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I’ve also heard horror stories from people who have been woken in the middle of the night with an alarm that there is no heart beat… only to find out the batteries are dead. SOO, i’m not sure I need that level of stress in my life. I went with the Miku Smart Baby Monitor. It is the first baby monitor to track your baby’s breathing, sounds, and sleeping patterns. The monitor has an app which offers unparalleled features: two-way talk, lullabies and songs, temperature and humidity in the nursery, baby awake/sleep, night time mode, video and security, movement detection without having to put anything on the baby. It is a bit on the pricy side, but I waited for $75off coupon and purchased. To me, you can’t put a price on Coco’s safety. Another great thing about this item is that it is incredibly easy to set up. I put it together myself, and all of the materials needed were included with user-friendly directions. Final items: When putting together my registry I definitely asked for things like: a bunny rocker for Coco, bath time essentials, swaddles, comotomo bottles, feeding accessories, and gifts but those are all nice things to have and you can choose based on your own preferences. My list above was for the basics that I find I will absolutely need to have for the baby when she arrives. a few add—ons not mentioned. I bought 2 sounds machines, one is the baby hatch and the other is called the baby shusher. The baby hatch works as a night light, sound machine, and alarm clock. I’ve heard great reviews about the baby shusher— supposed to calm baby when she is crying and fussy in combination of a swaddle. make sure to add swaddles to your list!! *** every book I’ve read says that swaddling newborn helps relax the baby and will stop her from crying! I bought swaddles from spearmint love; however, you can get swaddles from anywhere including amazon, some brands to search: Monica & Andy and Copper and Pearl. This was my go-to list of essentials, please reach out if there is something you have a question about or I’m missing! My actual list is much larger, but I wanted to focus on the basics! 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Thank you for stopping by! A little bit about me if you don’t know me from my travel blog: travail-lux. I grew up in Wolfeboro, NH a small town on Lake Winnipesaukee. Yes, just like What about Bob, I played sports since I could walk and ended up playing Ice Hockey at Lake Forest College in Illinois. In college I was a double major in Sociology & Anthropology + Communications, with a minor in business. After graduating, I moved back east and worked for Victoria’s Secret & Michael Kors. I met my husband, Scott, through a friend in Chicago, and soon after meeting and then dating, I moved to Chicago with him after only 6 months of dating. We were engaged 3 months after that….and married 4 months after that!!! Call it a whirlwind, but when you know, you know! We lived in Chicago with my old pup Juannie, maltipoo-bichon frise, and our puppy Charli, maltipoo, for 4 years. Scott and I are both from the East Coast and we really do enjoy being closer to the ocean, so we ended up in Rowayton, CT a small beach town just north of Stamford. After moving back east, I’ve enjoyed learning to play Tennis and Golf as well as becoming a Pure Barre instructor in Darien. It’s a lovely community, with a balance of country and city. It’s the perfect combination of NH and Chicago for me. For years, I was never sure if I would have a kid and then my husband said he would really like a kid. So, we started this journey in August of 2019, and after many…many…many doctors I was finally able to get + sign that I was pregnant in February of 2020. Now, we find ourselves in lockdown during this unprecedented time of Covid19 and I am picking up where I left off. Since I cannot travel at the moment (tear…tear). I’ve decided to write about lifestyle, my pregnancy, fitness and some fashion…of course. Once we are able to resume travel and normalcy I will try to connect the two and make it more fluid. I’m really excited to start this new chapter and more so be in a community with feedback. I enjoy sharing my experiences and hearing from readers, so please always feel free to reach out to me. xoxo Ali