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Initial baby equipment: What do you need?

Verena Keller

Mother of three children, family pediatric nurse, breastfeeding specialist®

If you are asking yourself: "What does our little darling need?" you are in the middle of a very different, exciting and thrilling time. You are going to be parents! Consciously enjoy this phase until the birth!

One initial equipment for your soon-to-be newborn is essential to dress it warmly, transport it well and care for it. But don't buy too much at first. Why? You will certainly receive clothes and much more as gifts, and maybe your baby will be larger or smaller than expected. Or it freezes more than others and requires several layers. Don't worry, you will learn all this as you deal with your child.

To save you stress, I would like to provide you with a compact checklist provide you with the most important things for your baby's initial equipment.

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When can you get the baby's first supplies?

Feel free to get the initial equipment for your baby little by little from the middle of your pregnancy, i.e. from about the 20th week of pregnancy.

first-time outfit

With the following checklist you have everything your baby needs at a glance:

Basic clothing

  • Clothing in size 56 and 62 (if you are expecting a small child also in size 50)
  • 5 bodysuits (feel free to try out whether you prefer wrap-around bodysuits or the classic ones)
  • 3 rompers (Complete suits for babies are practical and require less work)
  • 2 trousers
  • 4 tops / sweaters
  • 4 pairs socks (at least one is lost)
  • 1 thin Cap (for a head circumference of 34 cm, which fits most babies)
For baby clothing

Checklist for a summer or winter baby

Are you expecting your baby in summer , you will also need:

Come your baby in winter The initial equipment also includes:

  • 1 lined one-piece (e.g. a wool boiled wool suit)
  • 1 thick hat for outdoors
  • 1 jacket (there are also some with a footmuff attached, so you have both)

Traveling with baby

  • 1 baby seat to transport your child safely (take a look at the seat beforehand, install it in and out of the car several times and buckle it in and out.)
  • 1 swaddling blanket
  • 1 stroller
For on the go

Initial care equipment

  • 2 packs of Newborn or 1-pack diapers (First check which size you need for your baby. They also make a great gift.)
  • Cotton pads and wet wipes (many parents use water with a little oil or breast milk to care for the bottom.)
  • 2 washcloth
  • 2 hooded bath towels
  • 1 baby bathtub or
  • 1 bath bucket
  • 1 bath thermometer
  • Almond oil or breast milk as a bath additive
  • 1 thermometer
  • 1 heat lamp
  • 1 changing table or
  • 1 changing area with changing mat
To the changing mats

Nutrition for your newborn

Breastfeeding accessories for initial equipment:

  • Nursing bras (for comfort and support while breastfeeding)
  • Nursing pads (to absorb leaking milk)
  • Nursing pillow (as support for baby and mother during breastfeeding)
  • nipple ointment (for the care of sensitive or cracked nipples)
  • Nursing clothes (which facilitate discreet breastfeeding of the baby)
  • muslin cloths


Small tip: Muslin cloths or burp cloths can be used in many different ways, for example as a base or for wiping.

For bottle feeding:

  • bottle
  • Suction cup with the smallest hole
  • Pre-food for feeding until the first birthday
  • 1 bottle brush
  • muslin cloths

Initial sleep

  • Extra bed, family bed or baby bed (find out beforehand what suits you best.)
  • Suction cup with the smallest hole
  • 4 baby rompers
  • baby monitor
  • pacifier as a sleep aid
  • sleeping bags
To the sleeping bags

Other furniture

  • playpen
  • children's chair with newborn attachment

Initial equipment games

To the toys

Verena Keller
Verena Keller ist Mutter von drei Kindern und arbeitet als erfahrene Kindheitspädagogin. Als zertifizierte Stillexpertin begleitet sie Familien durch die Herausforderungen der Stillzeit und unterstützt Eltern mit wertvollen Tipps und Einfühlungsvermögen.

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