registering for baby

[pokey]

my dmil was the one wanting to know why i didn't pick out the diaper genie thing......i just figured i could WALK over and throw the dirty diaper in the trash.makes more sense to me to take out 1 garbage bag rather than 2. my dmil has 2 other granddaughters and yes i think they are spoiled, but i just don't think we need some of the "necessities". i can see we are going to bump heads over the baby.........i have been trying to not get upset. my husband is her only son and it's his first child, plus his dad(her husband died last sept). i don't mind some gushing and a little spoiling, but i believe it's getting a little excessive. she wanted the little sleepers that have no legs( looks like a bag over your kid) and i was like, "what's wrong with regular pj's?" i guess we'll see.......

 

[PineBurrowPeeps]

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Pack -n -plays arent very soft. We used one with our oldest.. she never could sleep well in it, if at all. I ended up putting so many blankets in there to try to soften it up, I was afraid she would smother.
Co-sleeping is okay, if you get those little beds for them to sleep in. It is soooo dangerous to do co-sleeping. Adults do not realize how much they toss and turn while asleep. Babies tend to roll into the turns an adult makes. Try sleeping with a basket ball for a few nights. Afterwards, reasses the co-sleeping arrangement.

When our last baby was really tiny, we used one of those on the bed co-sleepers, not the type that looks like a small playpen sidecarred onto the bed. It was great! I think it was only like $40 but it bought a heck of a lot of peace of mind. I wish they had had them when my older two were small.

 

[asher]

I am such a minimalist when it comes to babies!!!

All mine NEED:
Diapers
Car Seat
Breastmilk

I get a few other things that they don't NEED like a sling, some clothes, etc., but babies do not need nearly as much as most people think they need!

 

[PineBurrowPeeps]

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They are supposed to be safer than a bunch of blankets on baby, but I never bought one, they are expensive and people have been raising babies for eons without "snuggle sacks" or whatever they're called....

There is nothing on this earth I love more than a freshly bathed and lotioned tiny baby in footie jammies

Memories...

 

[PamsPride]

I just had baby number 6 and honestly believe less is better!! She literally only has 7 outfits that fit her right now and has wore all but the one I just bought...couldn't resist...on Friday. She is 5 weeks old and still in preemie clothes.
The one thing that I did find at Toys R Us that I absolutely love and wish I had for the others is a Swaddler blanket!! Wraps them up nice and tight and snuggly and with the velcro she does not work her self loose so she feels nice and cozy!!

 

[asher]

I love, love the gowns (not sleep sacks that have an enclosed bottom, but elastic along the bottom) for new babies. So much easier to change diapers in the middle of the night than dealing with legs and snaps and such.

 

[Andora]

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Pack -n -plays arent very soft. We used one with our oldest.. she never could sleep well in it, if at all. I ended up putting so many blankets in there to try to soften it up, I was afraid she would smother.
Co-sleeping is okay, if you get those little beds for them to sleep in. It is soooo dangerous to do co-sleeping. Adults do not realize how much they toss and turn while asleep. Babies tend to roll into the turns an adult makes. Try sleeping with a basket ball for a few nights. Afterwards, reasses the co-sleeping arrangement.

I don't think a baby is very comparable to a basketball. Mothers and babies are in tune with each other while co-sleeping, parents sense where the baby is in bed at night even while asleep, just like how you don't roll right out of the bed onto the floor even though you're sleeping. The only time co-sleeping is dangerous is if you have a pillow top mattress, or an adult in bed is drugged, drunk, or something along those lines.

That being said, I'm sure there are some babies who sleep better in their own space. I've heard tale of such babes, lol. Mine is like a heat seeking missile. She torpedoes towards the nearest warm body and wakes up if she doesn't find one.

 

[PineBurrowPeeps]

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Pack -n -plays arent very soft. We used one with our oldest.. she never could sleep well in it, if at all. I ended up putting so many blankets in there to try to soften it up, I was afraid she would smother.
Co-sleeping is okay, if you get those little beds for them to sleep in. It is soooo dangerous to do co-sleeping. Adults do not realize how much they toss and turn while asleep. Babies tend to roll into the turns an adult makes. Try sleeping with a basket ball for a few nights. Afterwards, reasses the co-sleeping arrangement.

I don't think a baby is very comparable to a basketball. Mothers and babies are in tune with each other while co-sleeping, parents sense where the baby is in bed at night even while asleep, just like how you don't roll right out of the bed onto the floor even though you're sleeping. The only time co-sleeping is dangerous is if you have a pillow top mattress, or an adult in bed is drugged, drunk, or something along those lines.

That being said, I'm sure there are some babies who sleep better in their own space. I've heard tale of such babes, lol. Mine is like a heat seeking missile. She torpedoes towards the nearest warm body and wakes up if she doesn't find one.

Very well said and I personally feel the same way. My husband is a worrywart when it comes to co-sleeping and that is what prompted me to buy the snuggle nest thingy that goes on your bed, between mom and dad to lay the baby in. Prior to that my two older babies just slept right in the bed from birth on.

I love shopping. That's my downfall. As much as I may not use the stuff I buy, I still love to buy it LOL
My mother flipped her lid when I bought my daughter a $200+ Britax car seat but it's supposed to be like the safest one and that is exactly what I wanted, safety.
BTW, that carseat is AWESOME, she is still riding in it now at 3 years old when she has had it since birth. The carseat is nice to look at, extremely easy to wash the cover, etc.
I wanted one carseat to last her until she would need a booster seat. So many parents buy the travel system with stroller and small infant carseat, then one or two more carseats before putting their kid in a booster at the proper age and weight. Well when you think of it like that no wonder you cannot afford a nice carseat! I cannot imagine spending $200+ 3 times over when I only had to spend it once on this one and it's from 5-60 pounds!
Plus, I have always felt that the travel systems encourage the parents to not hold the baby enough. Plunk your baby into the infant carseat in the house, snap them into the base in your car, get to where you're going, snap them into the coordinating stroller, snap them back into the car, and then go home. The parents look back and see that they've been out 4 hours and the baby has never once been out of the carseat!
Even if I was just running into a grocery store for 5 things I always took my babies out of their carseat and put them into a sling.

 

[Rhett&SarahsMom]

I saw something on the news the other day about the American Society of Pediatrics actually re thinking suggesting co sleeping to parents.
Myself. I would NEVER take that chance with my daughter.
She was in her own room in her crib when she was a week or so old. And we have all been better for it.
A friend of mine that co slept with her daughter STILL has the kid(6 years old) in bed with her. The kid is totally dependent on her and her husband. No thank you.

 

[skand]

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OHHH the gowns!!! those are awesome!!
Esp with preemie sized babies They stay curled up, and it is so easy to change their diapers, You dont have to do snaps or anything to get them changed.