Real-Life Guides for Pregnancy, Babies, Toddlers & Travel

When I was pregnant with my first baby, I made a full baby registry checklist. When I was pregnant with my second, I didn't make one at all. My second baby registry checklist would have been surprisingly short because we already owned almost everything we needed. By baby number two, I already had most of the big things. The stroller, car seat, bouncer, diaper bag, carrier, changing supplies and plenty of other baby gear were sitting in our house waiting to be used again. I re

Building a baby registry is one of those things that seems simple until you actually start doing it. There are so many baby products, so many opinions, and so many lists telling you that you absolutely need things you’ve never even heard of. After having two babies, my biggest registry philosophy is pretty simple: less is more. You need plenty of things for a new baby, but you probably don’t need as much as the internet makes you think you do. I created a registry with my fir