A friend who was in her third trimester recently asked me what basic things I was using for our second baby boy. As many of us have, she went to Babies ‘R Us to register for her precious little one and was overwhelmed by the hundreds of products and choices. All those towering shelves are a lot to digest! How much does one tiny person need?
I learned my lesson with my first son. My best friend, who has a son five months older, graciously passed down all of the clothes and paraphernalia that were given to her from multiple people. She warned me that it was a lot, but I was excited about my first baby and went on my merry way stuffing the drawers and closets full. After he changed sizes a few times, I finally sorted through all of it and and gave about half of it away. It was just too much to keep track of and organize.
The second time around I decided to simplify and edit even more. The truth is newborns don’t really need that much, it’s as they get older and harder to entertain the stuff takes over! This is everything we used after we came home from the hospital the second time:
New Baby Checklist: Everything You Need Before Baby Arrives
Newborns grow so fast it’s not worth investing in an extensive wardrobe or cute outfits that make them look like little adults. They sleep most of the time anyway!
Hopefully this list will help you create yours. In my third trimester, both times I felt like I was stockpiling for the end of the Cold War, never to leave home again. But the truth is if you forget something you can actually leave the house with your baby! Or if you’re too tired and don’t want to get out of PJs, order it online.
As the baby gets older you’ll see what you need to buy here and there — a Pack ‘n’ Play if you take a trip or a baby carrier if he won’t leave your side — but for now it can wait and you’ll appreciate the simplicity.
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New Baby Essentials Checklist
Would you like to feature an idea or photo from House Mix? Great! Please use only one image, do not crop the credit on the bottom and provide a link back to the original post. You may not share a post in its entirety. Thanks!By the time our third baby is born, it will have been 4.5 years since we were last dealing with newborn paraphernalia. You’d think I’d be sorted with all the baby equipment by now, but in that time lots more of my friends have had babies and I’ve seen items of theirs I preferred, I’m more aware of the baby products that are on the market thanks to social media and mamahood experience. Some items I bought and didn’t use, other items I loved but have since sold to make room in our house, while other pieces of kit are knackered after going through two children. So now, with 9 weeks left to go, I’m trying to get my head around what newborn essentials I really need, hence this new baby checklist!
Despite the fact this will be my third baby, I’m STILL feeling overwhelmed, so in an attempt to sort my own brain out and help others who are embarking on the parenthood essentials minefield, I’ve written down my new baby checklist. Obviously different things work for different people, so this is based on what did and didn’t work for me.
I’ve categorised and numbered the ‘essential’ items and added other options for the ‘would be nice to have’ products if cost and space aren’t an issue or where more eco-friendly options are available.
The Newborn Baby Checklist: Everything You Need
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Before I had babies I had no idea about the nappy numbering system! For newborns, you’ll probably want a pack of newborn (size 0) and a pack of size 1 nappies in the house. Both my babies were over 8lb, so I think we moved out of newborn nappies very quickly (if we even used them at all) and went straight into size 1.
My favourite brands: Aldi (brilliant, cheap nappies), Pampers (more expensive but you can easily Amazon/supermarket delivery them to your door). I also like the Kit and Kin nappies for their eco-friendliness and subscription service, but they are more expensive.
Summer Essentials For Baby
I tried reusable nappies with my first baby, but I only had about 3 so it didn’t really work out. I think I was probably doing it wrong as I could never get the stains out and they leaked a lot. However, friends of mine are loyal reusable nappy-ers and have saved a fortune, particularly with multiple children, as a result. If you’re planning on going down this route, you need to make an investment in a big bundle of nappies in the beginning and it’ll pay off. It’s worth looking at local Facebook groups as people sell their reusable nappies once they’re done with them and you can pick up a good bundle cheaply and then sell on if it’s not for you. I definitely want to try it again third time around!
Whether or not you’re going to use reusable nappies, I’d say it’s still worth having some non-resuable ones in the house, particularly during the hazy newborn days, just in case.
I have to say we rarely used nappy bags at home, we’d just roll the nappies up tightly and change the bin regularly, unless it was particularly stinky and then we’d pop it in a nappy bag and put it straight in our outdoor bin. They’re useful if you’re out and about or at someone’s else’s house though! I’m going to try get some biodegradable ones (like these ones from Boots or Kit and Kin) this time around to ease my waste guilt (that’s a thing right?)
How To Dress Your Baby For Summer
Nice and squishy for baby to lie on and easy to wipe clean. I used to have one upstairs on a changing table (it’s good to have one up high if you suffer from back issues!) and used our travel changing mat (which came with a fancy changing bag) downstairs to save our carpet.
To save your back (I slipped a disc when my eldest was 8 weeks old, so this is really important to me!), I’d really recommend getting a changing table if you can fit one in. Or use the top of a chest of drawers. If you’re short on space, it might be worth looking into ones that lie over the top of the cot (I think we will be doing this as we sold our actual changing table due to space constraints!)
It doesn’t have to be an ‘actual’ changing bag as these can be quite expensive, but something that you can carry around all the wipes, nappies etc during the day. I prefer a normal rucksack for this (I use The Travel Hack Rucksack), although my mum bought us a …. Bag which came with a changing mat, bottle insulator and lots of handy pockets, which I have since taken out to use in my day-to-day rucksack now.
Newborn Baby Shopping
I’m really going to try and buy the non-plastic ones as much as possible as you need wipes for everything! Aldi now do biodegradable baby wipes for just 65p a pack.
I couldn’t do without a baby sleeping bag, I just didn’t get on with blankets being kicked off or worrying about whether they might go over the baby’s head. Besides,
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