Since Adam and I decided not to find out what we were having our focus was more on what to do to better our future child's life, his or her room and the "gear" we needed. Neither Adam nor I had much experience around children, let alone babies we sort of went into this blind- although some of my mommy friends helped me out a ton (thanks T, Eydie and Jan!).
One of the best things we ever did (thank you mom for the wonderful gift!) was bank Presley's cord blood. It's a pricey investment up front, but well worth it especially with all of the medical advances they are making...you hope you never need to use it, but will be thankful it's there if you ever do. We decided to go with ViaCord (http://www.viacord.com).
Now onto the gear...Of course we "needed" gender neutral items and they had to be aesthetically appealing to the eye....haha, such a rookie (or new parent) move. Everything was cream, chocolate brown and aqua...well, we found out quickly enough that babies can't really see light colors and that those colors don't do anything for them...The brighter the better! So, we returned our pretty, gender neutral gear to Babies R Us and purchased the brightest gear we could find! I think Presley's favorite so far is her Fisher-Price Rainforest Melodies & Lights Deluxe Gym- boy does she love this thing! The best part is that it plays music for 20 min! It's amazing how quickly you figure out what you need and don't need and what you like and don't like!
I really didn't know how weak their little necks were...wow, I was terrified to put anything over her head! I quickly went out and purchased anything that snapped up the front and/or was a kimono style! That made my life soooo much easier!
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