Knowing what to buy when you have a new baby is overwhelming as there is so many products to tempt you which are all advertised as the ‘must have’ for new mums.
So to make your life easier we asked all the mums on our Facebook what the best baby product they bought or were given as a present – and below are all the suggestions and a copy and paste from the thread – we hope you find it useful
Top Tips From Mums on What To Buy Your Baby
- Belinda King my sling. so I could still do things as my hands were free. and when bubs got a little better at feeding i could feed in the sling and still cook dinner for my other children
- Rhian Allen Mine was the Phillips Avent electric expressor. This was AMAZING and I expressed milk every day so hubby could do some of the feeding – especially some of the night feeds!!
- Rebecca Wilkinson A baby swing! Talk about a lifesaver! Nappy bins are useless·
- Kylie Rumbo Woods Nail clippers. They stay in my hand bag.
- Samantha Jade King I’m putting a comment in just so I’m notified when people comment. Need some suggestions 🙂
- Louise Luke The best thing we brought were the Swaddle me wrap me up, Swaddle suits. Loved them & used them up until my son was 8months. Great in assisting with self settling & startle reflex 🙂
- Gemma Hartwell My sons musical mobile, it really helped calm him 🙂
- Kylie Smith A baby swing!!
- Louise Luke Oh & large muslin wraps the small 75x 75cm ones are useless!!
- Kirsty Boyce I agree with a sling! A Bumbo, a wipes warmer & a womb bear… best things ever!!!
For later on though, dont buy a bulky padded highchair! They get food in the cracks & creases & go moldy & are too hard to clean. I chucked mine out & bought a simple, easy to clean one from Ikea… You can throw it on the lawn & hose it off! - Dani Arrigoni My baby bjorn carrier. I have back problems but the Active carrier has extra support. Saved my sanity with number 4. I was still able to do everything and he would sleep. Especially shopping!!
- Sasha Murphy a bottle of infants friend, great stuff for colic and can be given from birth
- Allison March Tetra tea tree mattress. It goes in the cot to make it smaller and feels more secure. Put him in a swaddle suit and he’ll sleep like a baby!!
- Chantell Gardner NAPPIESSSSSSS!! LOL
- Miiss Katherine Tie between swing and a pack of flat nappies used em for everything
- Bec Wells Nasal aspirator. Saved me a many sleepless nights.
- Janelle Mathewson Sling, swing, capsule for the car… 🙂
- Jo Duncan a sling
- 3AM Dad My previous children
- Courtney Mumzi Potter My baby carrier same as a sling but better for my back
- Deanna Appel A baby swing. When nothing else will settle her or put her to sleep, the swing works EVERY TIME!!
- Fiona Wan A baby carrier
- Donna Sandbek The Save Our Sleep book! Best ever!!! As a first time and unexpected mum, it was a godsend, I had no idea about babies and sleep routines and food stages!
- Chelsea Haley Breast pump…
- Carlie Love Lanosil
- Laura Brennan-Howell ‎’my breast friend’ breast feeding pillow BEST THING EVER!
- Ashtah Roman A blender! For making smooth baby food & a baby rocker to make bubs sleep.
- Lani Rees Swaddle wraps, baby bjorn and the best thing we purchased was the baby hammock highly recommend.
- Kelly Gater Itzbeen. It was a godsend in those early days
- Brooke Blackman A swing for sure… Infants friend for sure… Baby bjorn for sure… Anything made by curash… Wipes… Powder… Baby wash… A lullabub!!!!! It gently rocks bubs to sleep when they r in the cot… Has four different settings… One is like inside the mummies tummies so gentle motion etc… Fantastic product! Fits to most cots!! A must!!!!
- Katherine Allisey My angelcare monitor. It was the only way I could sleep without getting up all night to check that my daughter was breathing
- Kirsty Jennings Swaddle me wraps are fantastic…used it till my boy was about 2 months and my bouncer….oh my goss my bouncer was the best…he loved being in it and would fall asleep easy so allowed me to get some things done around the house
- Krystal Kmetyk Baby bath was pointless, swing was anthrax best thing & a decent pram & car seat
- Nicole McLaughlin a sleepy wrap (carrier) – it settled my 2nd almost as soon as I put him in it and he was carried everywhere for the first 2-3 months.
- Nerida Murphy The zip up BabyLove swaddle suit, breast pump and modern cloth nappies.
- Jess Prentice A Baby sense breathing/movement sensor pad. I swear I wouldnt have had a wink of sleep without it. And an angle care monitor.
- Krystal Kmetyk Moby wraps & ergo’s, best thing since sliced bread!!!!
- Madonna Rich Nasal aspirator and room humidifier for winter and those coughs and runny nises
- Stephanie West My electric breast pump as my LO didn’t latch on well enough. Toweling Naples are my best friend.
