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oh baby!
Items for Mom and Baby
What to
bring to the hospital for Mom and Baby:
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Baby |
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Car
seat
(Your baby must be in a car seat during
every car ride, including the
ride home from the hospital.)
Clothes for the ride home
Receiving Blanket
Filled Diaper Bag
(See below for content)
Peg Perego Primo
Viaggio
SIP Infant Car Seat
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A big,
comfy nightgown
For after the birth.
Several changes of socks
Slippers & Bathrobe
Toiletries
Brush, hairdryer, comb, toothbrush, toothpaste
Underwear, bras
Nursing bras & pads for nursing moms
Sanitary pads
Hospital may give you a good supply of them,
but always good to have extra!
Headband or scrunchie
For moms with longer hair
Eyeglasses if you need them
Must take contacts out during labor &
deliver.
Blistex or chap stick
Outfit to go home
Bring something comfortable!
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Other Essential Items to Bring to the Hospital:
Camera and/or
video camera with film
Address book with phone numbers
Health
insurance information
The Well-Stocked Diaper Bag:
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Diapers
Keep like 5-6, and don't forget to replenish
the stock when you use some!
Wipes
They make terrific travel-size wipe
containers that you can re-fill
from the big container you keep at home.
Two changes of clothes
Remember to change these periodically if they
are left in the diaper bag and not used.
They may become too small or the seasons may change.
A few small
toys
Something for
Diaper Rash
Keep it wrapped in a Zip-Loc bag in case the
ointment leaks.
Pacifier
If your baby uses one.
Powder formula
If your baby uses formula. They now have this
GREAT idea for
packaging formula – especially for trips and such. It
comes in a box and has
individual packages for a four oz. serving. I think
it’s by Enfamil.
Two bottles
Sterilized and ready to go.
Juice
When your baby is old enough. There are any
number of ways to transport this.
Whatever works best for you. They have the glass
bottles or you can carry
some in a container yourself.
Snacks
When your baby is old enough. We carry
Cheerios in a Zip-Loc bag.
You never know when you may get stuck somewhere and
need them.
Fever Reducer
or pain reliever and dropper
I always carried it, especially when my son
was going to the sitter.
It came in handy not only if he got sick, but also if
he was teething.
Items
for the Nursery:
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Essentials |
Non-essentials, but nice to have |
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Crib
Crib Mattress
Crib Bumper Pad & Bedding
Diaper Pail or Diaper Genie
Baby Bath Tub
Receiving Blankets
(5-6)
Fitted Sheets for mattress
(3-4)
Cloth diapers or burp cloths
(For when baby spits up)
Bibs
Feeding Equipment*
(For nursing or bottle feeding - see below)
Assorted Toiletries
Clothing
Humidifier |
Swing
Bassinet or cradle
Snugli
Baby Monitor
Changing Table
Bouncy Seat
Play Yard
Rocking Chair
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Feeding Equipment checklist
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Breastfeeding
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Bottle Feeding
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Three to four
nursing bras
Disposable nursing pads
A breast pump
3-4 bottles and nipples
for supplementing later on
A how-to book on nursing, plus the
name & phone number of a lactation
consultant near you
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6-8
eight-ounce bottles
2-4 four-ounce bottles
8-10 nipples, hoods & caps
A bottle & nipple brush
A dishwasher basket to hold
nipples, hoods & caps
Insulated carrier to transport
bottles of formula if needed.
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