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Disposable Baby Bottles

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(I wrote this last week and forgot to post it, which is why there’s no mention of our new baby…who will be introduced in the next post.) I’m not going to lie — we are not the “greenest” family. Now, disposable-goods-using as we may be, there is no way I would ever use disposable bottles on a regular basis. Not only would I feel guilty about the wastefulness and laziness, I would also go broke. However, they are an excellent option for long plane rides. I remember when Hila was using bottles and we were traveling the annoyance of packing bottles, a bottle brush, and dish soap and then having to balance in a turbulent plane bathroom to wash them out so they didn’t get smelly. It was not fun. So will I buy these disposable bottles for our next baby? Yes. Will I be strong enough to reserve them for travel only? I hope so.  The first option here isn’t even too expensive. It’s the Vital Baby Disposable Sterile Feeding Bottle. For a pack of 4, Amazon charges $5.99.  Next up is the Steribottle Ready to Use Baby Bottle, which comes in packages of 5 (for $4.79) and 10 (for

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Baby Books I Want: The Monster at the End of this Book.

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The Monster at the End of this Book was the first book I read by myself growing up, and it’s probably the book I credit most in turning me into such a reader. I had the book memorized pretty early on, and used to tell the story along with my parents, word for word as we turned the pages together. To that end, I’ve been reading The Monster at the End of this Book to Hila, despite the fact that she just turned 3 months old (today!) and has absolutely no clue what’s flying. In fact, I don’t allow Sarah to read this one – it’s my book, and I always want it to be associated with me (wow, I sound pretty selfish. But Sarah gets to do pretty much everything else with Hila while I’m at work). The plot of the story, for those of us who haven’t read it, is Grover begging and pleading with the reader (ideally, a small child. But the book is also enjoyable if read by an adult, with maybe a nice glass of wine) not to turn any more pages, because with each page he turns, he brings us, and Grover, closer and

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Swaddle Me / Happiest Baby on the Block

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Menachem thinks it’s cruel to wrap your up so tightly that they can’t move around, so when he’s not around and Hila is screaming, I do just that. The problem is that I’m not so good at it and Hila is quite the little arm-flailer, so I end up with a crying baby is a mess of blankets. The solution: The Kiddopotamus SwaddleMe Swaddler. Now, I haven’t tried it yet, but I have one on it’s way from America and I’m looking forward to the soft cotton easy to swaddle cloth. Easy diaper access and a slit for a carseat buckle make it practical too! Swaddling is an ancient art of baby soothing, as described in Dr. Harvey Karp’s The Happiest Baby on the Block: The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Newborn Baby Sleep Longer. Dr. Karp has a very my-way-or-the-highway attitude, but so far, I’ve followed his way and seen fantastic results, particularly the windshield wiper moves that utilizes the 5 S’s. If you have a colicky or just a baby in a bad mood, I recommend trying these tried and true moves to a happier baby.

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