Speaker 1: Who baby, my baby. Below I need you, Oh Hell,
Speaker 1: I need you. What to Expect is a production of
Speaker 1: I Heart Radio. I'm your host Heidi Murkop and I'm
Speaker 1: a mom on a mission, a mission to help you
Speaker 1: know what to expect every step of the way. They
Speaker 1: arrive in the world equipped with nothing but a birthday suit,
Speaker 1: definitely the sweetest suit your precious bundle will ever wear.
Speaker 1: But get ready, your tiny baby will be way more
Speaker 1: high maintenance in the next twelve months. And here she
Speaker 1: was in the last nine. It may take a village
Speaker 1: to raise a child, but it also takes a whole
Speaker 1: lot of baby gear and itty biddy outfits, supplies of
Speaker 1: every variety, and diapers lots and lots of diape first
Speaker 1: Watson must have, probably not nearly as much as you think.
Speaker 1: I mean, you can definitely lay out a bundle for
Speaker 1: your little bundles, lay at a nursery, and you can
Speaker 1: absolutely ask your friends and family to chip into That's
Speaker 1: what registries are for. But before you get carried away
Speaker 1: and your credit card gets maxed out, it's a good
Speaker 1: idea to have some idea of what you really need,
Speaker 1: what's nice to have, and what you'll probably realistically, never
Speaker 1: use not to worry. We've got you. We're tackling everything
Speaker 1: you need to know about buying for your baby, including
Speaker 1: what you definitely need and what you definitely don't. I'm
Speaker 1: here with Emma, Hey, Amma. Ready to go shopping? Yeah?
Speaker 1: You were born ready to go shopping? Right? Yes I was.
Speaker 1: If anybody knows about shopping, it's you. Like we all
Speaker 1: have our strong suits. Yes mean to yes, we do.
Speaker 1: I hate shopping. This is definitely your episode. I mean
Speaker 1: especially shopping for baby stuff, shopping for baby clothes that
Speaker 1: could become addictive. And we're gonna hopefully make sure it
Speaker 1: doesn't get addictive because we're gonna help you navigate through this. Now,
Speaker 1: what about you? When did you start buying stuff for
Speaker 1: the baby? Okay, so my first baby, I was nervous.
Speaker 1: I think eventually I started probably around seven months, six
Speaker 1: seven months, such self restraint. And for me, it is
Speaker 1: I was just like I did IBS and I was
Speaker 1: so nervous about God forbids thing happening, so I didn't
Speaker 1: want to Like Jinxit, I kind of did the same
Speaker 1: with my second. However, like having two kids, I think
Speaker 1: you really realize the crap you don't need everything I wanted.
Speaker 1: The first time, I wanted the best roller out there,
Speaker 1: I wanted the best car seat out there, And now
Speaker 1: the second time, I'm like, yeah, I feel like Seby
Speaker 1: got ah the second child syndrome, because you know, Lennox
Speaker 1: had beautiful clothes and then Sebby was like always in
Speaker 1: the cheap Amazon clothes. But that was kind of a
Speaker 1: blessing because Sebby spit up eight hundred times a day,
Speaker 1: so he would have ruined all those nice clothes. So
Speaker 1: did you pay back? It's a bit okay, mom, Let's
Speaker 1: talk about what your baby actually needs and what you
Speaker 1: can save some money on. First of all, what you
Speaker 1: actually need before the baby is born, and what can
Speaker 1: or should you wait on until after? You should definitely
Speaker 1: buy in baby steps. Try to start with just the
Speaker 1: newborn needs. I mean, for one thing, you can't leave
Speaker 1: the hospital without a car seat. You can't go anywhere
Speaker 1: without a car seat, So that's must have a safe
Speaker 1: sleep space, so a bassinet or a pack and play
Speaker 1: with a bassinet insert he needs the sheets to go
Speaker 1: with it. You don't need any other betting a changing
Speaker 1: table maybe, or you can just use a portable changing station.
