We are getting asked this a lot and without revealing the sex we don't know what we need! So jumping in for any ideas!
Atm only a few things...
Another monitor as DD will keep the movement monitor for her breathing until she has grown out of her lung issues
Some hooded towels
What we have and are doing...
We are keeping the same pram, and I have a "few" carriers (another carrier-a-holic here )
Borrowing a Bassinet then when bubs is ready for the cot transferring DD to a bed, she is int he cot set up as a toddler bed atm.
Hiring a cupsule, then when bubs is too big for that buying DD a Maxi Rider and bubs will get her Meridian.
Got a swing already
Plenty of wraps, maybe just a few new stretchy one's
Bought a few new items of clothes
Bought some new BPA free Bottles JIC but have the receipt in the box hoping to return them
If you have two in cots you would probably do with some more sheets, blankets etc
Oh yeah and I didn't need a new cot either - I got a cheap bassinette off Ebay for $50 before Eden was born, and she was in that for a few months - Kelti had already moved to a toddler bed before Eden was born though, about 15 months old she was. Kelti slept in the bassinette I borrowed from my SIL when she was born until DS was 22 months old and moved into a toddler bed. So I've only purchased toddler beds, not another cot
Besides what everyone else has said - car seat, double pram, more towels, carrier etc i bought an electronic breast pump. Mainly cause with ds i found it took forever for me to be able to express enough for a bottle if i had to leave him and i'm sure i'll have less time now and i'll probaly be going back to work earlier so it will be more efficient. Also if i have to express again with this one for comp feeds in the early days it will help too
We're planning on getting:
Car seat- a booster seat for our son actually and the convertible car seat will be passed down.
Cradle- older son is still in cot, not as a toddler bed so I'm hoping the larger size of a cradle will last us a little longer with baby#2 until the cot is free.
Skateboard for pram- I'll mainly use carriers for the baby too but I think the skateboard will be handy for a long time anyway.
Cleaner- I figure this will be an essential for a period of time while adjusting to having two!
Bath seat- We didn't use one last time but I think it'll make life easier with two in the bath. Obviously wont need that for a bit though.
We have a rocker already which we barely used last time but I can see it being handy this time.
We got (for #3, since I needed to start from scratch for #2)
A bassinet + some sheets and blankets (which I got gifted)
Some clothes - despite them being polar opposite seasons, I had quite a bit of neutral coloured wintery stuff in between all the pink summer stuff
Nappies
Car seat (which just happened to come with quite a few bassinet sized sheets and blankets)
And out of season maternity gear for me
The whole lot added up to about $250. Second babies are cheap!
If I'd had two of the same gender in similar seasons I would have only needed cot and carseat.
Second hand and new baby clothes as we're having a girl and 8 bags of boys stuff just won't do lol
Couple of sets of new sheets.
Another car seat as DS is still in his.
Pram the will fit both of them. Note for anyone looking into this- I hated the idea of big chunky double pram but have found an amazing one called the Bootiq Duex stroller, very lightweight and folds up to size of single pram, plus comes with newborn foot muff, head support and storm cover and is really cheap!
Couple of new blankets etc as some of DS ones were worn out or stained.
2 extra baby gates second hand for $5 each as I know it will be harder to keep an eye on 2!
That's about it that we have 'needed' have bought some other stuff like a nursery manchester set worth $370 for $50 and some pretty girly teddy bears etc
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