Occasionally I come up with my own stuff. Last year I had a baby- the first grand-baby on my side of the family. I had the opportunity to have a lot of great discussions about taking care of babies and what babies need and what the recommendations are for babies with my sweet and wonderful mother. Together we discovered that a few things have changed... and I was inspired to put together this list.
25 Things That Have Changed Since You Were The New Baby
- Car seats -The infant car seat base- a total game-changer
- Car seats- The new [twenty]-five point harness: if your child can move at all it is either too loose or you have done it wrong… again.
- Car seats- They expire, usually before the second child can outgrow them.
- Car seat boosters… for 12-year olds
- Baby powder is hazardous to your baby’s health
- Formula… for breast-fed babies
- Breast-feeding supplies are now tax-deductable
- “Baby-led weaning” has almost nothing to do with the common US usage of the word “weaning”
- You must get a special mat and a timer and designate “tummy time” to watch your baby flail and scream, but no matter what they must not fall asleep on their stomachs.
- Cloth diapers are the hip thing to do
- People expect YOUR diaper bag to match your BABY’S gender
- Real people (not just celebrities) buy $200 diaper bags
- Between the recommendations against crib bumpers, and blankets being labeled a “SIDS risk,” there is no fun to be had in baby bedding.
- The great crib recall… it’s a miracle you survived your drop-side crib
- Recalls for “parental stupidity”
- The toxins in your baby’s flame retardant clothing are a greater threat than fire
- Everything is a SIDS risk, but we still don’t know what causes SIDS.
- If your baby starts solids too early they will get allergies; if your baby starts solids too late they will get allergies; too early is before 4 months… or before 6 months… or before they are demonstrating all the proper physiological signals of readiness… too late is after 4 months… or after 6 months… or….
- Speaking of starting solids, those “forbidden foods” are no longer a problem (except honey- don’t give your baby honey until after 1 year)
- No more Vicks VapoRub for sick babies
- Circumcision is no longer a “given”
- Scheduled vaccinations from birth to age six in 1983 total 10. Scheduled vaccinations from birth to age six for 2013 total 38.
- 3D and 4D Ultrasounds
- Watch your baby (or your neighbor’s baby) with a video baby monitor
- Names! Unique names are common, gender-benders are in, and the internet gives everyone easy access to the most recent social security name data
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