First Month Necessities

What I actually used in my first month:

• Clothes: 10-12 jumpers, 10 onesies
• 8 receiving blankets
• 400+ wipes + 300 Diapers – found Pampers Swaddlers Newborn are the best
• Vaseline and Diaper rash cream – Penaten or Zincofax
• Baby lotion, Baby wash/shampoo (love the Johnson's Cocoa butter)
  
• 15 face clothes (I use these for bathing and during feeding)
  
• Vitamin D drops
• Kolik drops (for gas, cramps, etc.)
• Baby care kit - comb, nail clippers, etc.
• 6-8 soothers
• Swaddleme swaddling blanket – easy as pie, love this!
• 3-4 boxes of nursing pads (I like Johnsons brand best)
• Breastpump (I have this Medela pump and it's great)
• Zip up or button up tops – easy access for bf-ing
• Nipple cream - Lanolin
• 2 packs maxipads – regular flow would have done for me, everyone’s different – didn’t need the giant diaper-like ones like I expected
• Stretchy pants – wearing jeans killed my twat the first couple of weeks, lived in yoga pants
• Swing
• Vibrating bouncy chair
• Diaper genie (essential)
• 3-4 change table covers or change pads
• Sleep-rite sleeping positioner
• Baby laundry detergent and baby oxyclean – I do about 3-4 loads of baby clothes per week
  
• Car seat and stroller – duh
• Baby carrier – i.e. Snugli or sling, etc. (I have both and have used both for quick trips – to get the mail, around the mall, etc.)
• Music – lullabies, or spa-like music (Solitudes CD by Dan Gibson is awesome) for playing during bath or bedtime
• Cradle/bassinette with 2-3 fitted sheets (if you aren’t using the crib right away)
• Activity gym (just started using, see my "Burping Machine" post)
• Breastfeeding pillow - stopped using this early because it forces baby to feed laying level vs. with her head slightly elevated, but now have found a way to work it differently.
• Diaper bag (duh)
• Nightlight - so I can see her during the night without having to wake up and turn the lights on
  

What I haven’t used yet that I expected to:

• Burping pads - anticipate using this now as I'm getting sick of cleaning spit up off my shoulder :p
  
• Nursing canopy – haven’t been out much and would like to avoid bf-ing in public like the plague
• "Outfits" – too much work at this point
  
• Hooded towels (been using one of our big cozy towels instead)
• Baby bathtub – expect to use once she’s bigger
• Nursery - ha ha ha, except to change her bum 400 times a day :p
• Monitor - hard not to hear her when she's right next to me :)
• Rocking chair - expect will make up for this once Jane is sleeping in her nursery

I wish I had this list before I went shopping pre-baby...

Jen :)