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Mama Brain’s Maternity Wardrobe Essentials Part 2
Maternity Wardrobe Tips The continuing story of this Mama Brain’s thoughts on maternity clothing essentials. The Best Maternity Shirts I found that many maternity tops were not very practical from a cleavage standpoint, particularly if you have to bend over a lot during your daily routine. Some basic scoop necked or boat necked tops in [...]
Mama Brain’s Maternity Wardrobe Essentials
Smart Maternity Clothes What I Wish I Had Known About Maternity Clothing The First Time I’ve been pregnant twice and I have to admit that in many ways I did it better the second time around (with one exception, I ate bacon and feta during my 2nd pregnancy, something I refused to do during my [...]
Useless Baby Product #5: Wipe Warmer
Mama Brain: The Straight Poop About Wipe Warmers Seriously? Is a baby’s butt really THAT sensitive to temperature? In fact, I have the exact opposite view: a baby’s hot bum sits in warm pee and poop quite a bit, also it’s often trapped in some sort of fabric (or plastic) – a veritable breeding ground [...]
Useless Baby Product #4: Plastic Baby Bathtub
Plastic Baby Bathtubs First tip: don’t try to fill one of these up and then move it, they are often flimsy. The handle broke on the one that I was given which nearly caused a big, wet mess and then became a finger-pinching menace to both me and my daughter. Also, there are a zillion [...]
Useless Baby Product #1: Baby’s Got Back Closures?
Who wants their baby to have to lay on snaps, buttons, or a zipper all day? I’m guilty of disobeying my own credo here, but it is my firm belief that babies should only wear sleepers with zippers down the front. They should not have feet, so that the baby can wear them for a [...]
Best Baby Bibs, Baby!
The best type of bibs that I have encountered so far are these. PEVA Coverall Bib Reasons Why These Bibs are Brilliant: You can just wipe them off. Or if they get really dirty you can rinse them out and hang them up to dry They are made out of 100% Peva (completely vinyl and [...]
Cool Ways to Manage Temperature
Whether you are operating on less than two hours sleep, or just still dazed from the joys of the birth process – there are some things you just don’t want to have to worry about. Use these tools to take the guess work (and accompanying stress or possibly even danger) from the following parent duties. [...]
