I need a checklist of just essentials I’m going to need for my newborn comming soon. Honestly, I’ve been lagging on buying baby stuff, mostly because I don’t want a lot of clothes laying around and wish to wait ’til the baby is born to buy specific gender clothes. This is my second baby in two years, so I have an idea of what is most needed for newborns, but I’d like some help on things I might have forgotten.
So far I have
Two small boxes of Huggies Newborn diapers
3pk Vent Aire Bottles
2pk A-Vent Bottles
Newborn pacifier
3-6m pacifier
New bobby pillow
1 3pk of newborn shirts with the mitten cuff
2 5pks of 5-8lbs onsies
2 5pks of 8-10lbs(I think) onsies
New baby bath and foam pad
2 baby hooded towels
4 baby washcloths
Basic baby safety kit(nose sucker/thermometer/clippers/etc)
Crib
2 new crib sheets
1 4pk of recieving blankets
New travel size swing
Bottles rack(orginally my son’s)
What I know I need
Baby bath soap
Baby washing soap
Wipes!!
Blankets
Bottle brush
Latex nipples for bottles
Formula(if I don’t breastfeed)
Baby mittens
Newborn pants
Bouncer
Crib mobile
Playyard
More recieving blankets/towels/newborn shirts
Basically it, I plan on buying clothes and toys as the baby grows because I know they don’t need much as newborns but the basics.
Is there anything else I need to buy before the baby comes? I know I need to stock up on wipes and diapers and I will, these are the things I basically have right now and will get more later.
Oh yes, I know I forgot SOCKS!! How many packs do I need to buy??
Also, I wasn’t planning on having another baby for years, so I ended up giving away most of my son’s old bouncers/walker and stuff to charity before I found out I was expecting ^.^ good thing I kept the strollar and carseat :)
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Music Lover says
how about a car seat & stroller
ay caramba says
well i think you have the most important things you forgot baby oil in case your baby has craddle cap and lotion for the baby’s botton so he don’t get burned
oh and lots of love hugs and kisses make sure you don’t forget that lol
congrats and i hope you have a Beautiful healthy baby.
SweetElf says
Get a lot of baby gowns… much easier to change a diaper in the middle of the night without having to snap anything… and you’ll need 12 pairs of socks.
If you’re going to breastfeed, get a pump and some nipple cream.
If you’re formula feeding, stock up!
Also, check and make sure the carseat is still good, and hasn’t been recalled…
Im just answering your question! says
LOl the biggest thing to remember is to not buy too much stuff! they grow through their newborn clothes so quickly!
The one thing we didnt have ANY of for our baby boy was singlets – to wear UNDER huis onesies when its colder.
Do you have sterilizing equipment for the baby bottles? Tablets or a microwave serilizer? Im notsure about where you are from but here in NZ we HAVE to sterilize everything after its washed due to a chemical in the water.
Oh and I didnt see hats on there….socks you should buy a few pairs cus they get lost very easily!
josephine says
Basic needs for newborn baby:
•2 to 4 packages of newborn disposable or cloth diapers, diaper bag,
diaper cream/ointment, baby powder. Cloth diapers, a diaper pail and
safety pins can save you a lot of money in the long run and are better for the environment.
•Baby wipes(fragrance free)and baby washcloths
•Burp cloths or extra cloth diapers
•6 to 8 lightweight gowns/newborn sleeper outfits
•3 to 4 receiving/swaddling blankets for holding baby, swaddling,
changing, bonding and playing with baby.
•Car seat (rear facing infant safety seat)
•6 pairs of socks or booties, 2 hats, 2 sweaters
•4 pacifiers
•Baby bathtub, tearless baby shampoo, baby lotion, alcohol swabs (for umbilical cord), baby brush,
thermometer, baby soap, 2 to 4 baby towels, nasal aspirator, baby nail clippers
•Bassinet or crib, 4 fitted sheets, 2 waterproof mattress pads, bumper pad for crib, 2 crib blankets
•2 or 3 nursing bras and pads, breast pump and nipple cream if planning on nursing the baby
•6 or more baby bottles with nipples, sterilizing equipment, bottle brush, bottle warmer, 6 baby bibs,
infant formula if you are not planning to nurse
•Baby stroller
•Soft baby toys, baby mobile and baby monitor
•Optional special outfit to bring your baby home from the hospital in
•Baby clothes in increasing sizes as baby grows
? ? ? Baby Mumma ? ? ? says
If you just type… etc and follow the links to baby a big check list will come up for everything that you may require.
I got one but in my other computer, but you can also walk around in the store and they have a baby check list printed out that you can just rip off and take
all the best