Baby and Nursery

• Crib or co-sleeper
• Crib mattress

• Changing table
• Bassinet (though it’s only safe until 3 months or 15 pounds)
• Rocking chair or glider
• Humidifier or vaporizer
• Dresser/chest
• Hamper
• Baby monitor (if you have a big house)

What you don’t need: A secondhand crib (get a new one for safety)

• 2 fitted crib sheets
• Baby and Nursery safe
• Crib bumper that ties on securely (this is controversial — some people worry that they’re a SIDS risk; others say they keep baby from banging into the bars)
• Several thin cottons receiving blankets
• 2 waterproof mattress protectors

• Matching quilt or a crib skirt (they’re only decorative)

What you don’t need: Pillows, sleep positioners, or mattress padding as all pose a SIDS risk

• Gates at the top and bottom of all stairs
• Cabinet latches
• Drawer Latches
• Outlet covers
• Fireplace bumper
• Furniture anchors

• Toilet lock
• Corner guards for low tables

• 8 or so bottles with newborn nipples (try several brands to find the one your baby prefers)
• Bottle-cleaning brush or a dishwasher basket
• Bottle-drying rack
• Several weeks’ worth of baby formula to start
• 6 or more cotton bibs
• 6 or more burp cloths (cloth diapers do the job)
• Insulated cooler/carrier for outings

• Dry formula dispenser
• Bottle sterilizer

What you don’t need: A bottle warmer (heating in hot water takes the same amount of time) or a bottle proper (unless you have multiples and use it sparingly when you can’t otherwise feed all the babies at once)

• Nursing pillow
• 2-3 nursing bras
• 2-3 boxes of nursing pads
• 6 or more cotton bibs
• 6 or more burp cloths (cloth diapers do the job)

• Breast pump (electric if you’ll use it every day at work, otherwise a hand pump is fine)
• Breast milk storage bags or containers
• Several bottles and nipples if someone else will be feeding baby pumped breast milk
• Nipple cream (for the first few weeks)

• High chair
• Plastic bibs
• Infant feeding spoon infant bowl

• Mess mat for under the high chair
• Baby food mill (if you’re ambitious enough to puree your own baby food)

• 2 packs of newborn diapers to start
• Wipes
• Diaper rash ointment
• The waterproof changing table pad
• 2-3 changing table pad covers (usually cotton or terry cloth)
• Diaper pail or trash can with a lid

• 4-5 waterproof square or rectangular pads for under baby’s bottom (protecting the cover that’s protecting the pad — you won’t be sorry)
• Baby cream (if your baby has dry skin)
• Non-talc powder (to help the diaper area dry faster)

What you don’t need: A wipe warmer or a diaper stacker (though they’re pretty)

• 2 hooded towels
• 4 washcloths
• Infant tub (for after the umbilical cord falls off)
• Bath seat or inflatable tub-within-a-tub (for after 6 months)
• Baby bath wash
• Baby shampoo
• Baby comb and brush set
• Nail scissors/nail clippers/nail file set
• Cotton swabs
• Cotton balls

• Bath toys
• Mesh bag to hold bath toys
• Bath thermometer
• Faucet guard

What you don’t need: A baby-size robe (it’s hard enough to get baby dressed in her real clothes!)

• 7 or more snap-crotch bodysuits/onesies
• 3-4 T-shirts and/or side-snap shirts
• Several snap-up rompers
• Several shirt-and-pant sets
• 7 pairs of pajamas and/or sleeping gowns
• Sun hat
• Cold-weather hat
• Cardigan sweater
• Bunting or snowsuit if it gets cold
• 6 pairs of booties and/or socks
• Baby hangers for the closet

• A special outfit to bring baby home in and/or show her off
• Several diaper covers
• A wearable sleep sack, to use instead of a blanket

What you don’t need: Shoes (until the baby is walking outside, i.e., the toddler years)

We hope this helps. We are Happy you have come to our page for your baby needs.