Becoming a mother is a trip even if you've been down that road before. It's an amazing absolutely consuming event. It is crazy hard, beautiful, and tiring. I've been a mother for almost five years now and I still haven't had a day when I don't feel tired. There are also so many surprises that come along with becoming a parent and one of the loveliest is how many other people are willing to help if you let them.
It really is an amazing thing. People you hardly speak to or relatives you forgot you had will come bearing gifts and if they can't they will ship those gifts. It's actually a very humbling thing and makes you feel unbelievably good.
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Having said that, sometimes people don't know what to get a new mom and when they ask the new mom she might not know what she actually wants or needs, so she'll say something nice like, Oh you don't have to get me anything, but if you do, whatever it is will be fine.
That's sweet and all, but now that I've become a mother twice over, I can tell you what I would have really loved to get as gifts and I know I'm not alone. Here are my picks for the five best gifts for new moms EVER.
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