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My goal for this blog is for it to be a resource for other moms like me - moms who:
Are business owners/entrepreneurs
Don’t want to have to sift through the sea of search results
Can’t stand going on those message boards on baby sites
Don’t have time to read all the books
Like nice things
Still want to have a life of their own when possible
This isn’t as vital but I’m an older mom (I’m 41) and will talk about a lot of things related to my age
More than anything want to maintain a sense of self
Are you going to spend time going through reviews and product comparisons? Are you going to take to social media to crowd source? Will you want to ask your mom friends for advice too? Sure and I encourage you to do that! My biggest and best resource has been my friends who are moms who are either at the same stage I am or who have been moms longer than I’ve been.
Here’s my first tip: It can be very very isolating being a new mom so DO NOT BE AFRAID TO ASK FOR HELP AND GUIDANCE FROM THE PEOPLE YOU KNOW.
If there’s one thing I learned when I miscarried eight years ago it’s that I was not and am not alone and someone out there has been through the same trials/tribulations I have.
So that’s why I’m here. That’s why this blog is going to happen. I’ll be honest, I hmm-ed and haw-ed when it came to starting this baby up, mostly because I didn’t think anybody cared what I think or would be that interested. I also want to add that I'm not doing this to try and become a mom blogger (though if any brands out there wants to send me things that are of use to me/my child to try or review, I’m always open to that) but ultimately if I can reach or help just one new mom out there with all this? Then it’s all worth it.
Stay tuned, the blog posts, they are a-comin.
A list of things I've learned over the past 11 months.
Theo turns 1 on May 1st. I can’t think of an appropriate reaction other than, “Holy shit.” The Husband and I have managed to keep a baby healthy and alive for a little over 11 months and we’re about to celebrate his first huge milestone.
In the past almost-year, I’ve made a few… I guess you can call them observations and notes to myself about what it’s been like to have and take care of a baby. It’s a fairly long list, I’ll try to keep it succinct.
Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me Before I Had A Baby
Some friends of mine are expecting their first child this fall and I couldn't be more excited for them! In their blog post announcing the pregnancy, they asked for advice from people and I thought I'd take the time to answer one of the questions they had that I thought was a good topic to tackle:
What are things you wish someone would have told you before you had your first kid?
Nesting: Our Favorite Things
Your entire house, not just the nursery, is going to be the baby’s domain for a while so you might as well equip yourself nicely!
Your list of things will be extensive and it doesn’t stop (as evidenced by the ever-present mountain of cardboard boxes from deliveries) but to start, here are the five items we absolutely could not have done without and, in some cases, still use starting with our Top 3: The Dockatot, the Boppy and our hot water dispenser. Let me tell you what I loved about each...
Baby Monitors: Video or Audio?
I'll cut to the chase - we have both. We already had a Nest cam and thought maybe that would be enough. However, the downfall to having an app-reliant monitor is that you have to have the app open all the time and that's not happening.
So we got an audio monitor to go with it. I thought "Since we have video, we'd keep things simple, be frugal and get this VTech monitor that's compact and super affordable. Pairing that with the Nest helped because we'd just check the video to see how badly he's crying or if he's just whining but still asleep.
