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I discovered I was pregnant: where to start with the baby essentials?

The test came back positive, the head started racing and the list seems endless. Don’t worry: the beginning is simpler than you might think.

Start with three steps: note what you already have or expect to receive, build a list for your due date and city, then work through one category at a time. In Enxovaly, enter your due date and location, and the app creates a checklist with suggested quantities for each item and size.

  • Breathe: you don't need to decide everything today.
  • Inventory: write down what you already have and what you will gain.
  • Ready list: date and city become your list.
  • Your pace: one category at a time.

Breathe: the first few weeks are not about shopping

Mom, I know you want to go out and buy everything today. But the first quarter is about organizing your head, not your bag: purchases made on impulse now are the ones that are most regretted later.

  • Hold back on impulse purchases, especially cute clothes on sale.
  • Talk about the total baby essentials budget before the first purchase.
  • Store inspirations and references in one place.
  • Take the opportunity to tell people who will want to give a gift.

Take inventory before your first purchase

Every baby checklist starts with items you did not buy: hand-me-downs from friends, loans from family or things saved from an older child. Record them first to avoid buying duplicates, one of the costliest checklist mistakes.

  • Write down what you have already earned, inherited or will borrow.
  • Ask the family what someone already plans to give.
  • Include large items: cribs, strollers and bathtubs usually come as gifts.
  • Mark everything on the list to deduct what's missing.

Create the right list for your baby

Generic internet list sends the same baby essentials for a July baby in Curitiba and a January baby in Fortaleza. The list is mostly based on your date and city: this is what defines the sizes, fabrics and quantities of each piece.

  • Expected date and city define the season and climate of each phase.
  • Suggested quantities per item and size, no excess.
  • Not knowing the sex? That's okay: everyday pieces are neutral.
  • Six categories organize everything: bedroom, dressing, hygiene and bathing, food, walks and maternity.

Progress at your own pace, category by category

With the list ready, the baby essentials becomes a sequence of small steps. Start with the category that takes the most time, which is bedroom furniture, and mark each achievement: seeing progress increase is what keeps your spirits up until the end.

  • Furniture first: is the most expensive purchase and slowest delivery.
  • Clothes later, when you already know the quantities by size.
  • Check off each item purchased or won to see the progress.
  • Invite those who will help: everyone sees the same list.
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The first step takes one minute.

Enter the expected date and your city: Enxovaly puts together the baby essentials list with quantities by size, and you progress at your own pace.

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Bedroom furniture: this is the most expensive purchase, the one that takes the longest to arrive and the one that may require services such as painting and assembly. Clothes and accessories come later, with defined quantities.