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How To Buy Baby Products
by: Shalu | last updated: June 08, 2009
Category: Baby Care Essentials: Skincare & First Aid | Tags: baby products
Category: Baby Care Essentials: Skincare & First Aid | Tags: baby products
You have resisted the temptation for months. Passed longingly by layette department on your way to maternity, not daring to run as much as a finger over the lacy rompers and hand knit blankets. But now, at long last, with delivery only weeks away, it’s not only okay to stop resisting and start buying, it’s absolutely necessary. So, before start shopping, do your homework. Calculate minimum needs. Now I am going to give you some guidelines.
Don’t buy a complete layette as espoused by the store or any list; use list simply as a guide.
Keep in mind how many times a week you will be doing the laundry. If you will be washing almost every day, buy the smallest suggested number of items on the list. If you can only do it weekly then buy the largest number.
Check off items borrowed or handed down before finalizing your shopping list.
If friends and family ask what you’ll need, don’t be embarrassed to tell them. Suggest a few items in various price ranges to give them freedom of choice, but do not suggest the same items to different people.
Hold off on buying items you won’t need right away and items you may end up not needing until you have received all your gifts. When they stop coming in, recalculate your needs, and head out for the store once more.
Buy mostly 6 to 9 months sizes. You may want a couple of 3-month-size shirts and may be an outfit or two for dress up that fit just right. Keep all baby clothes tagged or in their original packages, so that if your baby arrives early, weighing just 5 pounds, some of the larger sizes can be exchanged.
Keep the season in mind as you shop. If baby is expected on the cusp of a season, buy just few tiny items for the immediate weather and larger ones for the weather expected in months ahead.
When buying baby furniture, practically and safely should succeed style. An antique cradle, either purchased or passed down, may lend that heirloom look to the nursery-but you setting your baby up for a fall should the bottom not prove strong enough to support his weight.
When buying toiletries for baby, buy only what you need, rather than one of everything you see. When comparing products, look for those that are alcohol free and contain the fewest artificial colours, preservatives and other chemical additives.
When stocking the medicine chest, however, err on the side of excess, filling it, just in case, with everything you might need in an emergency and hope you will never have to use. Otherwise you may find yourself helpless when your baby wakes in the middle of the night burning up with fever and you have no medication on hand to bring it down.
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