Simple Houseware
This one is for the parents. I naively thought that I’d be able to fit all of my materials for nursing/pumping in a nice little caddy. I was very wrong. A small storage cart like this one will actually hold everything you need, like your pump, extra pump parts, snacks, water bottle, burp clothes and whatever else you’ll need (and shout out to postpartum nurse and Instagram influencer Karrie Locher for the idea). And you can roll it from room to room so you aren’t trapped on the couch all the time.
If there’s one thing history teaches you, it’s cause and effect. It is so easy to end up homeless in a couple of steps. And it’s incredibly difficult to fulfil your potential if you don’t have a home.
Shane Warne’s children Brooke, Summer and Jackson (pictured with their dad in London) have shared heartwarming tributes to the cricketing legend and put on a united front in the weeks since his tragic death
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Barrel Aged Hot Hive Honey and Reaper Salt Series
$40 at Fuego Box
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Hanna Andersson
Really, the point here is to register for more burp clothes than you ever could have imagined. Our baby is a frequent spitter, and we have burp clothes strewn around the house at all times. These Hanna Andersson ones are nice and soft, and slightly larger than the Burt’s Bees ones that I had on my registry, for about the same price.
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Biolite TraveLight 135
$40 at Biolite
Warne’s son Jackson, 22, proved yet again that he was prepared to step up for his family in his father’s absence as he led his sisters Brooke, 24, and Summer, 20, to a waiting chauffeur and liaised with security at St Kilda Football Club where Warne’s funeral was held.
The Melbourne park, which is normally open and available for kids to play on when there aren’t games scheduled, has become a fortress surrounded by security in blue uniforms and patrolling police officers.
Baby Einstein
What do you actually do with a newborn all day, when they aren’t eating or sleeping (which, to be fair, is most of the time)? This Baby Einstein mirror may not be the most aesthetically pleasing, but my baby loved it – giving her a way to look at herself and at some high-contrast patterns made tummy time a lot easier for us in the early days. She also liked looking at the high-contrast animal cards, which would make her smile.
Bumco
This one is an honorable mention because it was indeed on my registry after a friend’s recommendation. If you’re someone who hates getting your hands sticky, you need this tool that can only really be called a butt spatula. Apply your baby’s diaper cream to this little silicone brush and put it on their bum, saving your hands from becoming a mess. It has a suction stand so it can sit on your diaper table on its own, and it’s easy to clean off.
Royal Angels
I registered for a regular old baby nail clipper, figuring, I know how to clip nails, how hard could it be? At least for me, it wasn’t that it was necessarily difficult, but scary – newborns are squirmy, and their nails are so tiny, that I was terrified to go near them with a clipper. Not to mention that newborn nails grow surprisingly fast and need to be trimmed often, lest your Wolverine-in-training scratch themself in the face. This battery-powered electric nail clipper is a lifesaver: It has three different baby age-specific filing attachments (and some adult ones too), a light so you can see what you’re doing, and two speeds in each direction. You can even file away while your baby is sleeping (weird but true, at least in my case).
Splashin’kids
Speaking of tummy time, once your baby reaches three months, this water mat will help make that activity more engaging and interesting. It’s essentially a mini water bed for babies, and gives them a different kind of feeling while on their stomach, and something to look at with the floating fish. You can also try propping them up in different ways using the inflatable sides. It helped us extend our tummy time sessions quite a bit.
Magnificent Baby
If you take one piece of advice from this list, make it this: Invest in as many magnetic onesies as your budget allows. These are pricey, but in my experience, totally worth it. No zippers, no snaps – just little magnetic buttons that let you quickly and easily open and close your baby’s PJs, perfect for those bleary-eyed middle-of-the-night changes. The fabric has a nice soft, almost silky feel, and there are lots of cute patterns to choose from. (My baby’s Pop-pop also loves them, as they’re easy to operate even with arthritic hands.)
