Best Baby Registry Guide 2020 -Ultimate Baby Items Printable Checklist

This baby registry isn’t necessarily tailored to a specific lifestyle but instead highlights some of the best of the best for all lifestyles. And remember, your best baby registry may come from multiple baby registry guides so this one is just another tool in your tool kit! 

ULTIMATE BABY REGISTRY GUIDE 2020

CAR SEATS

• INFANT CAR SEAT: Cybex Aton
• CONVERTIBLE CAR SEAT: Britax Boulevard  
  Optional: Additional bases for infant seat

CAR SEAT ACCESSORIES

• Travel mirror: BRICA TRAVEL MIRROR
  Seasonal:  7am Enfant Cocoon for infant seat

STROLLERS

a few options here…

• full size: Baby Jogger City Select
• lightweight:  Baby Jogger City Mini GT
  OR if you are jogger/hiker/like all terrain functions:  BOB Revolution SE can be the only one, serve as your full size and be paired with the lighter weight City
• Mini GT for on the go
  Optional:  infant carseat stroller adapter

STROLLER ACCESSORIES

• cup holder, stroller organizer (Skip Hop)
  Seasonal:  7am Enfant 212 Evolution

OTHER GEAR

Bassinet:  

• 1 – 2 extra sheets for co-sleeper
• Pack N Play: 4MOMS BREEZE
• Pack N Play Accessories: 2 – 3 sheets EACH for both top bassinet and bottom playard
• Baby Carrier:  BabyBjorn
• Wrap Carrier: Acrabros
• Shopping cart cover: ITZY RITZY

FEEDING

• HIGH CHAIR: Graco Baby
• 4 – 6 (8 oz)  Bottles*: Joovy Boob, Dr. Brown’s, Comotomo’s
• 4 – 6 (4 oz) Bottles*: Joovy Boob, Dr. Brown’s, Comotomo’s
• 1 – 2 Bottle Cleaning Brushes: Dr. Brown’s, Avent
  Various sized nipples to grow with baby
• Drying rack:  Boon Grass with various attachments/stems
  Optional: Dishwasher basket, drying rack, bottle sterilizer, sterilizer bags
• 6-10 burp cloths: aden+anais burpy bibs, Munchkin, Gerber
• 4 -6 bibs: Tommee Tippee Closer to Nature, aden + anais, Baby Bjorn
• Feeding/Nursing Pillow: MY BREST FRIEND or BOPPY NURSING PILLOW (consider 2+ pillows to have in different parts of the house)
• 1-2 extra Feeding/Nursing Pillow Covers

BREASTFEEDING (IF APPLICABLE)

• Breast pump: Medela – check with your insurance company as the Affordable Care Act is requiring most, if not all insurance companies to cover the cost of breast pumps.
• Brest pump accessories:  on-the-go tote, cooler, sterilizing bags
  At least one extra set of breast pump tubes, cones, membranes and any other necessary parts.
• Breast Milk Storage Bags: Medela
• 50 – 100 Breast pads (disposable): Medela
• 2-4 sets of Bamboobies reusable breast pads (it is good to have some of both on hand)
• Nipple cream:  Earth Mama Angel Baby Nipple butter or Lansinoh Lanolin
• 2 – 4 Nursing bras: Bravado Designs, THE DAIRY FAIRY
  Check out our BREASTFEEDING SECTION for more information on breastfeeding.

DIAPERS & ACCESSORIES

• Assume 10-12 per day, the average baby wears newborn diapers for 3-5 weeks (up to 10lbs)
• 100 – 150 newborn diapers: Pampers Swaddlers Sensitive, The Honest Company
• 4 – 6 boxes of Baby Wipes: Pampers Sensitive
• Diaper Rash Cream: Aquaphor, Desitin, Earth Mama Angel Baby Butt butter
• DIAPER BAG
• Diaper Bag accessories: travel size wipes, changing pad, scented diaper sacks, hand sanitizer, antibacterial wipes, pacifier wipes, etc
• SKIP HOP PRONTO CHANGING STATION(for diaper bag)
  If you are considering cloth diapering, check out our What to Pack in Your Hospital Bag

ACCESSORIES

• Changing table pad: +, Colgate, Naturepedic (organic option)
• 1-2 extra Changing table covers: aden + anais, Dwell Studio, Pottery Barn Kids
• DIAPER DISPOSAL: Diaper Genie
• 2-3 Diaper Genie Refills

NURSERY

We’ve only included the necessities and left the endless décor possibilities off the registry

Furniture:

• Crib
• CRIB MATTRESS: Sealy Soy Bean Foam Core, Naturepedic (organic option)
• Dresser/changing table/chest
• Glider
• Hamper
• HUMIDIFIER: Sharper Image EV-HD10 Ultra Sonic
  

