• Gift Boxed Kit Includes:
• Johnson & Johnsons Baby Lotion, Baby Wash, Baby Powder, Baby Shampoo, Cotton Swabs
• Cotton Balls, Complete Healthcare Kit including Digital Thermometer, Medicine Dropper, Nasal Aspirator
• Medicine Spoon, Infant Nail Clipper, with Handy Travel Case, Desitin Diaper Rash Ointment, Baby Wash Cloths, Huggies Baby Wipes & Diapers, Rubbing Alcohol, Gerber Contoured Nursing Pads, Waterproof Bed Pads, Always Maxi Pads, Lanolin, Tucks Towelettes, and Soothing Organic Mothers Milk Tea
• Gift packaged in a in tissue paper in a lovely white gloss corded hat box.

Product Description
New Baby Giftboxed Kit includes all of the items necessary to pamper both mom and baby when they return home from the hospital. This collection of high quality care products makes the transition as comfortable as possible for both Mom and Baby!

New Mom & Baby Postpartum Recovery Kit

If you are a new parent feeling at a loss regarding how to build attachment with your baby, we will examine some effective ways to help you get started. Many of these can begin from as early as birth and most involve physical touch and spending time in close proximity to your baby. If you want to build a bond with another individual, you need to get to know them. One way of getting to know them is to spend lots of time with them. Likewise, if you want to form an attachment with you baby, it follows naturally that spending as much time as possible with your baby will help. Any activity you can do with your baby that fosters closeness will assist in building attachment.

1. Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding, especially in the early days, offers mothers plenty of opportunity to be close to their babies and to build up a relationship of trust. More than simply providing nourishment to the baby, breastfeeding helps to build a bond due to the frequent close proximity and skin contact between mother and baby. Nursing babies derive more than physical nourishment from breastfeeding as nursing also offers babies emotional comfort.

Through breastfeeding, a mother can learn to read her baby’s cues and non-verbal attempts to communicate his (or her) need for food or comfort. Additionally, the act of breastfeeding triggers the release of hormones which affect mothers on an emotional level. The strong emotional connection between mother and baby involved in breastfeeding can be observed when a mother nurses her baby versus when a mother attempts to express milk with a breast pump. The letdown reflex (the process by which matured milk moves from the back of the breast to the front) often comes quite easily when the baby is suckling but can be quite difficult to achieve when expressing milk with a breast pump.

2. Feeding

For Dads and mothers who have opted to bottle feed their babies, it is still possible to build attachment with a baby, although the benefits of the hormonal reaction and the natural bond that forms between a nursing couple (the mother and baby in a breastfeeding relationship) are missed. Here are some practices that can help:

Cuddle baby during feeds. There is a tendency with bottle feeding to prop baby up with a cushion or pillow and offer the bottle from a distance. To build an attachment, touch and closeness is required. To help foster that requirement, hold the baby as if you were intending to breastfeed.

Increase skin to skin contact. Bottle feeding without a shirt on can help to mimic the skin to skin contact between parent and baby similar to the nursing situation.

3. Co-sleeping

It is a natural survival instinct for a baby to seek the close proximity of a parent. In the wild, infants who are separated from parents become prey to predators and the risk of death is very high. Babies aren’t born with the awareness that the environment around them is safe and naturally seek the closeness of their parents, even at night. Co-sleeping offers babies the comfort and feeling of security of being near a parent.

Sleep studies have also shown that co-sleeping mothers respond to the movements of their babies even while sleep. It is evident that co-sleeping not only allows mothers to provide comfort and security to their babies, but at the same time mothers are also unconsciously developing an attachment to their babies.

4. Baby wearing

Babies also need to be near parents during the day as a baby makes no distinction between day or night. One way to keep your baby close to you during the day without physically immobilising yourself is to “wear” your baby in a baby sling or carrier. Baby carriers and slings allow parents to cuddle their babies while leaving their hands free.

Having your baby’s face close to yours fosters communication (from parent to baby and baby to parent). Parents can share observations and keep baby updated about what is happening. This is more likely to occur when your baby is being carried than when your baby is lying in a pram. Imagine trying to talk to your baby through the noise and commotion in a shopping mall – it would definitely be easier for your baby to listen to you when being carried rather than when lying in a pram.

