Kid’s Bucket Personalization
I found this plastic bucket at Dollar Tree and had to decorate it before giving it to Henry. I pretty much love creating vinyl stickers for most plastic doodads.
I found this plastic bucket at Dollar Tree and had to decorate it before giving it to Henry. I pretty much love creating vinyl stickers for most plastic doodads.
I put a Command Hook on the back of the high chair for bibs. I’m not for sure where I saw this #babyhack the first time, but I owe the original creator a bottle of wine or something. This is so simple, but saves time and aggravation.
I hate clutter. I’m almost a minimalist, except I do like stuff – it just has to have a purpose and reason. Here is a list of items I found the most helpful the first days and months with a newborn. Diapers, wipes, bottles, and other basics are not on … keep reading
I read approximately 2000 blog articles about what to pack for my hospital stay at the birth center. Most of the articles say the same thing: pack clothes, chapstick, lotion, and yada yada *insert expensive gadget and what not here. I packed and unpacked a couple times, narrowing down what … keep reading
Use a dry erase marker and write on baby bottle storage the day and time.
Baby bottles take up a lot of space! When you have a small kitchen (with very limited countertop space) you learn to make do. Family gave us a lot of bottles and supplies, which was a huge blessing. Here is how we organized them and made it work with the space we have.
Check out my photos below for inspiration.
Close friends can vouch that I am a very organized person. I have a place for everything, and everything has a place. My husband is almost as organized. Almost. Having everything labeled makes it easy for him and I to survive these first few months with our sanity intact.
One of the hardest things to do is to cut a baby’s fingernails. It’s a nerve wrecking time, and as a new mom I was not looking forward to it. One of my Labor & Delivery Nurses gave me the best advice ever – don’t use clippers, just chew the nails off.