When expecting parents enter a baby store for the first time, they are usually overwhelmed by the diversity of the range. The question quickly arises: what must be of this, and what can safely remain in business? Does it have to be the super expensive diaper pail that conveniently packs the smelly diapers odorless or is the simple model from the hardware store enough?

• Rounded nail scissors
• Washcloths, towels
• Muslins as burp cloths

FEEDING AND BREASTFEEDING

Breastfeeding women don’t have a hard time here. All you need is 4–5 well-fitting nursing bras and nursing pads. If your wife doesn’t want to or can’t breastfeed, you should get the following things:

• 6 baby bottles with teats size 1 for milk
• 2–3 tea teats
• 1 bottle brush
• Infant formula (pre-milk). It is best to discuss which milk is suitable for you and your partner with the midwife or pediatrician at the maternity hospital
• Nice-to-have: A bottle sterilizer, alternatively the bottles can also be boiled in a pot with boiling water.
• 1 bottle warmer so that the milk does not get cold during long breaks.

THE NURSERY

Mum and dad can let off steam here. However, not everything pleasing is necessarily a must. However, the following things belong in the children’s room:

• 1 cot with a good mattress
• 2–3 sheets
• 1 changing table or a changing attachment for the cot
• 1 heat lamp above the changing area
• 1 changing mat
• 1 mobile
• 1 comforter

ATTENTION: CHILD ON THE WAY! SO THE OFFSPRING ALWAYS ARRIVES SAFELY AND SAFELY

If you want to travel with your baby, you have to buy some things that are not exactly cheap. That is why many parents often look here for used copies. But unfortunately, it does not work without these helpers. This is what the baby needs on the go:

• 1 child seat or baby seat is mandatory for driving in the car!
• 1 stroller with removable carrycot so that it can still be used with increasing age.
• Thick blanket or footmuff
• A sling or baby carrier for short distances on foot
• A diaper bag with all the necessary baby care items

You see, you need a whole lot of utensils for your baby. Most things, however, will accompany you through your child’s entire baby life and only need to be purchased once. However, your baby will outgrow other things quickly. Especially, from clothing. But teats for the milk bottles or the car seat also have to be adapted to the age and size of your child at some point. If you have all of the above in the house, not much can go wrong with your baby for the first time — at least in terms of care and care.

Do you have a few dollars left? Then these things are not essential for survival, but they are nice.

• Play or crawling blanket so that you can put your offspring on the floor
• A playpen so that the baby cannot run out as soon as it becomes more mobile
• A bassinet in which the child can sleep during the day
• A nursing pillow makes it easier for the mother to hold the child when breastfeeding. But it can also be quite useful while sleeping
• A breast pump, preferably electric. In this way, your wife can build up small supplies of milk so that she can go out of the house without a guilty conscience or sleep through the night.
• And last but not least: toys, toys, toys. There are very few limits to your wishes here, apart from those of your wallet.