Speaker 1: At first, especially if you're short on space. Lots of
Speaker 1: burp cloths, spit happens, It happens, a lot swaddles or
Speaker 1: sacks for sleep, a wrap or a baby carrier that's
Speaker 1: comfortable for you, and every mom is different in that department,
Speaker 1: but you will need one because your arms will get
Speaker 1: tired as excited as you are about snuggling your baby,
Speaker 1: and you'll want to wear your baby. And also that
Speaker 1: less exciting but necessary stuff the baby grooming supplies like
Speaker 1: a clipper or scissors for trimming those gency tiny finger
Speaker 1: and toenails with because they can be overgrown by the
Speaker 1: time of baby is born. I know you're dreading cutting them,
Speaker 1: but still baby wash, shampoo, wipes, more wipes, diaper, rash cream,
Speaker 1: cotton balls, and then the medicine cabinet stash. You won't
Speaker 1: need very much infantile and although you won't be able
Speaker 1: to use it until after age two months, a rectal thermometer,
Speaker 1: nasal aspirator, a k ace not sucker very important. And
Speaker 1: also don't forget supplies for you. You're gonna need supplies
Speaker 1: to you need nipple cream, breast pads, maxi pads. You're
Speaker 1: gonna need warm and cold packs for your sore breasts.
Speaker 1: And of course you're gonna need your free to Perry bottle.
Speaker 1: It's going to be way better than the one to
Speaker 1: give you at the hospital. That was the best thing
Speaker 1: that's ever happened to my vagina. God, and you can
Speaker 1: use it after it's like a bi day. It's like
Speaker 1: you're in France when you pee. If I can tell
Speaker 1: you one thing to get on your registry, get the
Speaker 1: free to Perry bottle. I'm thinking about it right now.
Speaker 1: It's a postpartum crowd pleaser. Now you need newborn clothes
Speaker 1: and diapers, but here you can definitely easily over buy.
Speaker 1: And I'd say we definitely recommend that you don't over
Speaker 1: buy because you never know how big or small your
Speaker 1: baby is going to be when they're born. But also
Speaker 1: they grow super super fast, and it'll be tempting to
Speaker 1: doll your baby up. But try to keep it simple.
Speaker 1: Please try to keep it simple. You'll understand why after
Speaker 1: the first diaper blowout, a few spitting up episodes, and
Speaker 1: during all the midnight changes. Really all you need are
Speaker 1: a few T shirts and onesies, some footed sleepers, a
Speaker 1: few sleep sex or nightgowns with elastic bottoms. Easy access
Speaker 1: to the poop deck is essential. You want to keep
Speaker 1: in mind that baby arms and legs, and they got
Speaker 1: the floppy heads. It's really hard to put clothes on them,
Speaker 1: so you want easy on and easy off and definitely
Speaker 1: easy wash. I love the soft cotton that really feels
Speaker 1: the best on baby soft skin. I love bamboo cotton.
Speaker 1: Kicky Pants makes the softest, like I would love to
Speaker 1: wear myself. What about the stuff you're not gonna need
Speaker 1: right away but you'll need later. I feel like these
Speaker 1: are things you can register for, but if you don't
Speaker 1: get them right away, it's actually I would say it's
Speaker 1: better to wait until you need them, because then you'll
Speaker 1: have a better sense of what you will need. Um
Speaker 1: high chairs for my second I didn't register. I just
Speaker 1: ended up buying one when he was like seven months old,
Speaker 1: And I think that makes sense. You know, even a
Speaker 1: crib isn't must have until your baby outgrows. You know,
Speaker 1: whatever the safe sleep spaces that you have early on
Speaker 1: the bassinet. And one thing you will never need, not early,
Speaker 1: not late, not ever is bumpers because they are not
Speaker 1: considered safe, or blankets for sleep or pillows for sleep.
Speaker 1: What about feeding supplies. I think with feeding supplies, what
Speaker 1: you need really depends on how you plan to feed
Speaker 1: your baby, even though that might change because Emma, of
Speaker 1: course you plan to breastfeed and then you ended up
Speaker 1: bottle feeding. But even if you're planning to breastfeed and
Speaker 1: your breastfeed exclusively, you're still gonna need bottles and nipples,
Speaker 1: I mean even for an occasional bottle of breastmel just
Speaker 1: to get your baby used to a bottle, because if
Speaker 1: you don't do that early on, your baby will never
Speaker 1: ever take a bottle, like like you and why it
Speaker 1: never took a bottle, I had to be the human pacifier.
