Laura Waller

My name is Laura Waller and I attended Appalachian State University. After college I moved to Washington DC where I taught Kindergarten. The best part of my time in DC was meeting my wonderful husband Jacob. After enjoying all the excitement of DC, we moved back to Eastern North Carolina, where I continued teaching. After trying for a while to get pregnant and meeting with infertility doctors, we welcomed our first child, Elliana, into the world. Elliana means “my God has answered” and she certainly is our answered prayer. We decided that I would stay home to be with Elli full time. When Elli turned one year old, I decided to cheat a little on the “stay at home” gig and take a part time job working with refugee families in the school systems. That job will end in the Spring of 2012 and, as timing would have it, our second baby is due in May. At this point in time, my days are consumed with keeping up with Elli (which is harder than it sounds), working, trying to find exciting activities around Eastern NC for our family to experience, an occasional work out, and honestly - an occasional nap. I know things are certainly going to change in our house and in some ways that makes me a bit nervous so I am always excited to get advice from experienced moms!

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Being Prepared For Baby At ALL Times

The other day my family decided to head to the mall for a little shopping. As soon as we got into the mall we headed to the bathrooms for a potty break and diaper changes. This is when we realized that our daughter had a big poopie accident and needed a change of clothes. This is also when we realized she didn’t have a change of clothes in her bag.

I had to go to a children’s store in the mall and scramble to buy her an outfit. Once my husband got her all changed it was time for my son to be changed. This was when we realized that he needed a change of clothes too because he wet himself. We didn’t have an extra outfit for him so we had to go to back to the children’s store and buy him an outfit.

Needless to say we spent about 45 minutes getting both of the kids changed and freshly diapered. By the time we were finished we only had 45 minutes left to shop around in the mall before it closed.

You would think that since this is my second baby that I would know to be prepared at all times for baby. When I say prepared I mean having extra clothes, wipes, and diapers in her diaper bag, and plenty of food on hand. Of course, don’t forget the burp cloths.  I wasn’t upset or anything. I just had a big reminder of why its important to be prepared at all time for anything when it comes to babies.

How do you stay prepared at all times when venturing out of the house?

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