Newborn essentials checklist to buy, baby stores in Jakarta

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Newborn

Registering the birth of a child in Indonesia and apply for affidavit & passport 

Clothes

1. Long and short set - Velvet junior set new born, bamboo and non bamboo, each 4 sets. The non bamboo ones are pretty thick. The bamboo ones are thin. Preferably buttons at the front.
2. Long and short - Fluffy set new born, each 4 sets. Thin.
3. Mittens. At first, only bought 4 sets, we kept buying until 10+ sets, since she kept making it wet by putting them in her mouth. We stopped putting mittens on her when she was 4 months, when she stopped scratching her face.
4. Swaddle Velvet junior 10 pcs.
5. Alas ompol Oz 12 pcs.
6. LEN mattress protector 1 pcs, KLÄMMIG Changing pad 3 pcs from IKEA.
7. Silky soft dream blanket pebble shibori Aden Anais 1 pcs. She didn't like blanket ever since newborn. She would kick the blanket 'till it's gone then she sleeps.
8. Hats 2 pcs. Didn't use it.
9. Washcloth (heart breaker) Aden Anais 3 pcs.
10. Next Bibs 6 pcs.
11. Bandana bib Honey Bunny 2 pcs.
12. Burp cloth 4 pcs. Bought many more when she was 4 months old, that she started drooling.

Diapers, lotions, bottles and more

1. Nepia Genki Tape Newborn.
2. Breast Pads Honeycomb Pigeon.
3. Cotton ball small Mothercare.
4. Baby tissue Paseo.
5. Small glass tupperware for cottons & warm water (when changing diaper).

1. Buds Organics precious newborn head to toe cleanser.
2. Precious newborn cream Buds Organic. 
3. Baby massage oil Buds Organic. How to massage : Johnsons  Baby Center
4. Bum rush Sudocrem.
5. Protopic ointment 0.03% for her eczema. We tried several brands, the ones with steroid usually work; no more rash within 2 days. Protopic does not contain steroid, also works well.
6. Newborn eye shield.

1. Night time pacifier 0-6m Pigeon 2 pcs.
2. Chu Chu Standard PPSU bottle 150 ml 3 pcs.
3. Chu Chu bottle 240 ml 2 pcs.
4. Nylon bottle brush Pigeon.
5. Sterilization Tongs Pigeon.
6. Thermos 500 ml.
7. Safety pins large.
8. Baby cotton swap.
9. Kasa hidrofil steril = to clean tongue, dip in boiled water, and air until cooled, then clean baby's tongue.
10. Dr Brown's Tooth & Gum.
11. Softmate Basic Tissue.
12. Baby detergent Pigeon.
13. Bottle liquid cleanser Pigeon.

1. Mooimom bra.
2. Mamaway corset. Even after 3 years, sometimes stomach hurts if carry heavy things, wear it a couple hours.
3. We don't use baby bed and pillow, just put folded swaddle under the head. Put our pillows by her sides.
4. Baby mosquito net (baby size).

Equipment

1. Travel bed Nuna Sena Aire Frost with insect net, mattress protector & bed sheet. Bought, but never used. Baby sleeps with mom.
2. Diaper bag IKEA (too small though: the thermos, 1 water bottle, 1 pacifier, 5 sachets meiji cube, 3 bottles, 2 swaddle, 1 waterproof diaper pad, 1 set of shirt and pants, 5 diapers, 2 bibs, small baby paseo, several pieces softmate basic tissue).
3. Playmat Dwinguler.
4. Bath tub XL & gayung Puku.
5. Pigeon Nail Scissor (New Born Baby) = use it since newborn until now 3 years old.
6. Termoscan 7 ear thermometer Braun.
7. Stérimar nasal hygiene. 
8. We bought several Nasal Aspirator, none of them work. Better manually suck.
9. Stroller Bugaboo Bee5.
10. Carseat CabrioFix Maxi-Cosi. Never use.
11. Rainbow 2 baby carrier I-angel. Barely use.

Milk & Food

1. Back in Jakarta we gave her MEIJI Hohoemi Baby Milk powder.
2. We started giving her solid when she was 4+ months old. We tried various brands of puree and other types of food. She doesn't really like the 'western' brand pouches and glass jars: Earth Best, Gerber, Heinz; maybe because they are usually sour. She really loves Kewpie in glass jars (we tried many flavors, she likes all). 
3. US Baby Silicone Heat Sensing Spoon. We do not use food dispensing/feeding spoon. 
4. We bought Nuby food masher and Farlin food maker but never use.
5. Nuby Trainer Cup. Never use. She drinks right from normal cup.

Clothing Brands & Stores

• Chubby Baby
• Aden Anais
• Ardenleon 
• Baby Dior
• Baby Giggle
• Birds & Bees
• Bohopanna
• Boogybaby 
• Carter's
• Fluffy
• GAP
• GingerSnaps
• Gymboree
• Happpylittlepop (ig)
• H&M
• Janie and Jack
• Jummakids (ig)
• Kazel
• Kenzo
• Kiddokiddi_kidswear (ig)
• Libby
• Little Palmerhaus 
• Little_bathi (ig)
• Mini Cottons
• Mothercare
• Next baby
• Petite Mimi (legging)
• Sabine and Heem
• Source_id (ig)
• Tofftop8 (ig)
• Velvet Junior
• Zara
• Ziel Kids

Mobile Apps

1. theAsianparent. Good reading on milestones.
2. BabyCenter. Also to track growth.
3. WebMD & WebMD Baby.
4. Chai's Play.
5. Baby Tracker. Track feeding, sleep, diaper change, pumping, others. Never use it though. I track them on my notebook: 
sleep time - wake time. time of drink & how much, diaper change, poo, vitamin, cut nails,

SUM drink and sleep each end of day (+- 6 am until 6 am next day). Doctor might ask these when we visit.

2 years old

• Khan Academy Kids
• Lingo Kids
• Endless Alphabet
• Epic!

Youtube

• Cocomelon
• Little Fox
• Super Jojo

(All have other languages)

KR,

Pigeon Nail Scissor (New Born Baby) Made in Japan