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✨New Baby Checklist 2026 edition ✨
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items As a career nanny with 20 years experience, I have worked with so many wonderful and different families. Throughout them all, there are some products that stand out as exceptional tools. I’ll list them here 🤍👶🏼🍼
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Sleeping 💤
Feeding 🍼
Playing 🧸
Diapering and Hygiene 🧴
Sleeping 💤
There was one of these in the nursery of the last 3 families I nannied for. It’s a great sound machine but more than that, it grows with your kid. It becomes a nightlight, and eventually a routine setter. As great as it is for newborns, it’s also gre...
Hatch: Devices to Help You Sleep Better
These are a MUST. I don’t think there’s a single family that I nannied for in the last ten years that their babies didn’t sleep in one every time. It’s just part of the naptime and bedtime routine. A now 4 year old that I nannied and still babysit fo...
SleepSack® Wearable Blankets - HALO
Sleep sacks are a must. But if your baby has a hard time staying asleep, there’s something magical about this one
Shop the Best Merlin Sleep Suit Options for Your Little One
I recommend these pacifiers for 3 reasons:
1. They are easier to locate
2. They have the soft fuzzy comfort stuffy
3. One mom I nannied for got these for each for each of her babies when they were born. When it was time to wean them off the pacifier...
WubbaNub: Home
This monitor is a favorite among my nanny families. Some have used monitors that link to apps on their phones but a lot of the parents that I have nannied for prefer this one because it is much more secure. This monitor does not use WiFi and you don’...
Non-Wifi 1080P Video Baby Monitor: Peace of Mind & Safety
Feeding 🍼
This bottle washer is shockingly helpful. The last mom I nannied for had one and it was amazing how easy it was to load it up after feedings and then come back to clean bottles!
Momcozy One-Stop Baby Bottle Washer and Sterilizer
You absolutely need a bottle warmer and this one is great!
Best Rated Baby Bottle Warmer & Portable ... - Momcozy
There’s a lot of different bottles with different mechanisms to reduce colic but really these ones are fantastic AND simple without a ton of small parts to wash. Most parents I’ve nannied for use them and I’ve never experienced an issue
Natural Response & Anti-colic Baby Bottles | Philips Avent
Full disclosure: I haven’t used this myself but most the moms I nanny for have and love it
Best Electric Breast Pumps | Portable & Efficient
Boppys are a tried and true! A great way to support your baby while nursing or bottle feeding. They also provide great support as baby gets older and begins sitting up on their own. I love placing a boppy behind them to add support and cushioning!
Shop the Best Nursing Pillows Collection
This is another product that the last 3 families I’ve nannied for all had! It’s a buy once and it grows with your child kind of product. It’s an all around great high chair. Easy cleaning, high quality, great versatility. This is THE high chair.
Tripp Trapp® Chair
Playing 🧸
Love Every is another constant through the last three families I’ve nannied for. It’s a subscription that sends you sustainable, mentally stimulating, developmentally appropriate toys curated specifically for the stage your baby is in. They also send...
Lovevery | Stage-Based Play for Your Child's Developing Brain
This interactive toy is a hit with babies. Great for tummy time!
Peek-a-Boo Flappy the Elephant, 7 in
Diapering and Hygiene 🧴
This little thing is such a game changer. Somehow diaper rash cream gets everywhere. And it’s not like it really bothered me before. But now there’s a better way!! It’s the little things. And this is one
Discover the Best Silicone Diaper Cream Applicator
I don’t have a favorite brand really but a wipe warmer is way more useful than you might think it is. It’s nicer for your baby AND it makes grabbing a wipe one handed a possibility which is great when the other hand is holding baby’s messy legs back ...
Baby Wipes & Warmers
This is the go to diaper cream
Desitin Maximum Strength Baby Diaper Rash Cream with ...