what to have a lot of on baby registry

I was scrolling through Twitter recently and saw a Tweet that had me literally LOL! A local sports radio guy and soon to be dad (and blogger) was lament virtually the fours hours it took to fill out a babe registry.

@kristenhewitt I'll love information technology a lot more than when this registry is filled out. I began sweating looking at all the sippy cup options.

— adam smoot 181 (@adamsmoot) April 24, 2016

It got me thinking to all those ridiculous things we registered for. Bumpers, and wipe warmers, and pacifier wipes oh my! I bought it all, like a schmuck and lived to regret information technology. Seriously, nosotros didn't use half of that crap! I mean who needs 42 baby washcloths? Or a spout cover for your tub with a newborn? I literally returned so many of the things we registered for to buy diapers. You lot know what you lot REALLY need for your first baby? Hither's what I wished I would accept registered for!

xx things you lot really need on your baby registry

1. The Baby Whisperer – If you're expecting, after you read "What to Expect When Yous're Expecting", Buy "The Baby Whisperer"! We all worry about the pretty nursery stuff, and baby clothes, and forget to think about what kind of parents we're going to be. This book saved me with babe number 2 and sleep. Babe number i? That's a novel for some other day.
2. Swaddle Blankets – You need these every time the newborn sleeps. I don't care if it'due south 99 in Miami, swaddle your baby. Pay attention to this part in the newborn class at the infirmary too, information technology'south not easy. I love the muslin cotton fiber ones from Aden + Anais, I buy them for new baby gifts all the fourth dimension! Our girls are iv & vii and we nonetheless fold these up super small in my purse when nosotros travel or at the movies. Oh and if you lot're baby is a Houdini, these are adept too!
3. White Noise Machine – I have two of these bad boys, it stimulates mama's heartbeat, and helps your babe sleep. (Noticing a sleep theme hither?) Also, if you're having baby number 2, this volition drown out the infant cries for your older child. And so in that example buy 2!
4. Black Out Shades or Curtains – Exercise not pass get without buying some. Pottery Barn Kids blackout curtains were awesome, as were the blackout blinds nosotros purchased from Select Blinds.
5. Baby K'tan – I loved this babe carrier, it was awesome for the witching hour. I started with a Maya wrap but information technology injure my shoulder. Highly recommend this one because it has two straps and distributes the baby'south weight as on your shoulders. Only impress out the PDF online to effigy out how to use it!
6. Boob Necessities if Breastfeeding– If you lot're breastfeeding, you need and then so many things I could write a post on information technology. Merely I highly recommend the Medela Cream, actress milk storage bags, and if you lot pump, extra pump parts. Also go the the breastfeeding back up group at the hospital where you gave birth. Yous will need the back up, and the cell phone number of the lactation consultant. Trust me, be her BFF in the hospital!
7. Ear Plugs – If the baby sleeps in your room, buy some. They audio like little billy goats when they sleep, it's wretched.
8. Batteries – Buy these in bulk at Costco. Everything you get will need batteries. Swings, tum fourth dimension mats, toys. Buy stock in Duracell while you lot're at information technology.
9. Diapers and Wipes – After y'all buy stock in batteries, invest in Pampers. You are going to need a ton of these bad boys. And the babies grow fast, and then don't go too many premie or newborn sizes.
10. Essential Meds – I wish someone had told me about infant gas before I had my infant. Mylicon drops or Gripe Water worked well for colic-y times. Have a good stash of infant Tylenol or Advil and teething foam. And of grade saline spray or a Nose Frieda for that offset cold…yes I'm a snot sucker, and if you desire to sleep when your infant is ill, yous volition be too.
11. Fabric Diapers – No, not to apply as diapers (unless you want to!), these are excellent burp cloths. And make great rags when toddlers pour their ain drinks and spill! I still have stacks under my kitchen sink, re-use, re-purpose, re-cycle! xx burp cloths is not likewise many, you lot've been warned.
12. Crib Pad and Waterproof Mattress Protector – Diapers leak, protect yourself with crib pads. You necktie these to the crib nether the babe. Also a waterproof mattress encompass is key for all stages of your babe and kid's life!
13. Lovey – What'due south a lovey you ask? Just you look! The lovey is a transitional comfort object. Huh? It'south a blankie with an brute caput that y'all give to your four to five month erstwhile when they get-go sleeping through the night. Mine is seven and still sleeps with it, and these from Angel Dear are the softest around!

    

    Our oldest with her lovey at 6 months old!

14. Machine Seat & Stroller – Well of course you lot need a car seat and stroller – but honestly I didn't utilize the pricey car seat stroller combos. I simply put our babies in baby carriers like the K'tan or Ergo, those machine seats are heavy! Do what'south best for you lot, but we merely borrowed a Chicco infant car seat. I hateful, they grow out of them pretty quick!
15. Bouncy Seat – This thing saves your life! You can brush your teeth, practice the dishes, all while keeping the infant with y'all. Get one with the vibrate option.
16. Swing – Try to find one that you can plug in, the swing eats batteries like the cookie monster eats cookies.
17. Baby Einstein Play Mat – I love this one from Baby Einstein, and the music wasn't abrasive. Bang-up for tummy time and keeping the baby entertained.
18. Diaper Bag – I used a pocketbook/diaper handbag from Kate Spade,  just others moms like Mama in the Now recommend a backpack!
19. Bibs with Snaps – Katelyn from What's Upwardly Fagans reminded me that velcro bibs are easy for babies to tear off, and so pick the ones with snaps instead. These with pockets are washable, don't stain, and grab the food that falls in! I threw away dozens of stained textile bibs.
20. Bumbo – I didn't get an expensive high chair at first, we used a Bumbo in the outset with solids. The tray is cool too, didn't have that when nosotros had babies!

Along with mounds of diapers what y'all really demand for a new babe is a little patience, a lot of love, and mountains of humility. Having a baby isn't most a beautiful new room or awesome hair bows, it'due south raising a person. It's beingness the all-time person you can be to inspire and set the example. The registry is the easy function, keeping trivial humans alive with honey and laughter, while trying to continue your sanity, that'south the challenge!

Looking for more infant registry advice? Check out this post from What's Upward Fagans? on the best infant registry sites! Or the best babe registry items for babe #2 from Mama in the Now and another helpful postal service from The Good Mama.

And here are my superlative five parenting books for babies and beyond, and my favorite baby gifts to give! Good luck!

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