We were shopping for necessities in Wal Mart (yes, I admit, the big bad company - they just happen to be dirt cheap on the baby stuff front), and while browsing the baby bottle selection, my eyes were drawn to a box of weird shaped bottles. After some study and dawning delight, the conclusion was clear: a three-pack of the Playtex (R) VentAire (R) Advanced Wide Bottles with Slow Flow Nipples have been added to our stash of baby goodies.
The thing with this bottle design is that it is designed to minimize the air that gets inside the baby while feeding. To my understanding less air --> less discomfort --> less crying --> less pain medication for the father. I.e., this is a good deal. How it works is a combination of two genius innovations. First, there are one-way holes (officially called air vents) in the bottom of the bottle that let air in when the bottom is upwards, but do not spill the milk when the bottle is upright (I sincerely hope they really are one-way holes!). Second, the bottle is twisted in shape, which... let me see that I get this right... "promotes the semi-upright feeding position recommended by pediatricians to help prevent ear infections". How cool is that!If all baby stuff was either engineering miracles or supercute plush toys, shopping would be a breeze. Unfortunately there is also a lot of completely uncool stuff involved as well, like all kinds of ointments and lotions (how many do you really need?), some of which I have smuggled successfully from Finland. In any case, we are already very well prepared, with still approximately six weeks to go for the due date (although I have learned that only 1% of babies get born on the due date - even worse performance than with product programs in the dear company that pays my salary...). However, we still have not figures out why you would need six separate blankets, as advised in my Complete Idiot's Guide to Fatherhood.
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Six blankets... maybe if the child is vomiting all over all night long? Just washed six separate sheets... 8-)
Minni: Here they sell an ingenious piece of baby clothing called wearable blanket which is essentially a small sack with snaps or zipper that the baby can wear while sleeping, http://www.kiddopotamus.com/p_luxebed.php They come in different materials and can have sleeves as well. Some of them wrap around the baby like a super-easy swaddle. I don't know whether these exist in Finland. (swaddle=kapalo)
Anyway, I have an idea why one needs plenty of spit rags or such, but why there should be more than a couple of blankets, here not meaning those wearable ones mentioned above, is still eluding me. Of course, they could then match the stroller color, decoration of various parts of the apartment, crib bedding, car upholstery (in 2 cars), etc. ... Oh well, not going to happen.
Anyway, this little one is well-stocked on the clothing side. Characteristically someone took several in depth tours of the various sales they have here already a few months ago and stocked up carefully. Of course the same someone didn't take into account that people just love to give all the cutest baby necessities as presents to new parents. So, I don't think this little one is going to be short of stuff :) .
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