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Originally Posted by annekh23  This is a very common suggestion, but I don't get it, I didn't have one with my first, made one and used it a lot for my 2nd, was given one with my 3rd, which was a c-section and couldn't get it anywhere near me, help positioning the baby was useful, but pillows were fine, as was the my brest friend pillow I used in the LCs office, but the bobby was useless.
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SOme people don't use them, some people find them hindering. Personally I was at BRU leaving my 2 day old at home with daddy to buy one. Even at almost 4 months we still use it for every feeding. I've tried the My Breast Friend and I don't care for it at all, it's too stiff.
My essentials for the newborn period:
Boppy
Moby
Aiden & Anais swaddling blanket
At about 2 months, I found a bouncy seat really helpful - I got mine at a consignment store for $10. And at 3 months I wound up having to go buy a stroller (bugaboo - again, consignment).
It also depends on the weather when baby is born... my little guy spent the first month wearing just dipe and a wool/silk t-shirt under his blanket. All those newborn clothes were a waste of money (someone else's, thankfully). By the time he started regulating his temp himself, it started getting colder, and I started putting him in a wool sleep-sack with his wool tee... he lived in that tee the first 2 months or so, and still does sometimes.