5. Talking and Singing

Babies respond most eagerly to the sound of a real person’s voice, and even more so if that voice belongs to a parent. Babies can recognise their parents’ voices having heard them while in the womb. Sometimes the sound of a mother or father’s voice can be enough to calm a stirring baby. Studies have also shown that babies can be soothed more easily with songs that they heard their mothers sing to them during the pregnancy.

Some first time parents find it awkward to ramble to a baby who doesn’t appear to understand them, but don’t underestimate your baby who is absorbing a lot more that you think. Babies who have been spoken to a lot during the early months often learn to speak earlier than their peers. Learning to talk and sing to you baby takes time. While uncomfortable at first, remember that practice makes perfect.

6. Playing

Babies love to play. Play is one of the ways that help them learn about the world around them. Play is a special interaction between parent and baby that involves touch, physical closeness, and laughter – all ingredients for fostering a strong attachment.

Games that parents can play with babies might be bouncing games on the lap, rolling on the bed, tickling, learning about hands and feet and features of the face. As your baby grows older, you can play games such as rolling a ball, shaking noise-makers, or exploring cloth books.

7. Primary Care Giver

Don’t underestimate the bond that is being built as you bathe your baby, change his (or her) diapers, and respond to his (or her) other physical or emotional needs. By being the primary care giver to your baby, you will inevitably build an attachment with your baby as you learn to read his (or her) cues, body language, and attempts to communicate with you. This is evident with babies who express closeness to nannies or carers who look after them while their parents go to work.

Summary

Building an attachment with your baby is like making friends with a person who only speaks a foreign language. At first you may find it difficult to understand what your baby needs but as you spend more time with him (or her) you will begin not only to understand him (or her) but to build an attachment. While you do not necessarily have to follow each and every suggestion above, all of them will assist you in forming an attachment with your baby. The most fundamental part of bonding, however, is time spent together. It takes time to build an attachment with another person, likewise, with a baby, the more time you can spend, the better.

Massive corporations often provide their products for free to customers as a as a way to generate good will in an attempt to get you as a regular customer. They anticipate that once buyers try out the free product , it’ll increase brand loyalty and result in additional future purchases.

Pampers, Huggies, and other brand name diaper manufacturers are no exception. It is easy to get no cost diapers from these firms. All you have to do to get no cost diapers is to enter your e-mail and your baby’s date of birth or due date. Some companies give out no cost diapers to people to entice them make a decision about their future diaper purchases. While it doesn’t cost the firms much to send out no cost diapers, as new parents, you benefit by getting no cost diapers that would otherwise cost a fortune if you were to buy them from stores.

Few couples buy diapers beforehand. Most parents go to the hospital and return home with few infant diapers that they get from diaper manufacturers as free samples. Once the baby is at home, parents realize they need lots of diapers and other baby stuff for their babies and start shopping for those essentials. While lot of people prepare beforehand in terms of baby outfits, wash cloths, furniture, etc; very few of them prepare up front by stocking up on diapers.

Once they start shopping for diapers and other stuff, they realize how costly these necessities can be. And because costs are consistently rising and family budgets are being stretched to the limit, it is a much needed break for parents to get no cost diapers, coupons, and other free baby products in the mail. Luckily, there are ways to get no cost diapers and other free baby products. You just have to find out where to get them.

To get no cost diapers as well as other baby stuff for free, visit No Cost Diapers ! You will find quite a few programs that supply tons of free baby stuff and all you have to do is enter an e-mail address!

