There's no good time to buy a nursing bra.
Ideally, you'll get the best fit once your milk comes in one or two days after the baby is born but you'll be too busy/tired to shop then.
Go shopping in the last trimester and make your best guess.
If it's a close call, buy a little bigger.
Sports bra style nursing bras are nice because there are no tricky snaps or hooks plus they fit variety of sizes.
If you have one or two that you like before the baby comes, you can shop for more later on.
1.
Breast fed babies may need TriViSol for vitamin D.
You can buy it OTC or get a prescription from the pediatrician.
2.
Decide who you will have for a pediatrician before the baby is born.
Someone from the practice should visit your child in the hospital.
3.
Make sure adults who will be around the newborn get updated booster shots.
4.
Set the water heater in your house to 120 degrees.
Infants can be scalded in a matter of seconds.
5.
This winter retest your radon.
Babies are more susceptible to radon.
6.
Check the places you like to go: movies, restaurants and stores to see whether their restrooms have changing tables.
7.
You don't need an expensive high chair.
They take up a lot of room.
The ones that strap to a dining room chair convert from a reclining seat for an infant to an upright position.
8.
Get some night lights if you don't have them.
You don't want to fumble in the dark for night time feedings and you certainly don't want bright overhead lights on.
9.
Things you probably won't need--bottle warmer; bottle sterilizer.
10.
How to get yellow infant poop out of clothing.
Dawn direct, an old toothbrush and HOT water.