LiteMax NXT Infant Car Seat with SensorySoothe

For us it’s a coin toss when we get in the car. Sometimes my baby is chill and sometimes he screams the entire time. The happy song by Imogen Heap works sometimes. He is 4 months and we have the evenflo LiteMax NXT infant seat with the sensory soothe bar. The white noise and lights sometimes help. I have no idea why he hates it sometimes and likes it others. Babies are so weird

I love my evenflo pivot xpand system! Sooo nice to have something that just comes all in one box, compatible, don't have to think about it. The toddler seat converts to a bassinet so you have all the options and it turns into a double. Got it for $500 on boxing Day and it's been great. My sister has had hers for 6 years and it's still going strong.

Evenflo pivot xpand is a great system for car seat/stroller and well within your budget. My must haves: Oogie bear (to pick boogers. Daughter is almost 2 and I use it daily). Baby Bjorn bouncer (we got a used one for $75) Jolly jumper bumerang pillow (it's the best BF/holding your baby pillow and I'll die on this hill, I tried like 10). My daughter was bottle fed (breast milk and formula) and we gave cold milk/formula from day one and it made being on the go much easier. That's my tip if you go the bottle route. One random thing my husband got me was a qeepsake membership for a year. It sounded so silly but now that I have the book from her first year I am so glad I did it. That obviously is just a random nice to have because I am far too lazy to ever scrapbook myself lol

I really love my evenflo xpand stroller. If you plan to have more, it a really great stroller/car seat combo.

I get most of my kid’s clothes from once upon a child. It’s a reselling place, it takes time to search for good stuff but the prices are amazing and worth the time! Other than that, we buy a few things here and there from Old Navy and Osh Kosh. Kids/babies need a week’s worth of clothes in my opinion, we do their laundry once a week. Ie. maybe 10 body suits, 6-7 pairs of pants, a sweater or two, 10 sleepers and socks. That’s all that babies wear for the first 6+ months. They don’t need much, do some research and make a list to avoid over buying and over spending. In terms of car seats/strollers, we have the Eve Flo pivot expand and matching car seat for our kids, we love it. I definitely recommend a car seat that attaches to a stroller, you won’t want to wake a sleeping baby to go into the store! If mom is breast feeding, you won’t need much. I highly recommend a hand pump to help with supply. If you plan on breastfeeding, my #1 advice is to buy pre-mixed liquid formula before the baby is born. Milk takes time to come in and Shopper’s isn’t open at midnight when the baby is screaming and everyone’s crying. Have a bottle and formula ready just in case. If you don’t need it, liquid pre-mixed formula makes great baby pancakes when baby starts eating food. Hope this all helps! Good luck! Parenthood is amazing but also scary and hard, take care of yourselves too!