Did you know that you need "gear" for a baby? A tiny newborn that can't even hold their own head up (which, there's about 10 different products for THAT!). While YES, of course, there is very little that a newborn NEEDS. Their mother and diapers is really it. Which leads me to, the gear is really less for the baby and more for the parents. Jon and I were overwhelmed when we first went to Babie's R Us when I was pregnant with Joseph. We had to make a second trip, it was just too much to do at once. What was worse was we didn't know WHAT we needed let alone what we WANTED. When we registered for wedding gifts, we both knew things we liked and dreamed of having some day for our home, but a baby....no clue.
I just spent a little time on amazon. Putting together a list of baby stuff we will need/want for our next little one who will be here before we know it. I have 7 items on my list. One we need (a baby monitor), one is diapers. I got a wrap when we were visiting family for Christmas that I'm very excited to have and another item that I would like to be able to have now that I'll have a nursing baby AND a three year old. No more stay at home and just hold and nurse all day. Time to be much more out and about. I'm grateful for all the gear we already have and that which has been promised by friends and family. Mostly, we were very relieved to find that our infant car seat hasn't expired. Did you know that car seats EXPIRE?? Like milk?? Yup, they do. Some hospitals won't let you bring the baby home unless you have a valid car seat.
This is the wrap I got and I expect that I will look like this a lot next summer. There's nothing better than having your baby this close to you.
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