Jeez Louise

Baby stuff (no I don’t have any babies)

A friend of mine recently had a baby and bought a Bugaboo stroller. She loves it. She says it is well worth the upwards of $700 she spent on it and the accessories that go with it. She says it’s versatile and she can pretty much go anywhere with it - she’s a runner and she has been jogging with her 3-week-old for the past week or so.

This led me to thinking of all the things people buy when they have a baby. How many are necessary? How many are just… convenient?

I mean… diapers, a blanket, clothes for the baby are essential (unless you want your naked baby just peeing everywhere). They won’t let you leave the hospital with your kid if you don’t have the proper car seat so that’s pretty much essential, too. If you can’t/don’t want to breastfeed then bottles would be a necessity as well.

Other than that, though, you could probably get by with a baby and the stuff I named above. Not that I have any babies or anything, so there are probably moms out there reading this and thinking “Wow, Louise, you’re pretty uppity there, decreeing what we should and shouldn’t have”.

Secret? I was just thinking of my What If Zombies Took Over The Earth plan (I do have one) and I thought “if I had to run away from zombies and save some non-zombie babies while I did, what kind of stuff would I have to snatch up and bring with me?”. So that’s my list.

Addendum: Yeah, if I was running from zombies, I’d probably want something to carry the babies in (if I wasn’t in the car with the baby in the carseat). Unless I just wanted a huge sack full of babies which wouldn’t be convenient. So maybe a stroller or more than likely a baby sling of some sort.

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