🌸 For sanity & comfort
• A giant emotional-support water bottle
• Cozy oversized hoodie or cardigan
• Good slippers
• Under-eye patches (because sleep 😂)
• Dry shampoo
👜 In the diaper bag
• Extra outfit for baby
• Extra shirt for YOU
• Wipes. Then more wipes.
• Snacks
• Portable phone charger
🛁 Self-care lifesavers
• 5-minute skincare routine
• Body moisturizer that smells amazing
• Hair claw clips
• Lip balm everywhere
• Something that makes you feel cute
👶 Baby essentials you’ll rebuy forever
• Muslin blankets
• Pacifiers
• Bibs
• Burp cloths
• White noise
🏡 Home survival kit
• Coffee machine
• Easy freezer meals
• Laundry baskets in multiple rooms
• Soft throw blankets
• A “drop everything here” basket
💗 For your heart
• A million photos of your baby
• A keepsake box
• One piece of jewelry that means “mama”
• Grace for yourself
• A sense of humor