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NICU Favs 🏥🍼🩺

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NICU mom life is the farthest thing from our favorite and it feels so scary and unnatural. But sometimes we find ourselves in hard phases in life. These are some of the things that helped get us through.
 
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The BEST blanket and swaddles to manage around the cords and wires. So incredibly soft for soft sensitive skin. We bought so many more once we saw how great they were for us! The nurses LOVED them.
Swaddle Blankets Soft & Cozy for Babies
 
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The best best BEST clean/dirty clothes bags to keep personal laundry items under baby’s bed. They made it so easy to keep his things organized.
Water Resistant Wet Bag Space One Size
 
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The softest and easiest to put on once baby can wear clothes! The nurses LOVED them. Kept our little guy comfy and warm.
Soft Rompers for Everyday Comfort - Kyte Baby
 
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The saving grace for pumping into NICU bottles using my spectra pump at home! Also works for medela and Dr Browns bottles too!
PumpMom-us Adapter for Spectra S1 S2 to Standard Bottles
 
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The softest mitts and actually stayed on! The nurses requested more of them! My guy constantly tried to pull out his tubes and wires, this kept his little hands away but allowed him to have free arms.
MITTS – goumikids
 
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The softest and easiest pjs. Our nurses couldn’t stop raving about his comfy clothes! The loves the open/closed feet and hands. Also the double zipper made it to easy to feed his cords through each time.
Bamboo Zip Romper Pajamas & Sleepers | Cozy Sleepwear
 
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A great clean and gentle cream to help redness and rashes. Loved using this on our guy and the nurses were great about using our products too!
Organic Diaper Balm | Earth Mama
 
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Perfect for taking milk back and forth to the hospital! Cute and fits lots of bottles!
Insulated Bottle Bag - Keep Drinks Cold - Itzy Ritzy
 
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The best travel hand sanitizing wipes! We keep them everywhere for wipes our phones, keys, hands. A necessity!
Purell Clean & Go Wipes - Trial Size - 20ct
 
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Such an important part of coming home from the NICU. Gives us such peace of mind and comfort knowing he’s still doing good!
Owlet
 
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Baby boy was always looking around when laying in his bed. During his awake times, he loves looking at his black and white pictures!
Soft Tummy Time Book with Baby-Safe Mirror - Black & White Montessori Toy with Crinkle & 20 High-Contrast Designs for Infant Development
 
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My guy took right to Dr Browns premie bottles! So easy to switch out the nipples to transition size once he was ready to move up! I loved the smaller sized bottles for his tiny face and amount.
Dr. Brown's 2oz Anti-Colic Options+ Narrow Baby Bottle with Preemie Flow Nipple - 0m+
 
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The softest and stretchiest swaddles! Our nurses raved about his cute and comfy blankets. They also used them as issolete sheets for his beds! Perfect size and we use them every day now that we’re home too!
Baby Swaddle Wraps & Blankets | Soft & Cozy Bamboo
 
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The best water bottles to keep drinks cold all day! I never went to the hospital without mine. Keeps you hydrated on your long days and nights sitting with your babies.
Water Bottles: Reusable Bottles, Mugs & Jugs
 
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Staying hydrated while hanging with my baby and keeping up my milk supply was so important! A great clean electrolyte that tastes AMAZING. My favorite brand by far!
Electrolytes
 
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The yummiest and CLEAN protein bars. My favorite pumping snack that actually helps keep me full and building up a milk supply!
Just Ingredients : Protein Bars
 
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Target now has single serve packets that are the perfect refills to add to your NICU bag!
Just Ingredients Electrolytes Drink Mix Packs - Fruit Punch - 3.38/10ct