Baby Recommendation-Mirror

Jeff and I have been struggling with a baby problem- that being the car mirrors. Before Naomi was born I went to a baby consignment sale and got this mirror for Jeff's car:

The one and only reason I ended up buying this is because it was a whopping $3. It was the cheapest in the bin! Well, let me tell you this is the BEST baby mirror!!

After I got the Munchkin mirror we registered for Eddie Bower mirrors because they looked durable and like they would be good quality. We figured that we could replace the 'consignment mirror' with a new and better one if someone got it for us off our registry. This is the mirror we got:

Looks nice, right? Yeah...that about all. It looks nice. Now, because we had never had kids before or even thought about the logistics of having Naomi in the back this looked like a good mirror. Here are the cons of this mirror. 1- It is extremely difficult to adjust the mirror to the perfect angle so that the driver can actually see important parts of their child. Many times Jeff and I would be helping each other adjust the mirror just so we could see her face, or part of her face. If Jeff wasn't around I would keep running around the car until I had the perfect angle. 2- Even if you found the perfect angle for the mirror it would inevitably move! Then it would have to be readjusted. 3- The strap on ours broke after having it for 3 months!

At the next kids' consignment sale I was on a hunt to find another mirror. I found this one:

I picked this one up because it had a wire part on the back. I thought this would make it easier to adjust. The pictures online made it look easier...but it WASN'T!

So Jeff and I broke down and bought another Munchkin Mirror which works wonderfully and I think Naomi agrees!

This is why this mirror is so wonderful! It adjusts so easily up, down, left, and right. It also doesn't slip or fall at all so we don't have to keep adjusting it!

So if you're in the market for a baby car mirror I highly suggest the Munchkin mirror!

While ordering the mirror I also saw this car organizer:

Much better quality than the one I made out of a shoe organizer and I highly recommend the Munchkin version over the 'Alison' version!

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