It is as the clichés say 'the best feeling' 'an amazing experience, that will stay with you forever' however I will say one thing, preparation really does help.
Many new parents, leave getting the nursery ready until after their baby is born, they don't put furniture together until they are here, and other sundry items like nappies and milk bought but only a limited amount.
We decided we would finish the nursery before our due date. It has given us more time together with our daughter, which helped us get into a routine.
We put the furniture together in advance, which has given us a regular place to change her in her new room. This in turn has given her familiarity with getting used to her room.
We bought nappies in our weekly shop starting 6months before our due date. Whenever they were on offer we would buy them, helping to spread a very expensive purchase over many weeks, this has left us with more spare cash, that we would have had to spend on these things.
Now I'm not revealing some great mystery that no one tells you about, because if you do a bit of research on things to do before your baby arrives, these are top of the advise list. However many people never get round to doing it, they say they'll do it next week (which never comes) or they buy the furniture and it stays in the boxes, in an un-painted, half stripped nursery to-be. They never walk down the nappy aisle in the supermarket. Put it this way - why not put the money mums-to-be normally spend on a cheeky bottle of wine (but now can't) onto buying a couple of packs of nappies a week.
I encourage you all to plan ahead, because honestly, it really has helped us enjoy our new little bundle that little bit more.
(Please comment on any other pre baby advise so we can share in your individual stories)
Nappies - Huggiesclub , pampers , teamlollipop
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