The best moment a couple can cherish throughout their life is the day mom to be pees and the cute stick shows a plus. Life turns positive with a simple plus sign in pregnancy stick. Now, the responsibility starts and we think of making more and saving better for the sake of our cute lovable blessing.
As a responsible parent to be with proper planning it is possible to have your baby registry for near zero dollars. The ideal time to start creating baby registry would be beginning of 8th month and it will take on an average one week to 10 days to collect all necessary details. Give sufficient time for shipment of certain items like crib, car chair that might have little delays with shipment
Follow these simple steps and you will be amazed to see that simple things gives you best results.
The first step to welcome home our newborn little bundle of joy is to start shopping furniture for our cute loved ones. To start with we need to plan the newborn baby registry that covers the items that are considered essentially important, important and optional before bringing home the cute little blessing.
As with pregnancy, new born baby checklist creation is a planning and journey. In today's world we have ton lot of information that is both boon and bane. We are left with 100's of 1000's of brands, products and options to choose from. The difficult thing is that we are not able to zero down on products easily as the key attributes that differentiate one product from another has become real minimal.
The talent of a parent to be dad and mom lies in their talent to find the best product. Lets start with what is needed, if it is essentially important or optional, what key attributes make this stand apart, what is the real use case of this.
This is a newborn baby checklist based on real-life experience and use case
Baby Travel System - When you want to bring home baby, you should show that you own proper car seat that fits properly in your car. When you return from hospital, your maternity nurse will walk all the way to your car with your new car seat and show you how to fit this properly so that the baby is safe. You are not allowed to take home baby without a car seat. These days stroller and car seat are integrated. This bundle is branded as travel system. There are many popular brands like Graco, Chicco that sell car seat, stroller separately as well as integrated travel system. There are many reviews online regarding the safety, comfort of car seat, price comparison, material used for car seat etc. Also, there are interesting discussions on buying old versus new car seat. Lets talk about this in a detailed post for lots of information on how to choose the one that fits your bill. For now, we definitely need a car seat and a baby travel system is something that can be definitely considered
Crib - There are lots and lots of reviews and views on whether a crib is needed or bed is sufficient. Also, many of us don't know what to choose between crib or bassinet. Here is a real-life review of crib. In our opinion crib is needed and not needed. Again we don't want to confuse. Lets keep it simple. A baby will find it extremely comfortable to sleep in a comforter on the floor. However, if you have a bed you can let them sleep in bed during daytime. However, during night time if you think on safety of baby crib is the way to go. Bassinet can be used during day-time and night-time. But, crib will serve as toddler bed and definitely has long-term benefit. Standard cribs fall in standard size specification usually 55x33x42. Crib mattresses, crib sheets, crib cover are the accessories you need to buy with crib. Crib liner is the cover that covers the rails and is considered absolutely safe. This also makes your baby happy. Baby observes the color of crib liner and will feel real happy. Choose interesting themes on your crib liner. If we need to talk about crib it needs more posts. We will talk in coming days
Baby Clothing - When you are in hospital you are going to get dresses from the time the baby is born, bathed and brought from nursery. But that doesn't end there. You can order about 9 pair of newborn baby clothing. This is typically used between 0 to 3 months of age and is mandatory. Order online, check in-store and purchase in-store, stack cute dresses when you find deal etc
Diaper and accessories- Though you get diaper, diaper wipes, rash cream for your newborn in hospital it would be better to have one pack of size 0 diaper handy to start with. Also, have diaper wipes handy. Diaper rash cream is needed as well as optional. We have discussed in detail on if diaper rash cream is really needed for your baby. Also, look at this post based on our real life experience while choosing right diaper for your newborn baby
Baby blanket - This is extremely important. Although , you get some from hospital have lots of blankets handy. Blanket journey starts the minute our little blessing touches the earth. It is the receiving blanket followed by swaddling baby in lots of blankets. You will get 1 or 2 blankets from hospital. However, have atleast 8 blankets. We personally recommend Aden and Anais blanket set - 2 packets 4 in each packet. For swaddling baby, covering baby, covering baby while visiting pediatrician and for many more purpose blanket is a mandate
Burp Cloth - Burping is an integral part of feeding and is done during every feeding session. In case of formula feeding the frequency of burping is much more. As such to cover spills burp cloth is a mandate. Though it is possible to use paper napkins for this purpose burp cloth is very helpful
Baby Wash Clothes - During first few days until umblical cord falls off you are advised to give sponge bath to baby and tub bath is not allowed. Main reason being moisture prevents umblical cord from drying and falling off at right time. Even for cleaning face of baby twice a day, cleaning neck of baby once in a while after feeding baby wash cloth comes handy. If you have plain cotton cloth at home this is optional.
As a responsible parent to be with proper planning it is possible to have your baby registry for near zero dollars. The ideal time to start creating baby registry would be beginning of 8th month and it will take on an average one week to 10 days to collect all necessary details. Give sufficient time for shipment of certain items like crib, car chair that might have little delays with shipment
Follow these simple steps and you will be amazed to see that simple things gives you best results.
