OMG! Onesies Are a Gateway Drug for Grandmas

Denise! You came right to mind when I saw this video about Sloth Onesies! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/01/baby-sloths-wearing-onesies_n_1313389.html

Sweet little things...without a gramdma!

My mother and MIL are the SAME WAY.  It's completely adorable on their parts.  BUT, I'm going to have to add something.  Onesies are an absolute must, as is a SWING, and receiving blankets and footie jammies, but that baby also needs slippies.  Slippies are slippers in cutesy talk.  I always have this irrational fear of their feet getting cold so my children always have slippies.  When they were newborns, they had blue bunny slippies and as they got older they had puppies, monkeys, frogs, Elmo, owls, all kinds of adorable little faces on their precious feet. 

Congratulations to you and TW.  You will both be AWESOME grandmas!

Oh My God...

From one addict to another....I have no quick fix for this one Denise; I can only offer any support you might need.  I'm a hopeless junkie myself.  How dare they make so many cute onesies.  I've literally had to have Jenna pull me away from the racks with armloads of onesies hanging all over me....although she's not much better.  These evil 'onsie-making' people pray on us Grandmas...without mercy.  I've tried to go 'cold turkey' several times, but ever time I'm anywhere near baby stuff....I get pulled back in.  I'll be here if you need to talk....Good Luck sweetie...  ~Joy 

Put down the credit card and walk away from it, Denise, this is for your own good.

But not after you buy her a Baby Bjorn, a baby rocker, and baby floor gym. They SAVED my life!

I laughed so hard reading your article.  And you're right, onesies are a gateway drug.  My boys literally had more than I could ever dress them in.  But don't feel bad about the books.  I started reading to my guys right away, and I firmly believe reading is the gateway to learning.  Both learned to talk very well very early.

2 items I could not have lived without:  A nursing pillow and my glider chair.  The nursing pillow saves your back and shoulders more than you can imagine.  It wraps around the waist.  Even if they don't nurse, it's great for bottle feeding.  I would get pains between my shoulder blades after awhile otherwise.  The glider chair I used on a limited basis early on, but as they got older and we kept the bedtime routine to their rooms, as well as nightime feedings, I LIVED in that glider.  Now we're past that stage, but bedtime is still in that chair for store time, etc.  I told my Mom it was unnecessary, but she INSISTED on getting me the best.  I have thanked her for that a thousand times over.  My boys are 5 and 2, and I still use that seat every single day for one thing or another with a kid (or two) in my lap.

The other best gift I got...my Mom came over and cleaned my house that first week we were home.  I had been prepared and had just cleaned before going into the hospital, but ended up having to have a c-section.  Bending over the tub to clean was out of the question, and I was a very rapid healer.  When she showed up to mop the floors and clean the shower and tub I nearly cried in gratitude.

As someone who has just entered this world (the new mom world, not the new grandma world), I can tell you that there were certain products I simply could not live without in those first few months. Activity gym, bouncy seat/swing combo, Halo sleep sacks, Lamaze's Stretch the Giraffe, Sophie the Giraffe, Itzbeen timer, and the Mighty Buggy Hook. Just some ideas! Have fun, Grandma!

OH, Denise, your joy is literally oozing through my screen. And I remember just such happiness, wanting to buy everything in I saw. You'd think I was the one wearing them or playing with them.  lol!

My grandsons are now 9 and 10, and though buying for my girls when they were young was more fun (my personal preference, of course), I am now enjoying buying for my little grandsons. We just spent money ($200.00) last weekend buying them a "Dropspot" so they can practice skateboarding in the backyard. I think I was more excited than they were, if that is even possible. The screamed when they saw it.

Don't worry, I am NOT going to attempt the skateboard, or my next blog would be from a hospital bed.  lol!

Have fun, grandma, buy and spend till you drop from exhaustion. They are little only once, and they grow so fast....   :)

Hugs to you, dear friend, and thank you for sharing your joy. You've brought back many wonderful old memories for me.

~Virginia

I love the title to your article your grandchild is lucky to have such an enthusiastic grandma!

Hey there, Denise! I have to write and tell you, I laugh every time I see, "Onesies are a gateway shopping drug." on the right hand side. FUNNIEST tag line ever with a pleasing and "tickle the fancy" article to follow. Thanks! Much Love, Fondly, Robin

Is this a sign -- that baby super center I have been avoiding, and had thought I might check out today... closed, after only four months: www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-wonder-closing-0226-20120226,0,3250239.story

Gah!

