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B’shaa tova. Always lovely to hear about babies coming. Any type of Snap and Go that snaps into the carseat base, turns into a stroller, and can be carried without having to move the baby, is a bracha!!!! A pac and play is a good choice in lieu of a crib for the first several months, as it is very portable.
DON’T use old fashioned type nipples on baby bottles (for when you bottlefeed your own expressed milk or formula, something I STRONGLY recommend you get the baby used to doing, because there WILL be times you are not available to nurse the baby, even if you might not think so). Get the MAM or Nuk type nipples, they are silicon nipples shaped like a real nipple during a feeding, and it is really better for the baby’s oral muscle development. Above all, make sure you take some Mommy time for yourself after the baby is born. Your husband can give a bottle feeding (yes the Medela pump is a great idea, but you can more inexpensively buy an Evenflow electric pump and it works almost as well).
during the night, so you can get some sleep.