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Do you have your birth-plan worked out with your family and obstetrician (nurse-midwife)?
Do you have your suitcase packed (or things organized if youre having a home-birth)?
Do you have your emergency contacts in case you go in to labour at a less-than-convenient time?
Do you have the nursery ready for your babys arrival?
Oh Baby! Finding the Right Name for Your Baby
Choosing a Baby Name:
By: GranMamma
Naming a baby is no easy task. However, the following tips will help you give your baby his or her very first gift.
1. Religion: For some parents, religion plays a major role in choosing a baby name. Roman Catholics traditionally choose saints names. Jews traditionally choose Old Testament names. Names of deceased relatives are often chosen. Protestants often choose both Old and New Testament names. If you need some ideas on choosing names from the Bible, go here.
Interesting Fact! : The majority of the people in the Western hemisphere have names from ..
Does your baby have a family?
That last point might seem odd, but inasmuch as we plan with such detail about every other aspect of our newborns life, sometimes we overlook the most basic thing: your baby needs a family. Im not going to delve in to the political hot-potato of single moms having kids, Im simply going to advocate for a family for your baby. If youre married, this means a husband for you and a daddy for your child.
The goal of parenting is not to simply avoid excessive anxiety, but it is to create a world of confidence by what we do with each other as much as what we avoid doing. Weak marriages do not build strong families, nor do they infuse the hearts of children with confidence and security. And isnt that last phrase what we want most for our babies? The best years of parenting flow out of the best years of a marriage. Protect your relationship and youll raise happy, healthy children as a result.
Unique Baby Shower Gift Ideas
Baby showers are a very special event in any mother s life. It is not just a party where the guests are expected to buy things that baby will need when they arrive. It is a special celebration of a new life about to be born into the world. While the games, food and drinks are important, the baby s gift is what will matter 10, 20, even 30 years from now. Why not make it special?!
Unique baby shower gifts are something that mom and baby will cherish for a lifetime. Think of a unique gift as something that can be stored away in a hope chest and then passed on through generations. Think of a ..
Too often when a child enters a family (please note that you and your husband ARE a family even before you have children!), the marriage is set to the back-burner of the stove, be it due to exhaustion, lack of extra time, etc. The parents leave their first love: each other. Isnt that the reason you married and decided to have children in the first place?
So before you begin parenting this new little one who will be so precious to you and your family, take some time to consider the state of your marriage. If you need to work on it, start now: your baby will sense and respond to stress in your home and your body more than you might realize. You wont want to have your precious bundle of joy starting out life stressed, so do what you can now to eliminate that and keep your relationship with your husband on the front-burner. You wont regret it!
About the Author: Kirsten Hawkins is a baby & parenting expert specializing new mothers and single parent issues. Visit http://www.babyhelp411.com/ for more information on how to raising healthy, happy children.
Source: http://www.isnare.comKirsten HawkinsMommy & Baby: Before The Baby Arrives
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