Everything Kit to the Rescue

Being pregnant with my first baby was hands down the most exciting experience of my life.  I’m not saying anything new here, but babies… change you.  It’s all so unbelievable & overwhelming & beautiful (except for the wiki-image of a placenta. That did not work for me.  At all.)  I’d think to myself, I’m making a person.  There should be a term for what first time moms go through- obsessive giddiness might capture it.

But as the due date approached, mundane matters started to encroach on the fun.  For one, I felt utterly clueless about how to have a baby.  I spent hours a day studying up on pregnancy, labor, breast feeding…  And then there’s the shopping.  The clothes are pretty fun, actually.  Picking out tiny onesies & fluffy blankets makes it all feel real- a little person will be wearing this!

But a lot of it I could have gladly done without.  I remember trolling the internet, studying the lists of “Things You Need to Have a Baby.”  I admit shopping has never been my favorite thing.  But eight months pregnant, as big as a house with straight up pregnant kankles, & I’m trudging around town trying to figure out which kind of “X” to buy.  Between all the running around & hormones, I felt exhausted & depressed.  I remember asking my husband (as if it was his fault), Why doesn’t somebody just sell this stuff in a kit so I can buy it all online & be done with it?  Because really, I have better things to do.  (Like napping!)

Meanwhile, Andrea was in the same boat, but six months ahead of me & trailblazing with all sorts of crazy information on toxins.  Andrea pointed out that not only do we have to buy it all.  We have to worry about how these products will poison our vulnerable babies with X-rated chemicals that make adults blanche, & pollute the world they have to live in.  Aak!

Once that whole vista opened up I was officially overwhelmed.  So on top of learning how to feed a human from my boob, I have to become a chemist & an environmentalist?

From then on, the links flew back & forth.  I hope everybody finds themselves a pregnant buddy to compare notes with.  It was a huge comfort, going through it all with a sister.  And it opened up a whole new world.  Because once you start thinking about your children, “good enough” no longer applies.  You want everything in their world to be safe, beautiful & perfect.

So there you have it, the story of the Everything Kit.  Two concerned, new mothers, wishing it were all done for you.  An idea years in the making.  So moms, prop up those swollen feet.  We’ve got your nap covered!

xo~ m & a