The Zaky is one of those clever inventions I wish had been around when my children were babies. It is a soft, heavy pillow shaped like a hand and forearm, which can be placed next to, over or curled around a newborn. A mother can make the Zaky smell like herself by sleeping with it on her chest for a night, then placing it next to baby. For premature babies in neonatal intensive care units, the Zaky simulates the feel and smell of their mother holding them, even if she cannot always be with them in the hospital. The Zaky helps full-term newborns stay propped up correctly in their car seat, carrier or stroller (I used to roll up clean dishtowels and prop them next to my infant son, to keep him from tilting over and getting scrunched in one corner of the car seat). You can also use them when putting baby down for the night, after warming them up in the dryer. They come in beige (pictured), blue or pink and are fully washable ($49.95 each or two for $37.46 each; order here). Something else you’ll probably be buying once baby arrives is birth announcements. Baby’s Here offers birth announcements printed on recycled paper.) They have photo announcements, traditional announcements and invitations to baby showers. You can also get a free pregnancy ticker to add to your Myspace, Facebook or other personal web page (a sample one reads “My pregnancy is sailing along, only 123 days to go!”); the program updates the number of days automatically. That might be a little too much information to share with everyone who can see your site – but every mom chooses a different way to count the days down.