Speaker 1: And also speaking of pacifiers, it might take a while
Speaker 1: for your baby to find the perfect passy, and so
Speaker 1: I wouldn't suck up on one brand of bottle or
Speaker 1: one brand of passy because you never know what your
Speaker 1: baby is gonna end up taking. And then also something
Speaker 1: else to keep in mind is that breast pumps are
Speaker 1: covered under the A C A, So a lot of
Speaker 1: insurance plans, probably not all, but most insurance plans are
Speaker 1: going to cover a good breast pump, and so you
Speaker 1: won't have to buy one. There might be a copay,
Speaker 1: but call your insurance company and see what is covered,
Speaker 1: and they might also cover other breastfeeding supplies. You know,
Speaker 1: it can be the Michelin Star passy, but that doesn't
Speaker 1: mean your kid's gonna take it. Your kid might take
Speaker 1: the Dollar Store pass So even though they're cute, doesn't
Speaker 1: mean your kid's going to be on board exactly. Okay,
Speaker 1: so what about the nursery. I think that's everybody's kind
Speaker 1: of like favorite. They start pinning things on Pinterest, But
Speaker 1: how necessary is it Because for me, at least, Sey
Speaker 1: didn't go into his room until he was twelve months.
Speaker 1: That wasn't my husband's idea, that was mine. So it's
Speaker 1: funny because everybody stresses so much about getting the nursery ready,
Speaker 1: but you know, the truth day is your baby isn't
Speaker 1: gonna be moving in there for at least six months,
Speaker 1: maybe up to twelve months. Are supposed to share your
Speaker 1: room until then, So it's great to have it all
Speaker 1: set up and Instagram ready, but it's really not necessary. Now.
Speaker 1: The glider is gonna be a great thing to have,
Speaker 1: but you don't necessarily have to put it in the
Speaker 1: nursery if you're not using the nursery yet or it's
Speaker 1: not set up yet. You can keep the glider, which
Speaker 1: is perfect for breath feeding or bottle feeding, or just
Speaker 1: for soothing your baby. You can keep it in a
Speaker 1: more convenient place where you're gonna be more often, like
Speaker 1: the living room for now. And all those stuffed animals
Speaker 1: that you would put in your nursery, they're just for decoration.
Speaker 1: So what can we borrow and what's safe for hand
Speaker 1: me downs? And what definitely needs to be new because
Speaker 1: I used a lot of hand me downs from one
Speaker 1: kid to the second. And actually I gave my beautiful
Speaker 1: fancy crib with Lennox to my best friend and she
Speaker 1: still uses it for her daughter. So when is sharing
Speaker 1: is care and good? And sharing is caring not so good? Well,
Speaker 1: we're here to save as much money as possible because
Speaker 1: you're gonna be stolen out a lot of cash. Babies
Speaker 1: are expensive. Babies are expensive. Absolutely, I would borrow as
Speaker 1: many clothes as you possibly can. I would say the
Speaker 1: same goes from returney clothes because you're only going to
Speaker 1: wear them a couple of times. Annie, And all clothes
Speaker 1: they're gonna get pooped on, they're gonna get split up.
Speaker 1: One and the same goes for baby receiving blankets and
Speaker 1: burp clothes, even cloth diapers. Listen, if they've lasted, let's
Speaker 1: recycle them. There are some things that you should not borrow,
Speaker 1: and that would be things that might have been recalled
Speaker 1: clearly or might not meet current safety standards, like a
Speaker 1: car seat. Definitely don't borrow a car seat. If you
Speaker 1: maybe you've had babies coast together, you might be able
Speaker 1: to use the same car seat. You want to make
Speaker 1: sure it's up to safety standards that are most recent,
Speaker 1: because the newest car seats are always the safest ones.
Speaker 1: Toys also, they might have been recalled or they might
Speaker 1: not be up to safety snuff, so check that out first. Now.
