| You may wonder whether a newborn baby really | | | | drool. And this helps make both baby and mommy |
| needs to wear a bib. He or she isn't eating solid food | | | | happy. |
| or sitting in a high chair, only drinking milk. How messy | | | | Not just any bib will do. You want it to fit your |
| can that be? And if some milk comes back up, surely | | | | newborn, being neither too large or too small. Comfort |
| a burp cloth can do the trick. Just wipe the mess up. In | | | | and absorbency is another must. Also, make sure that |
| fact, you've likely seen some newborn babies without | | | | the bib is one that can be taken on and off easily, |
| bibs--but you can bet their mothers are changing and | | | | because you will be doing a lot of that. You'll find it |
| soaking and washing a lot of baby outfits, outfits that | | | | convenient to have clean bibs within reach in every |
| used to look so wonderfully new. You don't want to | | | | room of your home, particularly in the nursery. And |
| follow suit, do you? | | | | don't forget the diaper bag. |
| You can save yourself a lot of extra laundry by | | | | Also keep in mind that when choosing between bibs |
| making use of a baby bib. After all, bibs are easier to | | | | with ties, snaps, or Velcro closure, snaps are |
| change and wash than entire outfits. Also, bibs are | | | | recommended. They are easy and safe, and won't |
| always in the perfect place at the perfect time, | | | | wake the baby (as Velcro might) when you "rip" it |
| catching those icky spit-up surprises--unlike burp cloths, | | | | open it. |
| which often help only after the fact, and by then the | | | | On a final note, a baby with a bib is a baby who is |
| damage is already done. When you make use of a | | | | protected from uncomfortable contact with spit-up. So |
| bib, though, it's relatively easy to preserve all those | | | | do your baby a favor and bring on the bib not only at |
| adorable little outfits, not to mention protect your baby's | | | | feeding time, but before and after, because you never |
| sensitive skin, keeping it dry and free of spit-up and | | | | know when spit-up might arrive. |