In our first month with Edie, we’ve been really pleased we had a couple of things in particular and very much recommend them.
- Merino Kids Cocooi swaddle
I didn’t buy any newborn sized clothes because I figured Edie would be big enough to wear 0-3 sizes and then she was born at 37.5 weeks! She’s long but skinny and everything is just far too big. We were given this swaddle by my mother – the design and stretchiness makes it really easy to both put and to make her comfortable. It’s been so great we bought another two so Edie can always have a clean one if the others are in the wash. - Howie B’s “Music for Babies”
This is an album that Darren found – apparently made when Howie B had kids of his own. The tracks have a filter over them based on the research he did about the sounds of the womb. Edie loves this and we don’t mind it either – the whole family falls asleep sometimes listening to this on Spotify. (The link is a video made to promote the launch of the album.) - Bach Rescue Remedy
I’m not a huge believer in natural remedies but this is one that I feel really works. I put the drops into my drink bottle and add another set each time I fill that up – with the drop in hormones and interrupted sleep we’ve had in the last four weeks I think this has been amazing.