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> - changing table in your bedroom Unless you want the child in their own room as soon as possible. If you can hear your child from your own bedroom having a r

> - changing table in your bedroom Unless you want the child in their own room as soon as possible. If you can hear your child from your own bedroom having a room dedicated to the child is a good way to keep a little bit of space to yourself and your partner (and stop your bedroom from smelling like baby poop and wet wipes). Some people are into what's known as 'attachment parenting' where you keep the baby in a cot directly adjacent to the bed with one side which can be lowered for emotional attachment or something. If you really want that, look into the safety issues and buy the right gear. There are also people who advocate sleeping in the same bed as the baby. Those people are idiots. Don't listen to them. > - phone tripod for facetime For whom? Not for the baby unless one of the parents is away for weeks on end, that's for sure. Babies don't need digital devices. Toddlers don't either (introduce music of course). They'll spend a large part of their lives glued to a 'smart' black rectangle in all likelihood, no need to rush it. > - Dutailier glider > - a decent otoscope Better: don't buy large expensive stuff until you actually need it. Often you don't. Ask people in your family about stuff you actually need, and stuff some people might need. Every baby is different.

scorpioxy 4y ago
Can you elaborate on why you think that people who sleep in the same bed as the baby are "idiots"? In most non-western cultures, the mother sleeping in close proximity to the baby is the norm and anything else is considered quite unusual.
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- Freak_NL 4y ago
  Because traditionally, the risk was either considered acceptable or misunderstood. Co-sleeping causes a lot of unnecessary infant deaths (actually, not reputedly; look up the advice on this topic in most countries), and a lot of national health agencies strongly recommend that babies have their own crib. Just because it is or was normal in some cultures, doesn't make it safe or a negligible risk. Ignoring evidence-based guidelines for something like this just because it feels better is perhaps not the best way to go about it — I would say 'idiotic'. Sleeping in close proximity can be done in other ways, like the co-sleeping cots that one can put next to the parental bed. It's still not necessary or even good for the baby really, but at least it can be done without unduly increasing the risk of child mortality.

scorpioxy 4y ago

Can you elaborate on why you think that people who sleep in the same bed as the baby are "idiots"? In most non-western cultures, the mother sleeping in close proximity to the baby is the norm and anything else is considered quite unusual.

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Freak_NL 4y ago
Because traditionally, the risk was either considered acceptable or misunderstood. Co-sleeping causes a lot of unnecessary infant deaths (actually, not reputedly; look up the advice on this topic in most countries), and a lot of national health agencies strongly recommend that babies have their own crib. Just because it is or was normal in some cultures, doesn't make it safe or a negligible risk. Ignoring evidence-based guidelines for something like this just because it feels better is perhaps not the best way to go about it — I would say 'idiotic'. Sleeping in close proximity can be done in other ways, like the co-sleeping cots that one can put next to the parental bed. It's still not necessary or even good for the baby really, but at least it can be done without unduly increasing the risk of child mortality.