Comments on: 20 Baby Essentials: The No-Nonsense New Parent Checklist

By: Shaylee

Shaylee — Sun, 14 Jan 2018 05:19:50 +0000

In reply to Merr. normally I would agree with you on this, but as someone who cannot phyisically get down to bath height to bath my baby I think a baby bath is an essential in my case

By: Katie

Katie — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 02:26:13 +0000

In reply to Merr. While I can understand what you are saying, we were glad we had the baby bathtub. Save my bad back some trouble, that's for sure! :) But to each his own!

By: Merr

Merr — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 01:46:03 +0000

I cringe at the waste of money on baby bathtubs. A real tub is angled enough so that the baby can be placed on a towel in the tub with his head out of the water while his bottom is in the water toward the drain. New moms: SAVE YOUR MONEY.

By: Katie

Katie — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 17:15:35 +0000

In reply to Katelyn F.

Haha! It’s mainly to help prevent diaper rash (which we had to deal with a lot with Jack’s health problems…he had/has very acidic bowel movements many times a day…TMI, I know). And I agree — I always had a lot more clothes as well, because I didn’t want to be doing laundry constantly. But if people want the bare minimum…haha.

By: Katelyn F

Katelyn F — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 11:46:59 +0000

I have never used baby powder with any of my three kids and wouldn’t know why to use it! Ha, but otherwise I think your essentials list is pretty spot on. Although, I have always had WAY more clothes than the bare minimum. Who has time for laundry in the beginning?

I have found that with my son I have needed WAY less overall. You really don’t need as many “baby” things as you’d think.