Baby Items I Love!

I thought I'd share some of the items that I've loved using during my little ones 1st month.

Aquaphor - http://www.aquaphorhealing.com/
Best stuff for diaper rashes and the dry skin newborns get. I cannot believe how well this stuff works!

Rock N Play Sleeper - 
He sleeps right next to our bed in this, it's great. When he fusses I just rock it with one finger.

Nursing Tank Tops -
I purchased all of mine at Target.

Mother Love Nipple Cream - http://www.motherlove.com/product/1001-Nipple-Cream.html

All natural, and works great! Safe for mom & baby. I purchased mine at Valley Natural Foods

A Water Bottle -

Nursing makes me so thirsty, plus drinking plenty of water helps with milk supply.

Baby Nail Clippers-

I cannot believe how fast his nails grow, we've had to clip them weekly.

Pampers Swaddlers-
Do not use the Target Up & Up brand! We've had issues with blowouts with the Up & Up diapers. We also tried Huggies and have decided that Pampers are the way to go.
Pampers also has a Gifts to Grow program where you enter a code from each package of diapers and you get points. Then you use the points to get stuff... We almost have enough points to get free photos from Shutterfly.com

Comfy Rocking Chair -

I've spent many long nights in our rocking chair.

Being a mom has been truly wonderful... however Tom & I are still learning as we go. I'd love any tips or recommendations on products from other moms. 

It's a BOY!

Thomas Daniel Buckley Jr. "TJ" was born on July 25th, 2012 at 8:58 p.m. 

7 lbs. 13 oz.   21.25 inches

I woke up at 5:30 in the morning feeling "crampy" and thought maybe I was hungry, but then couldn't finish my bagel. Around 7:00 a.m. the cramps got stronger and started coming in waves about 5-6 min. apart. I called the nurse line at 8:30 a.m. she said to call back in an hour if my contractions continued. By 9:30 I let Tom know that my contractions (which just felt like bad cramps) were 4 min apart and that he should head home. I then called the nurse line back, she told me that my hospital was full and that they would have to send me to Methodist. I was so bummed because my Doctor was on call and I was looking forward to having her deliver our little one. I asked the nurse what my other options were since I didn't want to go to Methodist Hospital. She said I could wait it out for about 2 hours at home and see if the hospital opened up... just then I had another contraction while on the phone. She said that she didn't feel comfortable with me being in labor at home, so she sent me to my nurse practitioner at my clinic to get checked. By now Tom was home and we headed to the clinic where they got us into a room right away. My nurse practitioner checked me out and said, "congratulations you are dilated to a 5, you are in active labor." I then asked if we could go to St. Francis Hospital in Shakopee, she said yes. We were then on our way to the hospital... with contractions now 3 min apart.

We arrived at the hospital around 11:15 a.m. They hooked me up to an IV, got the epideral started, and before I knew it it was time to push. Little did I know that I would be pushing for 4 1/2 hours. In the delivery room I had my mom, mother in-law, and Tom. They were all very helpful & entertaining, we had some good laughs, I seriously couldn't have lasted the 4 1/2 hours without them.

Even though I was deverted from my hospital, and didn't have my Doctor deliver our little boy I couldn't have been more pleased with the way things went at St. Francis. The Doctor that delivered TJ was a funny guy, I really liked him. The nurses were also amazing!

I'm so very thankful that everything went well. Tom & I feel so blessed to have a healthy and handsome little boy in our lives.

Time to go home:

I cannot believe he will be 3 weeks old on Wednesday. We love him so much!