Essential Newborn Clothes: Part 1

Series Summary

With todays hectic schedules and the speed of life, having a newborn baby can feel overwhelming for new parents. The simplest things become questions as to whether or not you are doing them correctly. There is so much to think about and do to keep your baby comfortable and happy that sometimes you might not know where to begin. You're not alone. This is very common among new parents and is not cause for alarm.

In this free video series, watch as mother Liz Hood teaches all about how to prepare your home for an infant. Learn how to find clothes for newborns, get bottle feeding supplies, breast feeding supplies, learn baby safety, how to find a safe baby crib, how to fill a newborn's medicine cabinet, how to baby proof rooms, and how to prepare your children for a newborn. Having a baby is an exciting thing and knowing how to prepare yourself for the occasion is an important skill to develop. Let these videos from the experts at ExpertVillage help you start your path to parenthood.

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Liz Hood on behalf of Expert Village and I am going to be talking about different clothes that you need to have for your newborn before you bring your baby home from the hospital. Now, one thing that I have found extremely helpful is these Amy Coe blankets from Target. These were the absolute perfect size to wrap the little baby up like a little burrito bundle as a newborn. About two months in he didn't like to be bundled up like that because he was so active but those first couple of weeks it was really comforting for him to be wrapped up just like he was by the nurses at the hospital. Another thing I found extremely helpful was this little hat, for everybody, all your body heat escapes out the top of your head so to keep a baby warm obviously the best thing to do is for him to wear a little hat. He was constantly wrapped up like a little burrito with a little hat on the first couple of weeks he was home. Another really helpful thing for newborns is just little tiny t-shirts like this. Now, their umbilical cord falls off easier and faster if you just put little t-shirts on them instead of having that area covered up so much so that it can get as much air as possible, it dries out faster. Obviously, you'll need plenty of onsies. They come in four and five packs realitively cheap so it's good to have at least ten or so. Those first couple of weeks I remember you just went through them all the time and it was just easier to have plenty of onsies that are clean and available rather than having to do a whole bunch of laundry all of the time. Here is another staple for the newborn to three month old baby. It's a little nightgown, it's got elastic on the bottom, it keeps their little feet warm at night when they are sleeping and also if you have to do a night time diaper change it's just real easy to just fit this part over their legs instead of having to unsnap snaps and possibly wake them up. That's kind of one thing I miss about having a newborn is have them just kind of sleep through a diaper changes, being put in the car seat, stuff like that. Anyway, this is a really good thing to have. Obviously you need plenty of bibs. It's just real easy to keep it on them, be sure to take it off before they go to sleep. I like to go ahead and put one on them before putting him in the car seat, especially if he has eaten recently because if he spits up it gets on the bib instead of on the car seat straps and the little car seat buckle and all that stuff."