So I have to admit, the thing I was the most excited about when it came to preparing for a baby to join our family was creating the nursery. I had very clear themes in mind for a boy or a girl. When we found out we’d be welcoming a sweet baby boy, it was full steam ahead with a nautical nursery for him. Being a full-time working mama, I had more limited time to work on this, so I started it early (basically right after we found out it was a boy…although I’d started pinning some stuff before that for both boy and girl nurseries since I had themes in mind). I highly recommend this for mamas with a lot of competing priorities (work, other kiddos, etc.) because it allowed it to never become stressful for me. I would pick 1 thing to focus on for a week, or even a few weeks for bigger items/decisions, and it was a really enjoyable, relaxing outlet for me that allowed me time to get excited about and feel close to baby.
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Planning a Babymoon & Sedona Babymoon Itinerary
We’ve always been big travelers. I even had what we jokingly called the “Baby Bucket List” of trips I wanted to take before we started a family (which we completed, by the way). So when we found out we were expecting our sweet baby boy, I had an extra thing to be excited about – planning a babymoon!
Unfortunately, my pregnancy coincided with the Zika outbreak, so all of the initial destinations that popped to mind were out of the question (picture relaxing on a beautiful, peaceful Caribbean beach). So we had to get creative.
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Back to Work – Keeping Your Baby Close
All working mamas have to face the day that they return to work and spend a lot less time with their new baby on a daily basis. As that time started to creep closer for me, I actually found myself looking forward to it in a way. Of course I wasn’t excited to leave my baby, but I enjoy what I do and was looking forward to some sense of normalcy and intellectual, adult conversations. All of that said, I knew I wanted to find a way to keep my baby “close” while I was away from him.
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