Baby FAQ

[thanate]

...which is to say, the sort of things that get asked, not all stuff I've been pestered about.

*Due Feb 13, so if all proceeds normally arriving sometime late January or after.

*Yes, we're going to find out if it's a boy or a girl in advance; it's not as if it's going to change between now and February. We don't know yet; in the mean time, we're taking predictions. (see next post...)

*No, we're not doing pink or blue pastels; we're planning to do our best to stick to the bright crayon-box sorts of colors that are easier for developing eyes to see, anyway.

*If anybody has baby stuff you were thinking about clearing out of the attic soon, hand-me-downs are great. (but totally not necessary.)

*If anybody feels the need to give gifts (also totally not necessary), we strongly prefer handmade to store-bought.

*We have a couple name options more-or-less picked out, but nothing final yet.

*Um... ok, are there other things people desperately want to know? And people with recent experience on the eco-friendliness of diapering options, or anything else potentially useful to the small child experience, thoughts are appreciated, though I imagine I'll ask things elsewhere as they occur to me, too.

(Also, to clarify from the last post, for those who want to leave a squeeful comment about babies-- that's just fine, so long as you're not offended when I fail to try to reproduce the vaguely embarrassed "um, thanks" that I do in person in the comments.)

Comments

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

People are congratulating you now because there is no one moment for congratulating you later. I mean, I try to do it anyway. For example, I congratulated my friend A. because her 14-year-old had reached a milestone of being able to make polite conversation with random friends of A.'s he didn't know very well--and yes, a lot of that was him, but a lot of it was work on the part of A. and her husband D. But things like your kid's birthdays will be centered more around your kid than around you, so people are grabbing the chance to say things to you now, quick, while there is no kid around yet.

So congratulations, in advance of all the times your kid manages to print their name in block capitals without getting magic marker on the table or swallows a snarky remark and is polite to an old person who means well.