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I think “rinsing cup” must mean the cup you use to rinse your baby’s hair in the bath? 9 years later, we still use the giant plastic mauve cup they give you in the hospital filled with ice chips to rinse kid hair. Some days the fact that I didn’t buy an item branded specifically for this task is ALL I can think about? (Though re: your second list and the cost of American maternity care, I arguably paid quite a lot for it?)

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See I vaguely thought it was like a cup to rinse one's mouth out after brushing teeth? Ha. Also I did not get a giant mauve plastic cup (or ice chips come to think of it)!

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Well now I have to google. It is indeed for bathing, and my children will grow up damaged because I never provided them with one shaped like a whale. https://www.google.com/search?q=baby+rinsing+cup&oq=baby+rinsing+cup&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i15i22i30i457j0i22i30l4j0i10i22i30j0i390l3.2119j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

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HOW AM I A DECADE INTO PARENTHOOD AND SO CLUELESS ABOUT RINSING CUPS?!

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We used a red solo cup.

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The correct term (per Google) is RINSE CUP and idk I guess our kids will unpack this in therapy some day.

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Because you don’t have Instagram babies! And a 10 year old wouldn’t let you near her with it? 😂

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Aug 9, 2022Liked by Sara Petersen

I came here to express hope someone could solve this mystery for me, and NOT AT ALL SHOCKED it is Virginia.

Parents of babies now, you can use any water receptacle! Old takeout soup containers, cups, empty shampoo bottles that have become treasured bath toys.

I do remember a friends family had one that allowed you to place the jug on the kid’s head, which did save 30s or so, and that was fun to use at their house. It never even crossed my mind to get one.

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Same! I'm pretty sure we have used empty yogurt containers in the past.

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We use a sour cream container 😛

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Aug 9, 2022Liked by Sara Petersen

Also what is an elbow saver or an infant growing kit?! I know I can google it. But I wanted to express my parent-of-kids-a-similar-age confusion.

Oh!! A guess!! Is an elbow saver for carrying the car seat?! Because that DOES meet a need.

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Aug 9, 2022Liked by Sara Petersen

I'm now trying to figure out how I even did anything with a baby, looking at this list?! Once again, I'm grateful I didn't have Instagram and momfluencers back then--the pressure to succeed was already great on single moms, and I could never have handled this kind of shit!!! Rinsing cups and cashmere blankies? YIKES!

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We actually had a few baby cardigans. Some were in the massive pile of hand-me-downs we inherited and we purchased a two pack ourselves. They were useful in that transition time between summer and fall where DC can’t make up its mind about temperature. We found cardigans easier than outfit changes. That said… we could have just used a light blanket.

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Oh I LOVE baby cardigans - just found the arbitrary number on a "necessity" list funny!

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