Printable newborn checklist
Most checklists are one long column of sixty things, which is how people end up buying a bottle warmer at 30 weeks and a stair gate never. This one is ordered by when you actually need it, so the page you are on is the only part that matters this month.
Free to print, copy and hand out — no account, no sign-up, nothing to fill in first. If you run a family hub, a baby bank or an antenatal group, please take as many copies as you need.
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Newborn checklist
Ordered by when each thing is wanted, not alphabetically. Items marked optional can wait until the baby arrives and you know whether you want them.
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Before birth
- Car seat — i-Size, rear-facing
- Moses basket or cot + mattress
- Pushchair or pram
- Nappies & wipes, starter stock
- Going-home outfit + a few 0–3mo sleepsuits
- Swaddles or sleeping bags
- Changing mat + nappy bin
- Thermometer, nail scissors, first-aid basics
- Bottles and steriliser (if formula or combination feeding), or a couple of bottles as backup
- Hospital bag
- Sling or baby carrier — optional
- Baby monitor — optional
Weeks 1–4
- Baby bath or bath support
- Muslins, extra sleepsuits
- Restock nappies & wipes
- Register the birth (free, within 42 days)
- Feeding pillow — optional
- White noise machine — optional
Months 1–3
- Next clothing size up
- More bottles, if formula feeding
- Play mat or tummy-time gym — optional
- Bouncer or swing — optional
Months 4–6
- Highchair
- Bibs, weaning spoons, first bowls
- Stair gates + socket covers
- Apply for funded hours, if going back to work
- Teething toys — optional
Months 6–12
- Cupboard locks
- First shoes, once walking
- Next-stage i-Size seat, once outgrown by height
- Cot bed conversion, if applicable — optional
- Push-along walker — optional
Two things to buy new
Nearly everything on this list is fine secondhand, and buying used takes several hundred pounds off a first year. Two things are different. A cot mattress should be new, and should fit the frame with no gap wider than about two fingers. A car seat can be damaged in a collision in ways you cannot see, so only accept one from somebody who can tell you its full history — and check it has not passed its expiry date.
My Nurevia does not test, evaluate or endorse any product. Check current safety standards and recall notices at gov.uk/product-safety-alerts-reports-recalls before buying anything, new or used.
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