Week 37 ~ Buy baby & nursing items

As my due date approached I could not find a complete list anywhere of the essential items I needed to have in the house upon arrival home from the hospital. I decided to make one up to help my friends so they wouldn’t have to worry in the last minute. I suggest going to the store a few weeks before your due date and picking up these items to store in a closet so you will be all prepared for that first week home. I hope this helps.

• 2 packages of diapers (1 in the smallest size and one in the 2 nd smallest size – this way you will have one package of the right size and you can send your husband out to return the wrong one)
• small package q-tips
• Vaseline
• Soothies – 1 package (they are gel inserts for your bra *if nursing)
• nursing pads (if nursing)
• Lanisoh nipple cream (if nursing)
• 1 package burp cloths
• nursing bra (bring to hospital)
• nursing shirt (bring to hospital)
• nursing pads (bring to hospital)
• starter set of bottles
• infant nail file and clipper
• diaper cream (Triple Paste, Balmex, A&D ointment)
• receiving blankets (for swaddling)
• microwave bottle sterilizer (will save a lot of time rather than boiling water)
• bottle brush
• onesies
• pads with wings in several sizes (you will be bleeding to some extent for at least a month)
• bassinette/crib sheet
• infant car seat (for arriving home from the hospital)
• Bundle Me or warm blanket (for winter babies)
• baby wipes
• rubbing alcohol
• pacifiers (2)
• Purell (a few bottles)
• Dreft laundry detergent
• stain spray for laundry
• stain spray for upholstery and carpet
• Extra Strength Tylenol (for you, not the baby) an outfit to wear home from the hospital (for the baby)
• few cans of formula (if you are not nursing)
• package of socks (for the baby)

AA, AAA, C, & D batteries. All of your toys, swings, etc. will need them