Clever Target.
Making me buy extra stuff so I can get the free shipping on the gift certificate-based items I was originally trying to buy. Making it oh so unclear as to which items were eligible for the free shipping offer minimum, so that I kept clicking on things. Buy buy buy.
Some we need, or at least probably need. Flannel crib sheets (one day — when he grows out of co-sleeper, you know, after I finally birth the bugger), flannel receiving blankets — I know, everyone says you get a ton at your baby shower. Well I had two bountiful showers and did not receive a ton. More like one. My doula says we’ll need 12 for swaddling and such. Can snag a few at the hospital, but didn’t hurt to buy a 3-pack from the big red T.
A 0-3 months cotton sleeper with snaps. An organic “swaddle me.” Little leg warmers called “baby legs.” (He is being born in winter, after all…) Seat protectors to go under the infant car seat base. Glad someone invented the item because my little old car still has pretty nice leather seats and I’d like to keep it that way, or at least try.
But why did I order the sheepskin from the organic baby care website? The baby in the picture looked so happy…
And then there was the organic hand sanitizer I picked up at the grocery store this week — because it’s easier than making guests go to the bathroom to wash their hands when they come over to visit. Our babycare class teacher suggested putting a bottle by the front door for this purpose, and a bottle by the bed for late night breastfeeding because she says we should wash/clean our hands every time we go to put the boob in the baby’s mouth.
Really? Do you wash your hands every time you breastfeed?
I got two bottles of the sanitizer, just in case, but need to know if this is truly something I should concern myself with. Anyone want to weigh in?
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