Baby Burp Cloths:
Your First Defense Against Frumpiness
Are your baby burp cloths locked and loaded?
Are you prepared for the battle between goobers and glamour?
Every Mother's Nightmare
On one shoulder, there is your precious infant, smiling and giggling. What's that? Do I hear the
rumblings of stomach discontent?
You are speaking over the other shoulder to your friends, blissfully unaware of the inevitable attack.
You haven't dressed up like this in months. It feels good to be attractive again, after all the puffiness
of pregnancy and nights of insufficient sleep.
A burp escapes your baby boy and everyone laughs - until you feel the warm sensation of something slowly
sliding down your shoulder and dripping onto the floor! Then it's a mad-dash to get ANYTHING for damage
control.
Heather's Recipe for
Stunningly Clean Burp Pads
1 scoop Oxyclean
+ hot water
+ an overnight soak
+ wash on regular cycle
Brand-spanking-new burp pads!
This even works on stains that are years old.
All this could have been avoided with an properly armed arsenal of baby burp clothes.
- Do you have an
emergency stash of burping cloths on hand?
- Or are you hoping no one will notice the apple-sized yellowish
discoloration on your shoulder?
Baby burp clothes are sections of cloth that you place under a baby's mouth. It's to protect your
clothing from the onslaught of slobber and milk that may accompany the burp.
If you don't help her get that burp out, you will have either a very fussy baby on your hands, or an
unexpected explosion of partially digested milk in a few minutes. Develop the knack for getting that burp!
Pretty and Practical
There are thousands of infant burp pads available for you to purchase. It's really amazing how expensive a burp rag
can become!
However pretty they may be, never substitute prettiness for practicality.
- The infant burp pad should be large enough to cover the majority of your shoulder.
- It should never be so expensive that you feel bad if your infant throws up on it.
- It should always be machine washable.
There are plenty of burp cloths out there that are utterly useless. It seems that any piece of leftover-scrap
can be trimmed and sold as a baby burp cloths these days.
My first set of baby burp cloths was purchased at Target, after I opened the package I realized they were only a little
larger than my hand!
Needless to say, they ended up as wash cloths. Money wasted. Size is everything when you are looking for a good burp rag.
Well-Spent Designer Burp Cloths
I've already shared the secrets of making a good buy in considering baby burp cloths. Since I'd already struck out at
Target, I turned to the Internet to give me functional, yet fashionable burp cloths to carry and use.
I was amazed to discover designer burp cloths that were not only affordable, they were actually worth the money spent.
Here are the two best.
Best Baby Burp Cloths: In Size
If your largest concern is size, the burp cloths made by JJ Cole are your answer. They have a unique bean-shape design that folds easily over the
shoulder, curving around your neck.
The fabric is really soft (for baby's little head) and they are machine washable (a must).
Even better, these burp pads are actually attractive (until they're covered with spoiled milk, that is).
Each pack (of three) is a different theme design: unisex,
baby girl, or baby boy.
Best Baby Burp Cloths: In Absorbancy
If your #1 concern is thickness, Patricia Cole Designs makes the cutest, and most absorbant, burp cloths I've seen. They
are also sold in packs of three.
Each individual pad comes with a pad insert to allow the spit-up to soak into the cloth, and away from baby's skin. Made from 100% cotton,
it is safe for the most sensitive of babies.
Patricia Cole has four designs: polka dots,
western pony,
giraffe,
and minky fleur (my personal favorite).
Yes, I have worn the spit-up "mother stain" in public before. Although it silently and proudly screams
MOTHER! to all who pass, I prefer people learned that from the precious face in my lap and not the stain on my shoulder.
If you are fortunate enough to have an infant who isn't digestionally challenged, then you may not have
to keep many baby burp cloths around. However, expect Murphy's Law: if it can go wrong, it will.
Translation? She will go all day without spitting up and then the moment you don't have a burp cloth around,
she will spit up all over. Heed the Law and stay well stocked!
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were used
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