• “Babies are heaven scent.” – Perfect maternity gift or baby shower gift for the expectant Mommy due in October, (see baby’s birth month attributes below which appear on French inspired packaging.)
• (gift theme and October baby characteritic description on product) October baby possesses both inner and outer beauty. Your little bundle will tend to be emotional, decisive and very much a daydreamer. Your child will like to chat and will make friends easily. Loving those who love them will be your child’s adage.
• (gift theme and description on product) Illuminate this beautiful maternity candle and reflect on the beauty within you. Lighting this dual wick, one for mommy and one for baby, will radiate the warmth and love you feel for your precious “baby bump” and evoke your “maternal flame.”
• 100% Soy Wax Candle – French Inspired – Beautifully Packaged – October Gemstone: Opal, iridescent – Flower: Calendula
• Scent: Fresh baby powder with light undertones of Citrus and Jasmine – Burn Time: 50 Hours – 100% Soy Wax – Weight: 7.5 fl. oz.

Product Description

“Babies are heaven scent.” – There are twelve original maternity candles which are perfect maternity gifts or baby shower gifts for the expectant Mommy due in October. Each one represents the month the baby is due and the expected baby’s personal attributes.

(gift theme and October baby characteritic description on product) October baby possesses both inner and outer beauty. Your little bundle will tend to be emotional, decisive and very much a daydreamer. Your child will like to chat and will make friends easily. Loving those who love them will be your child’s adage.

(gift theme and description on product) Illuminate this beautiful maternity candle and reflect on the beauty within you. Lighting this dual wick, one for mommy and one for baby, will radiate the warmth and love you feel for your precious “baby bump” and evoke your “maternal flame.”

October Gemstone: Opal, iridescent – Flower: Calendula

100% Soy Wax Candle – French Inspired – Beautifully Packaged

Scent: Fresh baby powder with light undertones of Citrus and Jasmine

Burn Time: 50 Hours, 100% Soy Wax

Weight: 7.5 fl. oz.

No. 10 – OCTOBER BABY, baby birth month candle. Perfect unique baby shower gift!

Celebrating the addition of a new family member is a great reason to send out Photo Birth Announcements. These are a great alternative to traditional birth announcements because they offer not only the wonderful news of the child’s arrival but a photo or picture showing how adorable and precious the new arrival is. Before you begin sending the Baby Birth Announcements, there are a few things to keep in mind.

Baby Birth Announcements: Etiquette Tips

First, you should know that birth announcement should be sent no later than four months after the arrival of your precious lil one, preferably much sooner. If you wait too long, most of the recipients will have already seen your baby in person which defeats the purpose of the Personalized Baby Announcements Cards.

Of course you may not feel like preparing the photo baby birth announcements immediately. Do some work in advance, such as picking out the announcements you want to use, entering all of the information you know and creating a recipient list. Once the little one is born, you can always enlist the help of some friends or family members to help you put everything else together.

Second, you need to know who should receive photo baby announcements. You don’t have to send them to everyone you know. Choose only the people who would be the happiest about the news or who would want to see an early picture or photo of the new arrival. That usually limits the list to family members, old friends of the family and maybe some acquaintances from your church or job.

Finally, with Baby Birth Announcements Cards you need to include some specific information. One piece of information that must be included is the child’s full name. That means you can’t start sending out announcements until you’ve chosen a name for the him or her. You’ll also want to include details about the newborn, such as the exact time and location of the delivery and the infant’s size and weight at birth. The last information you want to include is the name of the parents, as well as the names of the child’s siblings.

Most people also include some type of verses or sayings that is either personalized on the announcement cards or is written specifically for these announcements.

Tips for Baby Photo Birth Announcements

To have good photo cards, you’ll need to start with a good baby photo. The hospital may offer to take pictures of your newborn child, which may be nice to have, but you will probably end up paying too much and not being able to use them as you’d like. Instead, wait until the bundle of joy comes home. Place him or her in a sitting position. You could use a car seat or carrier if you want. Some parents prefer just to have the child sitting on their laps. Snap as many pictures as possible using a digital camera then select the best photo to use with your photo birth announcements.

When a new baby enters the world, you don’t want to keep it a secret. That’s why we send out Birth Announcements, http://www.birth-cards.com/Birth_Announcements_Cards/ProductsList-1-1.htm to almost everyone who knows who we are. Because a few online shoppes know how important this moment is in your life, they provide as much help as possible in choosing the appropriate Birth Announcement, http://www.cards-411.com/birth-announcements/birth-announcement and the right styles for any circumstances.

