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Kids, no not the movie, we're talking the real deal

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  • ThreeCubedThreeCubed Grandma Winky's fat ankles Registered User regular
    I'm not gonna get to meet my friends son. I was there since his inception, and now that she's 8 months along her baby daddy says he doesn't trust me. I'm crushed. :cry:

    Whaaaaaaaaaaaat. Boo!!

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  • JansonJanson Registered User regular
    Magarazzi, I shall send you nothing but adorable photos of my future child wearing penguin socks

  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    If anyone wants a baby, just let me know. I have an extra.

  • QuothQuoth the Raven Miami, FL FOR REALRegistered User regular
    I also have barely used the Baby Bjorn sling thing, my kid haaated it and now just tolerates it for short periods of time, he's a bit better with the baby K'tan sling but not much

    Basically he hated being in it facing backward, but now that he can face forward it's not too bad

    I also never used the bassinet... If your baby has reflux, I highly recommend the fisher price rock n play sleeper

    Before I got that, the baby would only sleep on me and my god that was so dangerous what was I thinking

  • QuothQuoth the Raven Miami, FL FOR REALRegistered User regular
    Also the little baby mittens, I got a bunch of those and never used them

  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    It's amazing how much crap you buy with your first baby that you never use. By the time you have a second one, you know that all you need is diapers, clothes, aspirin, and vodka.

  • ThreeCubedThreeCubed Grandma Winky's fat ankles Registered User regular
    Quoth wrote:
    I also have barely used the Baby Bjorn sling thing, my kid haaated it and now just tolerates it for short periods of time, he's a bit better with the baby K'tan sling but not much

    Basically he hated being in it facing backward, but now that he can face forward it's not too bad

    I also never used the bassinet... If your baby has reflux, I highly recommend the fisher price rock n play sleeper

    Before I got that, the baby would only sleep on me and my god that was so dangerous what was I thinking

    Nevermind, I'm all better. No babies. Having to make decision on things like circumcision, cosleeping, and vaccines gets me all worked up just *thinking* about it.

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  • PeenPeen Registered User regular
    I'm not sure about stuff we didn't use but as to stuff we did, our pack and play's bassinet had a thing in it that would vibrate the basket and that was goddamn magic for the first few months. Highly recommend. Also we tried each kind of carrier and my wife liked the Moby wrap best by a mile, for what that's worth. Also old school cloth diapers make bitchin burp clothes, get 1000.

  • JansonJanson Registered User regular
    Baby mittens are really only worth buying after birth if you know your kid is a scratcher

    My little sister was a scratcher, those mittens saved her face from being too torn up (and people wondering what on earth could be wrong with my mother)

    But even then, she really only wore them for a couple of weeks

    I plan to use a sling to take the baby everywhere, but what type of sling I'm not sure.

  • SyphyreSyphyre A Dangerous Pastime Registered User regular
    edited November 2011
    I have heard nothing but good about diaper genies so we are definitely going to buy one of those.
    It's amazing how much crap you buy with your first baby that you never use. By the time you have a second one, you know that all you need is diapers, clothes, aspirin, and vodka.

    Noted!

    Good note about the sling thing and mittens. Any suggestions about cribs? Get just a "normal" crib? Or one of those that transforms into a toddler bed later. Likely just a crib since we plan on having more than one lump of dough with a butt-crack (one description of a baby I have heard)

    Actually that brings up another good point. What, as a parent, did you want for YOU? (not for the baby)

    Syphyre on
  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    One thing both my kids loved was the Bumbo. They loved being able to sit up in it and just kind of chill out on the couch.

  • JansonJanson Registered User regular
    Circumcision, never

    Cosleeping, no (sleeping in the same room, okay)

    Vaccines, yes

    That's me, anyway

  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Diaper Genie works, but it gets expensive to keep replacing the liners. Also, when it comes time to change the liner out it is absolutely repulsively disgusting. I found it easier to just save wal-mart bags and put the diapers in those.

  • JansonJanson Registered User regular
    One thing both my kids loved was the Bumbo. They loved being able to sit up in it and just kind of chill out on the couch.

    One thing EVERYONE has recommended to me has been the Bumbo

  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited November 2011
    Janson wrote:
    One thing both my kids loved was the Bumbo. They loved being able to sit up in it and just kind of chill out on the couch.

