When you are expecting a baby, there are so many things to do to prepare for his or her arrival. It’s best to set up the nursery well before your due date just in case. You never know if your baby will decide to arrive two weeks early. You don’t want to end up making a run to Babies ‘R’ Us before you even get home from the hospital.

A baby bed is probably the first thing to get out of the way. You might want to get a crib, or perhaps you would prefer to have the baby close to you while you sleep. In that case, a bassinet or cradle might serve you better for the first couple of months. Make sure you move the baby to a regular crib before he gets strong enough to pull himself up and over the side of the cradle.

Your baby will require a lot of daily diapers and baby wipes. You would be surprised at how many you’ll go through in the beginning. A newborn baby can go through anywhere from 12 to 15 diapers each day, so you’ll want to have at least two or three packages before you go to the hospital. That way you won’t have to run to the store to buy more until you are feeling better.

You will need many other supplies as well. Of course, you have probably had a lot of fun picking out baby clothes, but you will also need bathing and other supplies. The hospital will probably give you sample sizes of most of these things, though, so it’s not as urgent to buy these things ahead of time. You probably won’t need medicines like baby Tylenol right away, but be sure to buy some before your baby’s first shots.

If you are breastfeeding, make sure you have a good breast pump, such as an Avent breast pump, to help establish and keep up your milk supply as well as to pump milk when it is inconvenient to breastfeed. Don’t just buy the cheapest breast pump out there. Some of them do not have enough suction to empty your breasts in a reasonable amount of time. You don’t want to spend all of your time pumping your breasts. You have better things to do, like play with your baby.

Before the baby comes, you’ll need to buy a car seat. It’s not a good idea to get a used one because you don’t know if it has been involved in an accident. The car seat need to be rear-facing and it’s a good idea to go ahead and install it in the vehicle you will be driving to the hospital so you don’t have to mess with it when it’s time to go home.

Although ideally you will have everything ready before the baby comes, don’t stress if you forget something. As long as you have a car seat, diapers and a place for the baby to sleep, almost everything else can wait a few days until you and the baby are settled.

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