Our neighbours have just welcomed their first baby into the world, a little girl, and seem to be all prepared for anything that comes their way – well-meaning relatives have given them lots of new fangled stuff that just wasn’t really around when I had my first baby 25 years ago. Even seven years ago, when I had my last baby I never went in for nursery-technology.
The neighbours have bottle-warmers, bottle-sterilisers and a video baby monitor in the room which I am guessing will make them paranoid more than anything. My cousin some years back bought one of those baby-walkie-talkie things that sit beside the cot as the baby slept and she found herself unable to relax downstairs as she sat and listened for every tiny squeak and sound. I am sure the new parents up the road will work out for themselves that if baby wants to make herself heard she will…monitor or no monitor!
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