When to start buying baby clothes while pregnant
BUYING FOR BABY?! || Pre-Baby Must-Haves (0 months)
hey love it's been a really long time
they've uploaded a video on this channel
and I am so sorry about that I have so
many ideas for this channel things that
I want to do is just getting around to
doing them that is kind of the struggle
so I apologize for those of you that
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this channel it is definitely something
that is top of mind for me but I just
haven't been able to get around to doing
it and then I filmed a whole video and
edited it and everything and then I
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like I had like a couple more things to
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yeah yeah I was smart but now I head
back to refilm it and I wanted to do a
series of videos for you guys because I
couldn't find any of his information
anywhere in the Internet when I was
researching while I was still pregnant
just stuff to buy for baby because I
felt like a lot of times companies would
push things that I didn't feel were
necessary we're kind of gimmicky just
didn't it didn't sit well with me to
have to go out and buy these random
things so after since my daughter is now
six months old I wanted to kind of go
back to that place and kind of think of
the things that I felt were really
important for me and my child I
understand every baby is different and
every need is a little bit different so
here the list of items that I felt
really I was really glad that I had
before Julia arrived and items I hope
will help you guys when you're trying to
narrow down your list of items that you
need for your baby and stay tuned
because later on I will continue to
update this with you know zero to three
and three to six and six to nine and
kind of go through each of the stages of
development of things that you know
through trial and error discovered that
I really loved and things that I was
really glad that I bought if you guys
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great product suggestions and just in
general just great mom advice and so
it's really great
and you guys about this stuff and yeah
let's just get into it
number one the play yard this um one
that I got is the Chico Lullaby LX this
one was great eh I love the colors I
love that it's super neutral so I like
that this will work for a boy or a girl
just good staple neutral item what I
liked about it is that you can set it up
and take it apart and travel with it and
it came with it's a little carrying case
and all that stuff so it just was really
important for us when we were traveling
to visit parents or friends source or
anything like that with Julia now the
one thing about this particular play art
is that none of their sheets fit it
properly for some reason the ones that I
did find that actually fit it really
well for by Carter's but they're not for
the Carter store which is weird I found
them at Sears and they're quilted I want
to say they're easy to take on and off
they're easy to wash it's just their
great great purchase
next is swaddle blankets the ones that I
got are by agent and anaise I want to
say are $800 or nays a nice nice honors
Julie still lives in these blankets they
are incredible we got them for gifts for
my baby shower so you can always you
know register for them they are on the
pricier end of things they are so soft
though they're very breathable fabric
which I know a lot of moms are always
worried about babies you know grabbing
the blankets putting them too close to
their face the fabrics very breathable
although i don't recommend just like
leaving it in the bassinet or crib with
your baby like wrap your baby up
properly I'm not suggesting otherwise
they washed really well I get stains out
of them really well they're nice and
soft and neutral not too loud and
obnoxious which I find a lot of baby
stuff is which I just finally irritating
the ones that I thought came in a pack
of three and that is all of that I've
ever named for Julia and those are the
only blankets that use with her the next
item are those tiny little washcloths
and I felt these were really important
at the beginning because they didn't
want to use the traditional wipes when
wiping her bum because I feel like her
skin was very soul sitive as a newborn
so I wanted to use just plain warm water
on her and I would have a little
changing station just by the sink so I
was right there with her and they were
just easy to wash and easy to use and
they're cheap and I don't know I just I
really like them and that was really
important for me was even now Washington
thoroughly I can use them with her now
so they're just items that are usable
throughout her at least the first six
months of her life next is a white noise
machine I had one of them actually from
University is used all the time and so I
just continue to use it and it's just a
nice little background thing they talk
about it a lot in various books and at
the doctor's offices and stuff that you
should have some sort of a noise just a
very gentle noise in the background so I
