Ciao!
Al momento sono incinta (del mio primo figlio), ma non ho accesso a nulla di simile a una baby box in cui partorire, a meno che non paghi per delle versioni più costose della stessa scatola.
Tuttavia, ho intenzione di seguire la strada del fai da te e di creare la mia baby box utilizzando, per quanto possibile, oggetti trovati nei negozi dell’usato e di seconda mano.
Sto pensando di usare l’elenco del contenuto dell’ultima scatola finlandese per bambini come guida per i miei acquisti e le mie richieste di regali, ma prima avevo alcune domande per i genitori finlandesi:
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Il sito web Kela non riporta le quantità di ogni capo di abbigliamento. Ho trovato questo sito web che presenta la scatola del 2018, però. Le quantità sono le stesse nell’ultima scatola?
https://firewaterspace.com/2018/10/30/whats-inside-the-finnish-baby-box-for-2018/ -
C’è qualcosa nella scatola del tuo bambino che è rimasto inutilizzato?
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Qualcosa nel tuo baby box è finito troppo in fretta?
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Le proporzioni e i tessuti degli abiti invernali ed estivi cambiano a seconda della data prevista per il parto? Ad esempio, se il parto avviene nel cuore dell’inverno, si ricevono molti più vestiti di lana per neonati rispetto a un bambino che nasce nel pieno dell’estate?
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Aggiungeresti qualcos’altro alla tua baby box?
Grazie in anticipo! 🙏 Se hai altri consigli sono ben accetti, sono completamente alle prime armi con questa cosa!
Expectant Canadian mother with questions about the Finnish baby box
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Content of this year’s package: https://www.kela.fi/maternitypackage
I would say look at the Kela page (in English) to see what they have listed, and choose things in sizes that will fit your baby for that season.
My daughter is a November baby, and was very small, so a lot of the clothes that were meant for winter didn’t fit her that year and were too small for her the following winter. Same with the summer clothes, they were never the right size for when she needed them (if that makes sense).
The items I found most useful were the box itself for her bed, the sleeping bag, duvet and duvet cover (which she still uses now 3 years later) and finally the hygiene products. The personal hygiene products were also a nice bonus.
5: “Baby wipes” we spent a plenty. Especially when going anywhere. Took a while to find the perfect brand, they’re surprisingly different, in feel and, err, capability. I think we used Pampers wipes.
The sanitary wipes in the kela box this year look like women’s panty covers, or what’s the correct word those..
The quantities have significantly reduced since then, as the budget was not adjusted for inflation.
My understanding is that the contents of the box are adjusted for the season. In practice you will need quite a few more copies of the clothes, and having many more muslin cloths is very useful. A large blanket, preferably stretchy, will be a very useful addition for swaddling.
1. There is just one of each so all the items you see on the pictures are included nothing more.
4. Everyone gets the same box despite of the due date.
You might also want your check out Scottish baby box they have different kind of items in it. Think I’ve seen some posts in reddit about it as well.
Edit. Link to the post about Baby box in Scotland
https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/s/OVk7PfCi2X
What a great idea!
You are correct in assuming that the baby’s birth and the time of the year do have an effect on how much use each item eventually gets. To counter this, the KELA clothes have a lot of adjustability built-in. Like:
– the sweater pants had a wide turn-down waistband. With a newborn you fold the band down – later it is worn as-is, straight, which adds lots of lenght to the garment
– the puffy overall / sleeping bag combo is so generously sized that as an overall its too big for a newborn anyway, so you’ll use it as a sleeping bag first.
– the tops that secure between legs have three sets of snap-buttons, again adding lenght whilst the baby grows
I found that the sizes below 60 were out-grown so fast that these items could have just been left out of the box. If I were to give presents for someone expecting, I’d get sizes 62 – 64 or even 68. You can always turn the cuffs first!
To us, a totally useless item was a kind of a napkin that you are supposed to tie on a toddler’s chest for eating. I preferred a regular tea towel for that – I thought there was just enough washing and cleaning to do without this extra item with its peculiar washing instructions, thank you very much!
The most surprised I was for a sheer woollen overall. At first I thought it would be a disaster: like what if it got poo on it and you can’t wash wool in high temperatures? Well that didn’t happen, and it was so good for adding layers when it was really cold outside. Again, in wintertime, if I visited somewhere with the baby and it would be quite chilly inside too, they could wear a single layer of cotton plus the wool overall and be perfectly comfortable.
I haven’t taken a look at the latest box but have received two during the past ten years. I hope this helps!
Those muslin squares are awesome! I’d get more than five. Our kids are teenagers now, and I still use them for various messes. (Keep a few in your nightstand, wink wink).
We didn’t use many regular diapers, because my mom taught me how to fold a muslin square to make a diaper, and gifted me woolen outer-diapers to use with it. We started offering the baby a chance to use the toilet after eating and after sleeping, so there weren’t that many poopy muslin squares to launder, lol.