My list of things no Mommie should be without

I really didn't like much of the advice people gave e when Matito was small, but today I was reflecting on things that I just couldn't do without*.

So here it is: My advice for my friends who have small babies or who are hoping to soon have one:

• baby sling (forget the stroller! It will take up too much room on the car and you will suffer on the bus. Leave it for when Bebe is about a year old and then make it one of those light fold-up ones!)
• slow cooker, shifts time so you can do the prep when baby is asleep and then put on to cook in the am
• rice cooker, great time saver
• boobies (imagine getting up and making formula at 4 am!)( Iguess this doesn't really count because you can't buy them - well, i guess you can, but you know what I mean)
• co-sleeper or a really big bed
• a computer with internet connection: sometimes it is the only connection to other adults
• some good DVDs that you could watch over and over (mine were 'Friends' and 'the Simpsons'), daytime tv really sucks

Things that are overrated and that I would not buy:

• change table
• stroller
• baby wipes ( well, I do buy them sometimes for on the road, but little cloth washclothes are great for at home)
• any article of clothing that says 0 to 3 mos. on it. Unless your baby is quite petite, they will be able to wear the item for aprox. 27 minutes before they outgrow it.

* okay, the real inspiration for this list was the $13 rice cooker I just bought and me thinking about how I could have missed the greatness of this product and wondering why I hadn't bought one years ago. I am never making rice on the stove again!