[blparent] making baby clothes

[Pipi]

Jo Elizabeth already said a lot of the same things that I would have.
I just wanted to add to the part about your baby being in your room. I 
wanted to give a bit of detail from our situation. I'm a single mom so I 
don't have the husband/bf to make decisions with. I've co slept off and on 
throughout my daughter's 3 years. The majority of the time we co sleep. I 
never intended to do this, but well I'm not a very good night person. It was 
easier for me to have her right there with me instead of having to get out 
of bed and attempt anything in the middle of the night.
The do make co sleepers that give your baby it's own space in your bed. I 
never used one due to having a queen size bed and it just being the 2 of us 
in it.
Basically you do what works for your family whether it be co sleeping or 
not. But a lot of parents who don't co sleep, that I know, start out with 
the basinet  in their room for the first few months at least.
I suggest that you try to find a store with cribs set up if you want to go 
that route. I don't know how tall they are or how far you'd have to reach 
down in them to pick up baby.
Pipi
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tay Laurie" <j.t.laurie at gmail.com>
To: "Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 1:26 AM
Subject: [blparent] making baby clothes


> Hi everyone,
>
> considering that I know a good portion about sewing, knitting, etc, I was 
> wondering if it would be ok to make my own baby clothes, at least for a 
> few outfits? I think that doing so might be cheaper, and would give me 
> something to do until baby arrives. I'm not looking to make things out of 
> silk, satin, etc, but sturdy, soft fabrics and things that are easily 
> washable. Also, are dresses for a little girl appropriate even at such a 
> small age?
>
> I also wondered about baby swings. The few I've seen are fairly large. 
> Right now we only have a one bedroom apt, but will be moving into a larger 
> one, or possibly a rented house, as soon as possible. I don't think one of 
> the ones that suspends from the doorway would be my cup of tea, as knowing 
> me I'd forget and run into it. Can anyone suggest brands or styles of 
> swings, cribs, etc? Anything lower to the ground or that can be raised and 
> lowered, since hubby can stand and I can stand for only a few minutes at a 
> time might be a good idea.
> Also, what about laundry soap? Do we simply use less of the normal stuff 
> we use, or is there a specific baby detergent? I appologise if these are 
> silly questions, but I'd rather have them answered than make a mistake and 
> hurt the young one.
> And, another stupid question. I've seen a basinette. But I haven't really 
> seen a cradle, except for the doll cradle I had in 2nd grade, that was 
> directly on the ground. The two boards that made up the head and foot were 
> curved at the bottom to provide the rocking action. Is this how real 
> cradles are? Or are they slightly higher? my grandmother said they're not 
> on a stand since the baby could flip them over.
> I'm just trying to decide what kind of furniture to get, i.e crib, cradle, 
> etc. Also, at what age should we consider little one sleeping in his or 
> her own room? Since it would take a few minutes for me to get into my 
> chair and roll into the nursery, (five minutes on average) I don't want to 
> neglect little one because it's hard to get out of bed. So we figured for 
> at least a litlte while having him or her sleeping in our room, so one of 
> us can quickly tend to their needs. But at what age does that become 
> inappropriate?
> Again, thank you guys for all your help!
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