September 2013 Moms
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Baby planners?
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FTM here, and my husband and I are in a new city without family and friends with newbies around here. Is it unreasonable to hire a baby planner to help us navigate things like baby proofing? Registries?
Has anyone else done this, or will we figure it out? Financially we are blessed that we could afford it, though don't want to waste money.
Thoughts?
Thanks, and please no mean comments, we just want what is best for our LO and we are clueless.
Has anyone else done this, or will we figure it out? Financially we are blessed that we could afford it, though don't want to waste money.
Thoughts?
Thanks, and please no mean comments, we just want what is best for our LO and we are clueless.
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Re: Baby planners?
I've never even heard of this
But if you have the money, this job exists, and you think it would help, go nuts
Scheduled IVF for April 2013--SURPRISE, don't need it! DD Born 9/7/13
Ectopic pregnancy Sep/Oct 2014 ended in surgery, and many trips to the ER
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I second everyone's tips to just do some reading. If you figure things out for yourself, you'll have the necessary knowledge if you ever move or need to make changes. If someone comes in and does everything for you, you'll still be clueless and dependent on them.
Feel free to ask questions on this board. I got tons of helpful tips from my first birth month board when I was trying to figure things out.
My thoughts exactly
I did that too.
I'm not sure there are baby planners the way there are wedding planners, because when you do a registry it's 1yr+ before you'll be baby proofing.
I think for a registry you can frequent this board and basically copy other people's registries. I also recommend the baby bargains book. And I'm a second time mom so I can offer my advice on what to get and what not to get. But everyone has a different opinion on that stuff.
As for baby proofing I keep wishing I'd hired a consultant to come in some day and just basically do it for us! DS is 2 now and we kind of go with the flow...but professional help probably would have been good for us. That's really not something you have to think about for a long time, though--at least crawling and not in ernest until walking. Which is almost 2 years from now. By then you might feel more in the know in town and you can reassess things. You'll probably get to know local moms if you do any prenatal exercise classes, or birthing classes, or anything like that.
Never even heard of a baby planner. Sounds like someone who had a baby on TB determined they are the queen of babies...similar to how everyone on TK thought they were wedding planners, invitation makers, etc after getting married. lol
I would say not to waste your money. Seems like a very unnecessary expense. Baby proofing is kind common sense or you could find suggestions simply by googling. Wherever you decide to register will help you. If you want something further than that, I suggest buying Baby Bargains...a very helpful book for baby related items.