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New Baby Mummy Essentials

New Baby Mummy Essentials

As a Mum to a now very active 14 month old, it seems crazy to me that just last year, I had a tiny little new born baby to take care of and keep alive! Those precious first months were very special, and ones that I will cherish forever, but of course, they wernt without their stressful moments. Were we doing everything right? Was the room too hot? Did he have enough clothes on? Was he getting the right amount of milk? Whilst we were preparing for our little bundle of joy to come into the world, we made constant lists, endlessly Googled and trawled through countless You Tube videos and reviews to try and select the best of everything we would need to make him as happy, contented and well cared for as possible and to make our lives a little easier when things were about to change forever.

I recently made a video about my new born baby and new Mummy essentials which ill leave below if you would rather watch than read! It contains some of my top recommendations to make both Mummy and babys life that little bit easier from day one.

Tomme Tippee Perfect Prep Machine
This is probably my top recommendation. It made our lives so much easier as parents that, for our own personal reasons had to formula feed our baby. I completely understand that breast is best, but this post isnt really intended to go into that debate. The Perfect Prep Machine makes fresh, ready to feed bottles in 2 minutes. You simply select how many ounces you want from the dial above, put your bottle under the machine, press the button and it shoots a hot shot of boiling water into the bottle. This kills the bacteria in the formula you are about to add in. Once youve added the correct amount of scoops of formula, you shake it up and put the bottle back under and press the button again. This then fills the bottle up with filtered, room temperature water so that its perfect to give your baby straight away. When we looked into how to prepare bottles, there were so many do and donts that seemed either scary if we did something wrong of way too time consuming at 3:00am in the morning when your little one is screaming the house down. For us this was the safest, quickly, most efficient option and Im so glad we made this purchase. If you want to see it in action, check out my video below.

lights by TENA
Now one for the Mummys. I know that bladder weakness isnt something we all like to openly talk about, but as so many women are affected by it either during or after pregnancy, it should be something we discuss more. Youre bodys just been through something incredible to bring your baby into the world, so its no surprise that there will be some after effects!  Once youve been through the stage of having to wear what are, lets face it, pretty much nappies for 6 weeks after having a baby, lights by TENA liners are almost unnoticeable. And even if you arent affected by bladder weakness, I know a lot of us Mums would feel better with the added security that if a cough/sneeze/laughing fit results in an unpleasant leak its not such a big deal. I know for me personally that they were really helpful in the first 6 months after having Archie and would really recommend new Mums to have some in their cupboard just in case. They come in a few different varieties and have Feel Fresh Technology too. And if youd like to try a free sample pack, simply click here.

Angel Care Movement & Sound Monitor
Again, this was a product that I did a lot of research into and knew it would be a necessity for us. Hearing about cases of Sudden Instant Death Syndrome filled me with more fear that I could imagine so to have a monitor that not only allowed us to hear if Archie was crying or distressed, but to monitor his movement and breathing as well was a huge weight off my mind. Of course, I would never rely on a machine 100% and like everything else you have to be sensible. This particular monitor comes with a hard plastic square pad which goes under your babies mattress, and connects to the machine. You then have another machine with you that you can hear then on, but that also makes a ticking sound to show you that its on. This can be switched off but to me that was little pointless so we always have it on. Youd think it would be annoying but you honestly dont constantly notice it until you listen out for it again. If it doesnt detect any movement for 30 seconds, (it detects the movement of breathing as well as bigger movements) It will alert you with an alarm. Yes, this is the most hideously frightening thing to hear going off in the middle of the night, and weve both shot out of bed on the very odd occasion its gone off, but this has always been because Archies decided to wedge himself into the smallest corner at the top of the cot and hes gone out of range for it to pick up his movements, but in all honestly this has only happened a handful of times. I think it does work best with younger babies though as they generally stay in one place instead of moving around the cot. Even when we moved him into his big cot, he looked so tiny and it seemed as though he was no where near the machine, it always sensed his movements. This is hands down one of the things that has helped me sleep at night and only check on him once or twice as a posed to 5 billion times!

Sanctuary Mum To Be Firming Cream

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