This week I was invited to a baby shower. As in the tradition of expectant mothers, a gift registry was made available at the nearby commercial baby stores or baby sections for me to select a gift to bring to the shower. I enjoy shopping for baby gifts. I remember my first child - my first baby shower. It was a magical time, a special time. Like most first-time mothers I read and digested all the "popular" and some of the mainstay baby books. Every week I woke up to a new chapter of my … [Read more...]

Your friends are about to throw you a baby shower. You are so excited and hop off to your local baby supercenter to register. Maybe you go to two or three places, after all this is your first, second, or fifteenth baby and YOU NEED STUFF. It is an exciting time - a time for planning and implementing, and if you're like the majority of us, a time to save where you can. This is where I come in and offer you one piece of sage advice. The most useless and costly nursery item you can register … [Read more...]