The time has come to pack a bag and be ready to jet to the hospital whenever baby may decide to join us. Here’s what I have learned to bring along in my two go-rounds. What am I missing?
For Mom
The Bag – Make it ~ Buy it
Camera
& extra batteries/charger
Laptop
and power cord
Music
– Mellow ~ Upbeat
Phone & Charger
Video Camera
(above the waist shots only please)
Name Book (1) ~ (2)
~ (3)
Trashy
& Lovely
Magazines
Fruit and Snacks (have you tried these? um yum)
A great headband
Loungewear
Outfit to wear home – yes, you will still be in maternity clothes
Makeup
Shampoo, conditioner, comb, product (learned this one the hard way)
Lotion
slippers
A little crafty project like embroidery or crochet 
A water bottle
Thank you cards & pen
Notebook or journal 
For Baby
Hospital Outfits
Going home outfit – don’t forget a sweet hat
blanket ~ Make it ~ Buy it
Boppy pillow
with a cute cover
A nursing cover. You might not care but your dad will.
Gifts for older sisters when they come to visit
and a great book
What am I forgetting? Leave some great advice and you might win those cute embroidery patterns, which would make an excellent little craft project for my vacation, I mean, hospital stay.
