To set the record straight I am not condoning stealing. I am pretty sure (except for the blankets) the hospital has no problem with you taking the left over supplies from your room. You paid for them right? Leave them behind and you’ll just have to shell out more money at the store later.
- Wash Basin – Good for giving the baby a sponge bath until the umbilical cord comes off. Great for washing bottles as well.
- Diapers – You will be neededing a lot of these.
- Thermometer – Instead of registering for one just keep the one from the hospital.
- Surgical Scrub Brush/Sponge – The scrub brush is perfect for washing baby’s scalp. I used it for my first child for over a full year. Also great for cleaning your toddler’s grumby nails.
- Peri Bottle – Grab one for you and one for the baby. Great for your private parts and works well for rinsing shampoo off a newborns head.
- Bulb Syringe – For all those baby boogers.
- Large Maxi Pads – Trust me you will need these. Doesn’t matter if you have a c-section or vaginal birth.
- Disposable Panties – Do you really want to ruin your good underwear?
- Newborn Hat – Perfect for those first few short weeks when a 0-3 month sized hat is just too big.
- Receiving Blankets – Multiple uses and provides a great memory.
Note: If you didn’t get a chase to swipe a receiving blanket from the hospital you can purchase them here.
Question: What did you swipe from the hospital? Did you find anything useful that I didn’t include in the above list?
About Kelly Tirman
Kelly Tirman is Natural Connector, Crowdsourcer and Change Management Business Professional specializing in eCommerce & Social Business. She currently works as a Senior Business Operations Manager for Walmart’s Global eCommerce Business however in her “free-time” Kelly blogs on several topics including Urban Living, Raising Multilingual Children, Organic Beauty. She happily resides in San Francisco with her husband and two children.
The peri bottle for washing baby…genius!Never thought of that… a lot of these items get thrown away if you don’t take them, so it’s better if you do!
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Wonderful list. I never thought about using the peri bottle for rinsing baby’s hair. I’m going to remember this in January when I’m getting ready to leave the hospital with our newest addition.
I never thought about this much (my baby is 25 years old). Great list and a good way to save money!
P.S. I hope to meet you at BlogHer!
Haha, my hubby swiped a whole bunch of stuff from the cart he came from the nicu with. I asked him to grab one of the blankets and he cleaned it out. We now have 6 property of the hospital receiving blankets! But I came home with everything on this list! The scrub brush is awesome for scrubbing baby scalp! And giving him a Mohawk
Don’t forget burp cloths – the ones in the hospital are perfectly sized and thick!
I grabbed a blue onesie that had the hospital name printed down the leg… Just like scrubs! My husband said I was stealing, but in all fairness when they took my baby for his bath, they never brought back the sleeper he was wearing which was mine… so I think of it more as a trade.
I took the special water drinking cup. It is HUGE, has a lid, and comes with a bendy straw. It’s my favorite nursing and drinking cup ever. Sad but true.
Hahaha, too funny. We also ‘grabbed’ some things on the way out; blankets, diapers, maxi pads, perri bottle (it was great for down there), underwear, and hats. But you guys got bathtubs, thermometers, and brushes? I guess I wasn’t in a posh hospital because I didn’t even see these.
Lol, love this list! I think w made it out with all of these items, too. We also nabbed some of the cold compress things to go in your undies and extra peri bottles for every bathroom in the house. I don’t know if they’re “free” or not, but our hospital offered hydrogels (supposedly wound dressings) to nursing mothers. Had I known how AWESOME they were for sore tatas, I would’ve gotten a pair from every nurse & LC! Those things are expensive but wonderful!