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Subject: Re: Wanted: Baby Arrival Checklist
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Date: Fri, 12-Jul-85 16:28:48 EDT
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For brand new, on-the-way-home babies:
1. LOTS of changes of "swaddling" if you use cloth diapers
	(those changes reduce to near zero if you use disposables)
	swaddling are those nice, soft, small flannel "receiving blankets"
	that help the newborn feel snug-- as it was in the womb,
	and help as the newborn's primitive thermal feedback system
	gets adjusted
2. Spitup cloths (cloth diapers are perfect, if somewhat unaesthetic)
	once the little one gets the hang of eating, there are still the
	mechanics of keeping the air out & the milk where it belongs;
	and some kids just get bubbles under the milk, so burping brings
	up air & milk.
3. Penelope Leach's _The First Five Years_ which will reassure you, answer
	the questions you're likely to ask, and give the recovering mom
	something of high interest to read while she's resting
4. The carseat-- Century 200 wins my vote hands down as the safest, easiest
	to use model

	Have fun!

						Patricia Collins

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