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Packing the hospital bag with all the essentials

admin — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 22:22:10 +0000

A few weeks before you are due, it’s time not only to start getting all the newborn essentials described in our checklist, but also to gather all the items you’ll need during labour and for after your little one(s) is(are) born. And when preparing the hospital bag, it’s generally a good idea to have two bags packed – one for you and another for the baby make things easier to find once in the hospital – by the time you are about 36 weeks pregnant. Although you might not need all that is in this hospital bag – especially if you will only stay a day or two in the hospital, you might as well be 100% prepared for this life-changing experience. Best of luck!

Hospital Bag For labour
• T-Shirt / nightwear
• Socks
• Slippers
• 2 x cotton flannel
• Hairbands or clips
• Lip balm
• Multi-purpose pillow
• Camera and mobile
• Maternity notes and birth plan

Nice to have: TENS machine, massage oil, facial spray, magazines, snacks, bottled water, whatever will help you relax!

For you (post delivery)
• 1 x Dressing gown
• 1 x Nursing nightgown (with front opening for breast feeding)
• 1 pack of disposable knickers
• 1 pack of sanitary pads
• 2 x Nursing / sleeping bra
• 1 pack of breast pads
• Nipple cream
• Toiletries
• Toothbrush, toothpaste, hairbrush
• Make-up kit
• Towel
• Going home outfit and jacket (still maternity clothes I am afraid)

Nice to have: ear plugs, tea tree oil or Arnica tablets to help ease the bruising

Hospital Bag For baby
• 3 x Sleepsuits
• 1 x Bodysuit (preferably with feet) to go home
• 1 x jacket
• 1 x cardigan
• 2 x hats
• 2 x pairs of scratch mitts
• 1 x receiving blanket
• 1 pack of newborn nappies
• 1 pack of fragance-free baby wipes
• Cotton wool balls
• nappy cream
• 2 x muslin square
• 1 x bib
• Infant car seat

If you prefer, you can also buy a ready-made maternity hospital bag from Mothercare which includes the disposable items that you will need for your stay, as well as clothes and nappies for your baby: Mothercare hospital bag

BabiesRUs have also a maternity Baby Hospital Bag which contains everything the baby needs in a re-usable changing bag: BabiesRUs Hospital Bag

And even in Amazon, you can find a pre-packed hospital bag for the mummy: amazon hospital bag

We did it for you: a newborn baby checklist with all the direct links!

admin — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 23:57:34 +0000

Hello everyone,

Checklist for Baby is offering a new feature to help parents dealing with newborn baby essentials!

We know that pregnancy is an amazing moment, but can also be stressful when you think of the many essentials you need to acquire for your little one(s).

So for those first-time buyers or simply parents/relatives/friends who are to busy or lazy to think of all that’s needed, we have decided to do all the hard work for you (If only someone had done it for us a couple of months ago).

For the last weeks, Checklist for Baby has been scrutinizing many baby sites, to find the BEST VALUE FOR MONEY on all your newborn baby essentials. Its all there on our newborn essentials checklist!

Not only can you download for FREE your newborn baby checklist, but you now have also DIRECT LINKS TO THE PRODUCTS that have the BEST QUALITY/PRICE in the UK market.

Hurry before these amazing bargains sell out… Jump right now into the baby checklist and start preparing for the big moment!

Happy shopping!

Coming soon: Your Baby Essentials made easy

admin — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 21:25:26 +0000

NEW – In the next weeks, Checklist for Baby will offer you a new feature. We are studying the many baby sites to bring you the best value for money on all your essentials.
Keep checking out our website!
Happy parenting!!!

An essentials checklist for a warm welcome to your baby

admin — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:22:28 +0000

Preparing the arrival of a newborn is certainly tremendously exciting, but at the same time it can be extremely scaring. After all, you are planning one of the defining moments of your life, especially if this is your first baby, and you want to make sure you will be ready to receive your baby into the world with a warm welcome and.. some nappies at hand!

As I am myself anxiously preparing for the big moment, January 2010, I have been – together with my wife -making a list of all the basics required for my baby arrival. And to gather that information, I have consulted with the best experts in the field (mums and dads, of course, and a couple of passionate nurses) and I’ve put together a checklist with the essential items for the babythat I know I will definitely need for the first months. It’s not an exhaustive list, but it should contain all the basics for the first months after the baby is born.

As me and my wife were researching the web for a decent list of baby items that we would need for the first months, essentially to use as a baby shopping guide, we got a little frustrated. There’s an immense amount of information out there on the web, but I didn’t really find a quick checklist of essential items for babies that I could print and help me buying the essential things. As we faced the same dilemma, we decided to make this checklist for baby, which ideally contains all the essential items plus some we strongly recommend.

Hopefully, this website will help to fill that gap by allowing people to download our essentials checklist for baby and use it as guide to plan the newborn arrival. Oh, and by the way, if you find that this list is incomplete or something crucial is missing, please do come forward and help us improve with your comments and suggestions.

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