Comments on: Baby Expenses VI

By: Jane

Jane — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:14:56 +0000

I’m going to comment on a really really old post to suggest the IKEA high chair. It is about $25, and is far better than most high chairs because the smooth design doesn’t trap food. When you wipe it down six or more times a day, that matters … a lot. And when the tray becomes stained or worn you can buy a new one for $5. You can also remove the tray and sit the child at the table to eat with the family. The legs come off for storage.

And for those who must have a change table, a changing mat on top of a dresser, with the nappies and creams on a shelf on the wall is a perfect solution (the lotions and creams are not baby safe for shelves under the table)

By: Fecundity

Fecundity — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 18:39:01 +0000

Oh, good. I have a house full of extra wide stairs. Excellent. Plastic fencing, eh? I’ll look into that. Thanks Brip Blap.

I have to say that the booster seat is something I already have my eye on. We have friends who have one that straps into a chair or sits on the floor, has an optional tray to fit over it, and comes apart and fits in the dishwasher. They love it. I’m really hoping they don’t have another kid anytime soon, as their current one will have outgrown it by the time I want to borrow it.

By: FourPillars

FourPillars — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 02:42:24 +0000

I couldn’t agree more BB. I personally found it more convenient to change him on the floor because then you can do it anywhere.

Staircases can be troublesome especially if they are extra wide.

Mike

By: Brip Blap

Brip Blap — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 01:31:02 +0000

I would actually advise against a changing table even more strongly than you did, Mike. I have had two friends who turned their backs for split seconds only to have a newborn roll off (without any harm in both cases, except taking years of the parents’ lives). It is far safer and easier just to change on a mat on the floor, even for a newborn.

Baby gates can be tremendously expensive if you have “odd” shapes in the house, and it’s well worth considering long before you need them so you aren’t forced into buying something more expensive than you’d like. We ended up just putting a large plastic fence around one hard-to-fit staircase rather than drop $200+ on a custom staircase to fit the odd angles.

By: FourPillars

FourPillars — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 16:47:15 +0000

Thanks for the comment Boca.

I’ll be doing a post about RESPs as part of this series. I can imagine that college costs are far greater than cribs and diapers…

Mike

By: homeinboca

homeinboca — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 15:29:26 +0000

Mike, I’ve been following these baby posts with fond memories of loading up on stuff when my kids were babies. I was fortunate that my wife’s older sister had pretty well everything that she could give us from cribs to clothes. We gladly took whatever we could get our hands on.

Let me tell you now that my kids are in college, this stuff is chump change! Load up on the RESP’s, the cost of college makes me long for baby expenses.