    One thing EVERYONE has recommended to me has been the Bumbo

    Also get a Boppy if you plan to breast feed. They really help keep you and the baby comfortable during feedings.

    Oh, and get the Bumbo tray too. It's the perfect place to feed them when they are still a little too small for the high chair.

    Raijin Quickfoot on
  • ThreeCubedThreeCubed Grandma Winky's fat ankles Registered User regular
    Janson wrote:
    Circumcision, never

    Cosleeping, no (sleeping in the same room, okay)

    Vaccines, yes

    That's me, anyway

    Circumcision: I am a no, I just don't want to think about the argument I'll have if I marry a Jewish man
    Cosleeping: I know it's "wrong" but I come from a long line of mothers who coslept with all their babies, so I'm having a hard time wrapping my mind around the idea that it's wrong.
    Vaccines: I don't have the time or energy to start that debate right now. I have to leave the house in the next few hours.

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  • Magus`Magus` The fun has been DOUBLED! Registered User regular
    Nice seeing someone who doesn't buy into the whole circumcision thing.

  • skettiosskettios Enchanted ForestRegistered User regular
    edited November 2011
    Quoth wrote:
    also there are babies who don't talk at a year and a half? i need to read up on these things, at that point i was speaking in complete sentences and reading dr seuss books

    Well, he makes sounds and kinda-almost words.
    He also has the joy of learning 2 languages at once.
    He was born late July sooo I know he's over a year now, but because of his size and because he's fully mobile.. people expect sentences from him I guess??

    skettios on
  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Yeah, when Grayson was born I did a lot of research into circumcision. Both my boys are unsnipped.

    I can't believe how completely uninformed I was about circumcision beforehand though.

  • QuothQuoth the Raven Miami, FL FOR REALRegistered User regular
    I bought a well-reviewed graco crib from Walmart that was $150 with the mattress... Don't go blowing a ton of money on something the kid will use for a year or so

    This crib converts to a toddler and full size bed so my bases are covered but $300+ for a crib is nuts

    I actually haven't used the pack n play since getting his sleeper, so not sure that's vital either, especially not right away

  • JansonJanson Registered User regular
    My big ticket items will be:

    Quality dual breast pump

    Car seat (can't skimp on that!)

    Sling (well, not all of these are expensive)

    and probably the stroller

    I think my boss has a crib for us, I'll have to double-check with her, but that's what I heard last time she mentioned it. Would be great if it's true!

    Oh, and a dresser that can double as a changing table (it seems like too much money to buy both individually)

  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    My Mom bought us a crib and matching changing table. The changing table ended up being used as storage and we just changed the kid on the bed pretty much every time. This is dangerous though because you never know when that sucker is going to go off.

  • skettiosskettios Enchanted ForestRegistered User regular
    All babies be different!
    I was potty trained as soon as my folks tried. Basically, once I realized I didn't have to sit in my shit, I was outta there.
    However, I didn't talk for a long time.
    My sisters were the opposite! Chatty but took longer to potty train

  • QuothQuoth the Raven Miami, FL FOR REALRegistered User regular
    My kid is circumsized, but to each his own

    One thing I now say whenever someone tells me "I did X with my kids and nothing happened to them": yeah, and you've got pretty good odds of surviving Russian roulette, too!

  • Jacques L'HommeJacques L'Homme BAH! He was a rank amateur compared to, DR. COLOSSUS!Registered User regular
    Janson wrote:
    Circumcision, never

    Good on you! Everyone here thinks I'm crazy, but that what you get for living around hicks.

  • JansonJanson Registered User regular
    Margarazzi wrote:
    Circumcision: I am a no, I just don't want to think about the argument I'll have if I marry a Jewish man
    Cosleeping: I know it's "wrong" but I come from a long line of mothers who coslept with all their babies, so I'm having a hard time wrapping my mind around the idea that it's wrong.
    Vaccines: I don't have the time or energy to start that debate right now. I have to leave the house in the next few hours.
    Cosleeping I don't have too much of a problem with, it's just not for me. I have sleep apnea and am a heavy sleeper anyway, I would be constantly terrified of rolling over onto my poor baby
    Janson wrote:
    One thing both my kids loved was the Bumbo. They loved being able to sit up in it and just kind of chill out on the couch.