Speaker 1: Breast pumps are one thing you should definitely not consider
Speaker 1: borrowing or even buying us because most are designed only
Speaker 1: for one mom use and not to share. They're totally
Speaker 1: impossible to seralyze most of them, and even if the
Speaker 1: tubing and the other parts are bought new, it's not
Speaker 1: a good idea. So you can rent a hospital great
Speaker 1: pump that's properly sterilized, but it's best to buy them
Speaker 1: new or get them under your insurance plan. Okay, so
Speaker 1: there are obviously some must haves strollers, car seats, they're
Speaker 1: the big purchases. How do moms know they're picking good ones?
Speaker 1: You've got to look for safety certification of course, um SO,
Speaker 1: j p M A, cps C, this Consumer Product Safety Commission,
Speaker 1: do your homework online and look at those online reviews,
Speaker 1: because nobody knows what a mama needs more than another mama.
Speaker 1: I mean, what to Expect community is a great source
Speaker 1: of info, and there are reviews on what to expect
Speaker 1: for products. And also every year we have the What
Speaker 1: to Expect Awards that only moms get to vote on.
Speaker 1: So I think that's a great way to find what's
Speaker 1: worked for other moms. But you also have to factor
Speaker 1: in because every mom is different. You've got a factor
Speaker 1: in your budget, your circumstances, where you live, how you live,
Speaker 1: what's important to you, and that might be very different
Speaker 1: from other moms on your message board. So if you
Speaker 1: live in the suburbs and you've got sidewalks everywhere and
Speaker 1: you're going to be using your stroller a lot on sidewalks,
Speaker 1: that's very different than a stroller for the city. Comfort
Speaker 1: levels are going to be different depending on your size too.
Speaker 1: For me being so short, I need something, you know,
Speaker 1: down low, you need something that's more high. You also
Speaker 1: have to take into account your local store aisles. In
Speaker 1: New York City, the store aisles were so narrow that
Speaker 1: I couldn't get through them with my double stroller when
Speaker 1: I had two of you. Or the size of your trunk.
Speaker 1: How much will your trunk fit, or even if you
Speaker 1: have a car, or you're gonna be doing public transport,
Speaker 1: and that means you're gonna have to open and close,
Speaker 1: open and close. It's got to be easy to open
Speaker 1: and close. And season matters too for certain items. So
Speaker 1: a summer baby might need a lightweight baby carrier or wrap,
Speaker 1: and a winter baby might need something more snug like.
Speaker 1: I also think it's a great to look into a
Speaker 1: travel system where your car seat can attach to the stroller.
Speaker 1: You can register for like a set which is like
Speaker 1: the stroller and the car seat and they all connect
Speaker 1: and it makes it so much easier because if your
Speaker 1: baby is sleeping, the last thing you want to do
Speaker 1: is wake a baby and put them in the stroller.
Speaker 1: For sure. That's more for the newborn car seats. Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: so I'm saying you don't want to get a stroller
Speaker 1: that doesn't work with your car seat because you're just
Speaker 1: going to be screwed. Yeah, and more expensive doesn't always
Speaker 1: mean better, right, No, there's so many cheap travel systems
Speaker 1: and they're amazing reviews. Okay, so what about registering? What
Speaker 1: is the best time to do that? For me, registering
Speaker 1: is the best thing on earth. As for when to register,
Speaker 1: the ball is really in your court. You can think
Speaker 1: of it as a work in progress, like a working
Speaker 1: document that you can keep adding to or subtracting from
Speaker 1: as you do more homework and get more feedback online
Speaker 1: or from family and friends. I mean, you can even
Speaker 1: started before you announce that you're pregnant. There's a private
Speaker 1: mode that you can choose, and definitely get registered before
Speaker 1: the baby shower invites go out, because that way people
Speaker 1: know what to buy you. And if you're superstitious, you
Speaker 1: can just wait until the baby arrives to push send.
