Why Finnish babies sleep in cardboard boxes (2013)

Re:Why Finnish babies sleep in cardboard boxes (2013) by vnorilo on Thursday September 05, 2019 @03:39AM (#20884640)

I'm a happy recipient of this box 5 years ago. In the fog of the first days of learning to care for your newborn, it was a godsend. It felt like someone actually cared, rather than a bureaucratic handout.

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Re:Why Finnish babies sleep in cardboard boxes (2013) by stevekemp on Thursday September 05, 2019 @06:33AM (#20885380)

I'm not ashamed to admit that I cried when I unpacked ours:

https://imgur.com/a/I0NYI

Even now I recognize other children wearing the same clothes that we received - though our child is 2.5 now the items have obviously been passed along to neighbours and new siblings.

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Re:Why Finnish babies sleep in cardboard boxes (2013) by kellenmurphy on Thursday September 05, 2019 @08:40AM (#20886031)

Thanks for the photos. You can tell that they are nice items and -- coming from the perspective of an American -- don't look "government issued" in the slightest. Neat.

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Re:Why Finnish babies sleep in cardboard boxes (2013) by scruple on Thursday September 05, 2019 @07:55AM (#20885764)

Agreed. My wife and I used baby boxes for the first 4-5 days with our twins. We've since gone on to recommend them at least a dozen times through various twins support groups. They really are a godsend in those first few days of chaos.

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Re:Why Finnish babies sleep in cardboard boxes (2013) by tomchristie on Thursday September 05, 2019 @05:39AM (#20885189)

That's really lovely, thanks for sharing.

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