Baby Essentials
Bottles
Bottles are essential for your baby. We personally went with the MAM easy start bottle set. The pack comes with bottles until the child does not need them anymore, a dummy and a sippy sippy cup for when they're older! These are usually on offer at Argos for around £50.00.
Formula
If choosing to go with a formula fed baby, I personally recommend the Aldi 'Mamia Stage 1 First Infant Milk'. From what we researched, it is basically the same as Aptamil, but it is half the price! Aldi sell this for around £6.99, making it a no brainer for us.
Nappies
Make sure you get lots and lots of nappies! We personally go for these Aldi 'Mamia' nappies as they are cheaper and we have never had any leak-throughs so far. I believe these are about 75p for 24, but you can get them in bigger packs. Our baby started on size 1.
Moses Basket
So you've got the food sorted, you've got the nappies sorted, but the baby needs somewhere to sleep. Eventually you will need a cot, but for now we just use a moses basket. Mainly because they look so cute! We got ours from Clair De Lune for around £100.00.
Pram & Car Seat Bundle
Your baby does need a pram and the good thing is they can come in bundles with a car seat! We got this bundle because it came with the car seat and changing bag. It just makes our lives a little easier. There is cheaper out there so may need researching.
Lots of Baby Clothes
Not much needs to be said about this, you need lots of baby clothes. We mainly focussed on getting babygrows and vest up until they are 1 year old. I personally think Next do some of the cutest babygrows!
Dribble Clothes / Bibs
Get lots and lots of dribble clothes / bibs. Even when you think you have enough, just buy more. They come in handy for so many things. We always have one on standby just in case.
Lots & Lots of Baby Wipes
Just get absolutely loads of baby wipes. Trust me, I didn't believe the whole "You can never have enough baby wipes" saying. It is true. Get loads of baby wipes. You can get this pack of 1000 wipes for around £11.00 on Amazon.
Changing Mats
You need at least 2 changing mats. Personally, we got one for downstairs and one for upstairs. We got ours from Next, but you can usually get them in a twin pack.
Baby Bath
Bathing your baby is so cute! We got the Nuby Bath as you can bath the baby anywhere you want. I've just seen this bath and bath thermometer combo online for £19.00. We paid £25.00 for the bath and £10.00 for the thermometer so it is definitely worth it.
Sound Machine
One thing I didn't realise when having a baby is that they love 'white noise'. We play this sound machine at bedtime which helps our baby fall and stay asleep. We got ours for around £20.00.
Thermometer
Finally one on your essentials are room thermometers. We have 2 of these, 1 for downstairs and 1 for upstairs. I personally recommend this Tommee Tippee one for £20.00. However, you can get multipacks on Amazon for cheaper.