Adoption Announcements, http://www.express-invitations.com/birth-announcements/adoption-announcements.php

More families are choosing to adopt children and that’s definitely a wonderful thing. Many kids all over the world do not have all of the benefits they need in life so having a more financially secure family is going to be a significant advantage for them. Most of the standard baby announcements are not going to work that well for this type of situation, especially if you are adopting an older child. We offer a large selection of Announcements Birth Cards that are designed specifically for this use and that can be fully personalized to meet the specific needs of your family.

Want to Announce an Upcoming Addition?

Many couples are just so happy to find out they are going to be new parents that they want to send out announcements pregnancy, too. Some offer the cutest designs for these occasions, including baby bottles, pregnant moms, precious storks carrying bundles of joy, and even strollers ready to be filled. Almost any of the Photo Birth Announcements or other types of stationery can be used for this purpose, too. Maybe you’re a huge fan of football. You can choose to announce your grand news using our football helmet shaped birth cards, Birth Cards. You choose the wording to fit whatever need you have.

Multiple Birth Announcements

With medical advances, more couples seem to be welcoming more than one child at a time into their family. Of course, having multiple babies may make deciding how to handle the announcements a little challenging. That’s why we offer a selection of Twins triplets Multiples Birth Announcements,

• “Babies are heaven scent.” – Perfect maternity gift or baby shower gift for the expectant Mommy due in March, (see baby’s birth month attributes below which appear on French inspired packaging.)
• (gift theme and March baby characteritic description on product) March baby is a lover of life who will exude an outgoing, cheerful personality. Blessed with a great sense of humor, your baby will laugh at adversity. Baby’s soul reflects respect and generosity towards others. Your child will be musically talented and an artistic dreamer who loves to fantasize and travel.
• (gift theme and description on product) Illuminate this beautiful maternity candle and reflect on the beauty within you. Lighting this dual wick, one for mommy and one for baby, will radiate the warmth and love you feel for your precious “baby bump” and evoke your “maternal flame.”
• 100% Soy Wax Candle – French Inspired – Beautifully Packaged – March Gemstone: Aquamarine, light blue – Flower: Daffodil
• Scent: Fresh baby powder with light undertones of Citrus and Jasmine – Burn Time: 50 Hours – 100% Soy Wax – Weight: 7.5 fl. oz.

Product Description

“Babies are heaven scent.” – There are twelve original maternity candles which are perfect maternity gifts or baby shower gifts for the expectant Mommy due in March. Each one represents the month the baby is due and the expected baby’s personal attributes.

(gift theme and March baby characteritic description on product) March baby is a lover of life who will exude an outgoing, cheerful personality. Blessed with a great sense of humor, your baby will laugh at adversity. Baby’s soul reflects respect and generosity towards others. Your child will be musically talented and an artistic dreamer who loves to fantasize and travel.

(gift theme and description on product) Illuminate this beautiful maternity candle and reflect on the beauty within you. Lighting this dual wick, one for mommy and one for baby, will radiate the warmth and love you feel for your precious “baby bump” and evoke your “maternal flame.”

March Gemstone: Aquamarine, light blue – Flower: Daffodil

100% Soy Wax Candle – French Inspired – Beautifully Packaged

Scent: Fresh baby powder with light undertones of Citrus and Jasmine

Burn Time: 50 Hours, 100% Soy Wax

Weight: 7.5 fl. oz.

No. 3 – MARCH BABY, baby birth month candle. Perfect unique baby shower gift!

The birth of your new child is one of life’s great expectations. Nature has been kind to us in the fact that she has given us nine long months to prepare for this life altering occasion. From your first visit to the doctor to confirm your pregnancy to your anticipated hospital visit to give birth there is a long list of things to do before the arrival of your child. Whether this is your first or your fifth child rest assured that your need of new organic baby products and services will be as unique as the precious life you carry within.

The baby product industry has reinvented itself to cater to the needs of a new generation of parents that are extremely read read on the subject of child birth and are indeed more environmentally conscious when it comes to planning for their child’s future and deciding what baby products will be purchased to care for their newest member of the family. With a large emphasis of organic, green baby products to burst on the marketing scene everything from disposable Eco-green diapers to natural raw cotton baby clothes and bedding are available in most stores and online Eco-conscious green websites and the good news is that these products do not cost much more than their inferior counterparts.

