{"id":4,"date":"2008-10-22T17:15:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-23T00:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cheapparenting.com\/wp\/?p=4"},"modified":"2008-10-22T17:15:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-23T00:15:00","slug":"my-favorite-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cheapparenting.com\/?p=4","title":{"rendered":"My favorite price…"},"content":{"rendered":"

OK, so it is time for a little honesty. I am not organized. In fact (as my family will attest to) I am quite disorganized. I have dreams of being one of those people who has a place for everything and everything in its place. Believe it or not a lack of organization bothers me, but it also depresses me to the point where I just want to ignore it, therefore making it worse… and so on. So in attempts to get more<\/em> organized (baby steps people) I have tried little things. Like writing all of my class plans in one notebook that is labeled ‘debate class’, so when I teach again I don’t have to look for miscellaneous papers. This might sound rather obvious to you more organized people. But to me it was a breakthrough. \ud83d\ude1b Well when we knew we would be parents, I knew that I needed to get organized.<\/p>\n

But I can’t do it on my own. So I started to price pregnancy organizers. (Its like keeping all of our baby plans in one notebook) those things can get EXPENSIVE! Then I found this amazing organizer, at my favorite price, FREE<\/a>. Just because it is free (actually it was 3.99 b\/c you have to pay for S&H but that was a small price to pay) doesn’t mean that they skimped. I love it and could go on and on about it, but since I already have gone on and on I’ll give you my highlights.<\/p>\n

Section 1 A Healthy Start<\/strong>
*Interview questions for your OB or Midwife
* Place to keep track of info from each Prenatal visit
* Tips on healthy eating & diet tracker
* Fetal movement chart
Section 2 Preparing for baby<\/strong>
* 10 pages of suggestions for baby registering (of course all organized wonderfully between basics & helpful extras \ud83d\ude42
* 3 pages for thank yous to be sent out.
* A place to organize your borrowed items
* Suggestions for saving time around the house.
* Pediatrician and daycare interview questions
* And of course a place to put your favorite baby names, your spouses favorite baby names and then the ones that you can actually agree on. (That list is rather short \ud83d\ude09
Section 3 Preparing for Childbirth<\/strong>
* A walk through on deciding your birth plan
* Packing lists
* Check list for my wonderful husband
* Contraction tracker charts
* A place to record your childbirth memories
Section 4 At home with baby<\/strong>
* Feeding and diapering charts
* Diaper bag essential check list
* Well baby & postnatal check up record
Section 5 Resources<\/strong>
* 5 Pages of books and websites to check out.<\/p>\n

Of course since the book is free there are a lot of advertisements to pay for the book. But they aren’t overwhelming and they are helpful (some coupons are involved!) I have learned that the quickest way to overspend is to not have a plan. And this organizer certainly helps you to develop a plan. So in the long run I would say its a pretty good return on $3.99.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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