Classically Abby - 14 Amazon Items I LOVE As A Stay-At-Home Mom and Homemaker!

00:00:00.000 Today, I want to share some of my favorite Amazon items as a homemaker and a stay-at-home mom.

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00:00:23.180 I've got quite a long list of things that I love from Amazon.

00:00:27.060 I get a lot of really amazing items from Amazon for our home, for our son,

00:00:33.020 that help me run my home well as a homemaker and that are really useful with having my baby.

00:00:39.380 So I'm really excited to share these with you.

00:00:41.260 The wonderful thing about Amazon is that shipping is so fast and there are easy returns, right?

00:00:45.360 We can all appreciate it.

00:00:47.180 So I want to share some of my favorites with you.

00:00:49.860 This is just a few of them.

00:00:51.320 There are quite a few more.

00:00:53.440 And of course, you don't need everything on this list.

00:00:55.360 These are just some things that I really enjoy that I find make my life easier.

00:00:59.260 So let's just get started.

00:01:00.980 So first off, let's start with the homemaking category.

00:01:03.760 So my first thing I want to talk about is three things that are all kind of in the same section,

00:01:08.240 and that has to do with my calendar, with my schedule.

00:01:12.100 So if you saw my last video, I talked about how important it is to have a schedule as a homemaker

00:01:17.960 and learn how to be good at time management.

00:01:20.800 So one of the ways that I do that is I use a paper calendar,

00:01:23.340 and I wanted to share the calendar that I use, the pens that I use, and one additional bonus item.

00:01:29.280 So the calendar that I use is this one right here.

00:01:32.520 I will have everything linked in the description box below.

00:01:35.680 So if you are interested in checking it out yourself, you can go ahead and click the link.

00:01:39.820 But this calendar is great for me.

00:01:42.680 I personally like having my monthly view, and then I have a weekly calendar.

00:01:47.420 And in this calendar that I have, in this schedule, it separates it by to-do list,

00:01:51.820 and then it kind of gives you space to create a schedule.

00:01:55.640 So for me, that's perfect.

00:01:57.060 Every day I need to have a to-do list of things I need to get done,

00:01:59.820 and then I have next to it how I'm going to organize that over the course of the day.

00:02:03.560 So this brings me to the next thing I think is really necessary, which is erasable pens.

00:02:09.060 I use erasable pens.

00:02:10.700 I saw these recommended by another YouTuber named Shea Whitney, and they are the Friction brand.

00:02:17.220 They are awesome.

00:02:18.340 I love them.

00:02:19.100 Now, the reason they are important to me is because my schedule will change 10 times over the course of the day,

00:02:24.720 and I need to be able to write an initial schedule, erase when things change, and rewrite.

00:02:30.160 And these work perfectly.

00:02:31.800 They come in 0.7 millimeters and 0.5 millimeters.

00:02:34.760 I am a fine-tipped pen girl, so I like the 0.5 millimeter one.

00:02:38.740 And they come in a bunch of different colors.

00:02:41.240 I think they work super well, and they give me flexibility when I'm writing out my schedule.

00:02:45.440 So the last thing I'm going to mention here that I think makes it even better,

00:02:48.780 and I haven't actually put this in my most recent calendar, but I should, is a pen loop holder.

00:02:54.600 So what you can do is this has a sticky back.

00:02:56.720 You put it on the back page of your calendar, and then on the side of your calendar,

00:03:01.020 there's a loop for you to slip your pen into.

00:03:03.180 I love this.

00:03:04.180 It makes it so much easier.

00:03:05.180 I can always have a pen, and I know where it is, and I don't lose it.

00:03:08.740 And they come in packs, so you can buy packs of these little sticky pen loop holders,

00:03:13.960 and they just are great for any notebook, for any calendar.

00:03:17.440 The next item I want to talk about is this paper towel holder.

00:03:21.220 So I used to have a paper towel holder just right on the countertop,

00:03:24.740 and it would get pretty gross on the bottom because it was next to the sink,

00:03:28.160 and then when water would come out of the sink, it would stain the area on the countertop.

