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Also, have you ever attended a baby shower after the baby was born?
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I think it depends on who is closest to the pregnant person. It's normally a female host, and some moms-to-be have multiple showers for different sides of the family, etc. Popular hosts are sisters, sister-in-laws, mother-in-laws, mothers, friends, cousins, etc.
To answer the second part, I have never been to a shower after the baby was born, but my aunt's shower was the same day! We were driving her home from the shower when her water broke, it was chaos. I think it would make sense in some instances though, like if the baby was premature, the parents lived in a different area than their families/friends, or if the sex of the baby was unknown and they wanted to wait until after the birth so the gifts could be gender-specific. (I went to a shower once when the parents didn't want to know the sex of the baby. All the gifts were gender-neutral greens and yellows, kind of lame.)
I think it depends on who is closest to the pregnant person. It's normally a female host, and some moms-to-be have multiple showers for different sides of the family, etc. Popular hosts are sisters, sister-in-laws, mother-in-laws, mothers, friends, cousins, etc.
To answer the second part, I have never been to a shower after the baby was born, but my aunt's shower was the same day! We were driving her home from the shower when her water broke, it was chaos. I think it would make sense in some instances though, like if the baby was premature, the parents lived in a different area than their families/friends, or if the sex of the baby was unknown and they wanted to wait until after the birth so the gifts could be gender-specific. (I went to a shower once when the parents didn't want to know the sex of the baby. All the gifts were gender-neutral greens and yellows, kind of lame.)
What setting do I set the shoulder straps on an infant car seat to bring home 5 - 7 lb. newborns?
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The straps are currently in the middle position. Do I need to put them in the bottom position for the newborns? How old / what weight were your babies when using each of the shoulder strap positions?
It is the Graco Safeseat, and it is twins, so they will be less than 7 pounds each when I bring them home.
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It really depends on the size of your child - length/height will also impact where the straps go in addition to weight.
My twins were 5 lb 1 oz and 5 lb 4 oz - their seats were on the lowest setting when we took them home (around 3 months, we were at them middle setting, 6 months the highest setting and in rear facing convertible seats just before 8 months). Ask your hospital about a "car-seat test". They did this for our twins, they put them in the seats, adjusted the straps and hooked them to oxygen monitors to make sure that they were safe before releasing them. They make sure that the baby can breathe comfortably at the angle of the car seat.
At the hospital that we delivered at, if our twins did not pass, we could not take them home in the infant carriers and would have to get something called a "Car Bed" to take them home. It was available in the gift shop if we needed it - it is for preemies and babies too small to safely sit in a carrier. Thank goodness both of our little ones passed and were able to come home in their car carriers.
Congrats and best wishes!
ETA - I have seen your questions before and it seems like you are someone who likes to do their research etc . . . just in case - here is a picture of a car bed and a link to more info on the Car Seat Test sometimes called Car Seat Challenge:
http://www.elitecarseats.com/Angel-Guard-AngelRide-Infant-Car-Bed.pro
http://pediatrics.about.com/od/newbornsandbabies/ig/Premature-Babies/Preemie-Car-Seat.htm
It really depends on the size of your child - length/height will also impact where the straps go in addition to weight.
My twins were 5 lb 1 oz and 5 lb 4 oz - their seats were on the lowest setting when we took them home (around 3 months, we were at them middle setting, 6 months the highest setting and in rear facing convertible seats just before 8 months). Ask your hospital about a "car-seat test". They did this for our twins, they put them in the seats, adjusted the straps and hooked them to oxygen monitors to make sure that they were safe before releasing them. They make sure that the baby can breathe comfortably at the angle of the car seat.
At the hospital that we delivered at, if our twins did not pass, we could not take them home in the infant carriers and would have to get something called a "Car Bed" to take them home. It was available in the gift shop if we needed it - it is for preemies and babies too small to safely sit in a carrier. Thank goodness both of our little ones passed and were able to come home in their car carriers.
Congrats and best wishes!
ETA - I have seen your questions before and it seems like you are someone who likes to do their research etc . . . just in case - here is a picture of a car bed and a link to more info on the Car Seat Test sometimes called Car Seat Challenge:
http://www.elitecarseats.com/Angel-Guard-AngelRide-Infant-Car-Bed.pro
http://pediatrics.about.com/od/newbornsandbabies/ig/Premature-Babies/Preemie-Car-Seat.htm
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