For prepare our baby's arrival home as important as having chosen the professionals we are going to go to is to have bought some basic items and to have the needs of the child planned.
Necessary items
It is essential to have bought a approved safety device for the car, and having previously rehearsed how it works so as not to lose nerve with the baby already at home. Also, if we are going to give birth in a hospital, the device should already be in the car, let's not forget it in a hurry.
Most families buy a crib and a carrycot, although later they do not get to use them. However, having a small carrycot at home can be very helpful in the first few days, so that you can leave the baby when he sleeps even if we are going to carry him almost all the time.
The cradle, if we finally want him to sleep in it, can wait, but let's decide that the child will sleep in another room in the long run or not, having him with us those first months is very important.
A baby carrier adequate to the first days will help us a lot, because the little one will feel much safer and happier if we carry it stuck to our body. Having acquired it and knowing how to use it before delivery will give us a lot of security when we have the baby at home and realize how well he feels stuck to his mother while she can move freely around the house or on the walk.
We should have bought diapers, of which we prefer, and have the adequate thing to clean the baby between diaper changes. We can choose the usual modalities or find out about the use and benefits of diapers and ecological cleaning products, which will free the delicate skin of the newborn from contact with chemicals and other irritating products.
To have the basin or the bathtub To give him a bath is another of the things that better to have previously bought.
Clothes
You have to have some of clothes. Pijamitas of those that open behind and bodys with wide neck so that it does not bother you it is essential to have many. At least 10 I would say. We have to have washed them before putting them on the baby and remembering to do it at a low temperature, with appropriate soaps or washing nuts, without using fabric softener to never cause irritation or allergies.
A pair of towels very soft, a lullaby to wrap it and some warm clothing if born in winter are the indispensable trousseau for the first days.
Other basic needs
Never, never, we will use medication with a newborn without medical prescription, so it would be unnecessary to have it, although some parents feel calmer if they have an anti-thermal at home and, of course, a digital thermometer, not mercury, which we should already have ruled out for all family members.
For momI would advise having an enema at home, because sometimes the time to go to the bathroom can be very painful after delivery. It is also convenient to have breastfeeding discs, although the first few days it is best to let the chest air dry, without putting any cream on it or cover it while it is wet.
The purchase of breastfeeding bras I would leave for postpartum, since the breast increases greatly in size and we should not use any that oppresses us. But if we buy it, let's keep this in mind so as not to acquire a size that is too small to compress the breasts.
It will also help us prepare our home For the arrival of the baby. A thorough cleaning of the house, the fridge full and having previously organized the visits that we will accept and the people who are going to help us, will also help us a lot when we are back home.
With these basic preparations upon arrival of the newborn Home we will be much more pleasant and calm for the whole family those first days.
