Bringing Baby Home

Congratulations!! You just had your first baby!!

Now you have the baby. What do you need before you bring baby home?

• You will decide if you are having a boy or girl.
• You will name the baby.
• You will list what you need to leave the hospital with.
• You will list what you need for the first month after having your baby.

1. Go to http://www.babynames.com.
2. Go to search baby names.
3. Type in baby name.
4. Write down the meaning and origin of name.

B. Second, find out what you need to leave the hospital with your baby.

1. Go to http://dexonline.com.
2. Type in hosptials and your city and state.
3. Pick a hospital.

   Hospital Name
   Address
   Phone Number

4. Call the hospital ask about their rules for bring home baby.
5. Fill out the A. Hospital side.
6. Go to http://kidshealth.org/parent/pregnancy_center/newborn_care/.
7. Fill out the B. Websites side.

C. Third, find out what you need for baby's first month.

1. Go to http://www.thebabycorner.com/page/278/ and http://www.babycenter.com/0_baby-products-must-haves-for-the-first-year_59.bc
2. Make a list of what you need.

Baby's First Month At Home

 

• Completely filled out chart for boy or girl is worth 25 points.
• Hospital information chart filled out completely is worth 25 points.
• Hospital vs. websites chart completely filled out is worth 25 points.
• Completely filled out chart for baby's first month home is worth 25 points.
  Total project is worth 100 points.

Congratulations! You are ready to bring your baby home from the hospital. You are now ready to use http://dexonline.com to look up businesses. You can use websites to get information from and pick out what matters to you.

There are a lot of additions that could be done to this lesson. We could use this after worked on a budget for having a baby and figuring out the cost of raising a child. We could also shop for diapers, clothes and other baby items online. We could also look at finding the right doctor for the baby and so forth this lesson is very expandable.