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[jbear]

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My son NEVER slept in a crib.. wouldn't. So he was either in bed with us or in a bassinet. He moved right into his Toddler bed when it was time. (stepdaughter wouldn't sleep in the crib either, so she slept in the toddler bed with the guards on it. The high chair~ was his Dad's!

Both kids used it, it was EASY to clean... I have to agree, fancy cribs are pretty to look at..but really you could put the $$ elsewhere! (like a coop? lol!!) no seriously, the other stuff CL was mentioning. The things I COULDN'T live without ~ our Jogging Stroller..the one with the bike tires (Yakima Baby Jogger?), a Sling, and I had a small backpack he rode in if he was fussy and I was trying to cook or clean or something. Lot's of fun kitchen memories of him peeking over my shoulder watching me in the kitchen. It was one of those blue backpacks--really light, and small. TONS of onesies, ten for every day

My son was 6 I think when I handed his sling over to someone else and their baby, he was sad, but glad someone else was going to love it too. cute. and ditto ditto ditto on the bra pads!

 

[Kaneke]

but DO get the diaper stacker ! if not this special one, then a less expensive one that you like

(you don't want to be messing around pulling out drawers or opening cupboards, when you NEED a diaper; and they don't stack up well "out loose", always falling over unless properly confined)

keep checking on Craigslist too -- at least around here there are always people advertising baby stuff

(as long as it's easily washable)

I am getting out a little more often, will keep checking the infant section of the thrift stores; a new one just opened up that I haven't been to, yet

oh -- bra pads ... I got disgusted with the disposable kind, because they always shredded and were a nuisance to throw away; I suspect folded-up microfiber cloths would be more comfortable, washable, and can be used later for all sorts of things --- often they are cheapest if you buy them in the auto section rather than housewares or cosmetics

remember, I had my kids more than 40 years ago, so there have been massive improvements in baby gear, AND massive increases in the prices of things --- and a lot of things produced because they "look attractive" but aren't any more useful ... or as you see, are a step backwards as far as utility goes ...

save your money now because you will be needing to buy a lot more clothing later on, once your daughter grows out of the shower-gift stuff

also, by the way, a number of studies show that babies tend to prefer bright primary colors, rather than pastels .....

 

[Chickielady]

Cloth diapers are wonderful.
And the diaper liners are wonderful too, to help dispose of the doo-die in the toilet, save washing out time.
The really nasty part about disposible diapers is they take millinions of years to break down in the landfill...where they collect and can pass on disease and who knows what, for hundreds of years.
I am not sure, but someone once told me it takes 150 years for a dirty rolled up disposible diaper to decay, that if exposed to the weather & air.
In the mean time, gulls & rodents can have at it, and that is how disease can spread.
A very nice baby shower gift, is always a few first weeks of diaper service for the new parents

 

[Chickielady]

Yes, babies LOVE colors!

Where is everyone this morning???

I am off again to paint..talk at ya later!

 

[Stumpfarmer]

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On the phone with hallerlake, for a bit of it, messing about online, eating breakfast, wondering what's going to go wrong today...

 

[hallerlake]

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My son NEVER slept in a crib.. wouldn't. So he was either in bed with us or in a bassinet. He moved right into his Toddler bed when it was time. (stepdaughter wouldn't sleep in the crib either, so she slept in the toddler bed with the guards on it. The high chair~ was his Dad's!

Both kids used it, it was EASY to clean... I have to agree, fancy cribs are pretty to look at..but really you could put the $$ elsewhere! (like a coop? lol!!) no seriously, the other stuff CL was mentioning. The things I COULDN'T live without ~ our Jogging Stroller..the one with the bike tires (Yakima Baby Jogger?), a Sling, and I had a small backpack he rode in if he was fussy and I was trying to cook or clean or something. Lot's of fun kitchen memories of him peeking over my shoulder watching me in the kitchen. It was one of those blue backpacks--really light, and small. TONS of onesies, ten for every day

My son was 6 I think when I handed his sling over to someone else and their baby, he was sad, but glad someone else was going to love it too. cute. and ditto ditto ditto on the bra pads!

Ditto on the front and back packs. I cooked a lot of dinners with #1 son in a pack. He went all over NYC in front and then back packs. I particularly remember a trip to the MOMA. I could tell when he liked a painting because he would start jumping up and down in the back pack. He loved Monet's Waterlilies.

