Getting ready for your new baby just doesn’t mean taking Lamaze. It means getting your house ready too. Here are a few things that can start you on the road to getting organized for baby.
The easiest thing to do in preparation is to install home storage shelves in your home. You can decorate your rooms and have a place for everything. There are many bookshelves too that come with doors to hide certain items away. And you can place them anywhere you need them.
Getting your fridge ready too is a smart thing. Make a baby shelf in it and sterilize everything. Put a rolling drawer in your pantry for other items you may need such as bottles. The basket can roll out with ease for you to put in and take out items with one hand.
A lot of people like the convenience of a swing and a good portable crib like the Evenflo convertible to have on hand. This gives you a safe place to put the baby and be free to do little things while they are napping or swinging. You might even get a chance to go to the bathroom if you need to.
Another good trick for organization is to have a basket with a handle that is big enough to hold several items. You can carry in it your phone, the TV remote and anything else that you need throughout the day that is easily accessible with using one hand. The basket enables you to carry it with you when you have the baby in your other hand.
The more you plan for the future the better so you are not overwhelmed. You can have a container for baby bath toys when your child starts bathing to air out wet toys. Some sit in the tub and there are others that have netting that hang on the wall.
Getting shelves with tubs to place on them is also a good idea as you can keep toys put away and teach your child to put them away as well. If you want to be really prepared you can get them from the get go and house diapers in them until you reach this level of development.
Putting up extra hooks around the home will also help. They can be decorative and practical. You can have some handy everywhere, including the bathroom to hang robe and towels. All of these ideas plus many more you think of yourself can make your life a whole lot easier to prepare yourself and your home for the new baby to arrive.