Baby Stuff List (3) - 玩具、衣物、书籍

By 逍遥津 - Ingrid

Toys

Mobile --- Amy started noticing it around she was 1 months old. I don’t think she’d notice other toys, like stuffed animals, though.

刚开始用过，好像不是很吸引她。

Books --- We started reading to her quite early. She always fell asleep, though.

也是晚上睡觉前读给她听，好像她不是很感兴趣。这次老人从国内带来好多大贴画贴在墙上，象拼音啦，简单汉字啦，儿歌啦，很好。

Baby Gym --- Amy started to really play with it around she was 3 months old. Before that she just stared at it.

在IKEA买了一套，有一阵子她很喜欢玩，就是躺在地上用脚蹬。

Apparel

Body suits --- Newborns are really small. The only body suits we found fit arethose newborn sets. For example, 4 body suits in one plastic bag. We bought Gerber ones. Really nice and cute. When they get bigger, body suits are the essential piece. Most of Amy’s clothes are body suits. Before giving birth, other than the newborn sets, you can buy 3 to 4 in 0- 3 months size, and 3 to 4 in 3- 6 months. That should be quite enough.

Snap Shirts --- We bought 4, and took half a dozen from the hospital. They are quite useful before the umbilical cord fell off.

Gown --- We have 2 of them, not very useful though. We always swaddled Amy when she is sleeping.

T-shirts --- We have a couple of them, not very useful though. Because wearing this, the little belly is exposed. So we always put Amy in her body suits.

Sleeper --- Really useful in winter. We put Amy in these even when we go out because they are the best when it comes to keeping baby warm. Sam’s Club has some good deal all year around.

Jump suit --- A couple of them would be enough. They are cute. But normally a body suit would be enough indoors. And babies don’t go out that often.

Sweater --- We have two of them, and quite enough.

Outerwear --- Since Amy was born in the fall, we didn’t buy hers until that Thanksgiving. We took her to the mall and try different ones on her before she got really mad. And it turned out to be too small. She outgrew it when she was 5 months old. And the one we bought is for 9 months old. So when you buy this sort of things, you have to consider the weather and the size of your baby.

Hat --- Even though Amy has a big head, the hat we bought were still way too big for her in her early days. We ended up bought a couple of hats for preemies. So you need to consider size when you buy them. Since infants need hats to keep their temperature all the time, you’d need at least 2 of them.

Bib --- We only started use bib when we started bottle feeding. And a cloth can work fine, too. So you don’t need too many, a couple of them would be enough.

Mitten --- Babies scratch themselves. However, some say it’s not good to put mittens on. They deprive them the pleasure of touching different things. That’s why we just let her scratch herself after she was 1 month old.

Booty and socks --- a couple of them would be fine.

我们的衣服大多是朋友送的，有很多是新的，也有很多旧衣服。反正衣服是多多宜善的，宝宝长得很快的，衣服很快就小了。总有少一件的时候。刚开始到Carter’s的outlet store去买过一些，后来也没太用上，又都送给其他人了。

New Mom Essentials

What to expect in the first year --- This is our bible.

Same here。 Must have！

怀孕的人请买 What to expect when you are expecting.

欧，对了，我用的diaper bag是OB给的，也是Enfamil作广告用的，不过很实用。里面还有这本书。