42 Baby Supplies and Equipment in Your Home

Normally, 42 Baby Supplies and Equipment in Your Home would have posted last Friday. But, life interred and I spent most of Friday in the ER with my mom.  She’s been hospitalized since and while recovering, at 84-years of age, she continues to battle escalating health challenges.

Here’s the problem with my mom:  you ask her how she is and she says “fine”, even if she isn’t fine.  And, she’s always smiling.  So, nurses and doctors don’t think she’s sick until they run tests and get back the results because my mom is perpetually happy, smiling, and says she is “fine.”  I always have to “brief” nurses and doctors that my mom doesn’t realize she’s sick and to “trust their science” because she is sick.  So, my mom always needs an “advocate” with her because she’s “fine” and smiling.

I guess when I’m 84, I’d rather be “fine” and smiling than in pain and grumpy.  But, the downside of this perpetual happy exterior is that when she is sick (with an infection, for example), that infection gets worse and worse until she ends up in the hospital because her vital signs start to plummet.  Anyway, we caught this current problem early and she’s recovering and will be home soon.

So, I’m dedicating 42 Baby Supplies and Equipment in Your Home to my mom, who loves babies and had 4 of her own (me included)!  She loves babies so much that when she retired from her job (she was in real estate for many years and worked for the Girls Scouts of America in a professional capacity for more than a decade), she became a nanny to 3 separate families, each with two children.

In each of these families, she loved those babies like they were her own.  A modern day “Mary Poppins”, my mom was a wonderful nanny to these babies, toddlers and young children.  Here she is with her great-granddaughter, Princess Sweetie Pie.  Today, Princess Sweetie Pie is almost 5 years old, so this photo is about 4 years old.

 

This post is part of a 4-part series of what babies bring into our lives via stuff.  If you missed the first one, here’s a link:  42 Things in Your Baby’s Nursery.

Part of my overall household inventory project that I’ve worked on for more than a year, these lists of baby stuff can be used in several ways:

• As part of your own household inventory binder
• As a checklist for new mothers
• As a gift guide for family and friends of new mothers

Don’t forget your FREE printable checklist at the end of this post.  Here’s the list of 42 Baby Supplies and Equipment in Your Home:

1. Full-size stroller
2. Lightweight/Travel stroller
3. Stroller accessories, covers, bags
4. Car seats, car seat accessories
5. Baby playard (playpen), playard sheet
6. Crib wedge cushion
7. Changing table cover, pads, liners
8. Portable changing pads, sets
9. Baby walker
10. Baby seat
11. Baby bouncer
12. Baby swing
13. Plastic hangers for baby clothes
14. Sling, baby carrier, baby backpack
15. Baby lounger
16. Diaper stacker, diaper pail refills
17. Laundry bag & supplies
18. First Aid supplies & equipment
19. Sound and light soothers
20. Baby grooming & dental kits
21. Baby blankets, receiving, security, wearable, swaddle
22. Baby bath tub, accessories
23. Baby bath towels & wash cloths
24. Baby bath and skin care products
25. Medicine, vitamins
26. Baby wipes and wipe warmers
27. Diaper creams and ointments
28. Diapers:  disposable, cloth, swim
29. Potty training seats
30. Training pants
31. Thermometer, aspirator, inhaler
32. Breast feeding pump, accessories
33. Bottles, nipples, toddler cups
34. Bottle warmers, sterilizers, brush
35. Nursing pillows, stools
36. Pacifiers, teethers
37. Food prep and storage containers
38. Dishes, utensils, feeding sets
39. High chairs, booster seats
40. Bibs, burp cloths
41. Child proofing & safety equipment
42. Baby & toddler food & formula

And, here’s your FREE printable checklist:  TS4T Checklist – 42 Baby Supplies and Equipment in Your Home.

Love you, Mom!

Tootles,

 

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• 42 Things in Your Laundry Room
• 42 Things in Your Master Bedroom
• 42 Things in Your Child’s Bedroom
• 42 Storage Solutions for Your Home
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