Tips, tools, checklists & resources for moms in all seasons
Below you can find links to resources I have used personally; I only mention issues with which I have had personal experience
Packing for Delivery Day
- Diaper bag
- Blanket
- Diapers & wipes
- Car seat
- Outfit(s) for baby pictures
- Outfit to bring baby home
- Breast pump
- Comfortable, loose fitting pants
- Robe
- Slippers or nonslip socks
- Pads (super absorbency)
- Nursing bra
- toothbrush, toothpaste, hair brush, lip balm, lotion, and deodorant
- Journal
- Phone charger
- Book or tablet
- Snacks
Baby’s 1st Year
Toddlers
Tweens
Teens
Teen/ Adult Transition
- Budgeting and saving
- Paying bills: give them a bill to pay! They can sign up for a music subscription and this will give them a small bill to pay on a set date.
- Grocery shopping: have them create a list and do some shopping and/or complete order pickups
- Doctors/ dentists contact info and appointment scheduling instructions (like which doctor they call for each concern)
- The last year they live at home get final dental exams, physicals, vaccines, eye exams, ect. It may be awhile before they go again.
Parenting adult children
Postpartum Depression
Children with Depression
ADHD
Mom of Multiples
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Dilated Cardiomyopathy
The heart’s ability to pump blood is decreased because the heart’s main pumping chamber, the left ventricle, is enlarged, dilated and weak. At first, the chambers of the heart respond by stretching to hold more blood to pump through the body.
Cleveland Clinic