With the ever looming problem of imperfect imports from china and other unregulated markets that lack the stringent guidelines of the United States and other quality European countries new parents today must be more vigilant then ever before when it comes to making the right baby product choices.The joy of choosing your babies first toys, crib, bottles and clothes can all be extinguished when thinking about the carcinogens that are found in most plastic, unnatural cloth materials and toy paint finishes. Carcinogens are very caustic dangerous chemicals that often cause harmful rashes and side effects when tender new skin comes into contact with them. It is important to arm yourself with the proper knowledge as to where, when and how the products you choose for your family were made

Five major ingredients to avoid when purchasing baby products:

Most consumer goods contain Phthalates, a caustic chemical also found in your babies bath and body products.They can be found in most of your babies play toys and bath products. They are also found in baby powders, baby shampoos, lotions and fragrance.

Mineral Oil – One of the most commonly used products on babies and potentially the most dangerous.Serious carcinogens can be found in mineral oil. Mineral oil, also known as baby oil, can cause dehydration to a babies skin by blocking the absorption of natural moisture.

Lanolin – Often used for moisturizing or diaper cream may cause an allergic contact skin rash. Lanolin, derived from sheep also contains pesticides that were used on sheep and wool products

Cornstarch – Not recommended for use on yeast related diaper rashes, cornstarch encourages the growth of yeast that will perpetuate diaper rash instead of cure it.

Before you buy your babies shampoo and bath products make sure to check the labels to insure that they do not include Sodium Lauryl Sulfate. The foam factor in most shampoo and bath products is Sodium Lauryl Sulfate. It can cause irritation to a babies scalp as well as penetrate an infants eyes and systemic tissue this is of concern to babies who are under going substantial eye growth.

Most ingredients found in popular name brand adult and infant skin care products are extremely harmful to delicate and sensitive new skin. Give your baby the best start in life when you invest in pure, organic baby products,a natural start is the best gift to your child in a already polluted world.

Generally babies are born with a small amount of soft fuzzy hair known as downy hair. The hair will begin to shed in the first few months and be replace with a thicker courser hair that will be closer to the baby natural hair. Regardless of the amount of hair or lack of hair it is important to begin a cleaning routine, twice a week is appropriate for infants. Not only is it important to keep the scalp clean and healthy but it is also important to get your baby comfortable with the act of shampooing for when it becomes necessary.

Many parents become alarmed by the appearance of oily yellow scales on their baby’s scalp which may be accompanied with a general redness. It also may look like dandruff or dry crusting patches. This is commonly known as cradle cap, when it appears on other areas of your baby’s body such as the face, behind the ears or diaper area it is called Seborrheic dermatitis. Cradle cap is very common and is believed to be caused by maternal hormones circulating in the baby’s blood stream which cause the baby’s oil glands to over produce. This is not completely agreed upon as many professionals believe the cause is not known.

What is agreed upon however is that cradle cap is not harmful or contagious. In most cases cradle cap will simply disappear on its own usually before your baby is a year old, however there are some steps that can be taken to help the process along.

For cradle cap on the scalp it is necessary to shampoo on a daily basis with a mild shampoo or soap while scales are present. Always rinse thoroughly. If the scales do not wash off when a gentle rubbing action it may be necessary to apply mineral oil to your baby scalp prior to bathing to soften them up. After the scales have disappeared the recommended twice a week is sufficient.

It is also suggested that you gently massage your baby’s scalp to improve the circulation as well as loosen the scales. This can be done with your finger tips (no scratching) or a soft brush. Gentle is the key. This can be done several times throughout the day until the cradle cap disappears.

Generally cradle cap goes away on its own within a few months and should not cause your baby any discomfort however if you are concerned see your physician, they will be able to give a lotion to help the process along. If cradle cap appears on other areas of your baby’s body or if your baby seems to be trying to itch, then it is always recommended you consult with your physician.