100 HAWAII PARENT NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2023 months. Get the lightweight universal baby carrier stroller instead. It’s cheaper, it can fit more places and you are more likely to use it. If you don’t listen to me, you’ll be hauling that carrier around without the stroller and end up at the chiropractor. And you really can’t afford the number of appointments he’s going to recommend. I could really go on about the gear and feeding and discipline and diapers. But I’m going to stop here. See, you have to make mistakes and mess things up. Motherhood is a journey, it’s your personal history of mistakes and tiny triumphs. You will figure so much out along the way as you raise that sweet baby. And it’s a good thing too, because you are going to have three more after her. imperfect job. Last, I’ll touch on baby gear. I know you are spending your lunch breaks at the baby supply store, daydreaming and updating your shower registry. I can’t say for certain about other mothers, but you aren’t going to need a crib for at least a year and you are better off buying a regular dresser because you are going to be too busy to go back to the nursery 20 times a day. In fact, you are so type B that you don’t even need a nursery. You are going to nurse that baby wherever you are sitting and change her on a blanket on the floor. You are going to read her books on the couch in the living room and not on a glider in the nursery. That’s just you. You are going to buy a massive stroller and regret it within a few “Motherhood is a journey, it’s your personal history of mistakes and tiny triumphs.”
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