- Heidi Guthrie My Hug-A-Bub wrap & our FP swing are my top 2. If you bottle feed spend that little bit extra and get the electric steam steriliser sooo much easier and safer than the microwave ones!
- Bec McGregor I second the ‘Sleepy Wrap’ carrier and ‘Love to Dream’ swaddle suits. Fantastic! Also ‘Lil’ Fraser Wrap’, so soft and stretchy.
- Sandra Rotumah I bought a rocker, I also had one for my 1st two boys wouldn’t go without one they are so handy and useful and portable!!
- Nicolle Ullo My breast feeding chair, It was $$$ and DH hated it but it’s the most comfortable chair for feeding, also, the loveme swaddle wrap, I brought 1 to try out and think they are the best invention ever, I have since brought 4!!!
- Naomi Rumble My fab the bouncer and a jump a roo . The worst a rocker my babies have always hated them
- Jennifer Morschel Automatic bright stars 4way swing
Baby Sling
Baby bath (put on bench to save your back bending over)
BIG wraps so u can wrap ur bub tight from all ages 🙂 - Alyce Singline love to dream wraps, fisherprice cradle swing, meleda swing pump – all life savers!!
- Melanie Osbourne What’s a lulabub? Never heard of it
- Michelle Lehmann Medela swing breast pump, nasal aspirator, and best of all – Fisher Price Cradle n swing. Great for settling baby – I have twins and one baby loves it on the cradle setting, the other prefers the swing setting. Gives you more options! Oh, and disposable change mats.
- Robyn Hermann Baby sling.
- JessicaChan BabyCallum baby carrier and rocker
- Amanda Walker car capsule – with 2 older kids we are in and out of the car constantly – being able 2 leave the newborn sleeping by not lifting him in and out of his car seat was fantastic
- Melanie Empyrian Soper paw paw cream! it fixes everything
- Ally Mcnabb Baby swing!! Always calms her down and now her bright stars activity centre. Keeps her entertained while I make breakfast/ lunch and dinner! Dont know how I’d get anything done without it!
- Sheridan Grant Lanisol, nipple shields, wrap me up sleep swaddle, cloth nappies (used for everything) anglecare sensor monitor, humidifier and muslin wraps (also multi purpose for bedtime, in the car or pram)
- Jacinta Verbeeten A breastfeeding pillow. A swing is great, for my first bub is was a LIFE SAVER and settled her when nothing else would BUT I must add that for 2nd bub, the swing is back in the garage as she is not a fan SO try and buy 2nd hand (lots of fb baby sites and gumtree sell them). But 2nd bubba loves vibrating bouncer chair (which I have borrowed from a friend). Also love the WRAP ME UP swaddles by Love Me Baby (few people have mentioned them on here)- my sister gave me hers and I’m using them for 2nd bub and they’re fantastic.
- Jodi Redman zip up sleep suits! marvelous, and husband friendly!!
- Lauren Kuryluk Definitely the baby swing!
- Carla Fitzpatrick Same as a few of the other girls- Angelcare motion detector monitor. Saved my sanity as a nervous new Mum! I now have a second baby and a second monitor because I couldn’t give up using it for my first!
- Amy Boylan A glider chair, swaddle love me wrap and baby carrier are a must!
- Jess Field Def baby swing those things are amazing!! Both my boys loved it and would fall a sleep in it a lot to which sometimes you need. Swaddle wraps are amazing also they feel so secure in them and don’t wake up with their arms swinging around, also arbonne baby bottom cream!! Works wonders :))
- Carlita Kranz Nighties…. And a dummy!
- Samantha Gourley Swing, sleeping bag, the swaddles with Velcro, mcn nappies, Portacot with bassinet n change table. Dummy clasp, stroller arch toy! Whew I think that’s all. Oh and massage oil for baby and massage book to show you how ;-).
- Becs Steinhardt Bouncer and a swing
- Mary-Jane Lyng Totally agree with Krystal, any kind of good fitting, ergonomically correct carrier!!
- Stacey Leigh Baby Love book- by Robyn Barker- essential for your first bub when you worry about all the little things- this book reassures you, and saved lots of doctors visits!!!
- Kassie Conway Diff love me baby wrap me ups I have 3in each size best thing ever, n my electric pump medela advanced I expressed n bottled feed for 6moths I ciuldnt of done it with that, n clothe nappys perfect for mopping up everything
- Lauren Jolly Ergo carrier, baby swing, lots of blankets for wrapping. Most pointless is a baby bath for sure.
- Kirsty Boyce Oh & dont forget to get a good comfy pram…some bubs will only sleep in one… I had mine inside the house A LOT! Handy coz you can move them room to room when you’re hanging out washing or making the bed or having a shower!!!!
