When Buying your Baby Essentials There are Some Things You Won’t Want to be Without

Preparing for the arrival of a new baby is an exciting time. Shopping for essentials is an experience that many parents enjoy, as it allows them to put practical steps in motion to begin their journey to family life.

However, for first time parents deciding what to buy can be confusing. So many accessories and accoutrements are marketed as essentials and families can find it hard to discern which items are needed and which will never be used.

At Vertbaudet, parents will find a great stock of essentials for those early days, all of which have been carefully selected to help ease the path into new parenthood.

New Baby Clothing Essentials

New babies need clothing that is cosy and comfortable, keeps them warm and accommodates their first tentative movements without chafing or rubbing.

When buying baby clothes for the first time, parents should bear a few things in mind:

  • New babies need frequent changing. Buying large numbers of essentials, such as vests and sleepsuits, is advisable. The last thing a tired new mother wants to do is find herself without any clean baby clothes for her precious charge after a night time change, or just as she hopes to leave the house for a visit or check up.
  • While fashionable little outfits such as jeans or fancy dresses may look adorable on a newborn, these should really be reserved for special occasions. The reason for this is that they do not have the same comfort level as traditional baby clothes.
  • Ease of access is the key to successful changing on the go. Parents will want to buy baby clothes that take this into account and allow for the fast removal of outfits if necessary, such as after nappy leaks or spit-up incidents.

New Baby Feeding Essentials

If your family plans on exclusive breastfeeding, then you won’t necessarily need much feeding equipment in the early days. However, having a breast pump on hand can be a good idea if mum wants to express feeds to be offered by others. In this case she will also need a supply of bottles and a steriliser, both of which are essentials for families that plan to formula feed.

Helpful feeding accessories for both breast and bottle-feeding families include:

  • Feeding cushions – These carefully shaped cushions can be used to help a breastfeeding baby to achieve an optimum latching position, while they also make a great support for babies taking a bottle feed.
  • Muslin squares – Many mums swear by muslin squares as their must-have feeding accessory. Perfect for mopping up spills and spits, these wash and dry easily and can be put to a variety of ingenious uses as the baby grows.

New Baby Bathing and Changing Essentials

Regular bathing is an important part of the newborn routine, helping to keep the little ones happy and healthy as well as being a cornerstone in the establishment of a recognisable night time routine. This can, in turn, help to establish healthy sleep patterns.

New parents will want to invest in a baby bath, which can be placed on a stand or surface to help save parents from stretching and straining. The addition of a bath support can also help ease the stress of baby bath time with inflatable and foam designs reducing the risk of baby slipping during bathing (although parents should ensure that baby is manually supported at all times). Mums and dads-to-be may wish to consider purchasing baby towels with hooded or apron designs, which help to keep everyone warm and dry at bath time.

Every family will need a well-stocked changing box or nappy caddy, which can be moved from room to room. This saves parents from frantic searches for wipes, baby powder or clean nappies when required.

Maternity Wedding Dresses – Getting Married Pregnant is in Fashion

There was a time when having a baby before getting married was a little taboo! Not any more however, and the number of brides that walk up the aisle while pregnant has grown to 1 in 5. That’s 20% of brides today carrying a little one up to the altar.

Today’s views on getting married while pregnant have changed and it’s no longer as taboo as it used to be. It’s true that our more liberal society has now embraced the fact that people don’t even get married at all but there is a traditionalist in the back of everyone’s mind that says “I’m pregnant and I want to be married before baby arrives”.

This new outlook on things has led to a cottage industry of small companies offering maternity wedding dresses to expectant brides to be. The traditional style of wedding dresses do not normally cater for a growing bump and there are key problems with tying to buy a normal wedding dress when you are expecting.

You normally have to order 3-6 months in advance. You have no idea what size you will be when you want to wear the dress!
Many dresses have corsets and they just are not comfortable to wear while pregnant. They also constrict your tummy and that’s not good for baby either.
You may not even know your pregnant when shopping for your dress so where do you go from there?

This is where the maternity wedding dress shops come into their own offering a unique service for this small but needy group of brides.

Maternity wedding dresses are generally empire line dresses so they are fitted around your bust and under the bust which means you have plenty of room to grow. It doesn’t matter whether you are 12 or 40 weeks pregnant as the dress itself will just expand as your tummy requires more room.

The dresses tend to be more “off the shelf” than fitted but there are some beautiful grecian and more contemporary “A line” styles out there and with 4 or 5 specialist designers now in the market there is plenty of choice for everyones taste.

If you have a little one on the way and are heading up the aisle soon then you’re now catered for. Some of the larger stockists sell online which means you can order and try the dress you like on at home as there are not too many shops around to choose from.

Don’t hide your bump – flaunt it!

Mama Bridal – http://www.mamabridal.com are one of the largest online retailers of Maternity wedding Dresses in the U.K. and sell worldwide. If you are in the U.K. and are local you can also make an appointment to try the dresses on in their Sussex based showroom.

You’re Pregnant! – What To Wear in the Early Stages

empire-waist-halter-dress-gapThe beginning stages of pregnancy are an exciting time, full of expectation and wonder about what is going to happen to your body and your new baby over the coming months. Keeping yourself healthy is one thing, but continuing to look stylish is quite another when that baby bump starts emerging.

Of course in the early stages you might not quite be ready for proper maternity clothes but your normal clothes are feeling a little tight, so what are your options?

Never fear because you can still look stylish in the in-between phase without resorting to buying unnecessary clothes.

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