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Organizational Tips
. Laundering baby's clothing and linens. Parents who launder and put away most
of the baby clothing and linens before baby is born say how glad they are that
they didn't wait.
A special baby laundry detergent may be a good choice if sensitive skin runs
in the family. Most babies have skin that is not irritated by whatever laundry
products are used for other family laundry. If you suspect that a laundry product
is causing your baby to have a rash, try discontinuing the use of fabric softener
and strong detergents, and switching to a detergent made specifically for baby
laundry.
. Storing baby's clothing and linens. Baskets, boxes and drawer dividers help
keep baby's drawers nice and neat. It's not unusual for babies to outgrow some
of their clothing before wearing it even once. Small plastic closet dividers
that fit over the clothes pole (like the ones seen in department stores) can
organize all those outfits by size, so that you know at a glance what fits and
what's too big or too small. When you
consider how many complete changes of clothing a baby may need in one day, it's
a great timesaver! There's no need to waste time and energy rummaging through
messy drawers and hunting for size labels, when you can hang clothes up, all
organized according to size. As baby grows, separating outgrown items and storing
them together helps keep things neat and uncluttered.
. Making papers easy to retrieve. Well before your baby is born, you will accumulate
a rapidly growing collection of information sheets, brochures and pamphlets from
health care providers, hospitals, class instructors, businesses, and others.
This collection will expand and grow for about 21 years!
One easy way to organize papers you want to keep is to
get a thick looseleaf notebook, and plenty of dividers and top loading
sheet protectors and a second, thinner looseleaf notebook to take to the
hospital for organizing the many papers you'll receive there.
After you get home, the thin notebook can be recycled
to hold things you may want to take to medical appointments, like your
baby's immunization record, appointment
and business cards, medical business cards, appointment cards, your list of questions,
forms that need a signature from pediatric office staff, and other information
needed at or received at medical appointments. One notebook can organize materials
for one or more infants and children.
. Screening baby names for ones you may wish to avoid can be helpful. Books and
web sites for popular pet names may list some names to eliminate from consideration.
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