Decline all shots at the hospital, as all of them can be administered at your discretion later, once the initial system shock has passed (say, a few weeks - but by that time you'll be sleep-deprived!).
Don't get a diaper genie. It's just a glorified trash can, but it's worse because you don't empty it (or think about it) nearly as often as a typical trash can in a common area of the house. All diapers get nasty over time. Best to just throw all diapers in a regularly changed bin, and put the immediately stinky ones in a quart ziplock or cheap 4 gallon bag with the end tied off.
And absolutely no circumcision.
Personal opinion -- diaper genies are most effective for older toddlers and young kids (especially boys) who are potty training and wearing pull-ups. It is easier for them to "self service" once they are old enough to take their own diapers off. Asking them to put into a ziplock and tied-off bag is a non-starter.
But yes, agree you can't forget about checking and emptying the DG regularly regardless of your kid's age. It gives you more wiggle room than a standard bin though, as its design is much better at blocking odors.
But as always, YMMV.
Hmm, that makes sense. Sadly we got rid of the Diaper Genie before potty training. DOH!
When I first saw/heard of it, I thought it had a much better/neater design. Something like a foodsaver, that uses a heating element to cut and seal off one bag before starting the next. But no... just a sealed door with a food pedal.
Going to go with cloth diapers and a sprayer that connects to the toilet (and associated bits and bobs to support it, like a splash guard for using the sprayer with).
My wifes family practiced whistle training, and helped do it with our kids. Immediately, from birth, whistle when the kid is peeing. Try to catch them in the act every single time and whistle. Its exhausting. But, seriously, after 2 weeks, the kids never piss or shit themselves again. You start a regime of taking them to the potty or toilet or whatever and holding them ready, and whistle...and they just go. No nappies. Potty trained from birth. Its not perfect, and its hard, but the effort lasts for the baby years, and is well worth it.
The child needs a vitamin shot when it's born.
Get that one.
Or don't. Let your kids go blind
What vitamin? Why?
What are the mechanisms for growing blind?
Most of these shots assume you're crossing the border or doing drugs/sex with multiple people
Vitamin k.
If you are born with low vitamin k your blood vessels can literally bleed. Leading to brain damage and blindness.
If you give the new born vitamin k when it already has enough vitamin k nothing happens.
So therefore it is smart to give every new born vitamin k
Nope. See my comment above. The vitamin K is unnecessary, and can have side effects. Ruined the feeling in my wife's leg.
By the way, I used to think it was harmless but the vit K shot may be responsible for food allergies later in life. Don't remember the specifics but it was in "The Truth About Vaccines" show
In Australia they ran a trial over the last couple of years and found the Whooping Cough (vaccine) was a major cause of allergies. Find out if your area uses the "whole egg" or "partial egg" vaccine. The partial one is the new one (used in Australia since about 1991), that was introduced because it didnt give the kids as high temperatures. Theyve now found it is a major cause of allergies, and are reverting this year back to the old vaccine...*well, they say a new version of the old vaccine. Who the fuck knows.
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