Friday, September 7, 2007

Cutting the Cord

Having your first child is a paranoid filled experience especially if you are someone like me whose baby knowledge consisted of what I knew when I was a baby. Anyway you get this kid you have no idea what to do with and your confidence immediately diminishes. You want to be delicate with this newborn because you think they are fragile, which my Doctor assures me they are not. However, there are products that help you through this difficult time as you and your baby get stronger.

Huggies Gentle Care diapers http://www.huggieshappybaby.com/products/index.aspx?diapers
were actually quite helpful to me. Since changing diapers was never my forte (my first and only foray into the realm, before my child, resulted in a sweaty 30 minute struggle with a 2 year old), navigating around the umbilical cord was another delicate process. Using most diapers you need to fold down the front to let the cord breathe but these ones have space cut out specifically for that reason. Let's be honest - the cord is gross as it starts off raw and then dries up so the natural instinct is to cover it up. But we know that's not right so buy these for the first few weeks to relieve your diaper changing anxiety if you have any.