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[NeoV]

desetin - diaper rash creme

 

[oboeguy]

Originally posted by: Brovane

Originally posted by: andy04

Originally posted by: Brovane
We personally found one of these very helpful with our two daughters - http://www.amazon.com/Fisher-P...&qid=1221584586&sr=8-3

Fisher-Price Ocean Wonders Aquarium Cradle Swing

A membership to Costco is very helpful. If you doing formula I found Amazon had the best prices.

I have the rainforest version. It was just great! helped to put the baby on a speeling schedule

Oh yes I almost forgot. We practiced swaddling with our babies and found it helped a lot with getting them to sleep for hours at a time -

http://www.miracleblanket.com/

Miracle Blanket FTMFW! If your baby likes it, get 3-4 of them so you always have a clean one.

Also, BabyBjorn FTW! Get the "Air" model . Worth the extra dough -- it gets hot wearing the baby.

 

[ra1nman]

Originally posted by: NeoV
desetin - diaper rash creme

Don't use the "creamy" desetin. Stick to the original stuff.

Reason being, the creamy dosent stick too well on the skin and gets rubbed off by the diaper then you're back to square one. Diaper rash ointment is meant to adhere to the skin to keep moisture off.

It sucks to see your kid with severe diaper rash. At one point, our son had it so bad that he started bleeding from the sores and there's nothing we can do about it....

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: oboeguy

Originally posted by: Brovane

Originally posted by: andy04

Originally posted by: Brovane
We personally found one of these very helpful with our two daughters - http://www.amazon.com/Fisher-P...&qid=1221584586&sr=8-3

Fisher-Price Ocean Wonders Aquarium Cradle Swing

A membership to Costco is very helpful. If you doing formula I found Amazon had the best prices.

I have the rainforest version. It was just great! helped to put the baby on a speeling schedule

Oh yes I almost forgot. We practiced swaddling with our babies and found it helped a lot with getting them to sleep for hours at a time -

http://www.miracleblanket.com/

Miracle Blanket FTMFW! If your baby likes it, get 3-4 of them so you always have a clean one.

Also, BabyBjorn FTW! Get the "Air" model . Worth the extra dough -- it gets hot wearing the baby.

ohh thats neat.

i mastered the art of swaddling.it helped both my kids.

 

[Papagayo]

Must have.. Good breast pump.. It will make life easier for your wife.
With good breast pump, you can share the workload of feeding your baby.

Happy wife = Happy family

Get the double pump!!!


No, you can't suck the milk out yourself and spit into a cup..

 

[RKS]

Originally posted by: Papagayo
Must have.. Good breast pump.. It will make life easier for your wife.
With good breast pump, you can share the workload of feeding your baby.

Happy wife = Happy family

Our freezer was always full of individual servings of milk. We simply thawed a bag and fed. It certainly gave my wife a break as well as the budget since formula is relatively expensive.

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: oboeguy

Originally posted by: Brovane

Originally posted by: andy04

Originally posted by: Brovane
We personally found one of these very helpful with our two daughters - http://www.amazon.com/Fisher-P...&qid=1221584586&sr=8-3

Fisher-Price Ocean Wonders Aquarium Cradle Swing

A membership to Costco is very helpful. If you doing formula I found Amazon had the best prices.

I have the rainforest version. It was just great! helped to put the baby on a speeling schedule

Oh yes I almost forgot. We practiced swaddling with our babies and found it helped a lot with getting them to sleep for hours at a time -

http://www.miracleblanket.com/

Miracle Blanket FTMFW! If your baby likes it, get 3-4 of them so you always have a clean one.

Do all babies like this swaddling? We tried to do it with a regular blanket as well as those swaddlers that have the velcro to close it up and our babies were not liking the restricted feeling apparently... maybe this will make a difference? Desperately need to keep them asleep.

 

[JS80]

Originally posted by: Papagayo
Must have.. Good breast pump.. It will make life easier for your wife.
With good breast pump, you can share the workload of feeding your baby.

Happy wife = Happy family

Get the double pump!!!


No, you can't suck the milk out yourself and spit into a cup..

happy wife, happy life

 

[JS80]

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: oboeguy

Originally posted by: Brovane

Originally posted by: andy04

Originally posted by: Brovane
We personally found one of these very helpful with our two daughters - http://www.amazon.com/Fisher-P...&qid=1221584586&sr=8-3

Fisher-Price Ocean Wonders Aquarium Cradle Swing

A membership to Costco is very helpful. If you doing formula I found Amazon had the best prices.

I have the rainforest version. It was just great! helped to put the baby on a speeling schedule

Oh yes I almost forgot. We practiced swaddling with our babies and found it helped a lot with getting them to sleep for hours at a time -

http://www.miracleblanket.com/

Miracle Blanket FTMFW! If your baby likes it, get 3-4 of them so you always have a clean one.

Do all babies like this swaddling? We tried to do it with a regular blanket as well as those swaddlers that have the velcro to close it up and our babies were not liking the restricted feeling apparently... maybe this will make a difference? Desperately need to keep them asleep.

My baby hates swaddling. He's a free soul.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: oboeguy

Originally posted by: Brovane

Originally posted by: andy04

Originally posted by: Brovane
We personally found one of these very helpful with our two daughters - http://www.amazon.com/Fisher-P...&qid=1221584586&sr=8-3

Fisher-Price Ocean Wonders Aquarium Cradle Swing

A membership to Costco is very helpful. If you doing formula I found Amazon had the best prices.

I have the rainforest version. It was just great! helped to put the baby on a speeling schedule

Oh yes I almost forgot. We practiced swaddling with our babies and found it helped a lot with getting them to sleep for hours at a time -

http://www.miracleblanket.com/

Miracle Blanket FTMFW! If your baby likes it, get 3-4 of them so you always have a clean one.

Do all babies like this swaddling? We tried to do it with a regular blanket as well as those swaddlers that have the velcro to close it up and our babies were not liking the restricted feeling apparently... maybe this will make a difference? Desperately need to keep them asleep.

of course youcan't say all babies do or don't.

sometimes my kids loved it. sometimes they didnt. My son for instance was a bad sleeper. only way we could keep him asleep was in either the swing or in his carseat.

there were plenty of nights he slept in his carseat with the car seat in his basinet.

keep trying diffrent things.

Originally posted by: RKS


Our freezer was always full of individual servings of milk. We simply thawed a bag and fed. It certainly gave my wife a break as well as the budget since formula is relatively expensive.

heh. my wife had a double medela pump (think we sold it to someone here can't remember) and we had bags full milk in the freezer.

it sucked when my daughter was put on special formula. damn thing cost us nearly $20 a day.

 

[oboeguy]

Originally posted by: rh71

Do all babies like this swaddling? We tried to do it with a regular blanket as well as those swaddlers that have the velcro to close it up and our babies were not liking the restricted feeling apparently... maybe this will make a difference? Desperately need to keep them asleep.

I suppose it depends. Some like it, some don't. Some like it sometimes. Some like arms in, some like arms out.

As for getting infants to fall asleep, have you tried a yoga (aka stability) ball? Gently bouncing on a yoga ball with the baby nestled in your arms, IME, works wonders. Yoga ball + miracle blanket == teh win.