Being new to the world of childcare, I was surprised to learn the variety of options available. Here is my summary of advantages and disadvantages of these options: traditional daycare, employer provided daycare, stay-at-home-moms' mini-daycares, SAHM nannies, nannies, couples with alternating work schedules, extended family, and stay-at-home-parent.

Scrapjazz.com has a really nice outline for scrapbooking your pregnancy. It has topics for photos and journaling. It is mostly a content outline, not a format or decor outline.

It is hard to find good baby nursery pictures on the internet for inspiration. If you have some good ones, post them! There is one site I am considering, but you have to pay to see most of the pictures: Decorating Inspiration. It is 24.95 for a 3 month subscription and you get 2 magazine subscriptions too. Seems a bit much, and don't know if it will be worth it, but may give it a try... It is really annoying to use the site without paying because this pop-up keeps appearing asking you to join and saying you can't see any more pictures.

Elephants On The Wall is a website that sells mural designs for the walls of kids rooms. There are some really cute ones and they don't look too hard to do; however there are pictures sent in by people who have done them, and you can tell that some are more artisticly inclined than others, so best to do this project if you have some art skills.

Butterflycraze.com is a website store that offers really cute mobile of butterflies. The nursery has a nice buttercup yellow color that I like as well. They make really cute little girl flower dresses.

WallCandyArts.com is a website store that offers cute wall art that is easy to just stick on the wall. They have even have chalkboard that will stick to the wall. Perfect for tots to teens. Some really cute designs.

Carryyou.com is a website store that offers accessories for your stroller. There are some neat items, and the site has a handy feature where you can look up your stroller and see which accessories will fit it. Most major brands are listed.

Consumer Reports did some testing of car seats and the results were not great.
Click here for the full report.

The take home message from the report is: "Of 12 infant seats we tested, only 2 performed well: the Baby Trend Flex-Loc and the Graco SnugRide with EPS."