The plan was to post this for Potty Training Awareness Month in June but here we go! Sharing with you a quick checklist of things you need to remind yourself of when potty training. Go ahead, print it off and place it on your fridge or where you can see it often. If nothing else you'll be reminded that if millions of other parents/ caregivers and their young ones achieved the goal - so will you. 💜
So you’ve survived labour and your bouncing beautiful babies are here. Here are some administrative and or lifestyle things that many newborn moms consider after baby is here.
Medical
Identifying highly recommended caregivers, especially if you don’t already have a Family Doctor for your little one(s). You can also ask your birthing centre or hospital for recommendations as a start; but be sure to do your own due diligence.
Administrative
Birth Registration & Certificate
Legacy planning. If you have a will, update it to include your newborn and key information such as what your wishes are for their care incase something happens to either parent. If no will. Look into creating one with a lawyer, financial institution (especially if you are interested in setting up a Trust for your child) or online will writing service.
Health/Life Insurance. Add your newborn to all your insurance policies.
Banking Information. Check with your bank to see who is listed as beneficiary on your investments and update as needed.
Education fund. Tertiary education is pricey so there’s no time like the present to start saving toward’s your little one’s College/University education.
Passport Application
Religious/Cultural
Circumcision(For Baby Boys)
Ear Piercing(For Baby Girls)
Baby Blessing/Baptism/Christening & God Parents
Child Care
Caregiver Training/Briefing. As a new mom you’re often encouraged to take all the help you can get from your village. I want to add to this by saying that it’s important to go over childcare basics and safety with your friends or loved ones who may not be accustomed to caring for a small child or for those who have not done it in years. The last thing you want is to leave your child with someone who is well intentioned but ill prepared to care for your littlest one.
Drop In Day Care. Identify a good quality drop in daycare centre close to you in the event you have urgent need for child care.
Day care registration/Waitlist. For longer term childcare in the event of going back to work etc. The earlier you register for a daycare; the better. Words spreads fast in Mama world and the best daycares usually get booked up faster.
Sentimental Planning
They grow up so fast may be sound like a cliche but it is so true. So now is a good time to determine your budget for capturing memories. Do you want professional newborn and milestone photos or do you want to DIY? Both have different budgetary demands. One this is certain is that you need to figure out how you plan to store all the cute photos and videos. Will you get an external hard drive, extra memory cards? A photo book service extra cloud storage? These are all things to consider.
As mentioned in a previous post, I recently had a bout with COVID 19 . During this period I did breastfeed and I did find that my youngest...
