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Dumb Questions here - a playdate/curiosity thread?

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  • silverwings72silverwings72 member
    Maelara said:


    silverwings72 said:

    @Maelara‌ - I was just reading that wearing baby on back was not recommend until older. What age is safe??




    6 months or when a baby has good head and neck control. This can be completely different, it depends on the baby so if you're unsure then wait for the 6 months. If you're confident that your baby has enough head and neck control, then go for it! You CAN wrap a newborn on your back but there are a lot of requirements and you need to be a confident and skilled wrapper. The baby has to breath on your neck, the head and neck must be supported and the baby must be visible, even from the back. This is a very hard wrap to achieve which is why it's usually recommended to just not do it.

    @Maelara‌ Ah, that makes sense. I think i will just wait because i will be a paranoid freak wondering if baby can breathe. Thank you for eveything on this thread. You rock, lady!
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  • MaelaraMaelara member
    silverwings72 said:
    silverwings72 said:
    @Maelara‌ - I was just reading that wearing baby on back was not recommend until older. What age is safe??

    6 months or when a baby has good head and neck control. This can be completely different, it depends on the baby so if you're unsure then wait for the 6 months. If you're confident that your baby has enough head and neck control, then go for it! You CAN wrap a newborn on your back but there are a lot of requirements and you need to be a confident and skilled wrapper. The baby has to breath on your neck, the head and neck must be supported and the baby must be visible, even from the back. This is a very hard wrap to achieve which is why it's usually recommended to just not do it.
    @Maelara‌ Ah, that makes sense. I think i will just wait because i will be a paranoid freak wondering if baby can breathe. Thank you for eveything on this thread. You rock, lady!

    No worries :) you should be able to hear and feel your baby breath if you do the wrap properly but it's a super advanced wrap to achieve (I asked some ladies and they said to only use a woven wrap or a mei tie that is wrapper correctly for a newborn). I'm with you though, I won't be wrapping my baby on my back until they have good neck control!
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  • 2ndGeneration2ndGeneration member
    edited August 2014
    mander82 said:

    Baby gates and kitties........our kitties litter boxes are in the basement,  so we cannot keep the basement door closed. 

    Can we just keep the baby gate 6 inches or so off the floor,  so kitty can go under it, and baby won't fit under it ?

    I know this won't be a concern til he is crawling, but I don't know how many baby gates I want to register for.  

      I personally would not keep the baby gate off the floor. Even 6 inches is an entrapment hazard.

     I am the poster child for entrapment hazards LOL. In 1971 I nearly strangled by slipping all but my head through the crib slats, which were less than 6 inches apart. My mom happened to check on me and found me hanging and bluish. God was watching me for sure!
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  • ssstephanie214ssstephanie214 member
    do all babies end up getting diaper rash--is it inevitable 
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  • MuchlyGenMuchlyGen member
    ssstephanie214 said:
    do all babies end up getting diaper rash--is it inevitable 
    Nope! My first never did. My second only did a couple of times when he had diarrhea.

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    ssstephanie214 said:

    do all babies end up getting diaper rash--is it inevitable 

    DS has never had it and he's 2 years old this month. (We also cloth diaper, which I heard helps prevent diaper rash.)
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  • MaelaraMaelara member
    ssstephanie214 said:
    do all babies end up getting diaper rash--is it inevitable 

    N has rarely had diaper rashes. She usually only gets it when she's teething.
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  • jlove253jlove253 member
    edited August 2014
    ssstephanie214 said:

    do all babies end up getting diaper rash--is it inevitable 

    What the other women said is true: not all get diaper rash. DD had it a few times, but never bad. If using disposable diapers (and probably cloth too) it helps to give lots of air-out time, both to treat and prevent.

    I think all moms though should look up yeast rash and staph infections, because they can affect baby booties, but aren't treated the way diaper rash is. I didn't even know yeast rash was a thing, until DD got thrush (which I didn't know she had) and then a yeast rash on her butt. Then this summer she got a staph infection, which I though was just pimples, and then maybe yeast. Anyways, all that to say, make yourself aware of different rashes :)

    ETA: don't google it. After @Maelara‌ commented I realized this is bad advice. Know there are different types of rashes and if I find a good link I'll add it later. Spare yourselves.
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  • ssstephanie214ssstephanie214 member
    Maelara said:

    Don't google staph infection on baby... Just don't. I'm now scarred and may go throw up. I had a staph infection as an adult and they can be as simple as looking like a blister or as bad as looking like a nasty boil. Don't look up images.

    I had a cluster of blisters on my shoulder and neck from scarlet fever a few months before I was pregnant. So i thought i knew what a staph infection could look like. But when pp said it looked like pimples on her baby, I had to google! OOPS...EW...SCARY.

    Additionally, I am dealing with a yeast infection right now and have these pimpley looking spots on my thighs. Dr says she didn't know what they were or if they were related. Disappointing because I do expect my doctor to be the mayo clinic encyclopedia even if that's slightly unreasonable.
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  • jlove253jlove253 member
    edited August 2014
    Maelara said:

    Don't google staph infection on baby... Just don't. I'm now scarred and may go throw up. I had a staph infection as an adult and they can be as simple as looking like a blister or as bad as looking like a nasty boil. Don't look up images.

    Ooh oops! Sorry! Didn't mean to expose everyone to the nastiness. I should have thought that through more before recommending. Instead of googling, I'll just say that on DD it looked like a few raised bumps, some developed white heads over time that would go away. If I find a good link later for types of baby rashes I'll post it. Sorry again!
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