My baby list... have I missed anything?

Noodles · Jun 26th, 2009, 14:01 PM

Excluding clothes and tolietries can you think of anything that I have missed?

Cotbed
Mattress
Wardrobe
Changing station/chest of drawers
Changing mat
Sleep pods
Sheets
Quilette (more more show until the baby gets older)
Bumper
Nappy stacker
Mobile
Curtains and tie backs
Blackout blind
Lampshade
Fleece blanket
Cellular blankets x2 (note to self may need more)
Stickarounds
Baby bath
Top and tail bowl
Baby toiletry box
Grobag egg room themometer
Rocking chair and foot stool
Nursing pillow
Moses basket
Sheet for moses basket
Rocking stand for moses baset
Travel cot
Sheets for travel cot
Board books
Playmat
Toys
Baby bouncer
Baby swing
Baby monitor
Sterilizer
Breast pump
Bottles (for when extracting)
Hospital bag
Pram (with car seat)
Sun blinds
Lamp
Muslim cloths

anothersquish · Jun 26th, 2009, 14:06 PM

I will reread list and think but you missed off a VITAL thing...Muslin cloths!!!! You must have MANY MANY muslin cloths, they are simply a must have. I would rather go without anything else and keep my muslin cloths!
I also reckon you are going to need more than two cellular blankets when you get down to it, you do usually end up doing a wash a day if you have a baby who drools or is sick a fair bit (like most!) and they arent always adverse to making a right mess of thier blankets either with sick, drool or leaky nappies.

NattieLou · Jun 26th, 2009, 14:08 PM

I don't even know what some of those things are!

Off the top of my head, all the Mums I know have used muslin squares, and I don't see those on your list.

Noodles · Jun 26th, 2009, 14:09 PM

I had them in my head but I didn't write it down (my sis in law swears by them) I'll add them now.

anothersquish · Jun 26th, 2009, 14:11 PM

Oh and honestly if you arent dead set some things arent really required, like top and tail bowl. If you are like me you have a million plastic boxes you use for food, two of these can be converted to top and tail bowls and thats free...plus you dont have the 'clutter'.
Personally I always found a cot top changing mat much easier/better to use than aone set ontop of a chest of drawers, reason being is you have baby pointed straight at you instead of sideways...just makes life easier. If you wanted advise on that I would say to buy a normal chest of drawers and the cot top changer.
Im still thinking, been 5 years since Ive done this so the memory is a touch rusty!

anothersquish · Jun 26th, 2009, 14:13 PM

oh, sorry....Ill get there eventually....I bought myself an expensive nursing rocker with footstool and ended up getting rid, it was too narrow and you couldnt 'sit back' in it properly. I was really dissapointed. I ended up getting a comfy armchair with inbuilt foot rest and found it cheaper, comfier and less cluttering as there was no permenant footstool to get in the way.

purplegirl · Jun 26th, 2009, 14:36 PM

I only bought about half of your list and saved loads of money. Maybe buy somethings later when you see what you need. Some of the things I did not have were : baby bath, top and tail bowl, quilt, hospital bag ( used bag already had), swing, feeding chair, nappy stacker, bumper, gro bag egg thermometer ( monitor should tell you temp), sun blinds. Hope this helps

danniemum2be · Jun 26th, 2009, 14:48 PM

creams, cotton wool, talk, baby bath and other toiletries x x

lottie_2007 · Jun 26th, 2009, 15:01 PM

I'm with purplegirl, buy the essentials noodles! As long as baby has somewhere to sleep and you have feeding equipment etc you can buy things as you go along! I bought a travel cot and it got used twice for lottie to play in in the day but she hated it and would never sleep in it, we put the moses basket in the cot for the first few month and she was too tiny for her bouncy chair for ages!
I would say the swing is invaluable though, thats the only thing (apart from pram/carseat) that i'm buying as i still have moses basket! People will want to buy you lots too! Also baby wont be interested in toys for the first few months so save your pennies! :-) xx

Noodles · Jun 26th, 2009, 17:39 PM

Thank girls, we have got a lot of it from friends of the family and off ebay so we wouldn't have had most of those thing otherwise.

