Baby Items to Have on Hand
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2015 4:17 pm
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MountainBiker
With my 1st grandchild on the way ( a girl due in April) I need to start thinking about baby/young child preps. They'll surely be getting all of the usual baby stuff as presents. I am thinking in terms of the stuff that they won't get....foods, meds, etc that a baby/young child would need when you can't just run to the store. It's been a long time since I had to think in terms of babies......
charmar
Congratulations, MountainBiker! The single most inportant prep is to have the new mother nurse her baby. That is all the food needed for the first 6 months and also confers immunity to a number of diseases. If the mother doesn't nurse her baby, you can get information about re-lactating if necessary, but get the information now and print it out. It is difficult, but not impossible.
Because there are young women of childbearing age in my family who think only of disposable diapers, I have 4 dozen cloth diapers, safety pins, and non-plastic diaper covers (like plastic panties). A Snuggly or carrying wrap/sling is very handy as is a clothesline, clothes pins and rapid laundry washer from lehmans.com. Other clothes pins are puny and don't last.
I have a stock of scent free detergent, baby shampoo, and baby wash. I buy two new bottles of baby tylenol and pedialyte every year and throw out those more than three years old. I also keep several tubes of desitin diaper rash ointment, A&D ointment, oragel for teething, and lots of baby wipes.
I have purchased neutral boy/girl clothes from the thrift stores and garage sales for ages newborn to size two that I have washed and sealed in plastic bags and tubs.
Babies don't need canned baby food. I have a potato ricer to make mashed vegetables, but a fork works just as well. Babies can tolerate oatmeal, cream of wheat, and rice cereal. I used a regular meat grinder to grind meat for my older babies. I would have ham salad (ground up left over ham, hard boiled eggs, sweet relish, and mayo or salad dressing), and they would have ground up ham and eggs. Smile
It is amazing how many of the gifts she'll be given aren't really needed. Nice, but not necessary.
Think food (mother's milk), warmth, diapers, sanitation, and an easy way to carry the baby.
A sturdy buggy or stroller is nice, as long as it has big wheels to be able to maneuver on grassy or rough terrain.
Baby Items to Have On Hand -Page 449
http://www.singtomeohmuse.com/viewtopic.php?p=331680&highlight=grandchild#331680
MountainBiker
With my 1st grandchild on the way ( a girl due in April) I need to start thinking about baby/young child preps. They'll surely be getting all of the usual baby stuff as presents. I am thinking in terms of the stuff that they won't get....foods, meds, etc that a baby/young child would need when you can't just run to the store. It's been a long time since I had to think in terms of babies......
charmar
Congratulations, MountainBiker! The single most inportant prep is to have the new mother nurse her baby. That is all the food needed for the first 6 months and also confers immunity to a number of diseases. If the mother doesn't nurse her baby, you can get information about re-lactating if necessary, but get the information now and print it out. It is difficult, but not impossible.
Because there are young women of childbearing age in my family who think only of disposable diapers, I have 4 dozen cloth diapers, safety pins, and non-plastic diaper covers (like plastic panties). A Snuggly or carrying wrap/sling is very handy as is a clothesline, clothes pins and rapid laundry washer from lehmans.com. Other clothes pins are puny and don't last.
I have a stock of scent free detergent, baby shampoo, and baby wash. I buy two new bottles of baby tylenol and pedialyte every year and throw out those more than three years old. I also keep several tubes of desitin diaper rash ointment, A&D ointment, oragel for teething, and lots of baby wipes.
I have purchased neutral boy/girl clothes from the thrift stores and garage sales for ages newborn to size two that I have washed and sealed in plastic bags and tubs.
Babies don't need canned baby food. I have a potato ricer to make mashed vegetables, but a fork works just as well. Babies can tolerate oatmeal, cream of wheat, and rice cereal. I used a regular meat grinder to grind meat for my older babies. I would have ham salad (ground up left over ham, hard boiled eggs, sweet relish, and mayo or salad dressing), and they would have ground up ham and eggs. Smile
It is amazing how many of the gifts she'll be given aren't really needed. Nice, but not necessary.
Think food (mother's milk), warmth, diapers, sanitation, and an easy way to carry the baby.
A sturdy buggy or stroller is nice, as long as it has big wheels to be able to maneuver on grassy or rough terrain.