Detrick Family

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

The new car seat

Gifted from grandma and grandpa Detrick, here is our new Graco Snugride 30. We're thinking about getting the swing adapter for it. The car set hook right into the swing frame. It's small and plain which we like, if you haven't looked at baby swings in the last 10 years...my god, they play music and vibrate, massage and are gaudy as all get out! Now we just have to figure out how to install it correctly. Uncle Carl put in baby Natalie's, so he tells us, and the nurses re-did his creative installation. they won't even let you leave the hospital unless it's properly installed. However, I've always been curious about what NYC parents do, so this is pulled from Yellow Cab FAQs:

• What are the rules regarding child safety seats and seatbelts in taxicabs?

Drivers of yellow medallion taxicabs and for-hire vehicles and their passengers, are exempt from laws regarding car seats and seatbelts. Keep in mind, the TLC encourages everyone in the vehicle to buckle their seatbelts while riding in a cab. There are no Taxi and Limousine Commission rules regarding this, as it is a State exemption. Passengers with children are encouraged to bring their own car seats, which the drivers must allow passengers to install.
*NOTE - Children under the age of seven are permitted to sit on an adult's lap.

Modern Schmodern

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Here's a sample of a modern swing...10 types of motion, soothing nature sounds, lights on many....I hate these new swings

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Here is our old swing..an actual swing...can I say enough how I dislike these high tech "swings" yuck.[/caption]

Sunday, February 17, 2013

Ongoing installments of baby gifts/ online shower

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Our primary color nook, I got the soft blocks and the bird house is from my boss.[/caption]

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A sample of the blocks, they are all different, one even has water and a fish. very cute.[/caption]

A week or two ago I got a huge box from my high school classmate, Laura. She has two cute kids, Max and Stella and gave us some lovely things including a lot of baby-proofing gear, a play gym, a cute storage shelf, wall hanging (that matches our bumpers great), and cozy quilt, teething toys, and a really cute set of blocks.

Infant care 101

Tuesday we went to an hour and a half class at the hospital for new parents on the basics of baby care. We learned never to shake a baby...but if you do, work past the shame and bring him to the hospital. We also learned more relevant information to the look of our crowd of new parents. It was taught by a nurse with a cabbage patch doll, they never go out of style. It was all the normal stuff: umbilical cord care, SIDS, bathing, temperature, diaper rash. According to Doug, his memorable highlights include: never put the baby to sleep on his stomach, pre-grease baby butt while diapering to make clean-up easier at the next change, and NO SHAKING :) It was a different demographic than we likely would see in Eugene or WI. Of 15 couples, I wouldn't have pegged any couple as in their 20s, mostly professional looking and no chubby mamas. She went around the room in the beginning to see when people were due and what they were having. It was about 50-50 and one set of twin boys that everyone gasped/awed at. Doug did our swaddling practice when it was our turn, here he is practicing on our free Wells Fargo horse from when we opened our joint savings.