Jun 26th, 2009, 14:01 PM	#1
Noodles Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: UK Posts: 5,746	My baby list... have I missed anything? Excluding clothes and tolietries can you think of anything that I have missed? Cotbed Mattress Wardrobe Changing station/chest of drawers Changing mat Sleep pods Sheets Quilette (more more show until the baby gets older) Bumper Nappy stacker Mobile Curtains and tie backs Blackout blind Lampshade Fleece blanket Cellular blankets x2 (note to self may need more) Stickarounds Baby bath Top and tail bowl Baby toiletry box Grobag egg room themometer Rocking chair and foot stool Nursing pillow Moses basket Sheet for moses basket Rocking stand for moses baset Travel cot Sheets for travel cot Board books Playmat Toys Baby bouncer Baby swing Baby monitor Sterilizer Breast pump Bottles (for when extracting) Hospital bag Pram (with car seat) Sun blinds Lamp Muslim cloths

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Jun 26th, 2009, 14:06 PM	#2
anothersquish Mum (Mom) Inactive Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 5,415	I will reread list and think but you missed off a VITAL thing...Muslin cloths!!!! You must have MANY MANY muslin cloths, they are simply a must have. I would rather go without anything else and keep my muslin cloths! I also reckon you are going to need more than two cellular blankets when you get down to it, you do usually end up doing a wash a day if you have a baby who drools or is sick a fair bit (like most!) and they arent always adverse to making a right mess of thier blankets either with sick, drool or leaky nappies.

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Jun 26th, 2009, 14:08 PM	#3
NattieLou Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Hove Posts: 561	I don't even know what some of those things are! Off the top of my head, all the Mums I know have used muslin squares, and I don't see those on your list.

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Jun 26th, 2009, 14:09 PM	#4
Noodles Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: UK Posts: 5,746	I had them in my head but I didn't write it down (my sis in law swears by them) I'll add them now.

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Jun 26th, 2009, 14:11 PM	#5
anothersquish Mum (Mom) Inactive Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 5,415	Oh and honestly if you arent dead set some things arent really required, like top and tail bowl. If you are like me you have a million plastic boxes you use for food, two of these can be converted to top and tail bowls and thats free...plus you dont have the 'clutter'. Personally I always found a cot top changing mat much easier/better to use than aone set ontop of a chest of drawers, reason being is you have baby pointed straight at you instead of sideways...just makes life easier. If you wanted advise on that I would say to buy a normal chest of drawers and the cot top changer. Im still thinking, been 5 years since Ive done this so the memory is a touch rusty!

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Jun 26th, 2009, 14:13 PM	#6
anothersquish Mum (Mom) Inactive Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 5,415	oh, sorry....Ill get there eventually....I bought myself an expensive nursing rocker with footstool and ended up getting rid, it was too narrow and you couldnt 'sit back' in it properly. I was really dissapointed. I ended up getting a comfy armchair with inbuilt foot rest and found it cheaper, comfier and less cluttering as there was no permenant footstool to get in the way.

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Jun 26th, 2009, 14:36 PM	#7
purplegirl Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 148	I only bought about half of your list and saved loads of money. Maybe buy somethings later when you see what you need. Some of the things I did not have were : baby bath, top and tail bowl, quilt, hospital bag ( used bag already had), swing, feeding chair, nappy stacker, bumper, gro bag egg thermometer ( monitor should tell you temp), sun blinds. Hope this helps

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Jun 26th, 2009, 14:48 PM	#8
danniemum2be Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 4,520	creams, cotton wool, talk, baby bath and other toiletries x x

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Jun 26th, 2009, 15:01 PM	#9
lottie_2007 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: STAFFORDSHIRE Posts: 4,460	I'm with purplegirl, buy the essentials noodles! As long as baby has somewhere to sleep and you have feeding equipment etc you can buy things as you go along! I bought a travel cot and it got used twice for lottie to play in in the day but she hated it and would never sleep in it, we put the moses basket in the cot for the first few month and she was too tiny for her bouncy chair for ages! I would say the swing is invaluable though, thats the only thing (apart from pram/carseat) that i'm buying as i still have moses basket! People will want to buy you lots too! Also baby wont be interested in toys for the first few months so save your pennies! :-) xx

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Jun 26th, 2009, 17:39 PM	#10
Noodles Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: UK Posts: 5,746	Thank girls, we have got a lot of it from friends of the family and off ebay so we wouldn't have had most of those thing otherwise.

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