Any baby registry items you swear by, especially as a mom who travels for work? Ty!

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Pablic baby bottle washer. It washes and sterilizes your bottles. It’s amazing.

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Yes or the momcozy one. Mine hates to see me coming and I use it twice a day. Such a life saver if you intend to bottle feed.

Ceres Chill if you intend to pump when you go back to work.

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Portable breast pump is easier to transport and compact when you travel so much. Just keep in mind it doesn’t have the same suction power as the hospital grade kind you plug into the wall!

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Not a registry item but if you have a nice duvet and duvet cover, I highly recommend getting a washable comforter to use for a while. Between spit up, blowouts, breasts leaking, etc it is so nice to have something I can just throw in the wash and dryer. And waterproof mattress pad!

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Hasn’t been an issue for my husband (who sleeps hot) or me.

The Kiinde system is great for pumping on the go and at work.
Non-work/travel-related, the things I use most are the Baby Bjorn bouncer, muslin blankets and burp cloths, board books (we asked for used ones too and got some very cute hand-me-downs), the Hatch changing pad with built-in scale (I’m neurotic and like tracking my baby’s weight when I’m worried about whether he’s eating enough), sound machine, and diaper bag backpack.

Just had my second a few months ago, here are some random things I recommend in no particular order

Copper Pearl swaddle - my absolute favorite swaddle. So soft and has stretch which is nice to wrap them very tight. Someone gave this to me off registry so now I do the same for other moms (in addition to on registry things). I bought multiple for myself.

Electric nose aspirator (I have the nosefrida) - just recently got this and wish i had splurged sooner. Bonus tip - You can use FSA to purchase it

Oogiebear nose cleaner - I have one for each kid, plus ones for the diaper bag. Love this.

Butt paste spatula - I have the Bumco one. Didn't need it for my first, but my second has a sensitive butt so needs butt paste often. I got sick of having to scrub it off my finger every diaper change.

For pump parts - get the cleaning wipes and microwave cleaning bags for easier sanitizing while traveling

Boon milk collector - I hated the Hakka, so awkward. The Boon fits nicely in your bra, had another mom recommend it and I love it.

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We were not trying to conceive. And I was drinking alcohol like twice a week.
Now I missed my period and pregnant. I am panicking a lot, not sure if I want a baby right now. Definitely i cant deal with pregnancy constantly knowing how much u drinking could have affected the fetus and if i could ever endure the consequences it would bring upon the baby
Help me understand if my baby will be fine or not.

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