Things you couldn’t live without

My lazy boy and change table.

I picked up a cheap lazy boy from trade me and put it in Daniels room and I have used it every day since he was born.

My change table has saved my back and I only got an el cheapo folding one but we still use that as well. I only paid $20 for it so I think it was well worth buying.

we couldnt live without his stereo, dummy and wrap:) and also his fab change table that his Dad made:)

Hi, definately the chair in his room. We only put that in at the last minute but makes to easy to feed him in the middle of the night. Muslin wraps, Lincoln is a hot baby so the muslin material is fantastic. His change table, everything I need is right there. A clock in his room, I can tell how long he has been feeding for because he will drink and drink until he's sick given half a chance. A lamp, makes the night feeds feel very calm and relaxed. A feeding pillow, I have the one that wraps around your waist, saves my arms and he rests on it while I get the breast out. Sangenic nappy bucket, because his room in upstairs I didn't want to be running downstairs with a dirty nappy all the time and it's hot up there, the sangenic takes away the smell. That's all I can think of right now but I'm sure there's more.

Definitly my Angelcare monitor. I dont think I would sleep without it.
I second the old cloth nappies that gets used for everything apart from being a nappy!

- flat cloth nappies for burp cloths/wipe up sickies/lay on the ground for them to play

- a little round push light from the $2 shop (battery powered) for night feeds... means I could still see (just turn it on to latch him on in the early days, then turn it off again) and kept both of us still nice and sleepy

- wraps... big ones. I got these awesome ones that come 3 in a pack, they're called Bunny Rugs and I think they're about $20 for the pack from Farmers. They're Mother's Choice brand.

- change table.. we got one for $100 or something, a nice white one from Baby Factory and it's great. Heaps of room for storage too which is handy.

- drying racks to hang stuff to dry inside (depends if you wanna use the dryer or not) and this little blue circle thing with lots of pegs on it from the $2 shop, good for hanging socks and bibs

- bibs! Lots of them. I find silly billyz ones really good, they're my favourite cos sickies can't go through to clothes. And if you rub the bib together when it's dirty, it practically looks clean again cos of the polar fleecy stuff.

- I find dummies really useful, but not everyone is into using them

- Curash powder... we use it most nappy changes and haven't had a nappy rash yet


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I have a chair in Harry's room too but it rarely gets used either. At night feeds (and last feed before bed and first feed in the morning) I feed him lying down in bed, and during the day I feed him in the lounge so I can watch tv

Flat cloth nappies are great for everything, even covering the seat in the supermarket trolley.

a comfy chair to feed in, bibs with elastic necks, rocker, change table (and high chair) with wheels, angelcare monitor, musical mobile (sleep cue too), dummy, big muslin wraps...

my sewing machine! it's definitley not a neccessity but I have only had it for 4 months and have used it heaps to make clothes for bubs, to repair 2nd hand clothes and it makes repair jobs that much quicker - I love it!

oh and dont buy many little clothes we got given heaps and josh has grown so fast a lot havent been used. For newborns onesies and nighties are pretty much what josh lived n. I was too scared id break him dressing him in complicated clothes

change table definitely, saves your back.

tripillow for my back support when feeding.

little gauze facecloths, I use them for bum wiping and cleaning: little sticky hands, fluff out of hands and feet and milky yuck in neck crease, and I use heaps of them.

Pyrex jug, microwave steriliser and definitely bibs if bottle feeding

cloth nappies for use on change table, under head in cot and just about anything really

And definitely wraps, decent sized ones at least 1m square.

If you know/think you are having a small baby buy newborn clothes, no one will buy you newborn stuff everyone buys 0-3 months and we had a 6lb 10oz baby who didn't even fit the newborn clothes very well at first and at 9 weeks is still wearing newborn clothes. DH had to go out and buy extra stuff for her in her first week of life.

Everything everyone else has already said, and.... even if you plan on only breastfeeding, I would have atleast one bottle ready to go. You never know when you may need one, and you don't want to be going out in the middle of the night, with a screaming baby to find one!! To go with that I would have a sachet (90c so who cares if yu never use it) of formula.... just incase!!