Top 15 Babies Things (0-3 months)

A couple of my friends are pregnant and have asked for registering advice.  They seemed to like this so I thought I'd share it with the world. 

Some of this we got new, some of it was hand-me-down – these are my top 15 things for the first three months:

• An extra infant car seat base for the second vehicle
• Pack and play with changing table on top
• Multiple diaper bags with lots of pockets (and room for your stuff so you don’t have to walk around looking like a bag lady when you take the baby out)
• We use 4 or 6 ply cloth diapers as burp cloths. (The stuff at some of the baby stores labeled as burp cloths are kind of useless – the diapers work like a champ)
• Philips Avent Soothie Pacifiers (http://www.amazon.com/Avent-Free-Soothie-Pacifier-Pack/dp/B0053KKPZ2/ref=sr_1_2?s=baby-products&ie=UTF8&qid=1352233976&sr=1-2&keywords=avent+soothie)
• Fisher-Price Cruisin' Motion Soother Bouncer (bouncer imitates car movement and our little man loves it – some babies prefer swings or regular bouncers)
• Beaudraux’s Buttpaste
• A cheap microwave bottle steamer and BIG drying rack (we got the Dr. Brown one because it fit the bottles, they are like $25-30 each)
• Angelcare Monitor (has a sensor pad underneath the little one’s mattress that alerts if she stops breathing – great peace of mind) and/or a video monitor (we got a great one on a woot kids deal)  Summer Infant Baby Touch Video Monitor (Google Affiliate Ad)
•  Diaper genie (we got the Arm & Hammer one, so far so good)
• An arterial thermometer that you swipe across their head
• Sheets/quilted covers for the pack and play (2-4 of them)
•  Bassinet (we got a hand-me-down and it worked beautifully – some people we know went straight to a pack and play or crib but I liked having the bassinet right there next to the bed when he wasn’t sleeping through the night)
• You can never have too many receiving blankets (we have some from Carter’s that we got hand-me-down that are a little heavier that we use along with the regular receiving blankets and they are awesome)
•  Diaper caddy for organization. Then you can change a baby in a hurry anywhere in the house (we have this onehttp://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=12326945 

    We are partial to Dr. Brown’s bottles – every baby is different though so don’t buy a bunch of anything in advance