I should have gone two weeks ago!

Ha, Denise. You are going to be a terrific grandma. Do they still have Gymboree stores for baby's clothing? That was the downfall around my place.

Robees, oh yes he need those, one to match every outfit was my philosophy. They have them at Macy's still I think. And does he have a Bumbo? We have a whole gallery of horrible baby in the Bumbo photos. I even did a blog post of them one time. 

This Grandma insanity is actually what caused me to start my ebay business 11 years ago. I think I must have bought out Kohls 0-12 month baby boy clothes before #1 was born. Of course he didn't have time to wear all those adorable outfits more than once or twice so I started selling baby clothes lots on ebay to get money to buy more baby stuff. I bought a complete set of vintage Fisher Price toys, just like the ones his mommy had. That was a rush of excitement, bidding on that Chatter Phone, and the Snoopy Dog, running to the computer to make sure I hadn't been outbid. Now that I am at  #9  that phase has passed, I just hope I get their birthdates right now. And even the Hallmark holidays like Valentines day can put a dent in my budget when I have to get 9 of everything. But I still love buying them gifts and treats, just have to spread the love a lot further.

Oh my goodness! You sound like my Mother! She was  and is the exact same way...We even had sailor uniforms for both of them.  Last night, she called me and told me when we visit this summer not pack anything for the boys because she got everything they needed from head to toe. LOL!

If there is one thing I did depend on was the electric swing - it was nice to have when I was working in the kitchen and had to put the little guy down for a few minutes. Works like a charm ;)

receiving blankets are like onesies in my opinion, you can never have too many. Lightweight for indoor AC, big enough to throw on the ground/floor for play, etc.

For super cute, non traditional onesies and more - head over to Etsy. hee hee

burp rags made from cloth diapers - also can never have enough. same thing with bibs in all sizes.

Bouncy chairs. We had 2 and moved them around the house. Charlie's favorite was from FP. I don't know if they make it anymore but it had a bar across the top and when Charlie kicked his feet, it lit up and played music. I put him in the bouncy chair & set it on the floor in the bathroom so I could shower. Put it in the kitchen while making dinner, etc. Easier than a swing although he loved that too.

Johnny Mac Pippin needs THIS: http://www.totsy.com/image/4f43cc8b1d5ecba150000027.jpg

It's ADORABLE.

And yes, my parents and MIL can't go shopping without coming home with SOMETHING for the boys -- and they're not babies anymore!

I have not bought a heck of a lot of onesies for my best friend, who is expecting her first child. I was going through the clearance section of a store the other day and wanted to Buy All The Things. I did not but I did buy some socks. And there might, maybe, be a onesie here that needs to be packaged up and sent to her. 

He needs the scooter.  My Bug started using his when he was eleven months old, and we all know how quickly eleven months goes by.  Especially in Hawaii, when there are SO many more scooter-friendly days than we have up here where it snows.  And if he's going to have cloth diapers he's going to need lots of onesies, because even the best ones can leak a bit around the edges so he'll probably need a fresh onesie fairly often.  Or if he tends to spit up a bit, as babies are prone to do.  And books?  Don't even get me started.  It is IMPOSSIBLE for any child, even before he's born, to have too many books.  Can't happen.  And this is coming from someone who hates shopping almost as much as she hates clutter.  It is impossible to have too many books, or too many onesies, and every little boy needs a scooter.  And all of those things have to be adorable because when you consider the zillions of photos you'll be taking once he's born.  And one of these.  He needs one of these. I've had dozens of kids in my life, and this remains The Best Toy Ever:  http://www.manhattantoy.com/product/206644/200970/_/Skwish_Classic

See?  It's all good!  I'm so excited for you!

You are acting just like I did a year and half ago!  The minute we learned we were going to be grandparents, I went nuts.  I bought clothes every time I shopped, every onesie in WalMart, the CUTEST little socks and bootiies, and yes! I bought books.  Not to mention stuffed animals, diapers, blankets.....And when he was about 3 months ago, we almost bought a pedal car, but common sense kicked in at the last minute.  And then there was his first Christmas; we're broke now.  LOL  But don't worry; we still have credit cards for his first birthday this May.