Speaker 1: Or you know, if you are waiting to find out
Speaker 1: the sex of the baby and there are certain things
Speaker 1: that you want to be pink or blue on, then
Speaker 1: you can wait until you find out. Okay, but like
Speaker 1: g got one registrate, you get two registries, three or
Speaker 1: four registries, Like what do you think? That's totally up
Speaker 1: to you. Some moms like getting the multiple welcome gifts
Speaker 1: from the multiple registries, so that could be a plus,
Speaker 1: but it's really not going to be as easier to
Speaker 1: keep track of. Now, make sure that you register for
Speaker 1: items in a wide price range, because some friends and
Speaker 1: family might want to combine their buying power for bigger
Speaker 1: ticket items, and others are gonna want to buy lots
Speaker 1: of little things, even you know, breast paths diapers and
Speaker 1: you're gonna need it. Also, why not Sometimes people can't
Speaker 1: afford to buy something that's more than like five dollars,
Speaker 1: So you've got to give everyone the option of what
Speaker 1: they can afford in their price range. So I'm going
Speaker 1: to turn the table over to you now, Emma, because
Speaker 1: you really are the shopping and product guru, Like this
Speaker 1: is not my area of expertise. Okay, so we're gonna
Speaker 1: go over some must havevs. What were your favorites and
Speaker 1: what have you heard from your mom followers? Okay, let's
Speaker 1: do this on Instagram. Mom said the nose freda aspirator,
Speaker 1: Like a million people said this, and I cannot agree
Speaker 1: more exactly, because here's the thing about baby nose is
Speaker 1: that that's stuffy. But there's no way you can blow
Speaker 1: their nose, So you've got to get that snot out
Speaker 1: one way or another. And the snot sucker besides the
Speaker 1: name of it is so amazing. But any nasal aspirator
Speaker 1: is important to have. That should be at the top
Speaker 1: of your register totally. It is now. Okay, a good monitor,
Speaker 1: I agree, but it also depends, like if you have
Speaker 1: a small home or like a studio apartment, you don't
Speaker 1: need a monitor. But if you have um multi room house,
Speaker 1: a monitor is great, and there's different options. And keep
Speaker 1: in mind, of course that if they're sleeping in your room,
Speaker 1: which they should be for at least the first six months,
Speaker 1: it might not be as essential, but still good to
Speaker 1: happen because you're not going to be sleeping as many
Speaker 1: hours hopefully as your baby is. Okay, Bobby pillows and
Speaker 1: boppy newborn loungers. I had them both, and I love
Speaker 1: them both. If anything, the body lounger is great for
Speaker 1: taking pictures of your new born. That's so true. That's
Speaker 1: so true. And it's like the snug little cocoon and
Speaker 1: it's so soft and cozy, but we've got to have
Speaker 1: a safety caveat here, because you can never leave your
Speaker 1: baby unattended in one of these. They might fall asleep.
Speaker 1: Don't leave their side in that all things freed to.
Speaker 1: I use their nail clippers, I used the windy, I
Speaker 1: used the squirt bottle for my postpartum vagina. Everything that
Speaker 1: freedom makes is amazing and I think that moms all
Speaker 1: agree on this totally. Okay. So humidifier, So here's the
Speaker 1: thing about humidifiers. I wouldn't say they are necessary, but
Speaker 1: if you are going to use a humidifier, the hotness
Speaker 1: is not safe, so you use a coolness. You've got
Speaker 1: to keep it clean. That's the most important part. So
Speaker 1: you've got to follow those instructions that it comes with
Speaker 1: manual breast pumps, because even if you get the hospital
Speaker 1: grid one, it's always nice to kind of do some
Speaker 1: manual pumping. Well. The thing about the manual pump is
Speaker 1: if your breast are really really full before you put
Speaker 1: your baby on on the breast so that it's easier
Speaker 1: for him to get a grasp on it, you can
Speaker 1: just pump a little first. Or if your baby is
Speaker 1: always like gulping because there's so much milk coming out
Speaker 1: at first. Just take a little edge off before you
Speaker 1: put baby on. Mattress protector for those leaks. You might
Speaker 1: also want one for your bed because especially in the
Speaker 1: early months, when your breasts are leaking a lot, you
Speaker 1: definitely don't want to have to keep changing your mattress out.
