As everyone can understand the first few months of having a new child can be quite daunting and can take a strangle hold on your time and your sanity at times.. But its not good to dwell on the what’s ifs.. Instead I’m taking these rare few moments to put the tap on and take a much needed soak. Bubbles anyone?

First let’s look back at the ‘pre-baby’ era of my journey to those frantic few months of antenatal classes and reading near to everything I can find online. What have I learnt that actually helped me out? Well when it comes to antenatal, not nearly enough, we were taught a very, let’s say, new age way of doing things. All very natural and without any form of medication.. In a world where we can choose, we would have loved to have had a water birth but you can’t exactly pick and choose. Did I learn anything? Not really anything that made any difference or that I couldn’t learn from the internet. In a day and age where knowledge is at your finger tips , be safe in the knowledge knowing you can find this information.

But there is one pro in joining in on the antenatal voyage and that is the people you meet. We’ve been lucky enough to meet some amazing couples at our classes who have really helped us out throughout our new life. From just meeting up once a week for tea and cake to nights out and events. Doesn’t matter what race or job or creed, you’re going through something that supersedes it all and builds strong foundations.

What else would I forget?! Well, buying everything under the sun that I ‘may‘ need was a little bit optimistic of me.

Take your time and don’t panic.

I realise now that little Daisy-Ella is growing too fast to fit into all those cute outfits I got her.  Some items she loved but there were many she just didn’t get on with. I wish I had a post baby shopping list for pre-baby me, and I think it would go a little something like this;

Nappies – like me, Daisy-Ella’s mother is tall so don’t get a plethora of ‘tiny tiny’ baby nappies, get something that really soaks up the extravagant amount of daily pee. We settled with Pampers Simple Dry.

Wet Wipes – This one was funny, as I’ve already write a review on water wipes and could not praise them more. Changes: budget and ease of use. My daughters toosh isn’t as sensitive as a bank vault after closing as much as I thought it would be so we opted in for the much cheaper, easier to use and just as soft, Pampers Sensitive Baby Wipes.

Creams – Not all creams do the same thing. Have one for daily, one for nappy rash and one for severe nappy rash.. Bepanthen, metanium and the good old allergy creams you get for fungal infections.

Medication – CALOPOL, CALPOL, CALOPOL… As a child I used to drink this stuff like I was Mel Gibson at a brewery but it has really helped us when little Daisy-Ella was a little poorly. Pain, teething, cold and flu.. We’ve stocked up, ready for the winter months.

Baby clothes – doesn’t matter how pretty or cute these are they WILL get covered in poop, puke or some kind of Bodily liquid. So get some for nice occasions but don’t go crazy thinking every item was born for a runway.

The list goes on and on but you get the jist. To think back at how worried I was on venturing into the unknown the way I was just intrigues me. But the best thing is I know I’ll be ready for the next time around.

So now I’m soaking and enjoying playing with my bubbles. I’ll leave you with this one last little nugget of my knowledge.

Everyone’s babies are different and work in mysterious ways, don’t worry by what others are getting or talking about and just do what feels right for you and your bundle of joy and you’ll have a much easier ride.

Right, time to go diving. Check you on the other side.

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