Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site terak.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!petrus!bellcore!decvax!ittatc!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!hao!noao!terak!suze From: suze@terak.UUCP (Suzanne Barnett) Newsgroups: net.kids Subject: Re: Re: What supplies do I need for newborn? (experience requested) Message-ID: <972@terak.UUCP> Date: Wed, 8-Jan-86 11:07:48 EST Article-I.D.: terak.972 Posted: Wed Jan 8 11:07:48 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 14-Jan-86 04:07:38 EST References: <455@lzaz.UUCP> <9@ucdavis.UUCP> Organization: Calcomp Display Products Division, Scottsdale, AZ, USA Lines: 107 > > I need some help from parents who have gone through their > > first delivery already. This is our first child. It is > > ... > > am going to breastfeed, however, don't I need a bottle > > for water or juice? Should I get a baby carriage or > > a stroller? Are disposable diapers better than cloth ones > > both for baby's skin and economically? What kind of carseat > > do most parents recommend for the first few years of life? > > What about pacifiers? Bibs, and other clothing? Toiletries? > > > > I have Dr. Spock's updated childcare book, but I'd like > > to hear from the school of experience. Many thanks from two > > novices. > > I would like to second this request, and add a bit to it. My wife and I > are expecting our first in mid-February, and are trying to decide what > to get/do before he/she arrives. > > We've encountered most of the usual information/advice by this time. > In particular, I would like to have people pass on the things that > they found out the "hard way", i.e. the things that no person or book > told them about that knowing about in advance would have helped them > considerably. For example, something you wished you'd brought to the hospital > with you and didn't, or something you wished you'd thought about having at > home before the kid arrived there, or ????? > I, too, am expecting my first child (however, as I have stepchildren, my husband is not as new to these issues as I am). Anyway, these are a couple of articles I saved from the net some time ago: From noao!hao!seismo!harvard!talcott!panda!genrad!decvax!decwrl!sun!idi!pesnta!hplabsb!pc Fri Jul 12 13:28:48 1985 Relay-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site terak.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84; site hplabsb.UUCP Path: terak!noao!hao!seismo!harvard!talcott!panda!genrad!decvax!decwrl!sun!idi!pesnta!hplabsb!pc From: pc@hplabsb.UUCP Newsgroups: net.kids Subject: Re: Wanted: Baby Arrival Checklist Message-ID: <2994@hplabsb.UUCP> Date: 12 Jul 85 20:28:48 GMT Date-Received: 17 Jul 85 14:39:50 GMT References: <572@hou2d.UUCP> <256@tove.UUCP> Organization: Hewlett Packard Labs, Palo Alto CA Lines: 25 For brand new, on-the-way-home babies: 1. LOTS of changes of "swaddling" if you use cloth diapers (those changes reduce to near zero if you use disposables) swaddling are those nice, soft, small flannel "receiving blankets" that help the newborn feel snug-- as it was in the womb, and help as the newborn's primitive thermal feedback system gets adjusted 2. Spitup cloths (cloth diapers are perfect, if somewhat unaesthetic) once the little one gets the hang of eating, there are still the mechanics of keeping the air out & the milk where it belongs; and some kids just get bubbles under the milk, so burping brings up air & milk. 3. Penelope Leach's _The First Five Years_ which will reassure you, answer the questions you're likely to ask, and give the recovering mom something of high interest to read while she's resting 4. The carseat-- Century 200 wins my vote hands down as the safest, easiest to use model Have fun! Patricia Collins -- {ucbvax|duke|hao|allegra}!hplabs!pc From noao!hao!seismo!harvard!talcott!panda!genrad!decvax!harpo!whuxlm!spuxll!abnji!u1100a!pyuxww!gamma!ulysses!allegra!princeton!siemens!gypsy!rws Tue Jul 16 05:52:00 1985 Relay-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site terak.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles; site gypsy.UUCP Path: terak!noao!hao!seismo!harvard!talcott!panda!genrad!decvax!harpo!whuxlm!spuxll!abnji!u1100a!pyuxww!gamma!ulysses!allegra!princeton!siemens!gypsy!rws From: rws@gypsy.UUCP Newsgroups: net.kids Subject: Re: Wanted: Baby Arrival Checklist Message-ID: <27100033@gypsy.UUCP> Date: 16 Jul 85 12:52:00 GMT Date-Received: 25 Jul 85 07:49:52 GMT References: <572@hou2d.UUCP> Lines: 11 Nf-ID: #R:hou2d:-57200:gypsy:27100033:000:618 Nf-From: gypsy!rws Jul 16 08:52:00 1985 On puddle pads: If you keep looking, you can buy the material in a large sheet, at least a yard square. Use it that way for mother during the last few weeks of pregnancy, in case her water breaks at home. Then cut it up in appropriate sizes for baby. On ointments and powders: our favorite ointment was zinc oxide, which doesn't smell like fish and seems to come out of the diaper a little more easily. Our favorite powder was corn starch. I think you can even buy "baby corn starch" now, but I don't know if it is any different from the laundry aid. Don't use talcum powder! It's bad for everyone's lungs. -- Suzanne Barnett-Scott uucp: ...{decvax,ihnp4,noao,savax,seismo}!terak!suze CalComp/Sanders Display Products Division 14151 N 76th Street, Scottsdale, AZ 85260 (602) 998-4800