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[quote=Anonymous]A way to transport baby: Infant car seat, virtually any brand will do but we had a Britax one that attached to our britax stroller and we were very happy with it. 
A place for the baby to sleep: we only ever used a crib (ikea) + crib mattress (davinci baby) + crib sheets (we had 3 but really only needed/used 2) + crib mattress cover, also a sleep sack we liked the halo ones
Clothes: 3-5 zip up footie pajamas, 3-5 soft pants, 3-5 snap onesies/bodysuits, baby socks, a hat or 2
Diapers, baby wipes, aquaphor or other diaper ointment/cream
Feeding stuff: if breastfeeding, a pump, some bottles and bags to put pumped milk in, nipple cream, nursing pads (you should be able to get all that through insurance), a breastfeeding pillow (I liked my Boppy); if formula feeding: obviously bottles and formula :) though I have no specific recommendations as I mostly breastfed. The times we bottle fed pumped milk we liked the avent bottles. A few cloth bibs for spit up and a few waterproof bibs when they start solids, some baby spoons and a couple divided plates, the munchkin miracle cup has been the best sippy cup we’ve owned (and we’ve had many)
Baby bath tub, baby soap/shampoo, a couple hooded towels, baby nail clippers, baby comb/hairbrush, digital thermometer, first aid kit
Stroller: as I said, we loved our britax but there are lots of nice ones. I did really like having the option to connect the infant car seat with the stroller and we did that all the time. We still use the stroller now, 4 years and 2 kids later.
Baby carrier: we had the original erbobaby and liked it but I think there are a lot of even better ones now. If you plan to baby wear a lot get a really nice one that can be used facing in or out.
High chair: we had the ikea one and loved it
Other baby gear: I think you want a place to put baby when you need hands free but whether that’s a bouncy seat or swing depends on what your baby likes! I had one kid who loved to swing and another who hated it; one kid who was very happy sitting up in a bouncy seat and another who was happier just in a blanket on the floor so you may want to wait til your baby is born for this and/or buy second hand; a play mat/activity gym is nice to have but not must have; when they get bigger IME most kids love the jumperoo or exersaucer but I also recommend getting this later, when you’re actually going to use it and buying second hand. They use it for such a short amount of time and you don’t want to store all this stuff for months; pack n play just the basic one was good for us!; diaper bag nice to have but could also just use a regular bag or backpack is just as good imo; baby monitor we just had a basic vtech audio monitor. It’s fine. I really wanted a video monitor but my husband thought I’d check it obsessively and he was right so we just got a no frills monitor instead.
Other: don’t buy books, blankets (besides maybe one-2 nice swaddling ones), toys, you will get tons!

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