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Archive for February, 2006Mobile HomeSaturday, February 25th, 2006My mother insisted that Finn had to have a mobile. I didn’t understand how a thing dangling over her crib would be much fun, but it’s one of those things you’re supposed to have, like a baby tub and a changing table (both of which I now think are optional). (more…) A diaper by any other name…Thursday, February 23rd, 2006A nappy has nothing to do with sleepingAt our house diapers are called nappies because my husband is English and Irish. So we have a nappy bag, and we change Finn’s nappy, and we use nappy cream. There are a few things I found out right away about nappies (besides that our friend Rebecca, who is from New Zealand, also calls them nappies). (more…) To Bassinet or Not to BassinetMonday, February 20th, 2006Our daughter was born 5 weeks premature at four pounds. She gained one whole ounce during her week-long stay in the hospital. Her full-size crib was seemed enormous, and she even looked lost in the portable crib. So we bought a bassinet. Not just for tiny babiesAnd what a great thing it was! We could move her from our room to the living room and back up again. She was near us for her long, long naps. The problem with bassinets is that they are almost universally way too frilly. (more…) Do you need a full-size crib right away?Sunday, February 19th, 2006A Portable Crib?You may not even need a full-sized crib right away. We have a full sized crib in Finn’s room, but she sleeps in our room in a very simple (and inexpensive) Cosco Portable Crib Someone commented that it looked like an orphanage crib circa 1950; my own feeling is that while it’s not high design, it’s pretty inoffensive. My only other comment is the mattress that comes with the crib is a bit thin, and you might want to buy a better mattress. Plus you’ll need portable crib sheets, a mattress pad (we ran ours through the dryer – oops – had to cut off all the plastic bits that melted) and a bumper pad. Why are cribs overdesigned?Sunday, February 19th, 2006Actually, most furniture is overdesignedWhen we lived in Dublin, Ireland, there was a furniture story on Mary Street where they changed the window display on a regular basis; week after week it was more horrifying, with more complex furniture. One week there was a living room suite with whitewashed Louis XIV details and pearlized beige upholstery. This was not inexpensive furniture. (more…) Highchair High JinxSaturday, February 18th, 2006Yes, You Need a HighchairAfter feeding Finn solid food for a few days that we decided we could no longer eat in the living room, Japanese-style, at the coffee table, watching television. We had to eat in the dining room, and Finn had to eat in a high chair. Without a proper dining room table and chairs, we dragged the patio furniture inside, and went to Target to buy a highchair. At Target we stared at the many highchairs; what were the selection criteria? (If it was simply based on looks, we were in trouble). We ran into my friend Kristin who has two kids, and she told us that cleanability and an easy-to-remove tray were key. We went back to the highchair section, and after staring at the seemingly homogenous selection of highchairs for an hour we retreated back home, completely overwhelmed, sans highchair. Strollers for People Who Don’t Need to Impress Their NeighborsSaturday, February 18th, 2006Like the recent trend toward driving larger and larger and larger cars, it seems that strollers have expanded as well. I guess that’s fine if you’re driving a giant SUV with a lots of storage space, and you live in a city that’s entirely flat so you don’t have to push the stroller uphill, and you’re six feet tall and can see over the top of the canopy, and are strong enough to lift the stroller in and out of the trunk. (And I hate to sound like a broken record, but those giant strollers with their cheesy printed fabrics are so ugly). What they don’t tell you about carseatsThursday, February 16th, 2006The thing they DO tell you about carseats is that without one you can’t take your baby home from the hospital. Or to see the doctor, or out for a ride, or in the car at all. They also tell you that not until your baby is 20 lb. or 1 year old (whichever comes last) can they face forward in the car. What they don’t tell you
Nursing brasMonday, February 6th, 2006I bought something like five or six nursing bras. For one thing my breasts seemed to change size on an hourly basis. And they continue to change; sometimes I think they’re almost back to normal (they’re not) and then the next day they’d be humongous again. And then only the sleep bra was comfortable. And then it wasn’t. Everyone kept telling me “Buy the Bravado!” and I wasn’t convinced because it closed with snaps, and I thought that snaps sucked. But I will tell you what everyone told me: “Buy the Bravado!” |
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