Baby Shopping List Compliation - Keerthi C.

SNo	Buying Need	Item	Model	Price	Notes
Travel
1	Now	Travel System	Graco Aire3 Click Connect	$223	Travel System should come with stroller, car seat and base
			Graco Fastaction Fold Jogger	$245
		Car Seat, if it needs to be bought separately	Graco SnugRide Click Connect 35 Infant Car Seat
			Baby Trend Expedition Jogger	$171
			chicco bravo trio
2	Not Needed	Swaddle Sleeper		$29	For sleeping outside crib and camping. May not need it depending on thr pack n play
3	After	Baby Carrier	LILLEbaby	$111.99	After baby is born, depending on need
			Infantino	$29
4	Done	Diaper Bag			Search
Sleeping
1	Done	Pack N Play	Graco Pack 'n Play Playard with Reversible Napper and Changer LX	$80	No portable sleeper included so need to buy the swaddle sleeper. May need to buy a mattress.
2			Graco Pack 'n Play Playard with Cuddle Cove Rocking Seat, Rittenhouse	$140
3			Graco Pack 'n Play On The Go Playard	$50-70
5	Not needed for now	Crib			Other option
6	Later- depending on what they give at hospital	Swaddle Blankets	Swaddle Blanket, Adjustable Infant Baby Wrap Set by Ziggy Baby, 3 Pack	$25
Bath
1	Now	Diaper Changing Pad		$14	For changing table
	Now		Splat Mat	$12	For changing diapers in other places
2	Now	Diaper Caddy		$18	Something similar
3	DIY or buy later	Diaper Pail			Optional for now
4	Now	Bath Tub	Fisher-Price 4-in-1 Sling N Seat Tub, Multi color	$27
				$15-20
5	Now	Towel	Hooded Towel	$14.99	Buy 3 pack
6	Bought @Marshalls	Wash Cloths	24 Pack Wash Cloths	$12	For baths and general cleaning
7	Now	Body Wash	Aveeno Baby Wash & Shampoo	$8
8	Now	Lotion	Aveeno Baby Daily Moisture Lotion,	$7.21
9	Now	Powder	Burts Bees Powder	$8.79
10	From India?	Powder Puff
	Later	Baby oil
11	Now	Nail Clipper		$6-7
				$4.94
12	Now	Hair Brush
13	Later	Nasal Aspirator	NoseFrida The Snotsucker Nasal Aspirator	$14.91
Clothes
1		Body Suits			Buy 10-12
2	Now	Sleep and Play			Buy 6-8
3	Later	Hats			Buy 5
4	Later/optional	Mittens
5	Now	Socks
6	Now	Detergent	Dreft		Check
Nursing
1	Now thru insurance	Breast Pump	Spectra Baby USA - S2 Hospital Grade	$120	Read some more reviews
2	Not needed now	Bottle Sterilizer			Can't decide which one is good
3	Now	Nursing Pads	Lansinoh Stay Dry Disposable Nursing Pads	$28.48	4 Pack Disposable
			Organic Bamboo Nursing Pads	$13.97	Reusable/Washable
4		Boppy Pillow	Boppy Nursing Pillow and Positioner	$29.97
5		Bottles	Comotomo Baby Bottle	$18.79	2 Pack, May need 6 bootles?
	Now		Lansinoh mOmma Breastmilk Feeding Bottle	$15.99	3 Pack
6		Bibs			8-10
8		Nipple Shield	Medela Contact Nipple Shield,	$7.35	May not need it
9		Milk Storage Bags			Not sure which brand yet
10		Nursing Bras			Search

Book Suggestions

I am not too much into mythology but I prefer panchatantra, Chandamana subscription, Akbar Birbal, Tenali Rama, Buddha at Bedtime, Amar Chitra Kadha.

 The kid loves Dr. Suess Books, I personally feel they are too intense in spite of the silly language, so I have a big collection of that which I bought here.

 Sudha Murthy - Bird with golden wings, grandmas bag of stories, the magic drum and other stories.

Contemporary reads... http://www.prathambooks.org/

Bhogi Pallu

With Sankranthi round the corner and me in an updating mode, here goes the post

Items Required
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Regi Pallu (berries, preferably cranberries if not in India)
Sanagalu
Coins
Akshintalu

Mix them all together in a bowl before hand and keep it ready.

Seat the kid in a comfortable position and take a handful of stuff from the mixed bowl and rotate as if you are taking dishti and bless the kid.

Invite the people over and let them do the same.

Uyyaala Paatalu

The other day we were looking for the cradle ceremony of a friend's kid and turned up blank as none of us really knew what goes and finally decided to go for "alara chanchalamaina" keertana..

For future reference..



Alara chanchalamaina aatmanandundani yalavaatu chesenee uyyaala..



Jo Achyutaananda Jojo mukundaa..




Ksheerabdi kanyakaku

are just a few... please feel free to add if you get to know more.

In general, the mangala Harathi for any occasion

The Big Scare - Allergies

Like I mentioned, I am so much out of touch with babies, raising babies that the image of going back to the diaper days seems like a nightmare :).

While that is the least of the concerns, when I see my friends battling with kids and their allergies it is heart-wrenching to see the kids suffer and being so helpless as a parent, not being able to do anything to alleviate that itch, pain :(

there is this wonderful video on Allergies in Ted Talks, felt it worthwhile to share

Happy New Year

I know my blog baby is being neglected as my baby is getting older... but I have become lazy overall to update any of my blogs...

I have realized it has been a year since I posted anything in this blog, yet it is used by people and I keep getting tiny thank you messages out of the blue when some parents finds something useful, it has been more than fulfilling :).

Happy Parenting!!! and a Happy New Year.

Winter Survival for Moms at Home.

A couple of good links to keep the kids engaged.

http://www.mommygyan.com/category/art-and-crafts/activities-with-kids/

http://www.thestay-at-home-momsurvivalguide.com/