There seems to be quite a big difference between what I think is appropriate for a new born baby and what\u2019s considered normal here in Spain. Anyone who has Spanish in laws will know what I\u2019m talking about. As I now nearing the end of my pregnancy (8 months and counting) I\u2019m starting to receive gifts of clothes and also used clothes from my partner\u2019s relatives. <\/p>\n
His sister very kindly gave me a box full of used baby clothes (she has a 3 year old boy). However, I was dismayed by what I found inside. There were a lot of these intricate very pale blue jersey type things with very small openings for the neck and buttons at the back \u2013 they were also made of 100% acrylic. A definite no as far as I\u2019m concerned. Apart from the aesthetics, the fact that they were acrylic and had buttons at the back and looked really uncomfortable means there\u2019s no way I\u2019m using them. There were also a couple of bodysuits but again all the poppers were at the back which somehow just seems impractical. The last time I changed a nappy was 14 years ago and the idea of trying to button everything at the back seems illogical to me. The only thing I found in the box that I thought I might use was a little short-sleeved body that looked like it had never been worn \u2013 (this is probably because it had pink pictures on it).<\/p>\n
Then following a big family meal I was presented with some new baby clothes, I tried to smile bravely on looking at the selection. There was a bodysuit with a big plastic transfer on the front (I\u2019ve already changed it for some plain short sleeved vests) plus one of those acrylic crocheted jumper things with big ties on the shoulders and buttons down the back and then some little wrap over vests. The only thing is the wrap over vests had long ribbon ties to fasten them. Again this seems really impractical but I\u2019m sure I\u2019ve also read somewhere that it\u2019s not a good idea for safety reasons having long ties on baby clothes. So I\u2019m going to try and change them for ones with poppers and also a larger size as they are for 0 \u2013 1 months and look like they wouldn\u2019t fit a doll. Needless to say everything was pale blue. However, I was a bit dismayed to find so many pale blue baby clothes in the Mothercare catalogue too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
There seems to be quite a big difference between what I think is appropriate for a new born baby and what\u2019s considered normal here in Spain. Anyone who has Spanish in laws will know what I\u2019m talking about. As I now nearing the end of my pregnancy (8 months and counting) I\u2019m starting to receive gifts of clothes and also used clothes from my partner\u2019s relatives. His sister very kindly gave me a box full of used baby clothes (she has a 3 year old boy). However, I was dismayed by what I found inside. There were a lot of <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sin-categoria"],"yoast_head":"\n