Nursing/Postpartum Tuesday: Foam Shampoo for Newborns
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When my son was a few weeks old, he had a lot of bumps on his face that my mother-in-law called baby acne. They didn’t seem to cause him any discomfort, but they definitely made me rethink the pure, unblemished baby skin idea. We had the pediatrician look at it and found out it was a pretty common newborn eczema-type rash. In conjunction with Eucerin and 0.5% hydrocortisone cream, we used this shampoo. It was gentle, it smelled nice, and even if it was a placebo, it made me feel like I was also treating his sensitive skin the right way. The bottle says that it “washes away flakes associated with cradle cap,” and I do think it made a difference to clear up and keep away further rashes — but maybe I am just grasping for a medical-sounding reason to like this shampoo. Bottom line is, I liked it and really recommend it for newborns. We stopped buying it because $$$$, but the bottles last a long time. It’s $12.50 at Amazon, eligible for Prime. Mustela Foam Shampoo for Newborns
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Not a mom but my friend has asked for a good water bottle for breast feeding. She doesn’t have a registry but this is a gift she asked me to source for her. My assumption is something with a straw right? She won’t have free hands so being able to lean over and take a sip of water is probably handy. Did you have a favorite water bottle while breast feeding?
Silly question maybe and I am sure they will answer it at the hospital tour but…we live in NYC and don’t have a car…how do we get the baby home? Do we call a taxi and just put the baby car seat in it when it shows up?
I am not doing a registry because we just moved to a different country than all our friends/family. We are asking instead that people give money towards a postpartum doula, someone to come cook meals to leave in the freezer and a once a week cleaner.
However, this means I actually have to buy some baby clothes that usually everyone gets gifted. I am a minimalist person. How many things would you buy to get yourself through the first few weeks? Baby is due in Feb.
We used this for our baby’s cradle cap, in conjunction with a cradle cap brush (like $4 on amazon) and it worked very well. And it does last awhile…we are still on the same bottle we bought when he was six weeks old and he’s now eight months (granted, we bathe our children less often than most…twice a week or so). and it smells great.
Does anyone have recommendations for a diaper pail?
And a diaper bag?
My budget is not huge so price conscious yet quality picks would be most appreciated. Thanks!
More experienced parents, talk to me about swim lessons or resources for introducing children to water, please.
DD is over 2 1/2 and I’d like to make more of an effort to get her more comfortable with the water, for long-term safety reasons. We don’t have a pool and don’t go to the pool often, but we do outdoor activities around and on the water in the summers. We’ve taken her into my parent’s hot tub (lukewarm water in the summer) and pools and mountain lakes periodically.
My preference would be to introduce her to water ourselves and save parent-and-child lessons until later for a couple of reasons: (1) Committing to lessons would be difficult with our schedules, (2) DD is generally very reserved around people and I think she might not be as open to exploring and being comfortable with the water if she feels she is “performing” for a group, and (3) at this age, especially out of daycare hours, I try to avoid more structured or instructive activities for DD.
Are there reasons I should just do swim lessons instead?
And if not, does anyone have recommendations as to resources (books, etc.) on how to best introduce children to water / teach to swim (or whatever is age-appropriate for a 2-3 year old)? As an aside, I’m planning on taking my infant/toddler CPR refresher soon, and bring the in-laws if possible (DH is a pediatric nurse, so no issues there).
This may be the most ridiculous question ever — is there a substantive difference between $25 beanbag chair from target and a $100 from Pottery Barn Kids? Seems like a ridiculous price for a beanbag chair but I don’t want foam beads all over my basement or other substandard beanbag performance issues.
This may be a better question for the main s i t e, but I’ll ask here first: are there any Kansas City area moms here? My family will be relocating there temporarily and I’d love any recommendations for where to live, daycares, elementary schools, etc. We’re coming from the east coast and don’t know anything about the area although we’ve heard great things. Husband will be at Leavenworth and is not opposed to a long-ish commute; I’m a remote employee; one kiddo will be in daycare and another starting first grade. Thanks!
I just need to get this off my mind, and I welcome any feedback.
My 2y10m old moved from the 2 year old room at her Montessori to the 3-5 year old (“big) room early September. She moved along up with a few friends, and skills-wise she was ready. Last night my daughter said she doesn’t like the big room and that the work in the big room is hard. Additionally, one of the friendships with her old friends has deteriorated, I believe due to poor/stressful transition resulting in my daughter acting out at times (likely hitting her friend).
I’m trying not to get down on myself for moving her up, because it appears she was not ready emotionally. We suspect she might be a highly sensitive child. We can’t move her back to the 2 year old class. How can I help her cope with the new, big class?
Anyone have a child who gets frequent nosebleeds? 5 year old son will sometimes have 3 in a week, other times only once a month. Is this worth going to an ENT about and potentially getting it cauterized? Son has gotten so many that it doesn’t bother him per se, but it has sometimes impeded his ability to do things at school (he had to sit out of soccer once because of the nosebleed).
Over the weekend I was building an Ikea bookcase for the nursery I’m setting up, which involved a lot of loud banging with a rubber mallet for all of the dang pegs ubiquitous in Ikea furniture. Toward the end when the banging was admittedly particularly prolonged my neighbor (in a 4-unit condo building) started banging angrily on the wall that separates our units and screaming something incomprehensible. He was very obviously mad. We finished the bookcase at 5pm on a Sunday, so I don’t think it was an unreasonable amount of noise for 2 usually VERY quiet people to make.
My husband got pretty upset at the reaction. I thought it was unreasonable, but tried to treat it like what it was– a temper tantrum by a grown man– cue eye roll.
Anyway, all this got me thinking about what kinds of reactions my neighbors are going to have once we have a baby crying around the clock come late November. Would you do anything to prepare for this? They know I’m pregnant (it’s obvious), so it would seem pointless to warn them that a baby is coming. But I really don’t want to deal with them banging on my walls in the future.
Pregnancy constipation. I’m scared – I had some bleeding. What actually workedfor you? I think I’m getting tons of fibre, but I don’t know…
Anyone have tips on cmv prevention? I didn’t worry about this (or know about it) when preg with #1, but I’m newly pregnant and pretty concerned about it since my oldest is in daycare and under 2 (prime cmv transmission age). Some of the guidelines I’ve seen are nuts – there’s no way I’m not kissing my 1 year old for the next 9 months! But I’d appreciate any tips. Thank you!
Per CDC, wash your hands after changing diapers and don’t share cups, food, utensils with toddler. They don’t recommend abstaining from kissing the 1 year old, that would be harsh.
Has anyone used PreSeed lubricant for TTC? Did it help?