Becoming a new parent is something that brings new challenges with happiness and excitement.
Every couple wants to have this beautiful feeling of becoming a parent.
Preparing yourself for parenthood also comes with new responsibilities, like getting all of the necessary baby items and learning all the necessary proper methods of taking care of a baby before he or she arrives. And that is in addition to the physical challenges that mothers have to go through while pregnant.
Finland’s government has started a maternity package program to decrease the stresses of becoming a parent.
The maternity package, or the baby box, is a kit for new parents that includes all of the essentials that the baby will need during his first year on Earth.
It contains a large number of baby clothes as well as care products and materials. There’s also a snowsuit that doubles as a sleeping bag, lightweight overalls, caps, and balaclavas, onesies and jumpsuits, tights, mittens, and socks, all of varying sizes to compensate for the baby’s rapid growth throughout the year.
This kit also includes a separate sleeping bag and blanket, bedding and linen, pocket nappy, towel, feeding and drooling bib, a child’s first book, and a cuddly toy that doubles as a comfort blanket.
There are even personal care products for mothers, like bra pads, nail scissors, a toothbrush, a digital thermometer, talcum powder, nipple cream, condoms, lubricant, sanitary towels, a bath thermometer, and a hairbrush.
The box that all of the environmentally-friendly baby essentials come in doubles as a bed lined with a cushion for comfort. This kit has around 60 items, which are updated yearly based on client feedback.
According to Kela, the government institution responsible for the baby box: Around 60,000 maternity grants are given out each year, with about 40,000 being in the form of a maternity package. The remaining third choose the tax-free cash benefit, which currently amounts to €170 (almost $185 US dollars).
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