Waiting for the child
Buy only what you need. Buy only what you need in the first couple of weeks. As soon as a newborn appears, gifts do not make you wait. Grandmothers and grandfathers brag about each other, and gifts are poured like from the sky.
Plan now - buy later.
Make a list of things that you need, and a list of things that you want. Check these lists with what you have been given or that you can take for a while, and buy the rest as the need arises. Periodically update the lists according to the needs of the developing child and your ability to resist the temptations that tease the catalogs of products for children.
Ask and take a rental. Do not sponsor this enterprise on your own. Many can support you. Make a list of necessary but expensive items( for example, car seat, kangaroo bag, children's furniture), which can be distributed between grandparents and close friends offering you financial assistance. Rent a piece of furniture that has a short-term use or that a child can stop loving, such as a baby cot.
Tips for buying clothes
Take on the growth. Buy clothes at least one size larger. Buy a few things, designed for three-month-old children, but most of the wardrobe of a newborn baby should be things for six to nine months. If your child is in spacious clothes, he will be more comfortable and you will prolong the toe of things.
Look forward. Do not forget about the time of the year. A sweater of delicious English wool at half price can be a gift of fate, which is difficult to resist, but if its size coincides with that required in the height of summer, such a purchase should not be done.
Keep cash receipts. Open the package of things you bought and gifts very carefully, so as not to lose cashier's checks.
It is common to exchange children's things for a larger size.
Label the name of the donor on the labels. Stick on things easily removable labels, which write the name of the one who gave you them. Nothing will please Aunt Valya as if when she peeps to visit you, she will see on your child a suit bound by her.
Buy as little as possible.
Buy for each age only a few basic things, because a continuous stream of gifts, most likely, will not stop. Children grow out of their clothes long before they wear it, leaving the cupboards with crowded rows of hanging memories of a period that went too fast.
Buy clothes safe and comfortable. Beads and buttons on a tight fitting knit dress in the catalog can look irresistible, but will it be safe and convenient for the child? The buttons went out of fashion;came the buttons. Buttons a child can swallow - and who has time for them? See also that there are no hanging threads and fringe, in which the child's finger may become entangled, and avoid shoelaces and ribbons longer than 20 cm - they pose a danger of suffocation.
Cradles
Remember, in nine months your child has become accustomed to constant movement, so he or she can dislike the crib, which does not move. As the child moves the weight in the cradle, the swing can better lull him, immersing him in a deeper sleep. We believe that the cradle should be rented or maintained a wonderful custom to transfer the family cradle from generation to generation. As soon as you see your child seated leaning over the edge of the cradle( at about the age of six months), know that the cradle has become too small and that it is time for the baby to be transferred to the crib. Because of the lack of rocking, be prepared when moving from cradle to bed to temporary problems with sleep.
Choose easily removable clothing. Do not forget that you will wear a moving target, which beats like a freshly caught fish. Considering the outfit, which you simply can not but buy, imagine how you will dress the child. Is it easy to get to a diaper? Is the mouth wide enough and are there buttons around the neck that make it easier to dress?
Dress accordingly to the case of .This is a free advice of your friend - a child doctor living next door. To take a hundred clothes to find your patient somewhere under the mountain is not the best way to start an examination. Do your doctor a favor: wear clothes that provide easy access. A loose ensemble of two objects is better than a tight-fitting knitwear or overalls with a fastener on the buttons only in the step joints.
Look for cotton. The most pleasant fabric is 100% cotton. Many children wear synthetic clothing causes irritation.
Order diapers .For a couple of weeks before the expected delivery date, call your local diaper delivery service and find out what services are available. We recommend that you give your newborn a soft touch of cotton diapers when you are at home and use disposable diapers only for a walk. Over time, you determine which type of diaper is most pleasant to your baby's ass.