Whether it's your first child or your fourth, you need to get your house ready for the birth of a new baby. It will be much simpler for you to care for your newborn if you do this before bringing your baby home.
The advice provided below will show you how to organize and properly prepare your home for a baby BEFORE giving birth. I'll walk you through how to arrange your home room by room to make bringing a new baby home easier.
Top 5 Ideas to Prepare Your Home for a Newborn
Babies have a lot of "stuff," as you have surely seen. Although you want to keep your home as clutter-free as possible, you also want all the necessities to be within easy reach.
The most important thing is to make changes to your house so that your family can grow in comfort. You want plenty of products to make life simpler, as well as all the baby necessities within easy reach. Here are some of my favorite baby-preparation suggestions, and the details on how to arrange the rooms are at the bottom.
1. Have extras of the things you use the most.
You'll constantly have a full plate during those initial weeks. You'll be kept busy with everything from holding to rocking to eating to changing to cuddling to playing. Going upstairs or downstairs repeatedly might be inconvenient and a huge waste of time.
Spending a bit more money for convenience is something I strongly support, especially now that I am a mother. Caregiving for a newborn is significantly less stressful if you have everything you need close at hand.
If you have extras of the things you use the most, everything will always be within reach. To ensure that I always have easy access to the items I need, I strive to have two of the majority of items.
Since my home has two stories, I frequently set up stations in the living room and bedroom on the first and second floors, as well as in other locations around my home, car, and even the grandparents' home.
Not all of these spaces require the same high-end, pricey products. Since we spend the majority of our time in the living room, I keep the more modern and high-quality stuff there. I use hand-me-downs, find things at garage sales, or obtain a less expensive version for my second or third item.
2. Establish stations around your house.
Making orderly rooms is essential for making life easy for oneself. This includes having stations (feeding, diapering, sleeping) set up and rooms organized for maximum convenience.
Each station will include all the necessary items in one convenient little area or basket. Trust me, this makes things so much easier than searching all over for an item when you need it! As shown below, baskets and diaper caddies help tremendously with this.
You'll probably need a station for whatever you'll be doing in each room of your home. For instance, you'll need a postpartum station in your bathroom, a bottle station in the kitchen, a feeding/late-night station in the bedroom, a changing station in the living room, and many more.
Below, I'll go into further depth on what ought to be in these stations.
3. Your best friend will be baskets and storage containers.
You'll need baskets, storage boxes, or organizer caddies to make these stations. This makes it easier to keep everything you need in a small space.
I adore utilizing little nesting baskets as organizers all over my home, especially when there are young children present. These are excellent for grabbing little stuff. Having things scattered around your home so they are immediately accessible is very convenient.
These baskets are ideal for all of your organizational requirements. I adore that they include a cotton liner so that you don't just place your items in a wicker basket's bottom. The size also enables nesting, allowing you to divide into portions by placing the smaller ones inside the larger ones.
Additionally, they have a neutral color and a fashionable appearance, so you won't mind having them spread about your house.
This Diaper Caddy Organizer by MollieOllie is another storage container I adore. There are a lot of tiny pockets to keep everything organized and visible, plus a waterproof inside for any cream or lotion accidents.
These Large Storage Bins with Lids are yet another incredibly useful item. For storing some of your bulkier stuff, like as toys, blankets, breast pumps, etc., they work well.
These storage containers have an exquisite design, go well with my interior decor, and are strong and robust enough to carry a range of objects.
These bins' LID is their best feature, by far! I searched far and low for storage containers with covers to conceal the mess and disarray, and they were ideal.
I use them for toys, blankets, and burp cloths for babies, but there are countless more uses as well. Even other domestic goods like a spot for shoes by the door are used by me with them.
For all the extra baby goods that you might not need near at hand but yet want to keep organized, they can go in the closet.
4. Before using any newborn items, wash and sanitize them.
Whether they are new or used, you should wash and clean every new item your baby will come into touch with. Wash all of the baby equipment, including the blankets, sheets, and fabric coverings.
Make sure all bottles, nipples, and pump components are clean and sterile. Using sanitizing wipes, clean all baby equipment (swings, bouncers, etc.).
5. Complete It Before Bringing Your Baby Home
You might still feel sore and uncomfortable when you leave the hospital after giving birth. Making more work for oneself is the last thing you should do.
Don't put off doing these crucial things to get your house ready for the newborn. You'll be relieved that everything was finished before your kid arrived.