00:03:32.820 And I like also having cleaner countertops if possible because that gives me more room to work.

00:03:37.540 So I found this amazing paper towel holder that you can just stick onto your cabinet,

00:03:42.580 whether it be underneath or on the side.

00:03:44.440 For us, it's better on the side.

00:03:46.240 And we can put our paper towels on it, and it saves us room on the countertop

00:03:50.780 as well as gives us a really pretty addition to our kitchen.

00:03:54.620 Another addition to my kitchen, which I've been loving, is a vegetable chopper.

00:03:59.300 For a long time, I thought these were overhyped. I didn't really get the point.

00:04:03.280 And then I was thinking to myself, because I was chopping a lot of vegetables for vegetable soup,

00:04:07.160 you know, it would save me time, especially with something like onions,

00:04:09.820 if I could just slap chop.

00:04:12.040 Mine isn't the slap chop. I know that's a thing.

00:04:13.860 But it's kind of like a slap chop.

00:04:15.640 I think that's what that thing's called,

00:04:17.280 where you basically put the whatever vegetable you want chopped into the little thingamajig,

00:04:23.480 and you slap it, and it comes through, and it's completely chopped for you.

00:04:26.860 It's a lot faster, and we can do a ton of different vegetables really quickly.

00:04:31.280 I love this thing. I use it for chopping vegetables.

00:04:34.000 I've used it for chopping up herbs, and I've even used it to make, like, thin french fries.

00:04:39.360 So I really recommend checking something like this out if you do a lot of chopping in your kitchen.

00:04:43.880 I don't find it very hard to clean.

00:04:45.360 I know some people think it's harder to clean than a knife,

00:04:47.660 but I think it's still much faster than chopping a bunch of vegetables.

00:04:51.840 Okay, now let's talk about floor care, okay?

00:04:55.200 So there's a couple of different things I've gotten from Amazon that I love.

00:04:59.160 One is the Swiffer WetJet.

00:05:01.040 Now, I keep the Swiffer WetJet not to do my entire house or my entire floor,

00:05:04.820 but this kind of crosses over into mom life category, into my mom life category.

00:05:10.060 But I use it for smaller messes around the house, especially around my son's high chair.

00:05:14.840 I like having a little mop that I can use really quickly to mop up any wet messes

00:05:19.860 and keep the floor clean in between major cleanups.

00:05:24.700 I will say, do not get the lavender-scented cleaning solution.

00:05:28.160 We tried that because it was highly recommended by the internet,

00:05:31.800 and it smelled like dirty diapers.

00:05:33.600 It smelled really bad.

00:05:35.320 Once I switched over to the Gain scent, we've had no issues,

00:05:37.840 but we like having the Swiffer WetJet on hand.

00:05:40.980 It's just a nice, easy thing for quick cleanups.

00:05:43.540 For bigger cleanups and something that I use every week,

00:05:46.620 I recommend the Bissell CrossWave, and we have the cordless version.

00:05:50.460 This is a pricey investment, but I love it because it is a mop and a vacuum in one.

00:05:55.480 So I can do my entire house in one go.

00:05:58.140 The only thing I'll recommend with something like this is that it can be gross to clean up.

00:06:02.220 So I recommend using a pair of plastic gloves,

00:06:05.580 just disposable plastic gloves while you're doing the process of cleaning it

00:06:10.040 because then you don't feel so gross touching it

00:06:11.880 because you have to clean out the tank, and it has dirty water.

00:06:14.740 It's going to have hair or whatever else you gathered up from around the house,

00:06:17.860 and it can feel disgusting to touch that with your bare hands.

00:06:20.640 I recommend using just disposable gloves so that you can do the cleanup process

00:06:25.000 and not feel so messy afterwards.

00:06:27.540 But we have loved it.

00:06:28.880 It does a great job on our floors, and it does it all in one go.

