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March 17th, 2010, 02:01 PM
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Yeah the headrest came with the car seat, so did the cover, so its pretty safe I would assume - I wouldn't buy one anyhow, they're overpriced for what they are to begin with...

I have thought about cloth diapering, but we ran into two problems...

One, the up front cost is a lot higher and we don't know what we'll be able to handle between now and when baby is born - it depends largely on my income.

And two, baby will be with grandma (my mom) about twice/month after the first couple of months, as DH and I have meetings we have to attend for a club in which he holds a chair (so we have to go, can't miss more than 1 or 2 meetings...) - grandma doesn't know how to use cloth diapers, so when we mentioned it she said we'd have to bring disposables for her anyway because she didn't want smelly diapers laying around (I know, I know, it isn't like that at all but try explaining it to a woman who formula fed and disposable diapered 3 kids in the late 80's LOL)

So if we're going to have to use disposables ANYWAY, we decided it is easiest to go with disposables all the time and have some cloth for backup. After lots of research though, I've decided on Huggies Pure n' Natural as our first choice (if baby likes them) because they seem the most gentle on sensitive skin, and are made partially from recycled and organic fibers.

We already have a few things on the list - the car seat, stroller, car seat base, car seat cover & headrest (came with the seat), baby bathtub and first aid kit... And just today, I made my first actual purchase (the above were all gifts or hand me downs) of the recliner slip cover, and 2 organic cotton fitted crib sheets from Tadpoles

Thanks so much for all your input on the list, baby is saying thank you by kicking me hard, too!

Oh - and about the sunscreen. Its going to be zinc sunscreen, not the paraben/chemical stuff, and only for use if there is absolutely no way for baby to get complete shade - being born in August and DH and I loving the outdoors, there will probably be at least one time we'll use it on any exposed skin. The American Association of Pediatricians (or whatever thats called) used to recommend no sunscreen for babies under 6 months, but now they say that a little sunscreen on exposed skin is better than sunlight, but ONLY use it if you have no way of keeping baby in the shade.

Its really more for situations like that, a "just in case" type thing than anything - and if baby doesn't use it, mommy can!
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