Now that we’re just a few weeks away from our baby’s birthing day, it’s time to get serious about the list – and identify the 5 or so most important things we really need in order to take our little one home from the hospital and take care of him for the first few weeks or so.
We think the short list is a car seat (we're still looking into this - but apparently it's quite frowned upon - though not illegal - to bring your newborn home on the subway or in a cab without a car seat), new born cloth diapers and diaper covers, a few outfits and receiving blankets and possibly a breast pump.
Lucky for us, our sister-in-law has already set aside enough new born outfits and receiving blankets (hand me downs from our three year old nephew) to get us through the first few days without having to do laundry; and we’re using a diaper service (commercial plug: for friends and family without hand me downs to lend – you can gift our baby-to-be a week’s worth of diapers for $30) that will start delivery right after the baby arrives, so that just leaves the hard stuff. The hard stuff because there’s safety issues involved in each of them.
Check out the next two posts as we explore used breast pumps - aka Milking Michelle and used car seats - aka Pretty in Pink.
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