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If you’re breastfeeding, you can pass on the bottle sterilizers, even if you’re pumping. Sterilize the bottle the first time you use it (boil for five minutes) and then dish soap is fine. Hasn’t given us any problems yet. If you’re using formula, that’s a different story. Sterilize away.
White noise is awesome. I use an old BlackBerry and a bluetooth speaker with the Dreamsounds app. A potentially cheaper option than a dedicated white noise machine, and is more versatile because I can load whatever music or sounds that I want on to it. You’re not limited by the settings of a dedicated white noise machine.
I’m so glad baby carriers are a big thing again. They are much easier to use than a stroller and don’t take up the space. It makes shopping more convenient because you can push a shopping cart without having to worry about the safety issues of putting a bucket seat on the cart (super unsafe and not recommended, BTW) and you can leave the stroller at home. In terms of being out with our daughter, I can probably count on my hands the number of times we’ve NEEDED a stroller.
In terms of nursing pillows, skip all the others and go with My Brest Friend. Seriously. It’s more expensive than the competition, but there is absolutely a reason for it. It’s a stiff foam pad that essentially acts as a shelf. In addition, it has a strap that clips on so you really don’t have to support the pillow at all. All you really need to do is adjust it to the height you want it so your baby is level and then have a light grip on the baby to prevent them from rolling off. My wife went without for the first few weeks, and then I went out tog et her a pillow and came back with that, and she still tells me that it is probably the single most useful thing she has received in terms of taking care of our daughter when she was a newborn. Seriuosly, skip the rest, go with My Brest Friend.
My daughter was swaddled for the longest time. Not traditionally swaddled (I can’t use a swaddling blanket to save my life), but we used swaddle pods. They are basically the same concept as the Halo Sleepsack Swaddle that is listed in the article. My daughter slept in those for a long time, even after she was able to flip herself over, because for a while when she would flip over, she would wake up. The swaddle pods helped keep her on her back and asleep. Once she outgrew them, we started using other things, and now she just sleeps in her pajamas.
Speaking of sleepwear, avoid the snaps. Snaps might seem cute, but at 3Am when you have to get your child out of it because they had a **bleep**-splosion, you’re not going to want to have to contend with 30 snaps on your way there. That also falls into the realm of practical clothing. Your kid doesn’t care what they wear, why should you? Just make sure they are warm and comfortable.
JB
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