The arrival of a newborn in your family can be an exciting yet daunting task. Though you may be filled with enthusiasm, the road ahead will be full of various obstacles. So you must be prepared for the new things while you welcome the tiny little human into this world.
One of the best ways to prepare for the arrival of a newborn in your family is to concoct a neonatal checklist for mom. But before creating the newborn checklist for Mom, have you ever thought about what you really need to welcome your newborn into this world? Generally, the new parents require some essential baby care items that are critical to providing proper care. Additionally, certain items are not mandatory but prove to be helpful for taking care of infants.
So here’s a newborn checklist for moms that will help you to be a parent like a pro! Get ready to tick off these items from your shopping list!
Clothing items
In the first year, you need to get clothing items for your infants according to the different seasons. But while purchasing, make sure to get clothes that are specifically meant for infants or newborns of age ‘0-1’. Some of the essential clothing items to incorporate in your neonatal checklist for mom are-
- Infant t-shirts
- Short-sleeved onesies and long-sleeved onesies
- Seasonal clothes to go out
- Infant snowsuit (if you wish to go out in cold)
- Pairs of socks
- Cotton pants
- Cotton sweaters or hoodies
- Knitted caps
Nursery items
In the modern world, today’s nurseries are unequivocally a place to nurture your baby. However, the least you require will be-
- A clean place for your child to sleep
- A place for you to change your baby’s diapers
- A place to store your baby’s clothes and other essential commodities
Besides having a place for your baby, you need to embellish this place with some other nursery items, like-
- A mattress or a crib.
- A rocking chair or footrest
- Changing table
- Music player if required.
Diapers
Formulating a newborn checklist for moms is almost impossible without including diapers in them. While deciding the different types of diapers for your newborn, you have several choices. Firstly, you could use either reusable cloth diapers or disposable diapers. On the other hand, you can even use a combination of these both.
Besides this, you even need to remember about the baby wipes that come in different varieties. The different options available with the baby wipes include dry or moist wipes and reusable or disposable wipes. So besides the diapers, other diapering essentials that you need to include in the neonatal checklist for Mom are.
- Diaper rash ointment
- Two to four packets of newborn or size 1 diapers.
- Changing table pads.
- Cotton clothes or wipes
- Wipe holder.
- Toys to distract the baby during changing.
- A washable diaper bag to store your diapers.
Other essentials
Some other essential items required for feeding or bathing for your newborn to be included in the newborn checklist for moms are.
- Nursing pillow
- Nursing bras.
- Bottlebrush
- Feeding bottles with newborn nipples
- Baby shampoo and body wash.
- Cotton swabs.
- Bathing tub for infants.
- Bathtub toys for babies.
- Cotton blankets, and wearable blankets.
So get ready to include all the above-mentioned items in your newborn checklist for moms and get them at the right time.
*Information shared here is for general purpose. Please take doctors’ advice before making any decision.
