The Going Home Outfit

I think my mother gave me good advice, however it was (unfortunately) not applicable. Buy a few preemie outfits because when they're born, they're USUALLY too small to fit in newborn sizes and then they lose even more weight and they're just swimming in their outfits. Being 8.1 lbs, I certainly did not need those but it's always good to be prepared! Am I the only one that packed 5 outfits for the baby to "go home" in? I was forced with a major dilemma: to wear the "going home" dress or the "Easter" dress? Since they kept us 48 hours, we rolled into Easter Sunday and it was a tough call. I went with the "going home" dress after all.

While we're on the subject, I highly recommend practicing the car seat with a doll before you have the real thing. She was NOT patient with our lack of knowledge. I thought FOR SURE I had it down and then I think the pressure of having my child in there made it a little overwhelming. I ended up having like 3 people check it before leaving the hospital..