We have done really well in terms of being given gear.
So far we already have second-hand (and haven't spent a penny):
- a cot (to be delivered in May)
- a baby car seat
- a feeding cushion
- baby bath with stand
- bouncinet
- enough clothes to last you till you're 18 months, I think!
- a high chair
- a playpen (to come soon!)
- a changing table (to come soon!)
- a closet
- two sheepskins
- a handful of books
I want it to be easy to use and easy to put in a car (if I have access to it), and I would like you to be able to see as much as possible without having to look at people's knees or breathe in car fumes all the time. I would like you to look outwards, but also face me if you feel like it. I also don't know whether I'll be out and about all that much in the first few months, or whether I'll be walking most, or if I'll even be bothered driving anyway. Still, I'm not sure which one to choose ... they're so expensive!
The rest of the stuff will be, I guess, child-proofing the house. But you won't be mobile for a wee while yet. All in good time.
Go on, tell me another knock-knock joke and I'll sing you a song to sleep.
Love your Soul Mama
So organised, Jane! Good for you.
ReplyDeleteThere are so many prams out there I can see why you're anxious about which one to buy. Before we had Aniek, a friend told me that if I was going to splurge on anything, splurge on a good pram. And I have to agree with that wise advice I was given a few years ago.
A pram gets you out with your baby to enjoy the fresh air and surrounds on those good days, and stares you in the face, willing you to get out to just get a breath of fresh air on those bad days! It's transportation and a lifeline. It'll get you and your baby to a cafe when you just need a coffee and a simple exchange of money and goods with a waiter!
It'll get you to playgroup or mamas'group when you're too knackered to drive.
It'll give you sanity and exercise and time to chat to your baby and tell her/him all about the trees, the sun, the flowers and the puppies in the park.
It'll be your salvation when nothing.else.gets.the.baby.to.sleep!
And so many passers by will have a peek at the little creature within and gasp at his/her beauty. And you'll feel like the luckiest woman alive when you peek in there and see the most amazing being in the whole world.
I would have gone completely mad without our pram so I'm glad we spent a few $$ on it.
Good luck with your purchase!
xxx
Lenise (your blog stalker and ranter)
Hi Lenise
ReplyDeleteThe best thing is we haven't paid for anything new, yet, or if it was new (the high chair) it was heavily discounted. Good advice on the pram. I'm going to post soon about work, though - not sure what that will bring and how prammy I can be - the question rises; car (nooooo!)/bike? But to be on foot for about 6 months of the year with the dear little soul will be great ... it's just those windy/rainy/snowy months that need getting heads around ...
Don't forget the Oioi Nappy Bag from Mel and I ;)
ReplyDeleteyeah, where are the pics?! I want one for myself, ha ha!
DeleteI can't wait to use it! Hm, I might go and fill it with things, like ... Nappies and wipes and stuff! :)
Deletei can't imagine being without our juggernaut pram!! I have had to go out with the boys to get Mary Rose from school in bad weather, with rain and wind. Only because no choice though. Pushed the pram wearing Lance's way too big japara jacket and Thomas had his brolly and raincoat and pram has a rain cover. I suppose the weather in holland is different than over here, where i can go out for a walk most of the year, even in winter.
ReplyDeleteI really hope we encourage the kids to go out and play, rain-hail-or-shine. It'll be good for their resistance and help them enjoy the elements and seasons ... So many kids are encouraged to avoid wet or cold. We just need good raincoats! Hehe
DeleteWe got a pram in the end! Ed's parents decided to help us buy one, as they did the same for Fred and Sil. Sweet! It's beautiful, in the attic. We'll wheel it out when we have someone to show off inside it! Haha!
ReplyDeleteOn the changing table, Edwin's going to make one himself, and we're not going to get a playpen (no room!). I bought another baby sheepskin, with short hair, and with no chemicals in the tanning process. So happy - it came in the mail today!