would have it far away from the crow
because I didn't want to damage her ears
in any way obviously was on the lowest
setting but regardless come too far away
from the crib and it was just a nice
noise that I think they find very
soothing and very similar to kind of the
noise that goes on in mummys tummy when
they're still in the room so I really
thought that was really helpful and
helped her fall asleep easier and I mean
there's obviously different ways you can
do this you can use humidifier you can
use a white noise machine you can use
those like a little like sleep sheeps
that they have as well with how various
noises but I really like just the plain
old standard white noise machine next is
the black and white board that I have
talked about in numerous of my mommy
loves videos I love this thing I got it
on Amazon it was one of the best
purchases at the time because Julia did
not like to be changed and she just got
irritated and cold and she just hated
the whole process so this is a great way
just to distract her long enough for me
to change her diaper and add on one side
it has all the black-and-white images
which is really great because babies are
drawn to that really strong contrast and
then then the other side was a mirror so
I could just flip it back and forth as
she got bored of one side it was great
for car rides and it was just one of
those awesome awesome pieces that I was
so glad that I got next on the list is a
first aid kit and I think most moms will
go and buy a first aid kit for their
baby but I would have those items I
specifically want to mention the nail
clippers I had no idea that baby nails
grew so fast
it like I don't know why this never
occurred to me it kind of makes sense
but they grow so quickly and so that is
one item that I'm
really glad that I had because you are
constantly clipping their nails all the
time like all the time and then
obviously you need some sort of a
monitor if you are to leave your baby to
sleep for a little while and the one
that I started out with was a actual it
was a security camera and it's buy
foscam and it was great because we could
set it up and we could watch her as well
as listen to her I can move the camera
around or zoom in if I wanted and I was
like a new mom that was really nice that
I could see her and make sure that you
know she was okay and everything was
good so that was always nice I liked
being able to see because when she wakes
up she usually kicks her legs up in the
air and rolls around so when I could see
that visual of her moving around I knew
that she was up and awake so I could go
up and see her before she started to cry
but the thing with it was that um it was
through my phone that I had to use it so
I couldn't use my phone while I was
watching her which is kind of annoying
so eventually we switched over to the
Summer Infant slim and clear and it's
just a normal baby monitor and it's just
really easy to use it had really good
audio and I could hear her really well
in various points of the house and then
the car mirror now we have an SUV and
the way that the back seats are it we
couldn't use the normal ones that most
people use that like hook around the
headrest so we had to get one that's by
um do know I want to say do you know
easy view and yes I got the standard one
that just like hooks onto the back and
you can kind of angle it and you can see
baby in there car seat in your car which
is so key I cannot stress how awesome it
is to be able to see your baby I wish I
got the one that had it has like a light
and it has a remote because it is so
annoying having to get into the car and
like adjust it because Chris and I both
drive the SUV right so I'll get in and
my settings are different Chris's so
I'll get in and I'll have to adjust it
and then I'll sit down and I'll have to
go back out and readjust it and doing
that the winter
time is really not that fun next step is
a swing or a bouncy seat something that
um you can kind of stick baby in and
keep them around with you that'll keep
them entertained while you do laundry or
you just do tasks or things that you
need to get done around the house for me
if I had to pick one of them it would
probably be the bouncy seat although
it's a it's a tough call I have both and
I find they're both useful for different
purposes the swing is really nice when
she's just in one of those like
overtired moods and you just can't calm
her down so getting her in the swing
listening to the music watching the
mobile move around it was just a great
way to calm her down so that we could
you know get her into a good state that
we could put her down for a nap um so
that was really nice for that purpose
but it's not really mobile which is kind
of annoying so I really like the bouncy
seat for that purpose because I could
take her to different points of the
house wherever I was and keep her there
with me and she could get entertained
with various toys and things like that
while she was with me and the ones that
I got are both by fisher-price and
they're both be snuggle bunny ones and
they're great I really really liked both
of them and then obviously a nursing
