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Once you have a baby, your life is very clearly split into two halves: before baby and after. The after, well, it changes you. And it takes you to places you never expected. Mainly, in the form of buying a lot of clothes for your little one because the person you thought you would be before the baby had no idea what was around the corner.
Before I had my baby, I was preparing to have my baby. This required buying a lot of cute little items I thought I would most definitely be dressing her in.
Overalls? Of course.
Outfits with lots of buttons? Buttons are easy to do up! (Ha, ha.)
Headbands? Most definitely.
Shoes? Well, why wouldn’t I put my teeny tiny baby in some teeny tiny shoes that look adorable?
Ahh, ignorance is bliss.
When my daughter was born, I quickly realised the importance of things with zippers, that could be done up quickly and removed even quicker. And buying multiple versions of a sleeping bag for different seasons and because spew happens, a lot. This is also when I realised the importance of having around 12 different onesies on rotation because, again, spew happens a lot. A LOT.
This is why I thought I would come to you from the AB stage of life (After Baby) and use my wisdom to help you not make the same mistakes I did when preparing to dress my child.
Let’s start with all the things she did wear.
Onesies with zips
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