Baby kit checklist
For a good delivery and maternity you need all kinds of things. To make sure you don't forget anything, we've put together an eviction list. You can use this list, for example when shopping, as a checklist and tick off what you have bought or already have at home for when your baby arrives.
When you're (for the first time) pregnant, you're also confronted with the question: what do I have to do? What do I need at home or in the hospital during childbirth? What do I need when the little one arrives? I'm sure you'll get a lot of advice on what you need to put in the baby insert. With this list you are guaranteed not to miss anything and you can use it as a checklist while shopping!
The basics
- 5 cell mats
- 2 packs of sterile gauze measuring 16 x 16 centimetres
- 1 pack of cotton wool to 100 grams
- 1 sterile navel clamp
- 1 unscented soap bottle
- 1 bottle 70% alcohol
- 2 packs of maternity bandages
- 2 packs of sanitary napkins
Supplies for you as a mother
- 3 sets of sheets to change the bed
- 2 pillowcases
- 1 digital fever thermometer
Supplies that can be borrowed from the home care shop
- bedpan
- bed booster
- back support
- bed sheet
- the bed itself
Supplies for your child
- 1 digital fever thermometer
- 2 hats
- 6 bodysuits or shirts in 2 sizes
- 12 hydrophilic diapers
- 6 hydrophilic washcloths
- 6 spitwipes
- 2 packs of disposable nappies or 18 cotton, preformed nappies with accessories
- 2 flannel or flannel sleeves
- 3 under sheets or fitted sheets
- 3 top sheets
- 2 blankets
- 1 metal, seamless jars
- 1 jug bags
- 1 changing mat
- 1 baby bath with bath stand
- 1 bucket with lid for the nappies
- baby wax gel
- 1 hairbrush and comb
- 2 bath tapes or 2 large bath towels
Artificial food supplies
- 2 bottles especially for newborns
- 1 bottle carrier
- nutrition in consultation with the midwife or general practitioner
Breastfeeding supplies
- mammary compresses, if you'd like...
Checklist for a hospital birth
- hospital pass
- identity document
- insurance card
- 2 pyjamas
- 1 bathrobe
- slippers or flip-flops
- sufficient underwear and a feeding bra
- clothes for when you can go home
- toiletries and cosmetics
- mobile phone and charger
- camera and/or camera
- magazines and/or books
- any medication you are taking
- possibly glasses and/or lenses
- eat or drink sth.
- parking fee
And for your baby
- bodysuits or camisole
- nappies
- set of outerwear
- socks
- jacket or cape
- hat
- blanket
- approved car seat
What else you need
- 1 measuring jug
- 1 roll of toilet paper
- 1 pack of salt to rinse the birth wax
- 1 new plastic sink
- 2 buckets, of which 1 new one to fill the baby bath
- 1 packet of sandwich bags to remove sanitary napkins with
- 2 garbage bags
- 1 bottle of disinfectant, in case the midwife wants it
- 1 flashlight
Replenishment home birth
- 2 thin maternity mats
- 3 cell mats
- 1 large pack of maternity bandages or 1 pack of paper nappies
Supplies for household chores (Depending on the number of care hours taken)
- 4 household wipes (washable at 60 degrees)
- rubber gloves, size M (for the bathroom, the toilet and to sort the laundry)
- 1 floorcloth
- 1 dipstick
- 1 portable laundry basket