When pregnant with my first child, my partner and I dutifully put together a baby registry by carefully studying the plethora of available products that promised to offer us a glamorous, Pinterest-worthy go at parenthood. We were showered with love and gifted generously. In hindsight, we may have been a little too focused on the aesthetic of what parenthood ?should? resemble, rather than acknowledging the messy truth. Now that we?re weeks away from the arrival of our second baby, we?ve learned which items are useful, and which are not. Here is how I would redo our registry knowing what I know now.
MUST HAVE: Multiple snot suckers
I had been hesitant to put a nasal aspirator on our list; the thought of sucking snot out of another being?s nose made my stomach churn. But after receiving one as a gift, we enthusiastically used it at every opportunity. So why would we need more" As our baby grew into a toddler, he also recognized the snot sucker?s value. Admiring the aspirator?s short length of tubing, he adopted the snot sucker as his pet ?snake? and would cuddle it lovingly, making it impossible for us to pry it out of his hands. I know, I know, it is definitely NOT a toy… but seeing my baby care so tenderly for his own ?baby? made my heart melt. Is it gross" Absolutely. Have I become immune to all things yucky since becoming a parent" I?m getting there. PASS ON: A wipe warmer
The verdict is in: Wipe warmers don?t make diaper changes any more pleasant. Acc...