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The “We’re Living Here Now” Hospital Essentials List
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items A not-so-glamorous collection of essentials for when the hospital becomes your temporary home and “quick visit” turns into a full-time routine. Built on caffeine, phone chargers, and the ability to function through alarms you didn’t ask for. For care...
Sections
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Laundry
For Mama
For Baby
Laundry
The hospital laundry cycle: constant outfit changes, questionable stains, and a growing pile of “I’ll deal with it later” bags at home.
Easiest way to keep our blankets and clothes separate from the hospital ones. Super easy to take back and forth from either hospital laundry room or between home & hospital!
Laundry Hamper With Wheels - Target
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Easiest detergent that doesn't take up too much space to keep in the hospital room
Shop Pacs and Tide PODS® | Laundry Detergent
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For Mama
The caregiver section: where snacks, chargers, dry shampoo, and emotional resilience live together in one survival kit. Because the real patient might be in the bed—but the mom is running on alarms, coffee, and pure determination.
For when you stay overnight & use hospital showers
Rubber Sandals For Women
To keep travel sized essentials to leave in the room for when you stay the night
Shower Bags
Small bag to keep contacts case, contact solution, Tylenol, q-tips, chap stick - easy to keep in a small drawer!
Mini Makeup Bag
1 full body towel to keep in the room/bathroom - much softer than hospital towels!
Bath Towels - Target
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Warm blanket - hospital blankets are thin and scratchy
Fuzzy Blanket
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Easy to fill with ice and water for fewer trips to the break rooms
HydroJug - The Best Half Gallon Water Bottle
Hydrojug sleeve prevents "sweating" from the jug when filled. Shoulder strap for easy carry around from home to car to hospital and back
Sleeves - HydroJug
Fits perfectly with the Hydrojug!
Delove Universal Long Straws for Gallon Water Bottles - Easily Equip Your Water Bottle with a Straw - Replacement Straws for Water Jug - Half Gallon/32oz/64oz/128oz - Set of 4
Helps prevent multiple trips to the car, when moving rooms or floors, and for bringing things to the car to take home.
Ozark Trail Folding Multipurpose Camp Wagon Cart, Black
Using this coffee concentrate in place of my cold brew favorite from Starbucks 🙃 Use KYNAN34275 for 20% off 🤍
Javy Coffee: Meet the Easiest Cold Brew Coffee Concentrate
Between hospital rooms, appointments, and life chaos, this is basically my IV line for staying upright.
HydroJug Traveler - Leak Resistant Tumbler
For Baby
Long hospital stays are hard, to put it lightly. These are the things my micropreemie loves & gave her comfort🤍
16 months old & 16 months in the hospital and she still loves it!
Baby Aquarium
These have become my favorite blankets to use on her bed, to cover her boppy, and to wrap her bumpers in. They're big but lightweight and have stood up to multiple washes, blood pressure cuff Velcro, blow outs, and surgeries.
Muslin Swaddle Blankets Floral 3pk - Cloud Island™ Pink
I wish I'd gotten this sooner! I feel it would have helped prevent Aniston's plagiocephaly from getting so bad. Nearly 16 months in & we still use it.
Babymoov Lovenest Organic Baby Headrest
We alternate between her boppy & this lounger while repositioning her in her bed. Easy to wash & durable.
GoXteam
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Easy to take off & put in her hospital bed. I keep AA batteries in the room for quick replacement.
Portable Mobile - Unique Developmental, Safety and ...