What do i need to get for the baby???

Question

I'm 26 weeks pregnant and I have nothing for the baby except some clothes... what do i need? Can anyone help out?

Answer 1

Lots of diapers, wipes, diaper rash cream. Also,crib sheets, small blankets, washcloths, pacifiers, baby wash, and possibly bottles, if you're not breastfeeding.
When we took our baby home from the hosp., the doctor said that all they really need at that age is food and love.......

Answer 2

First and most important are probably the cot and car seat, as they are the first thing baby will be using the day s/he comes home!

Bodies and full length pijamas are important, and also scratch mitts so s/he doesn't scratch his/herself with his/her sharp little nails, they are the important clothes, oh, and first size baby nappies of course!

Also blankets and soft bed sheets for his/her first night.

Hope I helped a bit - after all that come bath, pram, anbd the other things which are not immediately essential.

Good luck! :-)

Answer 3

honestly most stuff available these days is totally and completely unnecessary... babies were born and raissed for many many centuries without all the garbage that is available today...

the essentails are:
nappies :- cloth are cheaper by far than disposables and with the woderful washing machines we have these days the work is really minimal...
nappisan or similar soaking product:- I soaked all of the babies clothes in this and that kept them all lovely and clean
Bonds jump suits:- both short and long sleeve to suit warm and cool days.
cardigans:- just to give the addded warmth when needed
bunny rugs:- get some good hardy type ones that can cope with being tossed in the washing machine.. you wont feel like fussing around with fancy materials and fussy washing instructions.
socks and or boottees to keep tiny toes warm
baby sleeping bags... it is like a sloppy joe that goes way past their little toes and closes up at the bottom.. I found these veryyyyyy useful as bubs tend to wriggle their way out from under blankets and rugs...I had some with removable bottoms that became like little dressing gowns when bub got bigger.. they were magic..
singlets: you can not go past Bonds brand singlets these are the best brand by far and are hard wearing and the least fussy of all singlets.

as for equipment for the baby:
bassinette & cot
there are lots of babies that spent their first few months in mums dressing table draw!! so a bassinette is not essential but is a nice touch if you want one... otherwise you can simply put bub to sleep in their cot right from the beginning..

bath
lots of babies have been bathed in buckets, laundry tubs, and normal bath tubs so a baby bath is not essentail but not particularly expensive if you do want one..

change table
Mums lap, mums bed, the lounge chair all make serviceable change tables but if you can afford one then consider a change table that has drawers to place all of the changing and bathing stuff in that doubles as a bath table if you choose to get a baby bath... I had one of these and it was great.. and later when bub was older I took the soft change mat off the top and used it as a dresser.. though with my second group of babies (I had two kids, gave away all the baby stuff, then later had three more) I used a wooden table that used to be a teachers desk at the local school and this was excellent as it had enough room for the bath, a change mat and the drawers held all the powders and creams etc.

a three in one car seat!
Shop around and find the ones that goes from birth to two years.. you just swap it around in the car. These are not only great for the baby but also it is a legal requirement to have one for bub to travel in on the way home from hospital... some hospitals have been known to not release babies until mum has the suitable baby restraint.
These are quite expensive but if you get in early you can hire them from the maternity unit of your hospital or another hire service.

pram/stroller
strollers are totally unsuitable until bub is old enough to sit up on their own and hold their head up...
prams come in a wide range of sizes and shapes and differing ones have all kinds of features.. shop around and find one that suits you... my last two bubs had their day time sleep in their pram or the first several weeks of life... (I had leg injuries which made carrying them around difficult so could manage better while they were in the pram) night times they were in a cot....

the best place for bubs to spend waking hours is on the floor... yepppppp on the floor... put a baby rug down and place bub on the rug...
the reason behind this is about muscle development of babies.. if you put bub on something nice soft like a mattress all the time then bub has nothing that resists against the muscles... a soft mattress 'gives' as bub tries to move... a hard floor allows bubs muscles to develop as bub tries to roll over, learns to wrigle and crawl..
And the added benefit is that if bub does succeed in rolling over there is nowhere to fall....

Answer 4

a crib or bassinet, lots and lots of diapers and wet wipes, diaper rash ointment, bottles and nipples (even if breastfeeding), pacifier, Q-tips, rubbing alcohol, baby bedding, blankets, burp pads, diaper changing pads
I'm sure I'm leaving a bunch of stuff out. Good Luck!

Answer 5

I have a 3 month old daughter and the one thing I loved and would recommend is a kiddapotamus swaddler! They are about $10.00 at babies r us.

Answer 6

Crib, bassinet, changing table, car seat, carriage, dresser, room decorations, bottles, binkies........etc

Answer 7

Be sure to get those little mittens for his/her hands, so your baby doesn't scratch with those sharp little nails.

Answer 8

receiving blankets
bottles
baby lotion
baby powder
onesies


Just to name a few!

Answer 9

You need to find someone to adopt the baby, because you obviously haven't got a clue...