baby must haves<\/a>. Sure, those newborn essentials were a little well-worn, but I had what I needed to survive the newborn phase.<\/p>\n\n\n\nBut when my second child arrived, I realized my mistake<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nBecause suddenly, I had a newborn and<\/em> an older kid to wrangle:<\/p>\n\n\n\n- When the baby went down for a nap, I spent every ounce of energy, creativity, and patience I had to keep my big kid quiet.<\/li>
- When they were both awake, that<\/em> was when my big kid needed something like a snack or help using the bathroom.<\/li>
- If we ran out of an essential like diapers or wipes or mom’s emergency chocolate stash, jumping in the car to run to Target wasn’t as easy as before – because now I had to line up two<\/em> kids’ schedules and moods.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
And so when I was in the trenches with two little ones, I realized some baby gear that seemed unnecessary the first time around was now absolutely essential<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSince my second baby was born, I’ve gone on to have two more babies, so I learned through trial and error what you really<\/em> need on your second baby registry for welcoming another baby into the mix when you have an older child.<\/p>\n\n\n