Getting baby kit out of the attic

[ailbhe]

Found, but not carried down:
Moses basket down now
Pram/pushchair thing down now
Carseat down now
Box of newborn/0-3 month clothes down now
Multimeter (to check if light is working properly) down now
Hair clippers down now
Borrowed book (why was it up there?) down now
Box of cotton wool down now
Empty red plastic crate to store kit in until needed

Carried down
Very bright clamp-light for stitching check it works
Large mainly-still-folded-and-unused plastic sheeting for DIY cut away dusty, used-looking bit, retain only pristine section
Several disposable baby change mats very like inco pads, one still in hygienic sealed packaging
Cotton sanitary towels, squillions of, in properly clean closed bag, hurrah!
Bag of maternity knickers, some of which are large enough! Hurrah!

Baby stuff
Carrycot to go with pram thing hoover it
Raincover and footmuff for pram thing
Newborn towels with the fancy hooded corner wash and tumbledry, they're like sandpaper
Playmat/baby gym thing wash
EU baby muslin mountain wash them, decide how many we need if this is twins after all, give the rest away in small industrial lorry
Lots of baby bedding for moses basket and cot sort it and wash it, see what we've got

Nappies
2 brand new unopened packs of newborn Cotton Bottoms prefolds
6 newborn-sized used prefolds wash
Huge bag full of tiny baby bibs, for spitup, spilt milk etc wash
Newborn size nappy wraps in a clean-looking bag check if they need washing
Fleece nappy liners wash
Small carry-out nappy mat pouch thing clean it

Comments

[cabbagemedley.livejournal.com]

Do you find the tiny bibs useful? I bought some, but I find the spit-up is just as likely to go sideways or hurtle right over the bib and get all over her anyway, so I gave up fiddling around with them.

[ailbhe]

Tiny bibs are for dribble and spray, mainly - spit-up needs actual muslins, teatowels, basins, superabsorbent wall-to-wall terry towelling, etc. Well, it did for L. E spat up an awful lot less. But both got soaked at the neck with dribble from time to time, and bibs are easier to change than vests.

[cabbagemedley.livejournal.com]

Fairy nuff. Soph wasn't dribbling much until very recently, actually, but now the floodgates have opened, so perhaps I'll fetch the
bibs out again.

[ailbhe]

Well, as always, Your Baby May Vary, especially if you think you have a Plan.