Baby Things I Want

We've been through lots of bottles in this house, and until recently, kept coming back to the Avent bottles. Out of the Nuk, Soothie, and some other brand that I don't remember, Hila seemed to like the Avent best.

Whenever she eats, however, we need to put a cloth around her neck because she ends up dribbling out a huge amount of milk and getting it all over her body, her clothes, and whoever is feeding her. I would never dream of feeding her without one of those cloths. It is just extremely messy.

For some reason, I didn't even think to hold the bottle responsible for this, and just assumed it had to do with Hila's mouth and tongue -- we had the frenulum snipped when she was few weeks old because she wasn't nursing, and thought somehow that her nursing problems were just feeding problems in general.

I recently got bored with the Avent bottles and bought some MAM bottles (including a blue one that says "Little Man" on it -- whoops). The MAM nipples are wider than the Avent's and fill Hila's mouth better. This means that there aren't huge pockets of room open at the sides of her mouth for the milk to stream out. Which means MUCH neater eating. Still messy (maybe it is also physiological), but not as bad.

And the MAM bottles are cuter than the boring Avents. Not that that matters of course...

Posted by Sarah on Saturday, July 11, 2009 0 comments Links to this post  

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In an effort to get me to like and listen to classical music, my parents bought me the cd Heigh Ho! Mozart when I was a kid. I guess it sort of worked. I mean, I listen to classical music sometimes while I'm working and while I wouldn't say it's my favorite genre of music, I must like it enough that I now want my daughter to listen and like classical music too.

Fortunately, I still have Heigh Ho! Mozart in my old cd collection and since Menachem just won a Sony CD player at work, we now have Hila's room equipped with a sound system and cds -- how 1990's are we?

It's a great collection of Disney songs that are each performed in the style of a famous composer. For example, "Heigh Ho!" from Snow White is in the style of (you'll never guess...) Mozart. "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" from The Lion King is in the style of Tchaikovsky. "Prince Ali" from Aladdin is in the style of Bela Bartok. You get the point. It's a sweet collection and it's fun to hear those tunes again.

Hila listens to it almost every night when she falls asleep. Seems to do the trick just right!

Posted by Sarah on Wednesday, July 08, 2009 0 comments Links to this post  

A little while ago I blogged about a great collapsible changing table/bath combo. Turns out we replaced the laundry closet in that room (our laundry room is attached to our bathroom), and now the room is too small for it. :(. So now I'm at a loss as to what to do - buy a regular baby bath and just put it in our regular size tub, like Sarah does? What if I have another C and can't bend over? Put the baby tub on a collapsible stand the way we did with Eden - and change the baby on the couch? Still buy this and put it in the baby's room instead of the bathroom? Not a great idea for splashing...Still buy another changing table after buying a whole closet - NO.

I'm thinking of bathing the baby in the sink actually. Our kitchen sink is huge, but it means keeping it spotless (and empty of dirty dishes....) Our bathroom sink could probably hold a little baby, but I'm not sure about bigger babies. There are some good baby seats out there though, like this one that claims to fit in a sink, and ALSO folds up nicely :).

So then there is the changing table issue. Apparently, it's not really a must have. I really may just do without it. A good idea I've seen is just to keep the stuff together in a basket that you can move from spot to spot. Change the baby on the floor, on the couch, a bed, etc. If it turns out that we really would like one - for my back, or knees, or just to have a place to get her dressed - we can always decide to take the desk out of Eden's room and use that, like we did with her. It worked then, it can work again. And then we can buy Eden a new piece of furniture that is more practical, like a bookcase. Or something else. Like an ice cream cone. Do you think she's too old (4) to fall for that?

OR - just saw this (see pic on right)

Hows that for cool?

Posted by Bethami on Wednesday, July 01, 2009 3 comments Links to this post  

I think we made a mistake by buying only a half bumper for Hila's crib. She's already gotten her legs stuck between the slats on the unbumpered half of the crib a few times and that has made her very unhappy. We bought it because it was cheaper than the full and because we weren't sure which side of the are-bumpers-safe debate we were on so figured we'd compromise by getting half.

I've changed my mind now and want a whole one, but love her pretty pink and brown ladybug-themed bumper and still don't want to spend more money than we need to by either buying the ladybug full bumper or buying the other half of it. (These things are not so cheap in Israel.)

And so, I am going to buy the Breathable Baby Universal Crib Bumper in either white, ecru, or brown. This way, I can put that bumper around the whole crib to prevent Hila's precious little hands and feet from getting stuck, but can then still use the half bumper over half of the breathable bumper for added cushion and cuteness.

Also, no one can argue that this new satin-lined, mesh bumper will have any health risks associated with it, what with its promoting of air-flow and breathability. So if we find that Hila all of a sudden starts pressing her nose and mouth up against her ladybugs, we'll be able to remove it and still have protection.

I like my plan.

Posted by Sarah on Monday, June 29, 2009 3 comments Links to this post  

Scooby Doo Crocs! Have you ever in your life seen such adorable shoes? I love crocs and can't wait to buy these for Hila!

(Actually, my mom already promised she'd buy them for her. Don't forget, mom.)

Posted by Sarah on Monday, June 22, 2009 3 comments Links to this post