Speaker 1: And also on the topic of mattresses, it's so important
Speaker 1: to invest in a good mattress for your babies crib
Speaker 1: when you get to the crib point because it should
Speaker 1: be super firm baby swing. The swing is fine for
Speaker 1: you know, maybe thirty minutes at a time, um, but
Speaker 1: not for sleep. It's not safe for sleep, and you
Speaker 1: don't really need it, honestly. Pack and play, yes, definitely
Speaker 1: pack and play, especially if it has the insert for
Speaker 1: the bassonet, because you can put that right next to
Speaker 1: your bed and that way you have easy access to
Speaker 1: your baby. And and also you said that they have
Speaker 1: changing so they have changing tables on them too, multi
Speaker 1: purpose and that way you save a lot of money
Speaker 1: because maybe you want to end up needing a changing table.
Speaker 1: Banky clips. I love woman up pass these, They're so cute.
Speaker 1: A woman up has a little teeny stuffed animal attached
Speaker 1: to it, not big enough so that it's a safety risk.
Speaker 1: Safety first, they are super cute and babies love them
Speaker 1: and parents and parents. But you know the other thing
Speaker 1: is you want to be able to find the past
Speaker 1: see quickly. You know, don't buy tons of pass these
Speaker 1: or anything that you're not your Your baby's gonna like
Speaker 1: stock up later. Okay. Swaddles and Muslin blankets. I love
Speaker 1: Muslin because we live in California and I'm always scared
Speaker 1: my kids getting hot. Swaddles I only use bell Grow
Speaker 1: because I can't swaddle, because there's a lightweight that makes
Speaker 1: them safer. But you're not going to need blankets at
Speaker 1: all for the crib. But they're great to like just
Speaker 1: hold the baby, especially if you want to protect yourself
Speaker 1: from spit up. Speaking of which or class, everybody said
Speaker 1: you need our class, which is true. I went through
Speaker 1: so many with Seby. He would spit up constantly. But
Speaker 1: also bibbs, because you think of bibbs is something you
Speaker 1: need just for feeding, but in fact baby spit up
Speaker 1: so much it really helps to protect their clothing. You
Speaker 1: don't have to dress them and undress them if they're
Speaker 1: wearing a bib and they spit up on their bib.
Speaker 1: Very true. What do you not need because we're trying
Speaker 1: to save mama's money here, what are places of parents
Speaker 1: typically waste money on? Okay, so I asked on Instagram,
Speaker 1: of course, and these are the things that moms were like,
Speaker 1: don't need it. I thought I needed it. Don't need it.
Speaker 1: Swaddles with no vel grow amen, because in the middle
Speaker 1: of the night, the last thing you want to do
Speaker 1: is try to do like a traditional swaddle. They're going
Speaker 1: to be diaper changes in the middle of the night,
Speaker 1: and that's again why you want easy access to the
Speaker 1: poop deck. Yes, and hybrids like the sacks. Just don't
Speaker 1: make me do oregon me at two am. You know,
Speaker 1: way too many clothes. People say it's not necessary, and
Speaker 1: they grow fast and they get stained and it's just
Speaker 1: not necessarily. One thing that wasn't on the mussouse, but
Speaker 1: you gotta have it is stained remover. Oh my gosh, yeah,
Speaker 1: because that's been up if you don't get to it fast.
Speaker 1: Oh boy, it's forever. Baby shoes for newborns adorable, but
Speaker 1: not necessarily because they're not walking or doing much of anything.
Speaker 1: You know. The funny thing is even after they're walking,
Speaker 1: they're better off walking barefoot. And the other thing is
Speaker 1: that baby shoes they kick them off. Okay, bumpers obviously
Speaker 1: not safe. Not safe. Diaper genie, I don't know. I
Speaker 1: liked the arm and hammer one by Munchkin. I thought
Speaker 1: it was great. Someone said that the diaper genie was
Speaker 1: not something they needed and maybe they use cloth diapers.
Speaker 1: I feel like you do need a pail of some sort.
Speaker 1: There are gonna be a lot of diapers early on,
Speaker 1: a lot of diapers. And we're talking like eight poops
Speaker 1: a day, ten poops. Said hey, if the baby's breastfed,
Speaker 1: so yeah, okay, so the mom Maru. You guys, some
Speaker 1: of you said your babies didn't like it. Lennox loved it,
Speaker 1: Sebby wasn't that into it. It's like this super expensive
Speaker 1: swing thing. You know. It looks really cool. It's like
Speaker 1: space ag looking and you can do it back and forth,
Speaker 1: front and back. Some babies just don't like the sensation.
