Pictures you must have at Hospital

Pictures you need to make sure you get:
-You and husband before baby comes
-Picture of baby when he just arrives, try not to get your privates in the picture, unless you want to see that.
-Baby being weight, make sure you get the numbers on the scale
-Daddy cutting the cord
-Baby getting foot prints done
-Daddy’s face while watching his baby gets cleaned up.
-First time in Daddy’s arms
-First time in Mommy’s arms
-Baby’s first bath
-Baby’s dry erase board of time he arrived on it
-A picture with each visitor
-First time breastfeeding without showing your breast
-Doctor and baby
-Baby in crib at hospital
-Baby in crib with his name card showing
-Family picture
-Picture of the recovery room
-A lot of baby you will never get these first moments back
-First diaper change by daddy and mommy
-Picture of baby going into car seat to leave
-Picture of baby leaving hospital

Having Family in the room

It is a hard decision for first time moms to make during delivery, how many people are allowed in the room? First time moms always feel they can do it alone and do not want anyone else in the room. Second time moms don’t care, they will let anyone in who wants to see. My option is to let family in not the men just the women, your mom, sister, or mother n law. It is completely up to you and the hospital how many people are allowed in the room while you deliver. But it is amazing how many people want to be there to see it all. With my first baby, I though no way is anyone going to be in here, I don’t want anyone to see me give birth. But my mom pushed her way in the room and I was so grateful. I really needed a women’s support that had been through it before. My mom knew all the questions to ask and she made sure that baby was doing well. Trust me you will be so tired that you won’t really know what is going on and to have someone who knows what needs to be done is really nice. She was a lot of help!! The second time around I asked my mom, sister and mother n law to be there. I felt that it was such an amazing process that I wanted everyone close to me there. I was so grateful to have all of them there my second delivery went really fast but I knew it made them feel special that they were there. If you are feeling up to it invite who your want the more support the better, plus it gets boring just staring at your husband.

Hosptial IV's

Getting an IV is horrible, I have not had one before I had a baby and it was just an awful experience. When I had my first son it took the nurse 20 minutes to do the IV and she poked me twice. In the meantime I am having contractions every 4 minutes and am at 8 ½ cm. I was like ok can we get this done so I can get some pain meds going? When I had my second son I told the nurse about my experience and she said not to worry, she was really good at it and wouldn’t take her at long. Well she turned out to be even worse, she poked me twice one in the right hand and one on the left, I had two band aids and no IV. She had to go get another nurse who poked me once but sat there for five minutes moving the needle around inside my skin to poke the vein. She finally got it when she was about to give up, and it was painful. I am still no sure why they put the IV in my right hand, which is the hand I use for everything, including going to the restroom with, it is not easy to do when you have a needle stick in your hand. If you have never had an IV before just be aware that it can be painful and it may take a few pokes to get it right.

Tip of the week

If having a second baby purchase a door lock for the outside of your babies door. My three year old loves to run into my babies room with he cries. He thinks he is going to help him, but he just really wakes him up. Most of the time I am not ready for him to get up or he is just crying during a nap and trying to fall asleep. If you get a lock on the door that older child will not be able to get in at anytime. I also worried about him going in at night and putting a blanket in his crib or climbing into bed with him. You never know what a toddler is thinking. It is the best thing I ever did and I sleep a lot better knowing my boys are safe!

This weeks tip

Buy generic foods for the kids. My husband hate generic foods don't ask me why because I have no idea. But I have just been buying food and feeding it to everyone, not thinking that my 3yr old does not need $3.00 syrup for the pancake he eats everyday. It took me long enough to figure it out. Jelly is another thing you can buy generic. Not only will it cost you less, but it the expensive stuff you and your husband eats will last longer and you won't have to keep buying it as often.

I hope you all have a great week.

TIP FOR ALL MOMS

Buy a thermoscan thermometer, do not buy the ear ones. They don't work all that great and it is hard to get your kid still enough to put it in his ear. The thermoscan ones are a knock off of the ones they use at your childs doctor office. We love ours and have not any problems getting a good reading. We had an ear one first and it just was not accurate. You can find them at most stores, but costco is the cheapest.

Buy a breast pump

Weather you are planning on breast feeding only, buy a pump. You will get so engorged at some point that you will want to pump out the excess milk. You don’t need a fancy one if you are not returning to work. Buy a single pump that the bottle fits right onto. When you are ready to give your baby a bottle you can use the breast milk that you pumped instead of formula. You can also use your pumped milk to mix in the baby’s cereal instead of formula. You can also freeze your breast milk to use later down the road. I froze a good supply so when I was done breast feeding my baby still got breast milk for a few weeks. A pump comes in handy if you have to wean your baby off the breast and onto formula. You will start with mostly breast milk and a little formula your first bottle and continue to have less breast milk and more formula until you are at all formula. A lot of babies won’t go straight to formula, you are lucky if they do.