What does a newborn need?

Anastasia turned 7 weeks today, she is no longer a newborn. There are at least 3 proofs of that: she cut her naps from 8 hours per day to 6 hours, she started really looking around and she intentionally smiles (which is really cute).

With the second child, you realize that a newborn doesn't need much, for us the essentials were/are:

• Woven wraps (plural is important because when one is in the washing machine, you can use the other one, or if she throws up in one, you have a back-up option). Thanks to babywearing she slept most of the day. Totally worth it. 
• Some clothes suitable for babywearing, this is an issue especially for trousers, most of them are just not comfortable, these are actually the only things I have to buy because I don't have them after Teodor (I started babywearing much later and with not so babywearing-friendly trousers). Also babywearing clothes for me is very handy because if she sleeps in the wrap, then suddenly I need to go out, so I don't need to wake her up.
• A place where to put her if it is needed to deal with Teodor/cooking/anything else and you are too lazy to put her in the wrap. For us it is the Stokke bounce'n'sleep daybed (which is possible to rock and theoretically should work for making her sleep, but somehow I don't use it for it at all) and Stokke Tripp Trapp with a newborn set (it's a high chair with a "car seat" on the top)
• One black and white toy to be hung on the newborn set. 
• Access to breast - not unlimited because of her throwing up, she has to have pauses between, but definitely we don't do the scheduled feedings. 

And that's pretty much it. I haven't even tried to give her a pacifier, I am genuinely surprised that it's so easy to do it without it. I would have never believed that. We don't need a mobile. Another surprise. Teodor loved it and she might have too but she doesn't have a crib, therefore there's no place where to hang it. Her toddler brother is just enough of entertainment.

Also clothes, she can live on three bodies, two sets of trouser and socks and also some hats (woolen, wool+silk and cotton). We don't have cardigans, jackets or any cool outfits. Two weekends ago I tried to persuade my man to buy her a cool outfit while we were shopping for clothes for ourselves and Teodor, but he said "no" because she's always in the wrap and there's no point. He was, to my disappointment, right, so I don't have a stylish baby, which is totally ok, I only can't get likes on Modry Konik :-). We don't use any anti-gas drops, I exercise with her legs + elimination communication do the job. Btw. I realized I do elimination communication, but use mostly disposable diapers, it is not very typical, I suppose. The reason is that she sleeps so well that I don't want to disturb her with diaper-changes. We don't do any baby gym lessons or swimming, which I would love to but I have a toddler who probably wouldn't enjoy watching it. With Teodor I was desperate to get out of the apartment,  I was so tired from taking care of him, he screamed a lot, so these lessons were my relaxation. Now with both of them, I like to go out because she sleeps the best in the fresh air and it's easy to entertain Teodor there. I am definitely not so tired as I was two years ago when I had only one child. Lately I've been asking myself if Teodor would be a happier baby if I babywore him from the beginning and was not feeding him on schedule (ok, that would definitely cut some screaming), but on the other hand attachment parenting doesn't always make happy babies. Teodor had some other health issues (nothing serious, just small annoying things), which made his start a bit more difficult and might turn him into a cranky baby, but luckily he grew into a very calm, focused toddler. 

Overally, Anastasia is a very cheap baby in contrast to Teodor :) Even though, I have so much money in the babywearing stuff that if I sell it once, I can buy a used car. 

Selfie from yesterday. Girls' morning out.