00:06:32.080 Last but not least, and I don't know if this falls under Homemaker.

00:06:35.340 It's really more random, but I wanted to mention it, is shower brushes.

00:06:38.820 We use washcloths or whatever else to wash our bodies,

00:06:43.460 but my husband ordered these shower brushes, and I love them.

00:06:47.740 I use the softer side.

00:06:48.820 There's one side that's softer.

00:06:50.480 There's one side that's more exfoliating.

00:06:52.360 The softer side works for me, and I just really like the feel of it.

00:06:55.500 It's very cleanly.

00:06:57.020 It feels very good on the skin, and it has a very long handle,

00:07:02.220 so you can get to your back and stuff.

00:07:03.860 And I just really recommend them.

00:07:06.500 They make your shower experience a lot nicer.

00:07:09.140 Okay, now let's move on to category number two,

00:07:11.460 which is mom recommendations, mom life recommendations.

00:07:15.260 If you are not a mom, well, thank you so much for watching.

00:07:17.980 Goodbye.

00:07:19.200 If you are a mom, then continue watching,

00:07:21.840 because these are some good recommendations.

00:07:24.140 But the first thing I want to talk about are the I Am A Blank books.

00:07:28.100 If you have a boy, these books are top tier.

00:07:31.660 My son loves them.

00:07:33.080 I think there's five or six in the series.

00:07:35.340 They're in the shape of trucks.

00:07:36.980 So we have I Am A Garbage Truck.

00:07:38.660 I Am A Fire Truck.

00:07:39.980 They even have ones that are not actually just trucks.

00:07:42.580 They have I Am A Zamboni Machine, and I Am A Train. 0.64

00:07:47.140 We also have I Am A Dump Truck.

00:07:49.500 Those are the five that we have.

00:07:51.060 My son loves them.

00:07:52.700 They're in the shape of trucks, and there's not a lot of words,

00:07:55.480 but there are many pictures, and he just adores it.

00:07:58.500 He brings me those books all the time

00:07:59.840 and has me read them to him over and over and over.

00:08:02.020 And a lot of this is because children around this age,

00:08:04.740 they want to see things in books that they see in real life.

00:08:08.040 They don't want to see stuff that's like imaginary.

00:08:10.480 They're not as interested.

00:08:11.640 So this for them is a really good way to interact with reading and the world.

00:08:16.980 So he loves these books.

00:08:18.660 I recommend them.

00:08:19.700 Number two is this bubble maker.

00:08:22.300 Now, most kids love bubbles.

00:08:24.720 They're super fun.

00:08:25.520 And I wanted to find one of the bubble makers that would be,

00:08:28.800 you know, that makes a ton of bubbles and that would actually work well

00:08:31.200 because some of them don't.

00:08:32.400 This one was very cute.

00:08:33.600 It's in the shape of a dolphin or a shark,

00:08:35.580 and it makes a ton of bubbles.

00:08:38.160 My son loves it.

00:08:39.420 He really enjoys it when we set it up,

00:08:41.480 and it's just dependable.

00:08:43.160 The next item I want to talk about are these baby plates.

00:08:45.700 They're silicone baby plates with dividers,

00:08:47.760 but really the big thing is that they have great suction.

00:08:50.340 If your toddler is like mine,

00:08:52.340 he is throwing his plate on the floor constantly,

00:08:55.400 which makes a huge mess.

00:08:56.800 So suction cups are very important.

00:08:59.480 These plates are a great option

00:09:00.820 because they stick so firmly to the high chair.

00:09:03.660 And I will say we didn't used to use dividers with his food

00:09:06.740 because we didn't want him to get worried about things touching.

00:09:09.140 But now that we're not worried about that,

00:09:12.660 we like having the dividers

00:09:14.180 because it gives him like three separate items,

00:09:16.920 protein, carbohydrates,

00:09:18.780 and some sort of fruit or vegetable.

