In the last 100 years, experts from fields such as pediatric medicine, psychology and child development have offered a plethora of advice to new parents. Beginning with the medically-based advice of Dr. L. Emmett Holt (1894) and the psychological counsel of Dr. John Watson (1925), anyone can see the seeds of more modern (and still relied-upon) works, such as those of Dr. Benjamin Spock (1945) and Dr. Penelope Leach (1979).

Examined comparatively, these books provide a fascinating window into the ideas about children and childhood that characterized their respective eras. As such, this page focuses on the similarities among and differences between the seminal works of these four experts, with specific attention to the ways they have influenced one's understanding of the very experience of childhood. http://www.lotsofessays.com/viewpaper/1688702.html

1. Cloth diapers – (to be used as burp clothes – look for ones with three panels for super absorbency)

2. Wash cloths – (4-6 minimum for bathing and changing diapers)

3. Newborn diapers

4. 3-4 baby pajamas

5. Diaper cream

6. Cornstarch baby powder

7. 2 changing table covers

8. Baby socks

9. Baby nail file and clippers

10. Baby monitor

11. 2 bassinet sheets

12. Baby body wash

13. Cotton balls

14. Supply of batteries (AAA, AA, D, 9 volt)

15. Dreft

16. Diaper pail

17. 3-4 receiving blankets

18. Hats

19. 2 hooded towels

20. One packet of onesies

21. Bibs

22. Baby oil/Vaseline

23. Bottles

24. Pacifiers

25. Q-tips

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To adjust to this different phase of life, new parents may want to consider the following:

1. The new baby is a shared responsibility. Neither parent should be excluded from the experience of parenthood. Parents should take time to assure one another that they are just as important to each other as they were before the child was born.

2.Some kind of assistance at home should be arranged for and should not be postponed until the baby comes back from the hospital to do it.

3.A separate area for the baby needs to be arranged for even if one’s home is too small to allow for a nursery.

4.If the baby fidgets and fusses at times, one should try not to get anxious. If the baby has been fed and is dry and safe, then one can relax. http://www.faqs.org/health-encyc/The-Lifetime-of-a-Human-Being/Birth-Infancy-and-Maturation-Some-advice-to-new-parents.html