I second the Humidifier, & Save Our Sleep book! - Tania Woelfle Baby i phone apps like Baby Center and What to expect baby, love me swaddle wrap, Save Our Sleep Book and Baby Love book, Fisher Price Rainforest Take- Along Swing
- Sarah Hyatt Best – advent elec steriliser & save our sleep book.
Worst – advent bottle warmer (waiting 5 minutes at 3am is not ideal – the microwave is much more practical & only takes 20 seconds!!) - Monique Smith Wraps, muslim wraps and the cotton stretchy wraps my now almost 2yr old son just loved to be snug as a bug, huggies nappies, any curash products especially whipes and sudocream, Also dont forget what a baby needs the most is just you.. there mummy to nurse them and to love them unconditionally ♥ lots of cuddles ♥ 🙂
- Cindy Williams Yep! Totally agree! Save our sleep book?’n
- Amy Milliner A Pair of sleepy wings, absolutely amazing my baby slept 8 hours the first time I put them on he was two weeks old
- Lacey Cameron Little Fess eye wipes! Best thing ever but rather expensive.
- Carolin Santamaria The Johnson’s lavender baby bath lotion thingy. Only bathe my bub at night when she gets fussy and she goes straight to sleep afterwards.
- Simone Bradshaw The preemie head insert for the car seat and pram! Prevents babys head from moving around.
- Elouise Keyser Yes, head/body insert for pram, carseat or bounce, Angel care monitor and Airwrap cot bumper!
- Debbie Frost a sleep sack!!!!
- Leanne Gurney As much fun as it is to buy clothes they grow out of them so quick in the early days, so I found the best gifts were practical things like wipes,nappies,creams,bath wash’s & linen etc….
- Claire Therese The biggest wraps you can find and a baby born.
- Chantell Gardner NAPPIESSSSSS!!!
- Karen Wh definately a swing was a lifesaver. also agree with a comment further up about the breastfeeding chair they are expensive but if you have a bad back and are going to be investing a long time into breastfeeding its worth it. and lansinoh was amazing dont think i would have coped without it (thankyou @kylie smith for that)
- Amy Tulloch Breastfeeding pillow and a ergo cocoon sleeping bag
- Heather Chappel He still uses his good quality hooded towels and he is four!!!
- Amy Seven ive always thought babies were too fat!
- Kendal Glover Breastfeeding pillow and her snuggle pup
- Rachel Lohmann Baby sleeping bags, loved them so much I started my own business making them!
- Candice Tanne Janit Diapers;-)
- Crystal Gunawardena love the bouncer too, baby nearly 1, and still breast feeding, WISH I HAD BOUGHT A NURSING CHAIR
- Allison Hynes I bought breast feeding cover from Bambino Latte, it is ingenious. I could feed anywhere anytime.
- Bonnie Anne Holt bubba moe baby sling
- Gina Deb A good carrier and a dear friend lent me a baby swing lol
- Rebecca Lenz Sleeping bags! We have used the ‘Love Me Baby’ ones and now onto a Grobag. I bought a Baby Björn and it killed my back to wear even as a newborn. That was a massive waste of money. I just bought an Ergo and its gold. Wish I had bought that at the start instead. My bouncer was another good buy. As was my Safe N Sound Maxi Rider AHR coz he went in it at 10months it will last until hes 7.
- Kerrie Mckinnon-morrison A U pillow, great for breast feeding or laying Bub down n eventually putting behind Bub as they learn to sit.
- Jacqueline Leeder My most favourite thing was the Little lamb Papasan Cradle Swing (2 way rocking motion and 2 seat positions)= absolute lifesaver until bub got too big for it at 13.5 mths. Funnily enough the second most favourite thing that noone has mentioned at all so far was a bath thermometer= perfect water temperature everytime. No guess work 🙂
- Mel Morrisby A Woombie
- Sally Laundy A baby swing
- Natasha Gadsden Love to swaddle up sleeping bag and love to swaddle up transition 50/50 sleeping bag. Wish they made a winter one! But in the works now.
- Natasha Gadsden And itti bitti MCN. Love them.
- Naomi Emerton ‎”Woombie” zip up swadler, baby swing and Tommy Tippee “Closer to Nature” bottles.
- Juanita Kasten A digital ear thermometer!
- Natasha Rowley corn flour for nappy rush… no chemicals and actually works, sprinkle some on with each nappy change, bub will never experience nappy rush
- Emma Seears best thing i ever bought was a medela breast pump. worth every cent. thing I didn’t buy and regret is a breastfeeding pillow. could have saved many trips to the chiro. oh and the wrap me up wraps are awesome too
