Baby Blog

Bathing your baby is an experience many parents treasure. It's a great time to bond with baby.  You focus entirely on your little angel as he or she enjoys the sensation of warm water and your gentle, nurturing hands.  Like so many parenting moments, it is an act that can be filled with a lot of love.  What people don't talk as much about is that it can also be stressful.  And bathing a newborn is different than bathing yourself or the older kiddos you've babysat.  This article provides tips and product information that can help you focus on the beauty of baby's first baths without the anxiety.

In Part Five of Bumbershoots by Nana's Bringing Baby Home series, we explore products that help make traveling with baby easy.  While chances are you won't be traveling for at least the first few weeks or until after the pandemic, sooner or later, you will emerge from that cocoon and want to explore the world.  This article can help you make it easier.  Even if you aren't traveling now, it's fun to dream - and a great time to prepare for the fun adventures ahead!  

In the midst of a pandemic, Bumbershoots by Nana partners with Johns Hopkins to bring comfort to new babies and raise money for Covid research and the care of low income mommas and babies.  Read this article to learn more!

It is ALL about the baby clothes when you are pregnant.  I mean, they are darling and tiny and conjure dreams of what your baby and parenthood will look like.  And for new parents, those dreams are almost always pristine and fashionably put together!  It’s hard to resist buying a ton of baby clothes - or putting them on your registry. But what do you actually need to have when babies come home?  This article provides you with a check list of needs as well as product recommendations.  Wants?  Well, that's up to you, and the sky’s the limit!

A core common denominator of the human race?  We all eliminate. That's right.  Every human being - rich or poor, young or old, famous or obscure - poops and pees.  And new babies, despite having stomachs the size of peas, go to the bathroom a lot!  Which brings us to the next topic in Bumbershoots by Nana's Baby Blog's Bringing Baby Home Series: diapers and all things associated.

In this second section of the Bringing Baby Home series, Bumbershoots by Nana's Baby Blog addresses what you need to feed baby.  Whether you are breast or bottle feeding, read on to find what products help and which merely take up space!

Newborns can sleep 16-17 hours a day, and most babies aren’t physically and developmentally capable of sleeping through the night (defined as sleeping five straight hours) until six months or so.  Thus when preparing to bring baby home, having your sleep ducks all in a row should be a priority.  But where to start?  What do you need to know?  Where should baby sleep?  What sleep gear is the best?  What is necessary, nice, or just a waste of space?  There is so much to consider as you ready baby’s sleep space, and this article has great information as well as a needs v. wants v. can-live-withouts checklist to help you get started.

Baby has a first tooth!  Now, what to do and how to celebrate?!  Read this article in Bumbershoots by Nana's Baby Blog to find out how to care for baby's teeth and how the first tooth is celebrated around the world.