The Perfect Gifts For A New Mom Brought To You By Huggies
This post is brought to you by Huggies, "The first hug your baby will ever feel is from you, make sure the second hug is just as good with Huggies Little Snugglers diapers."When someone special in our life experiences something as wonderful as welcoming a newborn into the world, we want to show them how much we love them. We want them to know how excited we are for them. However, finding the perfect thing can be hard.Well, not anymore! Today, I'm partnering up with Huggies to tell you the perfect gifts you should buy the new mom in your life!
The Perfect Gifts For A New Mom Brought To You By Huggies
Meals
The last thing a sleep deprived parent wants to think about is cooking... Help them out by bringing them meals through out the first few weeks. You can prepare something simple, put it in a disposable dish, and drop it off around dinner time.
Snacks
A new mom needs to be eating regularly throughout the day to keep up her milk production and energy to keep up with her newborn's unusual sleep schedule. You can bring her tasty and healthy snacks like almonds, trail mix, grapes, or apples.
Huggies Little Snuggler Diapers
As a parent, you quickly learn just how many diapers a tiny baby can go through. Diapers are the perfect gift for a new mom! Especially Huggies Little Snugglers. These diapers are great because they have a gentle absorbing liner to make sure your newborn feels comfortable in their diapers and it means no leakage!My favorite part about the Huggies Little Snugglers is the wetness indicator! All you have to do is see if the little line on the front has changed colors and then you instantly know if your newborn needs a change! It makes it as simple as unbuttoning their little outfit rather than removing their clothes and taking their diaper off to check!
Time
The first few weeks as a parent are exhausting. A mother has just gone through labor and her body is trying to recover. She's also up every few hours throughout the day and night to feed and change her newborn's diapers.Be sure to offer her your time. Go over and offer to help her clean or just sit and chat. New moms can quickly feel cooped up the first few weeks. Offering to spend time with her will help her to feel refreshed.
Entertainment
A big majority of the first few months with a new baby is spent feeding them. New moms end up sitting and feeding their babies for hours every day. Bring them some entertainment to keep them busy while they feed their newborn. You can bring them a book, a magazine, or even a new movie.
Huggies Natural Wipes
Babies are messy. They create messes you didn't even know were possible. This means a new mom is always in need of wet wipes.Bring the new mom in your life a pack of Huggies Natural Wipes. They're great because their triple layer material cleans up even the big messes. The most important thing is they're gentle enough for your baby's newborn skin because they're full of aloe and vitamin E.
Something Cozy
New moms are tired, typically covered in spit up stains, and just want to be comfortable. Bring them something to make sure they are! You can bring them cozy socks, comfortable yoga pants, or even a comfortable nursing tank.
Where Can I Get These Gifts
Head over to Sam's Club today to pick up the special gifts for the new mom in your life! I love shopping at Sam's Club because they make it easy for families! They provide carts for big families like ours and have everything we could want from clothes to groceries.Sam's Club is even offering YOU a special deal the rest of this month!
Check out this great offer from Huggies!
Buy any two packages of Little Snugglers diapers and/or Natural Care wipes between 5/9/16-6/30/16, snap a photo of your receipt and email/text it to @Huggies by 7/15/16. You will receive a code and instructions within minutes to get your $10 Sam’s Club e-gift card.
Levi and Lucas. Friends or Enemies?
One of my biggest concerns with bringing Lucas home was how Levi would handle it. He was our baby for the last two years. He's also our feistiest child! I was nervous he would be jealous of Lucas. Levi makes sure everyone knows how he feels verbally and physically. If he decided he didn't like Lucas, it would be pretty obvious. He brought Lucas a little baby (little bird toy) at the hospital. He gave him a big kiss and held him. That was enough for him. He spent the rest of his time at the hospital cuddling mommy and hiding under my hospital bed. I told you, he's feisty. He was so excited to see Joel and I bring Lucas home that day. He ran around saying, "Baby" with a big grin. For the most part Levi ignores Lucas, but makes sure we all know if he's crying or needs something. If we don't respond IMMEDIATELY he starts yelling at us. That means he cares right... He also runs up and gives him surprise kisses a few times a day. I'll take it! He loves him in Levi's own little way. Although... He did punch Lucas on his second day home.I was nursing Lucas on the couch. Liam and Levi were attempting to sit next to me. It turned into them hanging on me while I tried to feed Lucas. All of the sudden Levi leans forward and starts giving Lucas a very confused look. Then confusion turned to anger and he punched Lucas in the arm, started pulling on him, and yelled, "STOP EATING MY MOM!"Apparently he thought he had to fight him to protect me!The funny thing was that Lucas hardly flinched. I guess the scrappy third child thing is true!This will forever be my favorite story. I will share it with everyone. I will remind Levi about this when he's older. I will be that parent that embarrasses him with this story all the time. Admit it. You're still laughing over it too!
He's Here!!
I'm sure you've all noticed my little hiatus lately. I promise I have a good excuse. Let me just show you. 
Lucas Jude was born December 3rd at 3:20 in the morning. He is our biggest baby yet! He was 8lb and 6oz. Even though he's our biggest, he seems so teeny, tiny. After an exhausting night of labor, Joel and I slept on and off the rest of the day. It's funny how quickly your body remembers the newborn sleep schedule and somehow allows you to function off of such little sleep.We were able to go home that night. Some people love staying at the hospital after having a baby because everything is done for you and you don't have the responsibilities of the home. I'm definitely not that way. I miss my bed way too much. I go home as soon as I'm able to. Now, that I can look back on my first few days home, I'm realizing I probably should have stayed!Our second night home proved to be the start to a horrible few days. Levi, our now middle child, puked all over his bed. Joel and I immediately went in there, took Liam out to the couch, and tried to comfort Levi. He cried for an hour straight while we cleaned and tried to help him feel better. We ended up deciding Joel would be with Levi all night since I wouldn't be able to. My mom is still in town, so she took Liam. Then I had Lucas all night. We were very lucky to have all three of us that night. The next day... Joel got sick. We decided to quarantine Joel and Levi to make sure all the germs stayed in one room of the house. Levi started feeling better pretty quickly, although the first week after the flu is never fun. He wants to cuddle mommy all day. It just figures our family would get the flu NOW! We rarely ever get sick.I'm pretty proud of our little family. With everything that's been going on, everyone is adjusting to our new normal and I love it. Liam wants to take care of everyone, Levi is proud to be a big brother, and Lucas is such a happy little guy!