I have wonderful news today. My dear friend Kristen and her hubby are expecting! YAY!!! We are so excited for you. It's been a long wait and I know you will make wonderful parents. We gladly welcome you to the wonderful world of parenting! Here are just a few tips from a somewhat seasoned parent...
1) Take pictures every month of your pregnancy. Regardless of how you look and feel now, you will want to look back and see your pregnant belly!
2) Start stocking up on diapers now. They're expensive and you can never have enough.
3) Now and when the baby comes....if people offer help...take it!
4) Sleep when the baby sleeps.
5) Get a great diaper bag. Not too little, not to big. Enough to fit diapers, wipes, change of clothes, burp cloth, bottle and a toy. You will be carrying it for a long time, so make sure its cute.
6) Don't buy the matching quilt to the bedding set unless you plan on hanging it on the wall. You'll end up using receiving and minky blankets anyway.
7) When you make up the crib, layer pad, sheet, pad, sheet, pad, sheet. This way when the baby spits up or poops through, all you have to do is pull the top layer and not take the mattress out of the crib to change it. (Which is not easy to do.)
8) Buy a pack of white wash clothes at Costco/Sam's and have them stashed all over the house. Perfect size for burp clothes, cheap, great absorbency, and easy to bleach.
9) It's your baby so enjoy every minute of it. They are small for such a short time. You can never give them too much love.
OK...so that's it for now. Hee hee, I can't wait to see pics of you preggers. Congrats you three! =)
2 comments:
You are amazing and I am so blessed to have you as a friend! Keep the tips and advice coming because Lord knows we will need it. The crib tip was great - I would have never thought of that.
Wow...nice. I will be in need of these answers again someday :) You always impress me my dear friend.
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