If you might visit the family within a few months, would you wait to give the baby gift in person? Or is it expected that you send it right away when the baby is born?
If it were only a few weeks to a couple months I would probably wait, maybe send a card of congratulations. However if we are talking more than couple months I would probably mail one. It just depends on how close you are to the people who had the baby.
When a couple has a new baby, do you have to send a gift immediately or is it ok to send it within a few months? A good friend of mine out of state had a baby 2 months ago and I have been searching everywhere for a specific gift I want to get the baby related to her favorite sports team. Part of me feels bad but the baby is still a newborn so I was just curious. I'm going to be visiting her next month so I was planning on bringing it with me then. Is this ok?
You don't have to send any gift, let alone immediately after the birth.
Find that perfect gift, and then send it without any guilt.
my baby has a lot of toys that he keeps chewing on, throwing on the floor,etc so I want to clean them as often as I can. His plastic toys are easy to clean. I just wash with soap and warm water but don't know how to clean his soft toys that come with a label of surface cleaning only. What is the best way to clean such toys?
You may be surprised how many of those toys can actually survive the washer and some even the dryer. I've washed many stuffed toys and they come out of the washer clean and in good shape. Use the gentle cycle and air dry them if you're concerned about the heat of dryer. You might try it first with something you're not really attached to and see how it works for you.
I am going back to work and I want to start giving my baby formula in addition to breast milk. I am interested to know how others started their breastfed babies on formula. She does drink from a bottle.
I don't want to completely cut out breast milk. I just want to add formula in. Tell me about your experiences and ideas on how to make this convenient for my baby and me!
I forgot to state that my baby is 5 months old
I had to quit nursing because - I was going back to work and didn't want to pump at work and because I wasn't making enough milk… I would nurse her in the morning when she woke up, then like an hour later feed her 2 oz. of formula, then go as long as she wanted and feed her bottles during the day then nurse her at night. Eventually I just quit nursing - and by eventually, I mean in one week she was totally on bottles.
My baby did fine, she didn't get sick or anything. She never even spit up. I think she was just happy to be getting some food! I didn't produce much milk…
Anywho, it is really easy, just make yourself a little schedule, if you want it to be more gradual, then just start out with one bottle a day and add a bottle feeding every day until you are completely on bottles.
What age did you start your baby on the 1st age baby food? My son is almost (in a few days) 5 months old (I know its a little early but he eats so much formula, I thought I might try and see how he takes it, and maybe supplement a bottle or two with the baby food) and I've started giving it to him, and he was doing really well until I gave him carrots. I think that may have constipated him. So when did you start feeding your baby the 1st age baby foods, and what foods did they like or dislike, or had negative reactions to?
my baby is two months, he wanted to eat every hour or less, so his pediatrician told me to start to introduce him to cereal and 1st stage fruits, but just applesauce and pears.
I saw a picture of a baby gift basket in which the baby clothes were folded to look like flowers and placed on stems to look like tulips. I think they're called baby bunch baskets. I would love to make one for my friend's baby shower, but I haven't the slightest idea on where to find the instructions for it online. Does anyone know?
Here you go:
http://www.craftbits.com/viewProject.do?projectID=1255
http://www.iloveindia.com/homemade-crafts/baby-clothing-bouquet.html
can i just use lysol on toys when i open them before giving to baby?
also can stuffed animals be washed in the washer?
no i am not planning to spray them and hand them right to the baby!
thanks for all the answers!!
I love disinfectant spray! I think it is awesome. Obviously you don't want to give it to your child while it is wet and you just freshly sprayed it, but I use it on my sons toys while he is napping or after he goes to bed and put then run them under hot water and let them dry. It just makes me feel better. But also hot, soapy water works great too.
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