https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 11 Apr 2026 16:23:57 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-think-you-dudnt-need#post-2353328 Wed, 11 Nov 2015 23:21:15 +0000 Oxana 2353328@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Formula. We couldn't get a good latch, and she had jaundice, so we wanted to flush the toxins out of her system as quickly as possible.</p> <p>I only bought a single breast pump because I stay at home and didn't think I'd really need it. Even with a shield, we could never get the hang of breastfeeding, so I ended up pumping exclusively for 10 months. In addition to a double pump, I needed a huge number of bottles, etc.</p> <p>She had awful reflux until she was about 8 months old, so we needed hundreds of burp cloths. We also ended up buying those plastic bibs with a reservoir that toddlers normally use--she would throw up so much that those bibs actually worked a lot better than a regular cloth bib. And we could measure how much she was throwing up (gross I know) because doctors were so quick to point out that it always looks like more than it is. It turned out that she threw up about 3 oz. of about 5 oz. we gave her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-think-you-dudnt-need#post-2353326 Wed, 11 Nov 2015 23:18:01 +0000 Raspberry 2353326@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A breastfeeding pillow. I thought I could make do with the cushions and pillows already around the house but realized right away at the hospital that it wouldn't work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-think-you-dudnt-need#post-2353306 Wed, 11 Nov 2015 22:55:12 +0000 youboots 2353306@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Jumparoo </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-think-you-dudnt-need#post-2353302 Wed, 11 Nov 2015 22:50:41 +0000 PawPrints 2353302@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Baby swing for us too - luckily someone gave me one they didn't need anymore, I thought it was just one more "baby container" and we already had a Mamaroo, a bouncer, a PnP, a RnP, a co-sleeper... man I had no idea, those swings are baby chloroform.</p> <p>Also, hilariously: I didn't think we would need to buy newborn-size disposable diapers. We had a complete set of newborn cloth diapers we planned to use and I thought the diapers we'd get at the hospital would be sufficient to carry us through the meconium days, after which we could switch to cloth. I vastly overestimated how many diapers we would go home with and underestimated how often we would change her in the first week. DH had to go out and buy diapers immediately when we got home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-think-you-dudnt-need#post-2353287 Wed, 11 Nov 2015 22:32:15 +0000 Torchwood 2353287@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>More than a few bottles, bottle warmer, pacifiers. Basically anything that you would normally avoid early on to avoid nipple confusion. I assumed breastfeeding would actually work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-think-you-dudnt-need#post-2353264 Wed, 11 Nov 2015 22:04:53 +0000 SweetCaroline 2353264@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A million pump bottles and sets of pump parts. A million. I rinsed them, tossed them in the fridge produce drawer and washed them all at once on the weekend. We don't have a dishwasher (appliance), but my husband the dishwasher (man) insisted on this arrangement. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-think-you-dudnt-need#post-2353222 Wed, 11 Nov 2015 21:30:30 +0000 gracecat 2353222@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nothing really, I was overly prepared with everything. Way too much stuff... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-think-you-dudnt-need#post-2353208 Wed, 11 Nov 2015 21:14:24 +0000 Littlebit7 2353208@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That giant fisher price snug a something swing. God it's ugly and huge but I hate-love it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-think-you-dudnt-need#post-2353199 Wed, 11 Nov 2015 21:08:51 +0000 buttermilk 2353199@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Baby swing for sure! I didn't want to end up wig too much baby gear, but I ordered it in the middle of the night during her first wonder week and it's been amazing. She naps great in the swing and it's helped to get us on the EASY routine since 6 Wks. Now I'm trying to transition to crib naps though. Oy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-think-you-dudnt-need#post-2353035 Wed, 11 Nov 2015 18:43:07 +0000 BSB 2353035@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wipes warmer. Didn't register for it but my SIL handed a bunch of stuff down and one of the items was a wipes warmer. My LOs hate diaper changes and hate cold wipes. Between disposable and cloth wipes we now have two ️Wipe warmers that I picked up the second through a consignment.</p> <p>I did register for the rock n play and I got one but I didn't really get excited about it. Now that the Twins had trouble sleeping in the bassinets, the RnP have been great. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-think-you-dudnt-need#post-2353021 Wed, 11 Nov 2015 18:23:05 +0000 LindsayLou 2353021@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Pacifiers. We had a couple, but stocked up after she was born. Tons of burp cloths. I had no idea how many we'd go through daily. Newborn sized pants. We only had 3 pairs, which I figured would be plenty. Poor kiddo has my short legs and 0-3 pants are just now starting to not look ridiculous at 11 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-think-you-dudnt-need#post-2353018 Wed, 11 Nov 2015 18:19:49 +0000 travellingbee 2353018@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Rock and play for sure. We got it as a gift a d I was like, why do I need this? I almost brought it back. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-think-you-dudnt-need#post-2353011 Wed, 11 Nov 2015 18:12:38 +0000 Truth Bombs 2353011@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I thought to myself "how many bibs and burp cloths could you really need?". Turns out... A LOT OF THEM. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-think-you-dudnt-need#post-2352961 Wed, 11 Nov 2015 17:03:53 +0000 gingerbebe 2352961@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Marpac Dohm. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-think-you-dudnt-need#post-2352955 Wed, 11 Nov 2015 17:01:07 +0000 Eko 2352955@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Baby swing and more than 4 a&amp;a swaddles. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-think-you-dudnt-need#post-2352954 Wed, 11 Nov 2015 17:01:07 +0000 FliegepilzHut 2352954@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A Rock 'n Play! D'S's sleep is better by far in the one lent to us! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-think-you-dudnt-need#post-2352952 Wed, 11 Nov 2015 17:00:01 +0000 mrsrain 2352952@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Formula. She lost too much weight too quickly and we had to start supplementing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-think-you-dudnt-need#post-2352949 Wed, 11 Nov 2015 16:54:34 +0000 runnerd 2352949@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A baby swing! We never got one, but later realized that he slept wonderfully in the one at daycare, and when we visited a friend with one. It's our big ticket item to buy next time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-think-you-dudnt-need#post-2352945 Wed, 11 Nov 2015 16:51:38 +0000 simplyfelicity 2352945@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>...but absolutely did? </p> <p>For us, it was a breast pump. I dragged my heels on getting one because I only *planned* to start pumping when I went back to work at 6 months pp. Lo and behold, DS lost a lot of weight and was very dehydrated and we needed to supplement. So, we found the nearest medical supply store about an hour away and frantically drove down there with our four day old (after begging for a lightning fast rx for it.) </p> <p>You? </p>