50 Clever Parenting Products to Help Streamline Busy Days

The Nuby Turtle is a sweet, easy way to keep your baby comfortably contained in the sink for bathing sessions. Your baby will love being cradled while they get clean, too. The cushion does take a few hours to dry out, but that’s more than a fair trade, considering how soft and pliable the baby bath is.

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There are few baby products as convenient as the Doona stroller and car seat. It’s essentially an all-in-one car seat with legs and wheels that attaches to a latch base in the car or fastens with a belt. And it consistently ranks among the best in our stroller testing.

The Doona is suitable for babies between 5 and 35 pounds and up to 32 inches tall. It features a five-point harness, an adjustable handlebar that acts as an anti-rebound bar, three-layer side impact protection, and a generous canopy.

Sometimes, parenting means rocking a stroller back and forth for so long that it feels as though your arm will fall off—or you'll get seasick. The Rockit solves that problem. It clicks onto your stroller's handle, vibrates, and rocks the stroller for you.

One of the most advanced monitors on the market, the Nanit Pro does just about everything. The wearable band tracks breathing, the camera monitors movement, and the smart sheets track baby’s growth. All the controls run through your device, and the Pro is compatible with iOS, Android, Kindle Fire, or Echo Show.

The camera is super high definition (1080p HD) and captures color, even in low light. The two-way speaker allows you to talk to your baby, calming them without being in the room.

If you're gifting a playard to a new family, you can't do better than the UppaBaby Remi playard. It's a crawl-out, easy-fold playard that is one of the most durable on the market. The playard mattress pad is designed to be breathable and easy to clean.

Baby Bjorn is the OG bouncer and a favorite for good reason. It does exactly what it's supposed to do without complicating things. It's a sturdy, easy-to-clean baby bouncer that holds baby comfortably while you get some work done.

I love babies more than most, and I spend a ton of time with them. I am fully aware at the horrors that they routinely release from their bodies. No one needs that smell to linger. Thankfully, the Simple Human diaper can keeps those smells hidden. And unlike many other diaper cans, it uses regular trash bags.

Wearable breast pumps are the easiest way to pump milk. You’re not tied to a machine, and you don’t need to strip off your top. Just insert this Elvie pump into your bra, control it from your phone, and collect the milk.

It’s a hospital-grade pump, which means the suction is powerful. Thanks to the exterior motor, it’s light in your bra, not weighing it down or damaging it. The Stride is a great solution for working parents or parents with small kids they need to chase around.

For years, baby carriers were hot, sweaty affairs, offering little in the way of breathability. Those days are long gone, thanks to Ergo. The Omni Breeze baby carrier is not only the most breathable carrier on the market, but it’s ready to go as soon as your baby is born, without additional inserts or contraptions.

It has a tuck-away UPF hood to protect baby’s sensitive skin. It’s machine-washable, and it even has an attachable bag for added convenience. Our tester noted that it’s incredibly comfortable to wear, which is saying a lot because she had a C-section just a month earlier.

The Hatch Rest+ is the best overall white noise machine for many reasons. First, it’s easy to control via an app on your phone. Second, it has great sounds with a realistic quality — the rain sounds like, well, rain, not some tinny recording. It’s portable (most white noise machines are not) and has an eight-hour battery life, so you can move it to wherever baby is resting.

The Rest+ doubles as a nightlight, but you control the color and brightness. Finally, it has a ready-to-wake function that gradually increases the light to wake baby up gently.

These simple bottles are easily some of the best baby products you can invest in. New moms and dads love these silicone bottles for how easy they are to clean and feed baby with. Because the interior and exterior are silicone, nothing sticks to them, even formula that you may have forgotten for a few days.

This plush is more than just a cute plaything for baby. The sweet elephant by Gund sings songs and plays peek-a-boo while his ears flap in rhythm. It’s comforting and silly at the same time. And because it’s from Gund, you know that it will last for years and years.

The Austlen Entourage 2.0 is a stroller in a class of its own. It's quite simply, a one-of-a-kind design that is truly built for suburban and rural living and travel. It's a single-to-double stroller that is also a single stroller with a sit-and-stand attachment, can accept most car seats with various adapters, and the wildest bit? It expands to hold bags, luggage, playards —whatever.

The weight limit on this bad boy is a cool 200 pounds, and even when the weight is maxed out, it's still a joy to push, thanks to the engineering and design that went into the chassis and wheels.

We're not going to sugar coat it — teething is the absolute worst. Getting babies to eat while they're teething can be impossible. But if you put some ice-cold fruit in this safety feeder from Frida, your baby gets relief and nourishment at the same time. And don't worry, it's made from medical grade silicone, and it's dishwasher safe.

This is a relief valve for your baby's butthole. Is it weird? Absolutely. Does it work? Hilariously well. And it’s easily one of the strangest, best baby products out there.

It really just lets them get it all out. If you have a baby who struggles with passing gas, this might be your best bet. It whistles when your kids pass the air, and that’s the sound of comfort.

There's something quite wonderful about only needing to buy something once. That is rarely the case with children, but with this car seat — it could be. It can be used from birth to age 10, converting from a rear-facing infant seat to a convertible car seat that rear and forward-facing, to a highback booster.

Our tester says, "If you're looking for value and longevity, it's hard to beat the One4Life convertible car seat. The ease with which it transitions between ages and sizes, going from rear-facing to forward-facing with just a few clicks, is truly impressive. Having additional conveniences like machine washable and dryable fabrics and dishwasher-safe cupholders is a dream. However, the true best feature is the safety components built into the car seat. The steel cage, the high-density foam, the V-shaped tether, and the ClickTight install all work together to keep your baby, toddler, and child safe."

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When your children are asleep and you need to take their temp but don’t want to disturb them by putting a probe where the sun doesn’t shine, having something like this infrared thermometer can prevent tantrums and interrupted Zs. Just hold it a few inches away, hit the button, and it registers your baby’s temperature in Fahrenheit or Celsius.

These safe water wipes contain nothing except pure H2O and a drop of fruit extract, which keeps them fresh. Use them on your baby’s tush or to clean up after messy meals. There are no harsh detergents to irritate, nor heavy fragrances to linger.

A major part of parenting is washing a seemingly endless rotation of bottles, jars, and containers. Make sure your tot’s products are squeaky clean with this four-piece brush set. The cute cactus design is far from the typical brush eyesore, and the draining container keeps them within arm’s reach.

From steaming fruits and veggies to blending them up into a perfectly smooth puree, this Baby Brezza handles it. This end-to-end food maker will cut down your prep time, so you can get back to bonding with your baby. With the touch of one button, you can steam and blend diced veggies or fruits — and boom, fresh baby food.

The controls are easy to understand, and they allow for different times of cooking and textures of the outcome. It's all done with just a few buttons, making it supremely convenient.