Your Newborn Checklist - Comfort Items
This second part of the newborn checklist has the comfort items: maybe not 100% unmissable but very (!) good at helping your baby sleep. Download the complete printable checklist for free here.See my reviews of the absolute must-haves and must-reads on the newborn baby checklist.
Newborn baby checklist comfort items
- A wrap sling
To me personally, a baby
sling is actually a must-have rather than a comfort item.
It's simply the perfect way to go out and about, from Day 1 and the perfect companion to help your newborn sleep. You can read my personal experience here.
With a good wrap sling, such as the Hug a Bub, carrying your newborn is safe and good for her, comfortable for you ...
... and it's the perfect partner to comfort and soothe a fussy or colicky baby to sleep.
In the upcoming months, the sling will also prove very useful to help set a nap schedule (read more on the Baby Sling Trick).
It's simply the perfect way to go out and about, from Day 1 and the perfect companion to help your newborn sleep. You can read my personal experience here.
With a good wrap sling, such as the Hug a Bub, carrying your newborn is safe and good for her, comfortable for you ...
... and it's the perfect partner to comfort and soothe a fussy or colicky baby to sleep.
In the upcoming months, the sling will also prove very useful to help set a nap schedule (read more on the Baby Sling Trick).
- A baby monitor
Whether you need a baby
room monitor depends on your personal
preference and the way your house is set up.
Either way it can be great to keep an eye, or ear, on baby while she sleeps, even though it can never take the place of live parent supervision.
To help you decide if you need on or not, see my baby monitor review, with info on the different types of baby monitors and how to choose.
The simplest, and cheapest solution will be a basic sound monitor like the Safety 1st Crystal Clear Baby Monitor
.
Either way it can be great to keep an eye, or ear, on baby while she sleeps, even though it can never take the place of live parent supervision.
To help you decide if you need on or not, see my baby monitor review, with info on the different types of baby monitors and how to choose.
The simplest, and cheapest solution will be a basic sound monitor like the Safety 1st Crystal Clear Baby Monitor
.- A musical toy or mobile
A musical mobile or toy
looks cute, creates a cozy and recognizable
sleeping
place for your baby and it can be a true sleep helper.
A bedtime routine is very important to help your baby learn to sleep independently. Going-to-sleep cues tell your baby it is time for bed.
Done consistently, these cues help, even physically, your baby settle and sleep. The music in a musical toy makes a great end of the bedtime routine.
I especially love the most simple ones that you attach to the crib, like the Kids Preferred Sunshine Pull String Musical
.
In a couple of months your baby may even be able to switch it on by herself to help her re-settle at night ...
A bedtime routine is very important to help your baby learn to sleep independently. Going-to-sleep cues tell your baby it is time for bed.
Done consistently, these cues help, even physically, your baby settle and sleep. The music in a musical toy makes a great end of the bedtime routine.
I especially love the most simple ones that you attach to the crib, like the Kids Preferred Sunshine Pull String Musical
. In a couple of months your baby may even be able to switch it on by herself to help her re-settle at night ...
- A humidifier
A good
humidifier avoids dry air in your baby's room. This can
help keep her airways free during a common cold and avoids dry
sensitive skin.
Because you will use it near baby when she sleeps, you will want it to be a cool mist one that is as quiet as possible, such as the Crane Cool Mist humidifier
.
Because you will use it near baby when she sleeps, you will want it to be a cool mist one that is as quiet as possible, such as the Crane Cool Mist humidifier
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