First Time Mom v. Second Time Mom

I have to laugh at myself. Well, I do that a lot, but this time it was at the difference in me as a first time mom v. me as a second (and third) time mom.

For my first child, I had everything. Cloth diapers and disposable diapers, little baby washcloths, lotions and soaps and diaper rash creams and ointments, medicines for everything under the sun. Clothes coming out of our ears, toys bursting from every closet. An exersaucer, a playmat, a bouncer, a swing, a jumparoo, a glider and more.

When my mom called on Friday to see what we still needed for the new kids I had to think. We are getting 2 carseats from local families off of Freecycle. Felix will have Fletcher's hand-me-down clothes, and we already bought a few clothes for Macy. "Well...." I said, "We have carseats, clothes and food. I guess that's all we need!"

Fletch has more than enough toys for himself and his sister. The baby can play with the toys we have in storage that belonged to Fletch when he was a baby. They both have beds. What more could we need? Sure, there are some odds and ends I need to pick up - hair care products specifically for African hair, toothbrushes, and things like that. But for the most part, I'm feeling much more relaxed about adding these two new children to our family that I felt bringing the first one into it.