It's better to start shopping gradually, in advance. You can do this during maternity leave. Do not tighten with the most necessary things until the last moment, because it is not always known when the delivery can begin. To forget nothing, it is better to make a list of things in advance, consisting of different categories. Armed with this list can not only parents. Give it to grandmothers, grandfathers, friends - all who want to take part in the pleasant efforts to purchase a dowry for the baby.
The list can be infinite, so let's look at what you need to buy for your baby.
Firstly, they are means of hygiene. To process the umbilical wound, hydrogen peroxide and zelenka are needed, and for bathing - potassium permanganate. You will need cotton wool, cotton buds, sterile gauze. They can be taken at once a lot, in reserve. When changing diapers it is very convenient to use wet napkins. Of course, if you care about your baby's health, you should not get involved with diapers, but immediately after you leave the hospital, several diapers should be at your fingertips all the time. To process the folds on the skin, depending on the preferences, take baby oil or talc.
It is more dangerous to bathe a child in a small baby bath or in a basin, in a large bath it is dangerous to bathe a child. There are children's baths with a "hill", they are especially convenient in cases where no one helps you while bathing your baby. Soak up the water with a large towel or a warm diaper. Think, maybe you need to buy some more plastic cups for water and a ladle.
When bathing a child, you need to monitor the water temperature. For this purpose a water thermometer is often bought, however, if you trust your senses, it is not necessary to take it. Nevertheless, such a thermometer will be useful to you even when you heat up the milk or infant formula.
Check the workability of the home iron, because you now have to iron a lot of children's things. Old irons of domestic production, which are still preserved in some families, may not be suitable for such a mission. This applies primarily to those irons with which synthetic materials have stroked a lot. Their sole is heavily soiled and worn during cleaning. Such an iron can spoil the child's things or leave dirty spots on them. It is better to buy a new iron with a smooth sole, ironing it will be much faster and more hygienic.
In order to shave the child's nails, you need to buy a pair of scissors with rounded ends. Before use, the scissors are treated with alcohol. A special comb for babies has rounded ends on the teeth, and hair brushes are usually made of natural bristles.
It is necessary to buy a special baby kit for the baby, which immediately has all the necessary medicines that may be needed to treat the child. Usually, there is already a thermometer in the medicine cabinet, as doctors recommend measuring the temperature in children every day, in the mornings.
To gentle baby skin is not irritated by detergents, you need a baby soap and a children's laundry detergent.
The child must sleep somewhere, so he needs a cot and a stroller. It is better to choose a crib made entirely of wood, such cribs are more durable and are not guaranteed to emit harmful substances. However, it sometimes happens that newborn babies are more comfortable sleeping in a stroller.
To feed the baby you will need at least two bottles: one for milk or a mixture and one for water. To wash the bottle well, you need to buy a brush. If you are going to buy a pacifier, you need to buy two pieces at once. While you are treating one of them from dirt, the other will be in the baby.
This is a short list of what must be bought for the baby. All of the above things will be needed to care for the child in the very first days of his life, so they must be taken care of beforehand.
There are many more things besides those listed, which will have to be bought for the baby, but you can do it later. For example, for bathing you will need a shampoo "without tears" and a soft baby washcloth. To bathe a child better still not in a weak solution of potassium permanganate, but in a bath with herbs: a turn, chamomile, etc.
If you are afraid that milk will go missing, you can buy a mixture of children in advance.
To store all children's accessories it is better to take one place, and the corresponding hygiene items should be located directly next to the place where you will swaddle the child, wash it.