Sous Chef at Dubh Cafe & Restaurant Laura Farrell on her affinity with all things foodie
Sous Chef at Dubh Cafe & Restaurant Laura Farrell on her affinity with all things...

Sarah Gill

Six IMAGE staffers on their go-to self-care rituals
Six IMAGE staffers on their go-to self-care rituals

Sarah Gill

This spatchcock chicken recipe will make your weekend
This spatchcock chicken recipe will make your weekend

Meg Walker

Loot: The Dublin concept store on how to shop vintage in Ireland
Loot: The Dublin concept store on how to shop vintage in Ireland

Katie-Ruby Robinson

Five binge-worthy miniseries to stream this weekend
Five binge-worthy miniseries to stream this weekend

Sarah Gill

8 inspiring quotes from the IMAGE PwC Businesswoman of the Year Awards 2022
8 inspiring quotes from the IMAGE PwC Businesswoman of the Year Awards 2022

IMAGE

I went behind the scenes of the ‘Derry Girls’ season 3 premiere
I went behind the scenes of the ‘Derry Girls’ season 3 premiere

Sarah Finnan

Tried & Tested: An honest review of a wardrobe detox (from a self-confessed clothes hoarder)
Tried & Tested: An honest review of a wardrobe detox (from a self-confessed clothes hoarder)

Sarah Finnan

Forget Bieber v Gomez, we should be lifting women up, not tearing them down
Forget Bieber v Gomez, we should be lifting women up, not tearing them down

Sarah Finnan

Supper Club: Peanut soba noodle salad
Supper Club: Peanut soba noodle salad

Meg Walker

Image / Editorial

Babies: Stuff You Don’t Need


By IMAGE
06th May 2014

Pregnant?? Oh lovely, here’s a handy list for you of some things that you don’t need.? Be sure to take it with you when you go shopping, but you’ll only have yourself to blame if you come home with every single item on the Don’t Buy This list.

A Moses Basket. The baby may or may not take to it.? If s/he does, you’ll get a maximum of one month out of it, and for all they know, they might as well be put in a nice lined drawer, same as you were Back In The Day.

An African mama sling: Slings are good, and you can get a second hand one for next to nothing.? What you don’t need are any of the novelty slings; essentially variations on very long pieces of string.? You will never, ever learn how to do the origami knots that will securely attach baby to you.??? Do you want to be the person doing the dance of the 7 veils with a screaming, half-garroted baby as you try to remove the sling in the caf? in Dundrum centre?? No, you do not.

A Changing Bag: Any sturdy bag will do.? Any old towel will serve as a changing mat.? Got one anyway?? I knew you weren’t going to listen.? Just don’t bother your head wondering what you’re meant to put in all the little pockets.? All will be revealed in 4 years time when you’ll unearth all sorts of interesting new lifeforms.

Books called things like ?Stop My Baby Crying?: They all cry. Sorry about that. Convinced that the strategy that will make all the difference might be in a book? Go to your library. (Or come over and take away my extensive collection:? you’ll see it on the shelves under ?C? for Crying, next to ?D? for Development).

Bottle warming equipment: Here’s the best tip you’ll ever have.? Don’t. Warm.? The. Milk.? Get them used to having hot bottles and you’ll spend the next two years shaking tepid milk on your wrist.? No idea why, I just copied the more competent looking parents.

Dryclean only baby clothes: You’d. Be. Surprised.? That’s all I’m going to say.? (And that goes for you as well as the baby).

By Jenny Coyle @missmitford