How To Prepare For Baby
NICU Diaries: 10 Disney Products for Your Preemie Baby
As we continue to adjust to life in the NICU, my husband and I have begun to really take stock of what our baby – and we as his new parents – need most during this unexpected experience. However you can establish normalcy is key to the NICU experience, so here are my top ten picks for Disney products suitable for any preemie baby and his or her parents.
Hush Little Baby: Disney Mobiles for the Nursery
I love the look of a mobile in a baby’s room because it adds some nice vertical interest.
Plus, it gives your baby something to look at as they drift off to sleep.
Disney Baby has a whole collection of darling little mobiles that fit any nursery. Don’t be surprised if this is the part of the room your baby ends up loving most!
NICU Diaries: 7 Essential Items For Parents During Your Baby’s NICU Stay
While our son Judah continues to grow and get stronger here in the NICU, my husband and I have settled into the strange and at times surreal routine of life of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Considering we’re also 300 miles from home, we’re quickly adapting to our transient situation, however temporary. As we help care for our preemie baby, here are the 7 essential items helping to make our life in the NICU a little more normal.
10 Darling Disney Cupcakes For Your Gender Neutral Baby Shower!
If you’re keeping the gender of your baby a surprise, don’t be worried about deciding/finding a theme for your baby shower! With so many iconic Disney character to choose from, it will be easy to create a gender neutral, bright and whimsical affair to remember.
I’ve curated 10 beautiful cupcake ideas and recipes for you (or whomever is planning your shower) to choose from!
Cool Baby Names OUTSIDE the Top 1,000 Baby Names
If you check the annual Top Baby Name list as a general What Not To Name My Baby reference — as many modern parents do — then this is the list for you.
You’re looking for a baby name that’s cool and usable, but you’d prefer if your child wasn’t one of many Jessicas/Michaels/Sophias in school — destined to be identified with a last initial. You moan and groan when your favorite formerly unique names (Henry, Penelope, Oliver) creep up into the “popular” zone, and you take your naming seriously.
And so I give you some of the coolest baby names that haven’t hit the Top 1,000…yet:
