A Wonderful Thing-Not Only Does It Not Save Money, It Costs Money! Worth Every Cent!

             Well, exciting news "arrived" today via a phone call.  Yep, another grand baby is on it's way.
  I'm very excited and wanted to tell anyone who wants to listen to me rant on and on.

     We are really tipping the scale right now with three boys and one girl.  Seems to happen that way in some families.  With my worst morning sickness pregnancy I had a girl.  Not sure of all the old myths and whether they really work.  Don't think so. 

 

   So here's advice that everyone hates.  Right?  Didn't you hate it when you got a ton of advice and you didn't really want it or know what to do with it?  How about when nobody liked the name you picked.  Every relative, even those you barely knew wanted to tell you who to name the baby after.

 
   For morning sickness, yep, try everything in the book, fennel, mint tea, lavender sachets, crackers, high protein diet, ginger and all the rest.  Bottom line, I have no recollection what worked for me.  I think I was busy being too tired to remember.

   For the babies name, I only ask one thing.  Make sure it's something I can spell and say and if it's a foreign country make sure that it's one of our allies.

For the type of birth, don't listen to anyone, go online and do your own research and come to your own conclusions.  And that includes advice from the doctor, who is most likely a man, and really has no idea what it's like to be pregnant and give birth.

 If you want to save money, and do something healthy, breast feed.  It's a real pain to have to get up in the middle of the night to make a bottle when all you had to do was "whip it out" so to speak.  So, despite it being a healthy option, I really think I did it myself to avoid having to get up in the middle of the night.
Same answer for co sleeping, again, who wants to keep getting up? 

As ugly as they are, get a recliner that rocks and turns and of course, reclines.  That was our best friend for the first few months.  There are less obtrusive models, check it out.

Remember this, the baby is going to be technologically smarter than you, accept that fact. 

For equipment, remember, babies really only need you, and you need something to catch the babies poo.  Just about everything else is extra.  The baby doesn't care if the room has a theme, or if his undershirt was used before.  They don't care if you bathe them in the kitchen sink, or a fancy baby tub.  Toys that are handy are those that keep the baby busy long enough for you to shower or use the toilet.  Just about anything and any toy is "educational" for a baby.  They've never seen anything before, so they are happy even with measuring spoons.

Remember,  on the toughest of "nights" with your baby, you can't send the baby back, postage paid or overnight delivery.  The stork does not do pick-ups.

Don't forget, you know that your baby is the cutest, sweetest, most clever, and of course the smartest baby in the world.  It's not something most parents announce.  We don't want to hurt other peoples feelings.  Let them think the same thing about their own baby.

Congratulations to the new parents to be, and may the pregnancy, birth,
and the baby all be a healthy and happy experience.  I know you will make
wonderful parents. 




If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands? ~Milton Berle