Planning your nursery? Don’t forget the basics!
Here’s a list of the supplies you’ll need when your baby comes home for the first time:
- Mild, baby-safe laundry soap for pre-washing baby items
- Newborn-size disposable diapers or pre-washed cloth diapers
- Diaper wipes
- Pre-washed sleepers
- A safe crib or bassinet and pre-washed sheet
- For breastfeeding moms, a breast pump for expressing milk between feedings
- Baby formula (discuss variety with your doctor)
- Sterilized bottles and containers for pumped breast milk or formula
- Pacifier to comfort your baby between feedings
- Baby thermometer
- Infant acetaminophen drops
- Liquid baby bath soap
- Baby bather (soft, small, hands-free holder for bathing young babies)
- Soft washcloths and hooded towel, pre-washed
- Ointment for diaper rash
- Cotton swabs
- Saline drops and bulb syringe for a stuffy nose
- Petroleum jelly
- Thin blankets for swaddling, pre-washed
- Hospital instructions about vitamins, check-ups, and when to call your doctor
- Pre-packed diaper bag
- Baby-care book
- Camera
