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5 Things to Add to You Grocery List Before Baby Arrives

This post was inspired by my daughter's most recent cold and at 7 months old we finally used the last of the items listed on here.  These are few things I think every new parent needs to go out and buy before having a baby because you will 100% need it some time during the baby's first year of life...and the last thing you want to do is go out and have to buy some in the middle of the night--without a doubt it will also be on Christmas when stores are closed...like we had to do your first week home.

If you are expecting, go ahead and add these 5 items to your grocery list right now (next to your pickles, ice cream and if you're anything like me while I was pregnant...fried chicken), and put it all in a little bin in the medicine cabinet where it will be when you need it. It can all be bought at just about any store....because it's all that important. 

1. NoseFrida- These things are AMAZING. Yes, those bulbs you get in the hospital are functional, but this is mind blowing amazing. Gross....yes....but like the most amazing gross ever (like how gross it is when you pull off a blackhead strip, but at the same time it is so satisfying....come on girls...admit it) Personally I would also suggest getting saline with this too, it helps loosen all that junk up before it gets sucked out. 

2. Baby Tylenol- Your doctor will tell you how much to give the baby, even though its not written on the package. Scoop some of this up for one of those terrible off nights. My doctor said that they estimate a baby will have FIVE COLDS during his/her first year of life. YUCK! Lorelai is up to 2 cold so far. (Perhaps we are sheltering her too much!) 

3. Sample Formula- I say this to breastfeeding moms. If I've learned anything from being a new mom, its that supply can go significantly up or down over that year of nursing. Babies may go through nursing strikes, you may spill milk you've pumped...anything can happen. Do yourself a favor and just keep a small sample container of formula in the house during that first year if you're nursing. If you don't use it, AWESOME! But it is there if you need it when you're on the phone with your doctor about how your baby stopped having wet diapers on Christmas and you're told you must give them a bottle immediately and if she doesn't pee go to the ER within the hour. Just ask your doctor for a sample, no cost...no harm. 

4. Thermometer- Because you never want to be unsure if your child has a fever. You and your husband will sit and debate and talk about it for hours (even if you have a thermometer) and the thermometer is the only thing that will tell you for certain if she has a fever. 


5. Aquaphor- I had NEVER heard of this stuff before we had a baby, but a friend gave us some our first day home. She said it was used for basically everything, I laughed thinking she was just one of those moms who already had 4 kids, so was just laid back enough to use whatever she had around the house on her kids to "patch" them up. Nope, it really is good for everything. It has been a lifesaver for our daughter's eczema (we use it 3 times a day) diaper rash, places were her carseat straps rub, etc. It is basically Vaseline. Our doctor loves the stuff too! 

Total Out Of Pocket Cost: $25
What is it Worth to you at 2:00 a.m?: Priceless

So what was the item that we most recently used that inspired this post? She had her first dose of Baby Tylenol this month...and it was a miracle worker. The night before she had been waking up every 2 hours because of her cold (she has been sleeping through the night religiously for months) and I knew if she didn't get sleep she wouldn't fight it off. A dose of the baby Tylenol that someone told me to buy when we first brought her home from the hospital, saved us yet another late-night trip to the store. Also, this gave us another chance to NoseFrida her....which is our favorite invention ever. 

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