Baby Stuff: The Preliminary List

I love this ottoman and can totally see it in our nursery. I'm picturing lots and lots of color...

Hi Everyone! 

So I have to laugh, because my husband and I have been talking and talking about how we don't want to get/don't think it's necessary to have a lot of stuff for the babies, and yet, when I make my preliminary list of what I think we need it seems sooooooooo long.

Basically, we're trying to:

1) Keep our lives as clutter-free as possible (may be totally unrealistic with two babies, I know), and

2) Get the baby stuff on a budget (we've got a few Visa gift cards, a few hundred dollars worth of change we've been saving up, a few hundred dollars that we've been setting aside little by little from our weekly budget for a while now)...so we have some cash, but don't want to go crazy. (Well, let me rephrase that...I would love to go to Land of Nod or Pottery Barn Kids and buy everything in sight, but my husband is so much more responsible about money than I am...and it works out great for our family, so I am not complaining...but to be perfectly honest it's really him that's keeping this whole thing from getting out of control, lol.)

Anyway, below is my preliminary list of what I think we need (and/or I really, really want):

Baby "Necessities"

• 2 cribs (probably used, or from some place like Target or IKEA)
• 2 crib mattresses
• Crib sheets...maybe 4?
• 2 quilts (I think I'm going to try and make these myself...not really in love with anything I've seen)
• 2 Moses baskets (so the babies have a portable place to sleep when they're very small)
• Curtains for the nursery (I'll make these)
• Receiving blankets (my mom and I will make these...not sure how many we'll need)
• Onesies (again not sure how many we'll need)
• Burp cloths
• Diapers
• Diaper pail
• Ottoman/footrest for rocker (we already have the rocker...it was my grandma's...my dad and his brothers were rocked in it...love that)
• Cushion for rocker (I'll make)
• Dresser (plan to get one cheap secondhand and repaint/put on these cool Anthropologie knobs I have)
• Changing pad for top of dresser
• 2 slings/baby carriers
• Double stroller (this might be where we splurge...I have my eye on a really nice one and my husband hasn't said no)
• 2 car seats
• Nursery decor (pictures for walls, mobile, nightlight, etc)
• Diaper accessories (wipes, rash cream, etc)
• Bottles etc? (I really want to breast feed 100%...but I know that might not work out and I'm not opposed to pumping and having some milk in the fridge so my husband and I can get out of the house on our own at some point)

What do you all think? Am I missing something important? Is something here totally unnecessary? Would love to hear your opinions...

Oh, and on a somewhat unrelated note, I keep thinking I feel the babies move, but only when I'm walking up the stairs. Could this be true, or am I totally imagining things?

XOXO

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