NEW BABY FAVORITES & NECESSITIES

I have a ton of friends that are currently pregnant...SO EXCITING!?! I love the "is this normal", "did this happen to you", "___ just happened" texts, emails & phone calls!! With so many of them recently finding out the gender & starting their registries, I've had a lot of questions about what to register for, where to register, what items I cannot live without, etc.  Here is my list of what I have found the most useful & things I cannot live without.   You will notice there things omitted from my list that are on most registry guides & that is because Addison either didn't like it so it didn't work for us & we didn't find it useful; therefore we didn't feel we needed it. I only listed brands for certain items because I LOVE them.

gear + equipment

Stroller

Infant car seat

Swing

Bouncy seat

Travel crib or Pack n’ Play

Baby Carrier

Car mirror

Tummy Time mat

Play gym

Car window shades

Highchair 

Toys

Sophie teething giraffe

feeding

Bottles

Bottle warmer

Bottle sterilizer

Bottle drying rack

Burp cloths

Bibs

QUALITY electric breast pump + accessories: Medela In Style Advanced

Nursing pads

Nursing cream

Nursing pillow

Nursing cover

Baby dish wear (spoons, bowls, sippy cups)

diapering

Diaper bag

Diapers- 100% sold on Pampers as far as disposable diapers are concerned.  If I could have gotten Philip to buy in I totally would have done cloth. 

Unscented, sensitive wipes- I like Pampers Sensitive Thick

Wipes travel case

Scented diaper sacks

Disposable changing pads- I lay them down on the kangaroo changing table stations & then put my diaper bag & Addison's portable changing pad on top.  Those changing stations are germtastic & the idea of resting my diaper bag/Addison's changing pad on it totally grosses me out.

Travel changing pad (usually comes in most diaper bags)

Diaper cream: HUGE fan of Baby Bee by Burt's Bees

Changing pad for nursery

Changing pad cover for nursery

bathing + hygeine

Infant bath tub- I LOVED our Puj Tub.  

Shampoo: HUGE fan of Baby Bee by Burt's Bees

Body wash: HUGE fan of Baby Bee by Burt's Bees

Lotion: HUGE fan of Baby Bee by Burt's Bees

Brush and comb

Washcloths: Aden+Anais muslin washcloths. They are super soft & thick

Hooded towels

Bath toys

Nail Clippers

Rubbing Alcohol & Cotton Swabs or Q-tips

Nasal bulb syringe (the hospital will give you one of these & it's way better than any one that comes in a kit you can buy)

sleeping

Mattress pad

Crib sheets

Swaddling blankets: LOVE LOVE LOVE our Aden + Anais muslin swaddle blankets

Mattress Pad cover

Video monitor: Summer Infant Best View Hand Held Color Monitor

Sleep sack- LOVE her Aden + Anais sleep sack

Sound Machine- We have a portable one that way we can take it whenever we travel

clothing

Onesies both long & short sleeved

Socks

Receiving blanket

Pajamas

Any type of clothes that you want to dress your baby in!-
Don't let people try & convince you that babies live in one piece button up rompers & pajama-like outfits.  It's your baby & you can dress he/she however you choose.