Melissa & Chelsea discuss their 3 must-have baby products and 3 products to pass on. Recommendations come from life experience and, as usual, the RIE philosophy. 
Chelsea's Must-haves:
Baby Formula
Stroller
Infant Sleepers
Melissa's Must-haves:
Floor Blanket - extra points if it's homemade
Playpen
Hatch Baby

16. RIE a la carte

Hi. We're Melissa &amp; Chelsea. We're best friends and self-proclaimed "mean moms." We are students of respectful parenting and recovering children of the "stop crying or I'll give you something to cry about generation." We are here to share our stories, our triumphs, our epic mom fails, and hopefully some laughs! We value real life experience combined with industry expertise and strive to do our best every day. We are works in progress. We are "mean moms."