Newborn Essentials

I have recently became a new mommy! In July, we welcomed our first baby, Leo.

We kept the gender a secret until delivery. If you are expecting or plan to have babies in the future, I can’t say enough how exciting it was to not know the gender. It was the ultimate surprise. There are not many positive surprises in life—and definitely not as grand and special as this.

Not knowing the gender didn’t deteriorate the baby shopping or preparing experience either. It actually made the process a lot easier and saved us a lot of money. We didn’t spend a ton on gender specific clothing and instead only bought around 10 outfits in various sizes (newborn – three months). If you keep up with laundry, this is plenty!

Now, let’s talk about the main essentials that I found most beneficial during the newborn stage. These are just what I liked most through the newborn stage. As he has gotten older, these items have changed a little bit. Let me know if you would like lists for different ages! You can also get by with just a car seat, a bassinet, and some diapers.

As a first time mom, these products made the newborn stage enjoyable!

The essentials:

• Bedside bassinet

• Ubbi diaper pails

  • These don’t require a specific brand of trash bag (saving you money)

  • I bought two (one for upstairs and one for downstairs)

• Re-usable breast pads for milk leakage

• Hakaa (great for colostrum collection)

• Weighted wipe container

• Nespresso machine with frother (for mom + dad 😉 )

  • This is the one I use

• Halo 3-way swaddles

• This specific pacifier

• Diaper spray (so much easier than the paste and less mess)

• Gas drops

• Baskets for “stations”

  • I stocked these with diapers, hand sanitizer, burp cloths, socks, pacifiers, etc. and put them in high traffic areas in my house

• 4Moms pack n play with the diaper changing station attachment

• Baby bjourn bouncer

• Bluesnail reusable changing pads

• Tubby Todd bath products

• Elvie hands free pump

  • We are EBF but I used this pump to help increase my supply when needed and pump on long car rides so I could bottle feed him in the car seat

• Baby brezza sterilizer

• Separate container for baby washing

• Baby dish soap

• Night gowns *NO snap clothing*

• Gripe water (for hiccups)

• Genexa (dye free Tylenol)

• Black & white cards for entertainment

• Nuna Pipa Urban and TRVL system

• Moby baby wrap