Speaker 1: It is very pricey, so I mean, if you want
Speaker 1: to register for it, but your baby might not love it.
Speaker 1: After all. Sterilizing kits, I think I may have bought them,
Speaker 1: but didn't use them because I can also just boil water. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and and the truth is that only maybe Premise would
Speaker 1: need their bottles sterilized. Um. If your doctor recommends it,
Speaker 1: that's one thing. But you can just boil water. But honestly,
Speaker 1: you can stick them in the dishwasher for the most part.
Speaker 1: That's fine. P pods to cover the penis, the p
Speaker 1: P T pas. I got them as a gift for Lennox,
Speaker 1: and I didn't use them. So the idea is, when
Speaker 1: you're changing a boy, you always have to consider them
Speaker 1: armed and dangerous and so um. You can just you
Speaker 1: don't need a p P T P. You can just
Speaker 1: use a taper, put it over just to protect you. Also,
Speaker 1: that p is strong, it's going to shoot that little
Speaker 1: hat off the penis. I'm sorry, that's true, Okay. Bottle
Speaker 1: warmers I used religiously, can also just use hot water
Speaker 1: and save money. Babies are not born needing their bottles warmed,
Speaker 1: and it's just a matter of like it becomes a habit.
Speaker 1: My bottle's got to be warm, my wife's have got
Speaker 1: to be warm. And in fact, you can do everything
Speaker 1: at room temperature. Some people said that they didn't feel
Speaker 1: the baby breathing monitor outlet was necessary. I actually totally
Speaker 1: agree with that, because, first of all, there can be
Speaker 1: lots of false alarms on those things, and it can
Speaker 1: give you a false sense of security too. So that
Speaker 1: actually worries me more is that if you're like putting
Speaker 1: your baby in an unsafe sleep space because you feel, oh, well,
Speaker 1: I've got the breathing monitor, so I'm gonna know if
Speaker 1: something goes wrong, that's actually really dangerous thing to do. So,
Speaker 1: you know, unless your doctor recommends it, you know you
Speaker 1: have a premy there's some reason for your baby's breathing
Speaker 1: to be monitored. I would say no. The wrap. I
Speaker 1: love when moms wrapped their babies. I couldn't figure it out.
Speaker 1: I think that's an item that either you like it
Speaker 1: or you don't. You know, well, I wouldn't wait until
Speaker 1: the baby's there to like give it a whirl. I
Speaker 1: would pack by ahead of time. I mean, of course,
Speaker 1: it's going to be different when you have a bump
Speaker 1: than afterwards. But here's the thing that I love about
Speaker 1: baby wearing is that it's really can help with post
Speaker 1: partum mood disorders. Um Wearing your baby has been proven,
Speaker 1: in fact to minimize the symptoms. So if you can
Speaker 1: baby where in that situation your baby is close to you,
Speaker 1: they cry less, they hear your heartbeat. It's very soothing
Speaker 1: and it does release oxytocin so you feel happier. Okay,
Speaker 1: So am I any final tips for nesting moms, especially
Speaker 1: moms who are worried about budgeting for babies. Sometimes you've
Speaker 1: got to step away from the Pinterest board because everything
Speaker 1: is super cute, and you know, especially as the first
Speaker 1: time mom, you want to make everything look perfect and
Speaker 1: get the best of the best. But then babies are
Speaker 1: messy and nothing's perfect, and that nursery is gonna be
Speaker 1: like a mess. You're gonna be tied, You're then you're
Speaker 1: gonna throw those beautiful swaddles on the floor, and there's
Speaker 1: gonna be laundry piled up, and there's gonna be diapers overflowing. Honestly, like,
Speaker 1: get what's necessary, you know, and you can always get more,
Speaker 1: there's no like time limit. And enjoy that baby, yes,
Speaker 1: and also have fun shopping baby love my baby, belof
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