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The most sage advice I received from family The bottles I was given were irrelevant as
and friends was, what worked for them I seemed to be a jersey cow level of super
might not (probably wouldn’t) work for me breast-feeder and my kids never took a bottle.
and my son.
The automatic swing I purchased with my
With this is mind I went back to square one, ‘savings’, well I have to say I did love that
threw out the list and went back to basics. when my second bundle of joy arrived.
We borrowed the furniture essentials, Who doesn’t want a second set of hands?
purchased a low-end stroller (because One should never be outnumbered by their
I didn’t know what I needed and knew children right?
I’d upgrade), invested in the day to day
mandatory mountain of nappies, wipes, Then there was the baby monitor choice
wraps and onesies and banked the savings and boy did this caused many different
to be invested on what MY baby needed. debates. It’s amazing the opinions people
feel free to share from “What a waste of
Sure enough the birth plan (developed money with too many false alarms” said
through weeks of birthing yoga with my some, “Why can’t you just carry them in
husband – oh yes he was so impressed) I a sling 24/7” said others, “What’s wrong
had prepared went out the window. with the old finger under the nose trick?”.
50 may 2017 | mychild
