This is it

This is the lotion I was telling you about for stretch marks.

It is called Palmers. I have seen it at Target but I am sure lots of places have it. They would for sure have it at a health food store like Whole Foods. 

Getting bigger!!

I thought I'd post some pictures of my enlarging belly. It's funny because I thought I was getting HUGE and then I took this picture:

I think that was at 15 weeks.


I need to post a newer one because it's been about 3 weeks since this one.

Anyway, thanks for the advice on all the baby stuff. I am really considering cloth diapers. It doesn't seem like it would be that much different... except for doing more laundry. And I think we'd end up saving a lot of money.

You need to post some pictures of Baby Jane and let us see how darn cute she is!! I love how much she smiles. She is one happy baby!

Diapers

Ok before I start, I was just looking at the pic that is at the top of the blog. I am as far along in that pic as you are now. How funny. So I am going to give you the links to some different diaper websites that Rachel gave me a long time ago.  The diapers that I bought from her are these
http://www.mother-ease.com/cloth-diapers/SandysDiapers
with these covers
http://www.mother-ease.com/cloth-diapers/AirFlowCovers
The situation with these diapers is that if you have about 24 then you will have to wash them every other day. If you have 36-40 or so then every three days. Now you only need a couple of covers. I have three of the air flow ones and they are all I use. I love them. So only 3-4 covers is all you probably need. You can get liners if you want but most of what I have are just fleece squares that Rachel cut out of a piece of fabric.  The liners here are nice for night time when they will wear the diapers for longer periods of time.

So Rachel told me that she has a friend that has used just about every kind of diaper and really loves the all-in-one cloth diaper.
http://www.softbums.com/
Here are some videos that show how to use them. They look cool and I might consider these.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUK3pNY9T8Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNMCzpb38Is

There are a couple of other things that you will need along with all the diapers. First is a wet bag. Now you can get these in two sizes. I have 2 big ones and 2 small ones that I use. The small ones are for your diaper bag when you are out and about.
http://www.happytushies.com/category_s/36.htm
http://www.clothdiaper.com/PRODUCTS/Diaper-Pails-Accessories/Planet-Wise-Hanging-Wet-Dry-Bags
http://www.clothdiaper.com/PRODUCTS/Diaper-Pails-Accessories/Planet-Wise-Wet-Dry-Bag

The last thing you will need is a mini shower. This hooks up to your toilet and you use it to spray the poopie diapers off.
http://www.clothdiaper.com/PRODUCTS/Diaper-Pails-Accessories/Mini-Shower-Diaper-Cleaner
Jeff and I have actually talked about putting a utility sink in our laundry room so that we could have warm water for some of them. But that is in the future.
Now when you look at all of this you might be overwhelmed with the cost. As I said before, if you price out disposables for 2 + years then you will end up spending less. I guarantee. Some people will argue with this but I really believe it. I really like using them. They are a little more work but so worth it. Well I think that is all. If you have any more questions just let me know. Also, there are a lot websites with cloth diapers if you just google it. You can also look on craigslist for them. If a person has only used them for one child then they will still last a couple of kids for you and would be worth it. Just an idea.

Necessities

When we were talking at lunch I told you of some of the things that I thought were necessary with a baby. I just wanted to remind you of what those are. 

A Moby Wrap

These are so good to carry the baby around. You can even use them until the baby is like 35 pounds which is a long time. http://www.mobywrap.com/  You can buy these at a lot of different stores.

Next is an exercise ball

 The exercise ball seems weird but there is something about bouncing the baby on the ball rather than just standing. I think it has a much more fluid motion which they like. I will tell you, Jane never fusses when I try to put her to sleep bouncing on the ball.
Another things is a boppy.

I don't know who comes up with the names for these things. Seriously though this little pillow is so great. It is funny because my sister Amber was a nanny for a while and used one of these just to bottle feed the baby and such. She loved it and would use it even for reading or writing. She is funny like that. They also have lots of different covers and you can get them about anywhere. http://www.boppy.com/

So people will tell you that you need lots of different things. I tend to think that less is more. You don't want to clutter up the place with stuff that you won't even use very often. The only other thing that I have and like is a swing. Even still I don't really use it that much. I mostly use it when I am in the shower  but you baby may like it more and sleep it in it (I hear lots of babies do that but not mine). So if I think of anything else I will let you know. I know that I don't have much experience with the baby thing but these few things have been a God send for me. I will post later some diaper stuff.