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Congratulations...

You made it through the poop to the BOTTOM OF MY LENS!

From the lens What to Exclude When You're Expecting.

I could sure use a good blurbing.

  • activelifeebooks Nov 28, 2011 @ 12:05 pm | delete
    Thank you for all the helpful tips in your lens. I cant wait to share this to my wife since we are having a baby soon. Warm regards!
  • coylejb Jul 18, 2011 @ 7:42 am | delete
    This is great! Brought back some sweet memories (of poop? really? Yes!) and gives lots of practical wisdom. Spending big bucks on stuff that gets put through the worst possible treatment (poop is only the beginning) seems a silly thing to do. Ditto on the college fund!
  • YourBodyYourBaby May 18, 2011 @ 11:09 pm | delete
    I'm a labor doula and I love the wisdom and the humor on your site! I'm going to add a linc to it on my website: www.YourBodyYourBaby.com
  • littlelotus May 2, 2011 @ 8:10 pm | delete
    very useful info indeed... I wish I came across this lens when I was pregnant :)
  • Senora_M Apr 18, 2011 @ 9:04 pm | delete
    This is a great lens. I totally agree on most of the things that you say are useless and unnecessary! :)
  • bsblmike2 Oct 24, 2010 @ 5:33 pm | delete
    i like all of these tips veryy good lens thanks
  • Lou1842 May 29, 2010 @ 6:10 am | delete
    I love your tip about the microwave. I wish I'd known that when I first had my baby. It took me ages before I would use the microwave for heating bottles. I could have saved myself so much time!!
  • Desilegend Dec 15, 2009 @ 9:26 am | delete
    I love your poop decoder. Very funny! Thanks for making my day!
  • Dr_Joe Aug 11, 2008 @ 9:03 pm | delete
    Very informative.
    Great lens. Rated it 5 stars.
    Feel free to visit Women's Health | Sexual Health | Health Screening
    because a healthy body is an investment.
  • osumiss Jun 14, 2008 @ 5:58 pm | delete
    A great game to play that will teach new parents on taking care of a newborn is Baby 4-1-1. It is a trivia game where all the questions are about labor and delivery and taking care of a newborn. The expecting couple can play it over and over again and learn while they are playing. The game provides basics that all new parents need to know. The game is played similiar to Jeopardy so if you love Jeopardy you will love Baby 4-1-1. Search for it on the web or just go to www.baby411inc.com
  • LittleLambs May 3, 2008 @ 12:28 pm | delete
    Very cute! Great info for expectant mommies. For bottles, instead of microwaving the bottle just microwave a cup of water and stick the bottle in the cup. By the time the baby's changed it'll be warm.
  • MOMMD Apr 16, 2008 @ 10:58 am | delete
    Please, NEVER shake breast milk in a bottle. You can denature the fats and end up with a soapy tasting milk. In fact, if you are breastfeeding, feed right from the breast. IF you need to give the milk an other way, then carefully SWIRL the milk. And NO microwaves. Hotspots and murder for the enzymes and some of the antibodoies, But, it still better than that stuff in the can. Yuck.

    Books? Two: The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, by LLL, and The Baby Book by Sears MD and Sears IBCLC, RN. These two will get you through the first year, if that's all you buy.
  • robert320 Apr 3, 2008 @ 4:45 am | delete
    Nice Lens! Less than 5 weeks to go until my first comes along, I am now educated on what to expect in those nappies argh :)
  • Evelyn_Saenz Jan 24, 2008 @ 2:27 pm | delete
    As a mother of 3 I can attest that this is one of the best lenses I have read about the things that are not necessary for babies. The only thing I would actually suggest to buy would be a subscription to Mothering Magazine. Check it out at It's Raining! It's Pouring!. 5 stars and lensrolled.
  • Mom of four Nov 13, 2007 @ 9:42 am | delete
    Microwaves kill all the nutrients and goodness in the milk. So if you use formula, just warm up the water and then add the formula. If you use breast milk then heat a bowl with water in the microwave and then warm up the bottle in the bowl. And yes shake it!
  • BarbosaArt Nov 6, 2007 @ 5:23 pm | delete
    Love the Baby Poop decoder...5 stars...Great Lens!
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  • NeeshaN Sep 12, 2007 @ 9:10 pm | delete
    A really fun, great book to add: The Girlfriend's Guide to Pregnancy, oh and about the changing table covers, I just snuck a bunch of those disposable sheets that the pediatricians use with each child and used them over my covers!
  • RyansInc Jun 29, 2007 @ 9:51 am | delete
    Wow! Very informative. Who would've thought....a decoder. A gold star from www.squidoo.com/hotparenting
  • DrMOZ Nov 19, 2006 @ 2:42 pm | delete
    Great lens Monica! Keep up the great work, and don't forget dad!
  • MoreThanMommy Sep 18, 2006 @ 10:04 pm | delete
    Cool lens, but I like changing pad covers! It looks nice and we throw one of those waterproof changing pads on it. They're cheap and easy to wash (poop and all).

    Two other food items to exclude: pre-packaged salad and hot dogs. Hot dogs aren't do or die, but they have lots of salt and bad stuff.
  • Super-Mommy Sep 18, 2006 @ 10:55 am | delete
    Very nice lens!
  • anndouglas Jul 28, 2006 @ 9:32 am | delete
    I could have sworn I left you a blurb here a while ago. I must have been thinking about the message @ SquidU. (Or I'm losing my mind.) Thanks for your kind words about my book and the linky love. You've got a terrific lense and a great sense of humor.
  • Shadox Jul 25, 2006 @ 10:00 pm | delete
    Great lense. Lots of fun. Lots of good info, although it's too late since I already have three smurfs...
  • monicamoody Jul 20, 2006 @ 4:32 pm | delete
    woo! thanks, megan! :)
  • MeganCasey Jul 20, 2006 @ 10:28 am | delete
    Wow. just, wow. amazing lens. thanks, monica. and to travis for calling my attention to it!
  • seitler Jul 19, 2006 @ 9:14 am | delete
    Bravo! Joshua Felix gives this lens two fists up! (Because he can't move his thumbs too well yet...) BTW, we use a wipe-warmer and it doesn't dry out the wipes. Go figure...

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