BEDDING

• 3-4 fitted crib sheets
• 3-4 waterproof crib pads: Sealy Stain Protection Crib Mattress Pad, Naturepedic (organic option)
• 1-2 Mid-weight blankets/stroller blankets: Pottery Barn Chamois Stroller Blanket, Little Giraffe, Mamas & Papas
  you’ll likely get blankets as off the registry gifts so limit the number you actually register for.
• 6-8 receiving/swaddling blankets:  aden + anais Muslin Swaddle Wrap, the aden + anais Bamboo swaddle blankets are a luxe version of the ever favorite muslin
• 1-2 ADEN + ANAIS EASY SWADDLES

SLEEPING

2-4 Wearable blankets: Miracle Blankets and/or Halo Sleepsacks
Register for a couple different types/sizes and see which your baby prefers

• Room thermometer: Gro Egg
• White noise machine: HoMedics Sound Spa
• On the go:  Cloud B Sleep Sheep or Giraffe (on the go version)
• CRIB ATTACHMENT/ENTERTAINER/SOOTHER: Baby Einstein Sea Dreams Soother or Cloud B Sleep Sheep/Giraffe

BABY SOOTHERS & ENTERTAINMENT

• Swing/Soother: 4MOMS MAMAROO  
• ACTIVITY GYM:   Skip Hop Explore
• Optional:  additional MAGIC play cards
• Activity Jumper: EVENFLO EXERSAUCER TRIPLE FUN JUNGLE
• Baby Seat:  Fisher-Price Sit-Me-Up
  Optional: Baby Snug play/toy tray
• 2-4 Pacifiers: Philips AVENT Soothie-0-6 mos or MAM (will depend on baby’s preference)
• 2-3 Wubanub Infant Pacifiers

LAYETTE

Brands suggestions: Carter’s, Gerber and Kissy Kissy

• 4 – 6 short sleeve onesies (NB, o-3, 3-6 mos)
• 4 – 6 long sleeve onesies (NB, o-3, 3-6 mos)
• 3 – 5 pull on pants
• 3 – 5 shirts – we love the kimino style
• 5 – 8 one piece sleepers
• 4 – 6 pairs of socks
• 2 – 3 pairs of mittens
• 2 – 3 hats

Outwear depending on the season
*We suggest the above, unless otherwise noted in newborn and 0 – 3 months. As the baby grows purchase what you use and what your baby likes. The easier to get on and off, the easier it is for you!

TOYS

• 1-2 Car Seat toys:  Infantino Tag Along Chimes
• Baby Einstein Take Along Tunes
• Bright Start Lots of Links
• Pottery Barn Kids – Hug and Hide Owl
• Sophie the Giraffe
• Babies R Us Fun Keys
• Infantino Foot Rattles
• Bright Starts™ 3-Piece Chill and Teethe Teether Tubes
• Especially for Baby Floating Friends Teether
• anything Skip Hop

Books

• Love You Forever by Robert Munsch
• On the Night You Were Born by Nancy Tillman
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
• Stelluna by Janelle Cannon
• The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
• Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

BATHING

• BATH TUB: Boon Naked
• 2 Hooded towels: we love the Pottery Barn “Critters” collection or aden + anais bath collection, Circo from Target
• 4-6 washcloths or a sponge (like this ONE)
• Baby shampoo and/or body wash: Mustela, aden + anais mum + bub, California
• Baby Super Sensitive
• Temperature gauge: included in the tub!
• Bath toys suggestions:
• Frog Pod Bath Storage Basket by Boon
• Alex Rub a Dub ABC 123 in the Tub
• Boon toys
• Munchkin bath toys

SAFETY

• Outlet covers
• Safety gates (if necessary)
• Cabinet and door latches
• Toggles to secure all blind/curtain strings
• Toilet seat locks
• Travel mirror: BRICA TRAVEL MIRROR
• VIDEO MONITOR:  VAVA Baby Video Monitor

HEALTH & OTHER ESSENTIALS

First Aid Kit
NEW PARENTS SURVIVAL KIT* (Contains things like nasal decongestant, gas relieving drops, teething pain reliever, etc) 
BABY HEALTHCARE AND GROOMING KIT* (Contains necessities like nasal aspirator, nail clippers, comb and brush, thermometer, emery boards, etc)
* we’ve linked to some that are great options and most baby registry guide stores carry something similar 

BABY JOGGER CITY SELECT/ SAMSUNG SAFEVIEW / CYBEX ATON / BOON NAKED / BABY BJORN CRADLE / 4MOMS MAMAROO / ERGOBABY ORIGINAL BABY CARRIER / ADEN + ANAIS SWADDLE BLANKETS / STOKKE TRIPP TRAPP / 4MOMS BREEZE / SKIP HOP PRONTO CHANGING STATION

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