BABY PRODUCTS FOR THE FIRST MONTH

This was a highly requested post… What baby products did we use/need during the first month. It’s actually a question I asked myself a lot while pregnant, especially while putting together a registry. What exactly do you need for a newborn. Surely over time we’ll need more things, but what do you need in those first few weeks to get by.

Everyone will tell you that you don’t need much, and that’s true. It’s easy to go overboard (I certainly did!) with research and feeling like you need all the things. While you don’t need too much, every baby is different and it can help to have more than one option on hand just in case something isn’t working and your baby wants or needs something else. I thought I’d share what worked for Jack and what we used the most. We definitely used more than what is on the list, but these are what we used the most and what I would consider must-haves for that first month.

(I had been keeping a running list of favorites on my phone and somehow the list got deleted…. I spent the last week trying to recreate it, so I hope I haven’t left anything important off. The mom brain is, unfortunately, a real thing.)

Before I get into the full list, let me tell you the three things you should absolutely get no matter what (in my opinion, haha):

BURP CLOTHS: Buy them. Get more than you think you’ll need. These come in handy in a very, very big way. I have a few in every room, my car, the stroller, and my diaper bag. I bought these from Amazon and have found them to be incredibly soft and absorbent. They do shrink a bit the first time you wash them, but the size they end up is perfect. I constantly have a pile fresh out of the laundry because we got through them so much. (Bonus, lol, they are great for wiping away postpartum hormonal tears, too 😉.)

GERBER ONESIES: There is nothing cuter than a baby in a simple white onesie and the Gerber ones are great. They wear well and wash well. And because they’re inexpensive, you don’t have to be super precious with them. More often than not, this is what Jack wears throughout the day and overnight. I love the short-sleeve and the long-sleeve as well. Jack was a fairly big and long baby and he only just grew out of the newborn size, so I’d start with the newborn size and then move up to the 0-3 months.

SOLLY WRAP: I think this is going to be my new go-to baby shower/welcome baby gift for moms. I had purchased one while pregnant and then forgot I had it. I was trying to do laundry one day and Jack was fussy and just wanted to be held…. and it dawned on me that I had this wrap!!! I pulled it out, watched the instructional video six times, and BAM we were in business. I baby-wear Jack quite a bit now and it is a game changer to free up my hands and it soothes Jack completely. He loves it, I love it. (I even coached Mike through how to put it on and he approved too.)

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