Planning for the arrival of a baby

There are so many things to do before the baby arrives and this can feel very overwhelming the first time as it is likely that you will have very little knowledge about what its like to have a new addition to your home. You may have friends who have done in and it seems straight forward but they did not get to where they are without a bit of forward planning. This is the time to decide where the baby will live if you have to this is not the best time but if it is impossible to fit a child into your current home this is the time to move. If not and in most cases their is a way around it this is the time to choose the nursery, your partner will almost certainly have feelings about this so talk it over together and face the fact that you may have little to do with the decoration other than doing the actual work, painting, papering, building cots, etc. The upside of this is you can do something practical and you will feel the you are contributing in a small way. It is best to be methodical and sit down and make a list of everything that you will need. The list below may seem really obvious but it will help as a guide, its really easy to miss something basic like nappies!

Cot / Moses basket
Wardrobe/ drawers
Nursing chair
Baby Monitor
Pram/ pushchair
Nappies
Bottles/teats/Nipples
Steriliser
Clothes
Blankets
Car seat
Baby wipes
Bath
Bath products
Hairbrush
Nair clippers
Formula
Towels

This is a bare minimum, there is lots more but this will get the baby home and through the first few nights, it seems so much stuff for a tiny little person but its only the beginning at this stage you have time so you can save yourself a lot of cash and time going for shop to shop by ordering online. Try out these shops