Making the right choice for your baby
Only the next nine months will be filled with new feelings, emotions, and many new challenges that both of you, as a couple, will face. From the first wave of morning sickness to realizing that you can no longer see your perfectly formed baby bump on your feet, everything will feel so new and exciting and sometimes scary too.
Can you believe that between 350 million and 360 million babies are born every day around the world, that is, approximately 250-260 babies are born every minute? In the UK alone, more than 600,000 babies are born each year, a number of 1.3 per minute. It’s hard to believe while sitting at work for 8 hours a day, 624 babies have been introduced to the world.
The average age of mothers in the UK has seen an increase in the last 10 years as many women choose to have children later. In 2014 the average age was 30 years; This is expected to grow to an average age of 34+ in the next five years.
The increasing tendency for women to delay childbearing until the late thirties is due in part to increasing equality in the social, professional, financial and business environment in which we live. Interestingly, the average age of parenthood has also been on the rise.
Whatever the age of the new parents, the excitement of shopping for baby clothes, gear, and decorating a new nursery in preparation for your new pack is part of the new baby excitement. From changing mats, changing bags, bibs and baby bottles, the list is quite long and extensive.
When it comes to shopping for the right color for the baby’s gender, it can be difficult to shop for clothing or accessories like diaper changing bags if parents don’t decide to find out the gender of their baby. With technology making everything feel so responsive and with everyone seemingly getting to know each other’s affairs, finding out the gender of your baby is one of the few surprises left.
Should you find out the sex of your baby? Surprisingly, the real reason for an ultra sounds is not to find out the gender of your baby. The first scan at 20 weeks will be to check your baby’s measurements, as well as a complete check of the baby’s organs and their overall health and growth rate. The sex of the baby is not always easy to find out from the first ultrasound.
Gender disappointment seems to be a recognized condition for parents who have discovered that our sex is their baby’s, only to be disappointed that it was not as they expected. Parents may have bought blue clothes, changing bags, bibs, and painted the nursery blue, only to find out near the due date that they are actually expecting a girl. If you do not discover the surprise and joy of your little lump, it will mean that you do not care what the sex of your baby is. When it comes to buying your baby all the equipment he needs, the obvious list of things we need is easy to buy in our daily lives and the choice we have now is vast. The decision to buy a new changing bag or stroller can only take time.
For example, you can buy over 200 different colors, designs and sizes of changing bags alone, from designer to high street. Now you can match your changing bags with the stroller, baby clothes and even your outfit if you want and this is just one of your many options when shopping for new things for your new special pack. It is an exciting and astonishingly scary time; But ultimately, it’s time for you to embrace the new experience, hope to discover your baby’s gender, and buy all the lovely new things that you and your baby will need.