Annie's Favourite Kid Tips!
Annie's Favourite Kid Tips!
Use a large rectangular laundry basket for bathing baby! Put the
basket in the bathtub, and run the water. The water flows through the basket,
and you can sit baby right in the basket for a safer, more manageable bathing
space. We also use a bath sponge wedge (made for laying small babies on
as you bathe them) as a back rest, against one end of the basket.
Does your baby still like strained foods but also want to feed him or herself?
William still likes some strained fruits a lot; we put them in one of
those Playtex cups with the soft, pop-up straws, and give him the cup, and
he "eats" his fruit on his own that way. Sometimes we need to thin it down
with just a little bit of juice, but not much! This would probably work
with some sippy cups as well. [By the way, pipe cleaners work really well for
cleaning out the straws on those cups!]
And for those babies who insist on feeding themselves - those Gerber Graduates in the
little microwavable cups are great! We use the Turkey and Rice, and the
Chicken and Noodles - we heat them up according to directions, then dump
them into a fine strainer, and rinse them in warm water, which washes away
the goopy sauce. Voila! Perfect finger/hand food, in the form of a reasonably
well-balanced meal!
Use a clean pair of rolled-up socks to help support the breast with
which you are nursing (this can free up a hand, even, so you can browse
your email while nursing :-)).
Take a small brag-book sized photo album (one of those ones which
is 4x6 in size) and cut out interesting pictures from magazines to make
a picture book for your baby. William loves his book, which has pictures
of doggies, and horsies, and some pretty scenery, and bright birdies and
fishes, and we have a ready source of new pictures (more magazines) if
we want to change the pictures. We've also thrown in a couple of pictures of
family members.
How many times have you caught your little one doing something
too cute, and you either say "darn, if *only* I had the camera
with me", or you rush to get the camera, but of course by the time you get back, the moment is over?
Well, solve this problem by buying a few (or several, depending on your
needs) disposible cameras, and leave one in each place where you think you may
be most likely to wish you had a camera. If you use them only for those
"must have" pictures, they will last for awhile, and when you do finally
develop them, each picture will be such a treat!
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