Our top 3 newborn essentials! 👶🏻
🫶🏻 Zip-up swaddles and onesies
For me, there was NOTHING worse than a wrap swaddle or snap fasteners on onesies in the middle of the night! 🫠 I was always either wrapping too loose or too tight, or having one of them wriggle their arms out of their swaddle during the night! 😅🤣 Hence, zip-up onesies and swaddles made overnight changes SO much faster with minimal stimulation 😍. Arms-up swaddles also allowed them to access their hands for self-soothing as they did in utero 🤰🏻 (some babies may have a preference for an arms up or arms down swaddle, so have a play with what works best for you and your baby 🥰).
🫶🏻 Baby bouncer
I can’t tell you how many times the bouncer was the only reason I was able to have a shower 🛁 with a newborn the first time around 😖. It was also beneficial when we had Theo, as it allowed Noah to interact with him without me constantly holding him or having him directly on the floor 🥰
🫶🏻 White noise combo machine
Having a white noise machine that could diffuse essential oils, play white noise, and had a red light was the perfect 3in1 for nappy changes and overnight feeds 🥰. The red light provided just enough illumination to see 👀 without inhibiting their melatonin production or overstimulating them too much, unlike a standard lamp or white light globe, which can often make it difficult to resettle them afterward 😫🆘
What were your newborn must-haves? 😍
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