When a mom first gets pregnant it can be over whelming seeing all things a baby needs. Then once you acquire everything that a baby needs, it takes over your home. Babies come with a lot of stuff, but it doesn’t have to over whelm you. Below are a set of tips to help a minimalist mom with a baby not to get over whelmed.
Stick to the list
When you are out shopping for the baby have a list of stuff you need for the baby. Stick to the list if you need diapers and baby food, just get diapers and baby food. You don’t need to look at baby clothes and toys if the baby doesn’t need them. When you do find something that the baby needs that wasn’t on the list. Make sure it’s actually something the baby needs, not something you think the baby needs.
Plan a head and switch items out.
Babies go through many stages. Knowing what a baby needs for each stage, can help you plan ahead. Planning a head on what will go where can help maximize the space. With each stage a baby needs different items. They need swings and bouncers during the first few months, entertainment centers, walkers and highchairs once they get more mobile. Switching out what a baby needs for each stage of development, can help keep clutter from happening with the unused baby items.
Not to many clothes
Baby clothes may be tiny, however when you get an abundance of clothes they can take up a lot of space. Having enough clothes for two or three weeks, that you can mismatch outfits will save space and still give you plenty of choices for your little one to wear. Babies outgrow clothes very quickly, having several different sizes in a small amount is more practical than have a bunch of clothes in one size and having to find more space for a bunch of clothing in the next size.
Baby items
When babies need a lot of items that take up space, you can get smaller items or multipurpose items. Here is items that can be minimized/have multipurpose use.
- Changing pad – Instead of getting a changing table that you can only use in one space, get a changing pad that you can move room to room making diaper changes easier. Once they start rolling around you can move the mat to the floor and keeping changes constant.
- Pack in plays all in one – a pack and play is a very useful baby item for on the go, and offers a place for the baby to sleep outside of the crib. Some pack in plays also come with accessories such as changing pad, diaper storage and bounces. By having the added on accessories it helps safe space by having it all in one place, and it can grow with the baby by take accessories off.
- Push walkers– Walkers help babies learn to walk. A regular walker has a tray and a seat that you put the baby on, they then push off the ground to move. Compared to a push walker that has activities for the baby on one side and a bar for the baby to hold on to and push on to learn to walk. A push walker is more space friendly than a regular walker and also provides entertainment
- Play yard– a play yard is very convent to help keep babies in a safe area. They can be broken up to also be gates to keep babies on the move safe and confined. Compared to traditional gates that fall down easily or have to be screwed into the walls, a play yard is easier and multipurpose.
Being a minimalist mom has helped me from being over whelmed with my sons stuff while still making sure he has what he needs.
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