    One thing EVERYONE has recommended to me has been the Bumbo

    Also get a Boppy if you plan to breast feed. They really help keep you and the baby comfortable during feedings.

    Oh, and get the Bumbo tray too. It's the perfect place to feed them when they are still a little too small for the high chair.

    Noted! Thanks! And yes, also heard great things about the Boppy.
    Magus` wrote:
    Nice seeing someone who doesn't buy into the whole circumcision thing.

    It's very much an American thing, pretty much everyone in Europe is unsnipped

  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    The main thing I learned about circumcision is that it really makes no difference and if you want to do it, go ahead.

  • Magus`Magus` The fun has been DOUBLED! Registered User regular
    Circumcision is like telling your son you don't trust him to keep his junk managed. Not a nice thing to say!

  • QuothQuoth the Raven Miami, FL FOR REALRegistered User regular
    See, I wasn't going to get a changing table but my mom bought me one and I love it

    Looove it

    No room for a dresser though

  • XaquinXaquin Right behind you!Registered User regular
    Janson wrote:
    My big ticket items will be:

    Quality dual breast pump

    Car seat (can't skimp on that!)

    Sling (well, not all of these are expensive)

    and probably the stroller

    I think my boss has a crib for us, I'll have to double-check with her, but that's what I heard last time she mentioned it. Would be great if it's true!

    Oh, and a dresser that can double as a changing table (it seems like too much money to buy both individually)

    Get one of those big ass jogging strollers. We LOVE and I mean LOVE ours. It can go over any terrain and the wheels never turn in crazy angles that make a lot of strollers impossible to push. We have a little $10 stroller for when we know we're only going to the mall or something and the big stroller for everywhere else.

  • QuothQuoth the Raven Miami, FL FOR REALRegistered User regular
    The main thing I learned about circumcision is that it really makes no difference and if you want to do it, go ahead.

    This is also what I learned

  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Potty training has been a hassle with Grayson. He gets the idea, but he doesn't ever tell you when he needs to go. We're getting there but I hope to God Morgan is easier.

  • Magus`Magus` The fun has been DOUBLED! Registered User regular
    I swear I've also read studies that say circumcision has a chance of decreased sensation or something on that level.

    I may be misremembering.

  • PeenPeen Registered User regular
    The dresser that doubles as a changing table is clutch but we already had a long low dresser for her so we just bolted a changing pad to the top of it and voila, changing table.

    Also there is absolutely no compelling reason not to vaccinate your kids and many many good ones. This should not be a debate.

  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    We vaccinate our kids though we've fallen behind a bit because of moving so much recently.

  • SyphyreSyphyre A Dangerous Pastime Registered User regular
    WHO is actually recommending circumcision in general, but they're thinking of 3rd world nations most likely.

    Vaccines? Absolutely.

  • Magus`Magus` The fun has been DOUBLED! Registered User regular
    Please tell me the whole anti-vaccination thing has died by now.

    So stupid.

  • QuothQuoth the Raven Miami, FL FOR REALRegistered User regular
    I have what is basically a travel system, graco snug ride 30 or something like that, I like it... The stroller is big but easy to open and shut

    Also I got the Ameda pump because it's a closed system and can be resold if I want, unlike the medela ones

  • JansonJanson Registered User regular
    skettios wrote:
    All babies be different!
    I was potty trained as soon as my folks tried. Basically, once I realized I didn't have to sit in my shit, I was outta there.
    However, I didn't talk for a long time.
    My sisters were the opposite! Chatty but took longer to potty train

    Same! I was remarkably easy to potty train.

    I'm going to attempt to use cloth diapers... we shall see how successful I am! There is a diaper service near us that provides the diapers and takes away the dirty ones and washes them for you for $20 a week.
    Quoth wrote:
    See, I wasn't going to get a changing table but my mom bought me one and I love it

    Looove it

    No room for a dresser though
    Hey, if a relative were to buy me one, I certainly wouldn't complain!

    It's just, we WILL need a dresser. Mori and I have already filled up all our drawers/available closet space with our own clothes. And as space will be limited, if the dresser can be doubled as a changing table, that sounds ideal to me.

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