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Postpartum Essentials 🫶🏼
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items This list is something I feel super strongly about! Everyone argues about what you do and don’t need but I say if you even think for a second it’ll help you then girl you NEED IT! postpartum is such a trying and sometimes stressful time I think we ow...
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For Mama 🫶🏼
For Baby 🫶🏼
For the house 🫶🏼
For Mama 🫶🏼
To help mama feel better/more comfy or make things a little easier to manage 💕
Breastfeeding or not these come in when that engorgement comes on and your chest feels super tight and heavy. The heat or the cold can do wonders to ease the pain and discomfort!
Frida Mom Breast Therapy Packs, 2pk
Listen … if you know then YOU KNOW! This stuff helps so so so much. It’s a 100000% most have in my book for after birth.
Dermoplast Pain, Burn & Itch Relief Spray 2.75oz
The second best investment I made for my postpartum self! Even after the first week and the pain *mostly* stopped, this helped to keep things clean and sanitary without the friction of toilet paper or wipes.
Ninja Mama Peri Bottle Postpartum Care 355ml
These layered over a nice comfy pair of the Period. Brand menstrual undies is a god tier combo. I didn’t even have to use the hospital diapers when I had these. 10/10 would recommend. Pro tip: use these to make the padsicles.
Poise Overnight Incontinence Pads, 8 Drop, 36 Count
*if* you are breastfeeding then these will save your life when you have dry, cracked, sore nips. Pop these in the fridge, rub some coconut oil on them and keep them on for an hour or 2 and you chest will thankyouuuuu!
Medela Hydrogel Pads for Sore Nipples
Now I don’t know about yall, but I felt like my guts and belly were all over the place and my back felt INSANE. I bought this, wore it and felt so much better within a few hours. It was uncomfy at first but it helped stabilize my body and get me back...
3 in 1 Postpartum Belly Support Wrap M/L
Just trust me on this one… okay? That first 💩 after birth is SCARRRYYYY. You’ll want all the help you can get. Especially if you ended up with some hemmys after birth.
Colace 2-In-1 Stool Softener + Laxative 60ct
Puuuhhhleassseeee use a good postnatal vitamin! I swear to you it made all the difference in my mental health and my physical health after I gave birth the second time. Also if you’re breastfeeding, this helps support your body as it learns your milk...
Nature Made Postnatal Multivitamin + DHA 200mg, 60 Softgels
Put it in your bathroom for all your postbirth supplies, put it in your bedroom by the bassinet for your stuff and the baby’s stuff, use it as a diaper caddy, put your pumps/pump parts and cords in it. The possibilities and uses for it are endless.
Amazon Basics 3-Tier Rolling Utility Cart, Dusty Pink
For Baby 🫶🏼
I can’t even tell you how much this little kit came in handy the first week or 2 after we brought the baby home. It was so easy to just keep right on the cart and it had everything we could think of needing as a last ditch effort.
Little Remedies New Baby Essentials Kit - 6 Items
One special thing we do in our family is aside from the hand/foot prints that the hospital gets for records, we get our own in case we want to have it painted/printed out/ get it tattooed. It’s such a cute little keepsake to look back on when their f...
4-Pack Inkless Baby Hand & Footprint Kit - Jet Black
Those first few weeks you’ll be doing laundry 24/7. And burp clothes will make up about 45-50% of baby’s laundry. The spit ups and eye boogies and mucus from sneezing will consume you and your clothes
Comfy Cubs Muslin Burp Cloths 20x10, Pack of 10
I insisted on getting up to do things around the house and feel some sort of *Normalcy* but I also didn’t want to give up newborn snuggles so we used a wrap, he slept and slept and loved this thing 😩 I was able to actually help clean up without havi...
Boba Baby Wrap Carrier - Original Sling (Grey)
Layers! Sometimes a onesie just wasn’t enough especially when I had my winter baby, these packs of plain onesies went under every footie pajama and pair of footed pants.
Gerber Baby 8-Pack Short Sleeve Onesie Bodysuits
These were such a huge help in the early days, neither of my kids wanted their arms in a swaddle and would flippp if we tried!
Love To Dream Swaddle UP Gray Newborn 5-8.5 lbs
For the house 🫶🏼
Is this a luxury item? Absolutely. 200% luxury. I’ll be the first to tell you though, I NEEDED it. I don’t have a dishwasher in my house and I exclusively pumped so this thing quite literally was my work horse. I’ve used it for 7 months and it’s been...
Grownsy EaseClean Pro Bottle Washer & Sterilizer
A comfy cozy, warm place to rock your babies to sleep and cuddle with them is unmatched. Even just a place to unwind or pump or read a book to your older kiddo is perfection. 10/10 a justified investment.
Yaheetech 360° Swivel Glider Nursing Chair
The best bottle warmer I’ve used by far, we’ve tried Momcozy, baby brezza, Dr browns, Phillips Avent. This one is the only one that got the temp perfectly and didn’t ever get too hot!
Papablic NutriWarm™ Swirlable Bottle Warmer
This swing. Oh good lord this swing. If I needed to get dishes done, if I needed to shower, clean up, make a meal, this swing kept the babies happy and calm for as long as I needed
Munchkin Vibration Baby Swing, Light Grey
The organization 🔑 for all the baby stuff you need close by in the first couple days/weeks. Diapers, wipes, burp cloths, onesies, socks, blankets all fit perfectly!
Door Hanging Storage Organizer with 3 Bins & 10 Pockets, Grey
Not specifically this one but a sound machine with a light was one of the easiest ways to be able to see what I was doing during those middle of the night pumps/bottle feeding sessions without turning on all of the lights
Hatch Rest Baby Sound Machine & Night Light
Love love love a diaper pail. I haven’t smelled a nasty poopy diaper in the last year AT ALL because of this diaper pail. Even 100% full not a single odor creeped out.
Ubbi Steel Diaper Pail, Odor Locking, White
From their first bath all the way until they sat unsupported in the bath this bath seat carried both my kiddos 🥹 super easy to clean and didn’t put them too high up or too low into the water
Angelcare Baby Bath Support Gray - Under 6 Months