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MOMMY NOSE'S QUICK TIPS FOR NEW ARRIVALS!

1.BABY HASN'T GONE #2 IN DAYS???

I told you about the Q Tip trick, but my pediatrician says too much Q-Tip action can get baby butt a little too accustomed to the "help" and then they don't ever want to go on their own. Well, the thought of my kid being 14 years old and having to stick up Q Tip up his butt to get him to go #2 was enough for me to say alright! What are my options here? The answer is simple: Give the kid a little ORGANIC PRUNE JUICE - about 1 ounce should do the trick to get them started. Works like a charm. Want to know how I know? I'm Mommy Nose that how!

2. Trader Joe's Prenatal Vitamins are a heck of a lot less likely to get you sick to your stomach as the prescription kind. Keep taking them after the baby is born along with your calcium! And drink Milk with vitamin D to process the calcium or it's all a waste of time.

3. Always eat something before you take any vitamin or you will get nauseated! Unless you just miss feeling the morning sickness. In that case go right ahead.

4. Buy a vibrating teether for your baby! They work wonders!

5. If you want to decorate your babies room and make it look awesome for under $100.00 go online at Ebay and order TATOUAGE - You rub these amazing looking decals and murals things onto your walls and they look like a Beverly Hills pro came in and painted a rain forest in your baby room! They have everything from fish scenes to desert scenes. Check it out. You will be glad you did. The good news it that if you are renting a place - the Tatouage can be washed and peeled off without destroying the paint job. That means you get your deposit back! Niiiice. This isn't toxic either! No smell like paint.

6. Rooibus Tea saved my life when I was pregnant and now nursing. It gives you tons of energy and is caffeine free! It's also very good for a baby with colic or an upset stomach. Mix 1/2 tea with 1/2 breast milk or formula and voila! Can't recommend it enough. If you put this stuff - Non flavored of course - on your face after you wash it, it will tighten it up like a $30.00 tonic!

7. If you are newly pregnant think of this - you have 9 months to get your body ready for carrying your kid everywhere! Start doing exercises NOW to strengthen your back, knees, arms and neck! You will be happy you did!

8. Get a good chiropractor! No matter what you do, you are going to need a chiropractor like an alcoholic needs a rehab.

9. The TOYOTA RAV 4 is one of the only cars that you can drive where you can be in the driver's seat and reach back into a rear facing baby seat and actually touch your babies face, grab a pacifier and stick it in their mouth! This is great. Only try it at a RED LIGHT PLEASE! CONFESSION: I drove all the way from Hollywood to the Valley holding that dang pacifier in place for Baby Nose one day. Anything to keep the baby satisfied.

10. DO NOT BUT THOSE WALKERS! MY PEDIATRICIAN SAID TODAY THEY ARE LETHALLY DANGEROUS! If your baby is in them they can actually flip these things over and cause MAJOR HEAD INJURY!!!! They are not worth the risk. She says the bouncy things that go in the doorways are better believe it or not. I trust this woman because she has a kid and one on the way and ... did I mention? She saved Baby Nose's life the week-end he came home from the hospital. If she says these walkers are no good Mommy Nose knows she must be right!