5 Things I Couldn't Live Without

1. Wraps (DD soon associated wrapping with sleeping and that became a sleep cue - she started smiling when she saw the wrap coming out)
2. Bassinette on the pram (meant DD could be wheeled anywhere in the house and she was never in a different room to me for the first two months - I think that helped her understand the difference between day (interesting, noisy, best not sleep for TOO long) to night (nothing happens, boring, might as well sleep)
3. Cloth square nappies for mopping up spew.
4. DVDs (only highlight of days when I couldn't walk because of pregnancy-related condition).
5. Sense of humour

Three Things I Shouldn't Have Bought
1. I didn't buy one but I think change tables are sooooo overrated for the money. At least don't get one that is ONLY a change table. Either get a change mat (about $30 from Kmart) and put it on top of a chest of drawers or buy a chest of drawers with a change table on top.
2. Expensive toys - I bought a Lamaze swivel tummy gym thingy and Baby Einstein this, that and the other. DD couldn't care less - happier playing with the scoop out of her formula, paper bags and wooden blocks. Or trying to pull out mummy's hair!
3. Cradle (because we have the bassinette from the pram).