Pre baby - 5 weeks pregnant!  We just found out!!! I feel like a new person having celebrated a whole year at home.  We've made it through our first round of holidays and are looping through the second.  Time flies with such vigor, it's hard to even think back one whole year! I can&…

So your house is overflowing with stuff!  And baby gear is big and bulky.  Even the little things get out of control.  In a small house, it feels like I'm being suffocated on some days with it all.  Since I'm not auditioning for an episode of Hoarders, I have to be diligent about all of the…

No one plans to be in the NICU for weeks or months.  When King Diaper was in the hospital, I used to watch families leave the NICU after a few days or anything shy of a month and cry.  Not because I wanted them to stay longer, I wanted to be them.  I wanted to go home with our baby and have a norma…

Puj folding bathtub There are lots of items you need and others you don't when your new arrival comes.  I was lost when it came to purchasing baby things.  Plus, I was on best rest at 21 weeks where I spent the last 4 weeks of my pregnancy.  And even with the 6 months plus of time to prepar…