 

[Stumpfarmer]

Speaking of babies, I realized the other day- right after assessing just how young my new kittens are- that I've managed to get myself committed to the care and feeding of an inordinate number of very young animals in addition to two very old dogs. The oldest chickens are about nine months old, and Elvis is just over three months, Bacchus is four months or so, and the kittens seven and ten weeks. Harry the new bull is 14 months (I also have fourteen calves here, but their mothers keep them fed, happy, and out of trouble). All of them are still growing- well, maybe not the Hamburg pullets and Sylvia- and eating, and needing to eat constantly. All of them need socialization, although the kittens (Stewie and Lana) and Bacchus are at the head of the line on being demanding of time and snuggles. Harry should be getting some grain but I'm at a loss at how I'll feed him in the field without having some of the older bigger cows get past me and eat what he needs- especially since the big red barren cow did not get shipped, and is a total brat.

Meanwhile, there's the incontenence, occasional health crises, and all-around demandingness of 13 and 14 year old dogs.

There are women out their raising their grandchildren and caring for elderly parents: my hat is off to them.

 

[hallerlake]

The last chick is hatched and in the brooder with the others. Again I am amazed at how much the others have grown in just a few days. I was concerned about how weak the chick seemed last night. I decided to give it some stimulation. I held it, and talked to it, and dripped water into it's beak a drop at a time from my fingertip. It did seem stronger when I put it back in the incubator for the night.

 

[Stumpfarmer]

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My son NEVER slept in a crib.. wouldn't. So he was either in bed with us or in a bassinet. He moved right into his Toddler bed when it was time. (stepdaughter wouldn't sleep in the crib either, so she slept in the toddler bed with the guards on it. The high chair~ was his Dad's!

Both kids used it, it was EASY to clean... I have to agree, fancy cribs are pretty to look at..but really you could put the $$ elsewhere! (like a coop? lol!!) no seriously, the other stuff CL was mentioning. The things I COULDN'T live without ~ our Jogging Stroller..the one with the bike tires (Yakima Baby Jogger?), a Sling, and I had a small backpack he rode in if he was fussy and I was trying to cook or clean or something. Lot's of fun kitchen memories of him peeking over my shoulder watching me in the kitchen. It was one of those blue backpacks--really light, and small. TONS of onesies, ten for every day

My son was 6 I think when I handed his sling over to someone else and their baby, he was sad, but glad someone else was going to love it too. cute. and ditto ditto ditto on the bra pads!

Ditto on the front and back packs. I cooked a lot of dinners with #1 son in a pack. He went all over NYC in front and then back packs. I particularly remember a trip to the MOMA. I could tell when he liked a painting because he would start jumping up and down in the back pack. He loved Monet's Waterlilies.

The larger spawn went all over England in a rigid-frame backpack when he was fifteen months old; I think REI still carries essentially the same model (although the new one has a front-facing option), with a heavily padded hip belt, mesh back panel, and a zipper bag under the seat. Packs (and slings, although those are hard for anyone with back problems to wear) are indispensable, especially after your baby reaches ten pounds or so; I see young parents carrying larger infants in those snap-out car seats and I can see hand, elbow, shoulder and upper back damage happening with every step. Anything you do to transfer baby carrying to your center of mass will pay in the long run when it comes to middle-aged joint pain.

 

[hallerlake]

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Ditto on the front and back packs. I cooked a lot of dinners with #1 son in a pack. He went all over NYC in front and then back packs. I particularly remember a trip to the MOMA. I could tell when he liked a painting because he would start jumping up and down in the back pack. He loved Monet's Waterlilies.

The larger spawn went all over England in a rigid-frame backpack when he was fifteen months old; I think REI still carries essentially the same model (although the new one has a front-facing option), with a heavily padded hip belt, mesh back panel, and a zipper bag under the seat. Packs (and slings, although those are hard for anyone with back problems to wear) are indispensable, especially after your baby reaches ten pounds or so; I see young parents carrying larger infants in those snap-out car seats and I can see hand, elbow, shoulder and upper back damage happening with every step. Anything you do to transfer baby carrying to your center of mass will pay in the long run when it comes to middle-aged joint pain.

I see parents carrying around their baby in a car seat, and wonder if that baby is being held enough, but that's just me.