- Look for credit card with maximum points during sign-up
- Cards pay you as high as 50,000 points during sign-up for purchases in range of $3000 to $4000 within first few months of sign-up
- First three months one of the partner can sign-up and avail this offer
- Next three months second partner can sign-up and avail the offer
- On an average you can expect minimum $700+ in statement credit that can be made use of for baby registry purchase
- Set up baby registry with target.com, Amazon mom's etc and see that they offer bulk discount on total upon initial purchase. Hence it is necessary to have complete list of newborn baby registry checklist handy to get best deal and discounts. You can plan for first six months worth of diaper, clothing upon initial registry purchase with bulk coupon discount
- Make purchase with discount coupon, statement credit and make your purchase a charm
The first step to welcome home our newborn little bundle of joy is to start shopping furniture for our cute loved ones. To start with we need to plan the newborn baby registry that covers the items that are considered essentially important, important and optional before bringing home the cute little blessing.
As with pregnancy, new born baby checklist creation is a planning and journey. In today's world we have ton lot of information that is both boon and bane. We are left with 100's of 1000's of brands, products and options to choose from. The difficult thing is that we are not able to zero down on products easily as the key attributes that differentiate one product from another has become real minimal.
The talent of a parent to be dad and mom lies in their talent to find the best product. Lets start with what is needed, if it is essentially important or optional, what key attributes make this stand apart, what is the real use case of this.
This is a newborn baby checklist based on real-life experience and use case
Baby Travel System - When you want to bring home baby, you should show that you own proper car seat that fits properly in your car. When you return from hospital, your maternity nurse will walk all the way to your car with your new car seat and show you how to fit this properly so that the baby is safe. You are not allowed to take home baby without a car seat. These days stroller and car seat are integrated. This bundle is branded as travel system. There are many popular brands like Graco, Chicco that sell car seat, stroller separately as well as integrated travel system. There are many reviews online regarding the safety, comfort of car seat, price comparison, material used for car seat etc. Also, there are interesting discussions on buying old versus new car seat. Lets talk about this in a detailed post for lots of information on how to choose the one that fits your bill. For now, we definitely need a car seat and a baby travel system is something that can be definitely considered
Crib - There are lots and lots of reviews and views on whether a crib is needed or bed is sufficient. Also, many of us don't know what to choose between crib or bassinet. Here is a real-life review of crib. In our opinion crib is needed and not needed. Again we don't want to confuse. Lets keep it simple. A baby will find it extremely comfortable to sleep in a comforter on the floor. However, if you have a bed you can let them sleep in bed during daytime. However, during night time if you think on safety of baby crib is the way to go. Bassinet can be used during day-time and night-time. But, crib will serve as toddler bed and definitely has long-term benefit. Standard cribs fall in standard size specification usually 55x33x42. Crib mattresses, crib sheets, crib cover are the accessories you need to buy with crib. Crib liner is the cover that covers the rails and is considered absolutely safe. This also makes your baby happy. Baby observes the color of crib liner and will feel real happy. Choose interesting themes on your crib liner. If we need to talk about crib it needs more posts. We will talk in coming days
Baby Clothing - When you are in hospital you are going to get dresses from the time the baby is born, bathed and brought from nursery. But that doesn't end there. You can order about 9 pair of newborn baby clothing. This is typically used between 0 to 3 months of age and is mandatory. Order online, check in-store and purchase in-store, stack cute dresses when you find deal etc
Diaper and accessories- Though you get diaper, diaper wipes, rash cream for your newborn in hospital it would be better to have one pack of size 0 diaper handy to start with. Also, have diaper wipes handy. Diaper rash cream is needed as well as optional. We have discussed in detail on if diaper rash cream is really needed for your baby. Also, look at this post based on our real life experience while choosing right diaper for your newborn baby
Baby blanket - This is extremely important. Although , you get some from hospital have lots of blankets handy. Blanket journey starts the minute our little blessing touches the earth. It is the receiving blanket followed by swaddling baby in lots of blankets. You will get 1 or 2 blankets from hospital. However, have atleast 8 blankets. We personally recommend Aden and Anais blanket set - 2 packets 4 in each packet. For swaddling baby, covering baby, covering baby while visiting pediatrician and for many more purpose blanket is a mandate
Burp Cloth - Burping is an integral part of feeding and is done during every feeding session. In case of formula feeding the frequency of burping is much more. As such to cover spills burp cloth is a mandate. Though it is possible to use paper napkins for this purpose burp cloth is very helpful
Baby Wash Clothes - During first few days until umblical cord falls off you are advised to give sponge bath to baby and tub bath is not allowed. Main reason being moisture prevents umblical cord from drying and falling off at right time. Even for cleaning face of baby twice a day, cleaning neck of baby once in a while after feeding baby wash cloth comes handy. If you have plain cotton cloth at home this is optional.
