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Baby essentials
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items Baby items I used with my first baby that I will be using with my second once he comes home from the nicu
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Tummy time
Other necessities
Medicine/Medical
Bath time
Safety
Clothing
Tummy time
My baby loved doing tummy time on this. I love how squishy it was with the water because he would crash his head a lot when we first started practicing tummy time. He enjoyed it
Baby Water Play Mats | Tummy Time & Sensory Development
This helped my baby lift his head during tummy time because he always wanted to see what was infront of him. I think it’s what helped him during tummy time to lift his head.
Tummy Time Baby Mirrors: Sensory Development Toys for Infants
My baby loved this when we were working on tummy time! He loved laying on his back and kicking the piano and playing with the toys that are hanging. He would use his hands as well to play with the piano which helped with tummy time. The lights and mu...
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Other necessities
I have the Fridababy but any humidifier will do. It’ll help keep the air moisturized, helps prevent dry skin, when they’re congested, and promotes better sleep
Infant (0-12 Months) : Humidifiers
I have 3 of these. So practical to have in common areas in the house and including in the car if you ever need extras of anything you didn’t get to pack in the diaper bag!
Baby Diaper Caddy Organizer: Portable Storage Solutions
I love this! This was great to use when I had things to do but didn’t want to use the bassinet to carry my baby around. This was great!
Infant Carrier & Baby Carrier
Medicine/Medical
A thermometer is such a huge necessity to confirm if my baby has a fever or not.
Frida Baby : Thermometers
Gripe water is heaven sent! It helped my baby when he had those sleepless nights where he wasn’t sick or colicky. So I would give him these and he would calm down and go to sleep for the night.
Gripe Water
These drops are just as good as the gripe water by Mommy Bliss. Always helped relieve my gassy baby.
Mylicon products at Target
These helped my baby pass gas when gripe water doesn’t work. Just put a little bit of Vaseline for smooth insert and have a diaper or lots of wipes ready to tackle if there is any mess!
Frida Baby Windi The Gas Passer, Natural Infant Colic and Gas Relief, 10 ...
I use this for when my baby has a fever or when he is teething. I alternate between this and infant Tylenol. It helps tremendously.
Motrin : Baby Medicine
I use this to help alleviate any pain from teething or after getting vaccines, or when my baby gets sick. It’s great and I alternate between Tylenol and Motrin.
Infant Tylenol: Pain Reliever & Fever Reducer Liquid
Bath time
This helped with my babies baby acne and eczema. I would also combine breast milk with it but not always and it helped a lot.
Mustela Baby Wash & Shampoo
It only felt right to use this after using the soap to moisturize my babies skin and it helped tremendously!
Mustela Hydra Bebe Baby Body Lotion - 10.14 fl oz
This was very practical because it grew with my baby. The mesh sling made it comfortable to lay or sit my baby on and he wasn’t slipping out of it.
Whale Baby Bath Tub
I use this to pour water on my baby. I like it because it does its best to prevent wetting the face. I’m still learning how to manage that.
Skip Hop Moby Waterfall Baby Bath Rinser - Gray
Safety
To some it can be too much to have the sock but for us it was a piece of mind I rather be safe than sorry. For the most part I never had a false alert and the camera is awesome because the phone is the monitor so it would send real time notifications...
Dream Sock Duo: Baby Sleep Monitor with Camera
Clothing
These are life savors! It’s so much easier to partially unzip my baby from his onesie to change his diaper versus having to unzip the entire thing. I loved these!!
2-Way Zip Sleep and Play
I loved these when I had my baby. I wasn’t the best at burrito wrapping my baby, he was an escape artist so I kept having to rewrap him or have my husband do it. With these they kept my baby tight and secure and it never came undone because the Velcr...
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Diaper bag necessities
These are great to have hang on the diaper bag. Makes it quick and easy to find a pacifier when needed. This could be great to hang anywhere else you need them as well!
Baby Pacifier Cases | Universal & BPA-Free Styles
