The Baby Gear Dads Swear By

“Who knew your could feel so passionately about wet wipes!”

I’ve known dads-to-be who’ve done all the research, rating reviewing and shopping for their pending arrival. I’ve known others who’ve picked up an unzipped onesie from the laundry basket and looked at it in utter bewilderment. I’ve known a lot of dads who’ve started using a baby carrier, sleep bag or other piece of baby gear and thought it was the best damn invention of all time. “I love this bag. It’s perfect for me,” is something I overheard my own parenting partner murmur to himself one morning when he was getting ready to take our dog and toddler to the park. In my experience, dads can be a more skeptical shopper, but when they find something that works for their baby, they’ll back it 100 percent. Here, six dads share their MVP baby gear and a bit of parenting advice to boot.

A heavy duty steriliser

“I’m the steriliser king,” says Andrew, dad to twins. "We transferred to formula feeding at about three months and I really become Head of Bottle Hygiene in our home. It's really important formula is made correctly and things are kept sterile, but the job became a lot cruiser when I updated our steriliser to the 59s Evo-LED Multi-Purpose Steriliser. It does a full sterilisation cycle in 10 minutes, and if I need to dry as well, it's only 20 minutes. I also really like that it's UVC rather than steam, because I've burnt myself more than once doing things with boiling water.

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Food options

"I'd be lying if I didn't say snacks are a big part of how I get through the day with the kids," says James, dad to two toddlers. The Subo Food Bottle is great because it hold so much more yoghurt than a pouch and if we're running late in the mornings, I can make it up with their breakfast and they can suck on it on the way to drop-off."

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A monitor I can check from anywhere in the world

“The Nanit app is currently my most used app,” - Dom, a new dad who's very into the NanitPro Monitor + Flex Stand DUO. "I didn't get much parental leave and I travel a lot for work so I really love that I can spend a day in London checking in on my baby girl's night. And when it's a harder night, I know it without having to ask my wife. I just Uber her a coffee, knowing she'll need it."

Wipes that you can get to with one hand

"I didn't expect to feel so strongly about wet wipes, but here I am," says Chris, dad of two. "I am so clumsy, and have big hands and some of the baby stuff simply doesn't work for me. These wipes, these wipes I can get out with one hand, they never dry out, even when I've forgotten to close the lid flap thing. I've tried them all, these are the best."

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A non-fiddly carrier

“I'm currently primary carer and like to bundle my jobs, which means I'm often rolling school pickup in with the grocery shop and playground visit," says Simon, SAH dad of four. "It's not always the easiest way to do things, but it means less car transfers, which my youngest hates. The Wildride Carrier is my new favourite thing. My daughter is an early walker and Miss Independent so strapping her into a pram or traditional carrier is cause for meltdown, but with Wildride I just scoop her up and get going, and if there's an opportunity for her to have a toddle around I can put her back down just as easily. It's genius.”

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A sleep bag that makes bed time so much easier

"I come to newborn parenting in 2024 with the perspective of someone who was also a newborn parent back in 2010," says Jem, a dad to a couple of teenagers and a newborn. "Back then, I was trying to mastermind the perfect swaddle using a big sheet and no matter how I did it, they would always wake themselves up with a little arm pushing through. So these Love to Dream Swaddle Up bags are appreciated by no one more than me. The angst and headspace it saves. I wish I thought of them."

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The Baby Gear Dads Swear By

“Who knew your could feel so passionately about wet wipes!”

A heavy duty steriliser

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A monitor I can check from anywhere in the world

Wipes that you can get to with one hand

A non-fiddly carrier

A sleep bag that makes bed time so much easier

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