Organizing For A Baby

Babies need a lot of things. Well, let me make a correction... We are led to believe that babies need a lot of things. When I look at pictures of me as a baby, all I ever see is a crib, a doorway baby jumper, a tricycle, one doll, and lots of cardboard boxes. Today we need bouncers, bunting bags, carriers, diaper bags, strollers, car seats, baby gates, pacifiers, walkers, toys, and more toys, and more toys. Quite a distinction in needs. And then you have to fit all of this into your home!

So even though I didn't have any babies of my own, I grew up with babies all colse to me. I always found something to amuse children. At the very minimum, I would open my lowest drawer in the kitchen, which is my tupperware drawer, throw in a few spatulas and plastic ladles, and it abruptly it became a toy box to some visiting baby.

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If they were older, I would rustle up a catalogue, scissors, paper, crayons, and some shoe boxes. I showed some little girls how I made my own cutouts dolls and glue them to cardboard. Then with paper and crayons I would institute and trace clothes for them with the little tabs to bend. My baby sister and I would even make houses out of shoe boxes and chocolate bar boxes attached together. We cut open the sides to make doors, made stairs to an upper level, made furniture out of cardboard, and even decorated the walls with pictures from magazines and catalogues. This entertained us for months.

Organizing For A Baby

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Another nifty idea that will keep children busy for hours is play dough. Start by getting them to help you make it. Make at least 4 batches each a l dissimilar colour, then give them rolling pins, cookie cutters and whatever that would make involving designs in the dough. Here is my recipe:

Play Dough
In a pot mix: 1 c. Flour
1/4 c. Salt
2 Tb. Cream Of Tartar
Combine & Add: 1 c. Water
1 Tb Oil
Food Colouring - 1/2 to 2 tsp. Start with 1/2 tsp, After added to the flour, add as desired

Cook over medium until it forms into a ball. Stir while cooking. You will think it is not going to work, but don't worry, it comes together. Once it has formed into a ball, turn onto a lightly floured surface.
Knead till smooth.

It is so soft and fun for children to play with. Totally safe if they eat it, just very salty, but nothing harmful

If I were to bring a baby home today, the thing that came to my mind is how much a new parent no ifs ands or buts has to reorganize their life to make space for baby. Otherwise, you will have all those baby items lying all over the place. The first thing you need to do is start development a home for everything, because every performance needs a station or a landing place, all things needs a home. Once you do that, those things will be suitable for you to use but not in the middle of your room so that you tripping on them.

Since I have a small home, I would likely turn the front hall closet into storehouse for the items I would use daily like walkers, strollers and toys.

My sewing room/office would get turned into a nursery. The first thing I would do is add storehouse in the closet. Just one clothes rod for little clothes is a total waste of space. If you can't have a carpenter practice make shelves, bins and drawers, just add purchased shelves, bins or a dresser in your closet. There are even rods to hang onto the existing clothes rod to turn it into a double rod.

Naturally I would have a crib, and dresser that would supply a place for changing the baby, and a chair or rocker for nursing. whatever your needs are, just remember you need to make a place for them, and that likely means sacrificing something else, and probably some shuffling and purging.

I saw some great diaper bags at our carport sale this weekend. They do not even look like diaper bags.... No pictures of soothers and baby bottles on them, and they had great storehouse for all your needs either you are heading out colse to town or on a longer trip. Here is a suggested check list for you diaper bag:

Changing Pad Baby Wipes Travel Kleenex Hand sanitizer Diapers (estimate 1 per hour for how many to take) Diaper Rash Cream Baby Bottles, Baby Food and snacks 2 Pacifiers (in case you drop 1) 1-2 Changes of Clothing Ziplock Baggies for soiled clothing and diapers Hat Bib Receiving Blankets and Burping Cloth Baby First Aid (children's tylenol, teething gel, something for upset stomach, syringe for stuffy noses, bandaids) Toy and a favourite book Bottle of water Camera Mommy Pouch for your essential things

The most leading thing a baby needs is love from his or her parents. Actually, Ken always says the most gift a father can give to his son or daughter is to love his or her mother. Love is essential for the welfare of babies. A newborn is totally dependent on its mother. It must be well fed, kept clean and warm. But corporal needs are not enough, emotional needs are just as important. Research has confirmed this fact that babies come to be sick and even die if deprived of love which is expressed through talking and touching, stroking and cuddling.

I remember reading a true story, and I wish I could find the resource to present it accurately, but I will do my best by memory. It was noticed that in this orphanage how all of the babies cried or were sick, except for the baby that happened to be in the last crib. It baffled the staff, they couldn't shape this out. No matter which baby was in the last crib, that baby fared better. Ultimately they set up a camera 24/7 to observe. They made this discovery. The janitor came and and did her cleaning, but when she was done, she sat down at the end of the room and picked up the baby in the last crib. She cuddled and sang to it, and she did this every night. The baby in the last crib was always salutary and happy. Babies need to be touched and loved.

I remember my mom just development a crooning sound to babies as she rocked them if they were sick. I learned from her a neat trick for colicky babies. You rock them by holding them face down, it gives them relief in their tummy. You hold them with their head resting on the inside of your elbow, your hands hold their tummy, and their legs straddle your other arm. I hope you can get the picture. They always fell asleep in my arms.

My mom raised 7 children all the while running a farm, store and post office. We always had babies around, babies of our family, babies of friends or neighbours, babies I was babysitting, or babies & children that were retrieved from abusive homes. We were an emergency home for children until they could be located into the system. I always wanted 12 babies, but it is ironic how I never had any children of my own.

One thing mom never did was tip-toe colse to when we were sleeping. We were all sound sleepers. As a matter of fact, the hum of the washing engine and vacuum plus mom's steps were so comforting to me that it helped me to fall asleep. I knew all things was in operate in the house and I felt procure and loved. I was such as sound sleeper that I have to tell you a brief story.

This happened one time when we had a house full of company, so I gave up my room and was sleeping in a cubicle under the stairs which happens to be right next to the kitchen. We had a gas dryer in the kitchen, and there must have been a leak, because in the middle of the night it exploded. Totally blew out the doors and windows. The whole house was up cleaning up the mess and sweeping up the glass. This was such a huge explosion, every person had a hard time getting to sleep after that. In the morning when I got up, I looked colse to and asked what kind of wild party went on here last night. That is when they realized I slept through the whole thing! I was "closest" to the kitchen. It is my notice that happy salutary babies sleep sounder.

Having children is one of the most joys in life, but it can also be challenging. Life revolves colse to children and totally changes your connection with your mate, and totally changes the charisma of your home. The added pressure of a new baby can be relieved by being well organized. As in all things, balance is required, you don't want the pendulum to swing the other way. So as organized as I like to be, when a new baby is in the house, sometimes you just have to let go... For time with your baby or some much needed sleep.

Organizing For A Baby

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