• Be interviewed from prison
• Jury duty
• Attend a self help seminar
• Master the art of bird calling
• Judge a spelling bee
• Count the hairs on my cat
• Pet a burning dog
• Wear a hat made of live spiders
• Watch my air purifier in action
• Watch a baseball game in slow motion
• Form an AC/DC tribute band
• Start an ant farm
• Paddle a canoe to work
• Shop for curtains
• Smoke weed from an oil can
• Watch the Tony Awards
• Blow dry my hair in the bathtub

And who is responsible for the Jonas Brothers...

...horrible "music"?

Parents.

BAD Music BAD:

1.) Jonas Brother or any 'band' with their picture on bed sheets.

2.) Miley Cyrus or anyone who is famous because their parent(s) had a hit back in the day.

3.) Britney Spears.

4.) Barney.

5.) Any child who has their own Disney Channel show.

GOOD Music GREAT:

1.) Meredith Brookes - If I Could Be... (engaging, interactive, and fun)

2.)The Bad Goods - Green Album (Adult friendly fun kids music of many different genres)

3.)They Might Be Giants (careful with these guys, they have children's music and adult music)

4.)Milkshake-Bottle of Sunshine (variety, fun AND depth)

5.)Crib Rock-Full Metal Diaper (Rock your baby!! instrumental versions of 80's metal and hard rock that are child friendly)

I found all of these albums (except They Might Be Giants) on http://www.cdbaby.com/ . All respectable substitutes for the Good-Music Parent.