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Who is the main character of "Aladdin"?

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[quote="AladdinsGenie"]But this IS news!! omg congrats!! We can't wait to meet little miss Aladdincentrala :lol:

Purchase immediately:
Car seat. You'll need that to take her home so that's a day 1 must. And if the budget allows, preferably one of those growing car seats that goes all the way up to a booster seat so that way you don't have to keep purchasing a new one every time she outgrows it. I would also think about if you have more than one car and don't feel like bouncing The One Good Car Seat back and forth. And especially if siblings or grandparents will be driving her around when she's dropped off for visits, maybe having an extra one for them would be helpful? And that one doesn't necessarily need to be a fancy one, but you know just an extra one for convenience whenever a situation like that arises.

You'll want a stroller. There's so many different kinds and you can do your research on what works for you and your life style. But I see a lot of parents that carry their newborn babies around when they go to the store with just a blanket covering them because they didn't have a stroller yet thinking they wouldn't need it for a few more weeks. You don't necessarily anticipate bringing them in to that kind of environment so soon, but it might happen and I just find everyone (mom, dad, the baby) is a lot less stressed when it's an option and not something you have to think about in the midst of dealing with a week old baby. I know it takes a minute to load in and out of the car and then make sure the baby is comfortable, but that's your life now :lol:

I would definitely start stock piling diapers and wipes now. Start with size 1 and go up from there. As you get closer to your due date and everything is looking to be on track, then you can pick up a few boxes of Newborn diapers. She won't be in those longer than she will a size 1, but long enough that you'll need some depending on her weight and when she comes out. Also, consider the possibility she might be premie and just make note of where some premie items are located. I'm saying this because I had a friend (the one I bullied into naming her daughter Aurora :lol:) who had her baby a month early and therefore had zero premie items on hand and they're not easy to find in stores, so we had to hurry up and amazon prime some diapers, clothing, etc. to her.

For the registry, everything else :lol:. Doesn't matter what it is, just put it on there. You'll be surprised what people will buy. Some items mothers I know found to be life savers, though, are a baby monitor for the nursery, a noise machine (portable and stationary), postpartum kit for you, body pillows for you and the baby, swaddlers, and mini fridge for bottles. I'll come back to this part later, though, cause there's a lot of cute Aladdin (well mostly Jasmine) stuff I've seen for babies.

For the nursery, "Aladdin themed" - to me - means bright colors, popped with some gold accents and then maybe a sneaky direct reference here and there like Carpet on the ground or rolled up in the corner, Genie's lamp high up on a shelf somewhere, a fake apple on the dresser, Jasmine's flower and vase nearby, an Abu plush hanging out, that kind of thing. And especially if you keep the crib in there, you can add a canopy around it and then echo that with the window curtains to mimic the drapery around the palace/Jasmine's room. Lots of pillows and blankets in the seating areas. Maybe do some glow in the dark stars on the wall for night time and some light-up Arabic lanterns for the evening to give a warm glow to the room (kinda like this: https://www.disneytouristblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/arabian-coast-buildings-stairs.jpg). If you can find like an old wooden trunk, you can load it with diapers and babies supplies, but make it look like a treasure chest. There's so many things you can do. Ugh, I wish I was an interior decorator for real :lol:

And you can always go as Chicha from The Emperor's New Groove for Halloween! You might wanna think about something for your daughter too, though, as it's a huge possibility she'll be out before then.[/quote]

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