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22 years between kids, please help!!

l0ve4everl0ve4ever
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Hi, my daughter is 21 (will be 22 when my baby is born) and I am pregnant with my second. I am sure so many things have changed. Please let me know any advise you may have, including info on what the MUST have items are these days. 

 

Many thanks! 

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Re: 22 years between kids, please help!!

  • el_twirpoel_twirpo member

    i'm not sure what baby stuff was like 22 years ago, but some "rules" have changed.

    - baby should be placed on their backs for sleep at night

    - wait to introduce solids closer to 6 months old

    and then items wise, we kept things pretty simple. we loved the miracle blanket for swaddling. get a good white noise machine (or download a white noise app on your smartphone/ipod touch) to play at night. a humidifier and frida snot sucker helped with congestion.

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  • astroMomastroMom member

    Baby Bargains is a good comprehensive guide that helps you narrow down all of the gear plus safety recommendations.  In addition to above, I think maybe vitamin/supplement advice has changed & now they recommend car seats to be rear facing until at least 2 years (we plan on being RF until he outgrows the height/weight limits). 

    We are big fans of modern cloth diapers.  They are so much easier than the old type and can save you a ton of money.  I would just start watching/reading the various boards, and you will learn a lot here.

    DS born 8/2010 - preliminary stages of SN int'l adoption - fur mama to 2 shelter dogs;  cloth diapering, babywearing, EBFing mama

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