pillow I looked at a whole bunch of them
and I know there's a lot of really
highly rated ones the one that I ended
up getting was the floppy pillow I
really like that I was a u-shape I know
some of them are kind of like almost a
teardrop shape but I didn't want to have
to like move change the pillow over
every time I had to like nurse around
either side that just sounded like too
much work for me so I really liked it it
was a good height it was comfortable it
washes really really well and I would
say to get out a waterproof case as well
for it although it won't protect it from
like the major spit ups and things like
that it will protect it a little bit
from the minor stains onesies I cannot
stress enough enough how much I love
onesies and sleepers I think they're so
wonderful for newborn babies especially
the ones the button-up ones they're just
awesome I love the fleecy ones because
Julia was obviously really young during
the winter time so they're really nice
and snuggly and comfortable for her and
she still wears them obviously bigger
sizes but um I love one ziza I think
that it's just to me I just couldn't see
the value in putting my
baby in like four items clothing like
jeans and a bodysuit and a t-shirt and
then like a jacket and shoes like I just
it was too much work because she was
eventually going to spit up on it and
then I had to change her and do the
whole process again and if Julie didn't
want to be on the change table and go
through that whole rigmarole it just
wasn't worth it to me also I should note
the difference between the zipper ones
and the button-up ones the button um
one's really nice because I could just
take off the pants part of it to change
her diaper and I didn't have to like
unzip the whole thing which would get
you know kind of annoying so I really
recommend the bottom ones and then you
should invest in some sort of
comfortable chair I will say you don't
need to go out and spend twenty five
hundred dollars on a fancy rocking chair
I mean if you could afford it that's
awesome because I mean you will get it a
lot but it I was for the first three
weeks our chair didn't arrive um at all
for the first little while so I would
nurse around the counter in the bed or I
had like an office chair like whatever I
could get my hands on it I was fine no
being said I really really love my do
tally a chair once I did get it it is so
comfortable and just a really nice piece
for both Chris and I to sit in and and
cuddle Julia or all nurse Julia in there
and I mean you spend so much time in
this chair just make sure that it's
comfortable for you water bottles I've
talked about this before I really highly
highly recommend going out and getting a
couple of giant water bottles like the
refillable ones they you just you get so
if you're breastfeeding you get so
thirsty breastfeeding so it was really
important important for me to have water
bottles placed throughout that books
which we learn the hard way because poor
Chris had to get up at all hours of the
day or night to get me fresh water
because I would eventually run out of it
in like the tiny little glasses or
whatever so that was the thing I wish
we've gotten before and it really does
come in handy next up is the diaper pail
and I want to say one thing about this I
get I got the army hammer one and I love
it you don't smell anything with those
things the the liners are really easy
to change but I wish what I had done
which I'm doing now is I only put the
really gross diapers using those lines
because the liars can get expensive over
time and you really like you don't need
it for anything else so what I wish I
had done earlier is just for the normal
regular diapers that didn't have a lot
of poop in them or something like that
I would have just put into like a
garbage can beside the diaper pail and
then for the really disgusting diapers
put those into the diaper pail and I
think I would have saved a lot of money
that way and last but not least a really
really good nursing bra or maybe three
they're really really important I can't
stress that enough and nursing pads I
have the Lance know ones and they're
amazing they're just the disposable ones
the ones that I have I got from
Motherhood Maternity and they have a
great little cross section so you can
nurse your baby really easily just
nursing time but I do highly recommend
getting a couple of them because they do
stretch out quite easily so make sure
you're rotating them through quite often
which you probably are anyway because
you have all sorts of spit-up stains all
over them being a mom is so glamorous
all I talk about is like stains and poop
good time and that's everything for this
video
I hope you guys found it helpful I will
put a full list of all the products in
the info bar below for you as well in
case you're interested and stay tuned I
will doing another video for you guys
showing some additional items that I
really got that I had for when baby was
a little bit older that is everything I
hope you guys are having an amazing
amazing week so far and I will see you
guys all in my next video
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