00:09:20.740 So he's able to kind of negotiate his meals

00:09:24.780 by saying like, okay, I have three separate sections,

00:09:27.180 and it gives him the feeling that he's getting

00:09:29.600 to choose how he approaches his food.

00:09:32.080 So these have been great for us.

00:09:33.500 We really like them,

00:09:34.220 and they're dishwasher friendly,

00:09:35.240 which is always a bonus.

00:09:36.420 The next item is the tub cubby.

00:09:39.360 This was a purchase I made kind of spur of the moment

00:09:41.500 because my son has a lot of bath toys,

00:09:44.300 and they were just everywhere.

00:09:45.860 So I was like, you know what?

00:09:46.820 We need something that I can store his stuff in.

00:09:49.420 So I found the tub cubby.

00:09:51.020 It goes up on the wall of our bathtub slash shower,

00:09:53.780 and I'm able to grab out what I need

00:09:55.940 and grab out some toys

00:09:57.120 and then also keep things in storage

00:09:58.400 when people want to take showers

00:09:59.500 and they don't want to have baby toys 0.74

00:10:01.200 all over the bathtub.

00:10:02.820 It's a really great option.

00:10:04.440 It's really very sturdy,

00:10:06.100 and we really love it.

00:10:07.560 Next up is our standee.

00:10:09.820 So we have a kind of stool

00:10:12.100 that my son can use in the kitchen,

00:10:13.980 and it has walls and edges,

00:10:16.080 so it's a little safer.

00:10:16.980 We actually have one for when he's younger,

00:10:19.540 which has a bar in the back

00:10:20.720 because he could fall out when he was younger.

00:10:23.440 Now he's upgraded to something a little less protective

00:10:26.360 because he likes to be able to climb into it,

00:10:28.200 and the standee makes such a huge difference

00:10:30.020 because he can stand with me in the kitchen

00:10:31.560 and work with me.

00:10:32.760 If he doesn't want to sit in his high chair to eat,

00:10:35.120 he can stand at the counter and eat.

00:10:36.860 It's just a really great option

00:10:38.860 for getting him involved in the kitchen,

00:10:41.180 and I know he loves it.

00:10:42.600 So I would really recommend

00:10:43.900 if you don't have something like this in your kitchen,

00:10:46.400 checking something like this out.

00:10:47.780 Last but not least,

00:10:48.940 and I know this is sort of a funny one,

00:10:50.920 but my son goes to a lot of classes.

00:10:53.300 Like he goes to a lot of little play gyms,

00:10:55.360 and at most of these play gyms,

00:10:56.880 they require the adults to wear socks.

00:10:59.240 So I wanted to get a few pairs of socks

00:11:02.040 that made me happy and brought me joy

00:11:04.140 because I was like,

00:11:05.080 ah, I guess I could wear Peds

00:11:06.440 or I could wear just normal, boring socks,

00:11:08.440 but if I have the opportunity to wear cute socks,

00:11:10.700 why not?

00:11:11.480 So I found these really cute kind of cottage core,

00:11:15.140 feminine, girly socks

00:11:16.520 that I bring with me to his classes,

00:11:18.540 and even though they're not stylish,

00:11:21.140 they're very pretty,

00:11:22.420 and so I love putting them on,

00:11:24.080 and they make me happy.

00:11:25.320 So if you're looking for a cute pair of socks

00:11:27.620 for something like that,

00:11:28.700 for going to play gyms with your kiddos,

00:11:30.940 I really recommend these.

00:11:32.020 They're really cute.

00:11:32.640 So those are my random assortment of Amazon items

00:11:36.340 I recommend as a homemaker and a stay-at-home mom.

00:11:38.960 I hope you guys enjoyed today's video.

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00:11:41.800 in purchasing any of these things,

00:11:43.440 why you're interested in purchasing them,

00:11:45.020 or if you have any other Amazon recommendations for us,

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Classically Abby - October 26, 2023

14 Amazon Items I LOVE As A Stay-At-Home Mom and Homemaker!

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