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My must-have items were the following:

• puj tub
• nosefrida
• aden + anais swaddle blankets
• MAM pacifiers (if you are going to use them at all)
• Sleep Sheep or other white noise machine
• Gerber cloth diapers to use as burp cloths
• jersey knit sheets (feels less cold than percale cotton but isn't as heavy as fleece nor do they pill up like fleece can)
• miracle blanket (my husband can't swaddle to save his life but this he can do)
• footed sleepers (but only ones that have snaps down both legs, not just one leg.  seriously, who only puts snaps down one leg?  have they never had to change a diaper in the middle of the night with a screaming baby?!?!)
• cradle swing (obviously this depends on your baby)

As far as strollers, I really like our Chicco Liteway stroller for a great portable version.

I recommend buying a Snap and Go stroller for the early days- even if your stroller has an attachment to make it compatible with your carseat, I bet you can find a used Snap and Go for the same amount of money, and it takes up less room.

Our regular stroller is a Baby Jogger City Mini, which I like a lot- it folds up really small and with one hand. It doesn't have adjustable handles though, so I wouldn't recommend it if you or your husband are particularly tall (DH is 5'10" and it's fine for him).

We use Nuk pacifiers, since our nurse practitioner/lactation consultant told us to use the Nuk nipples for bottle feeding. And we really like the Summer Infant swaddles with the velcro- the Aden and Anais ones worked ok when he was a newborn, but now they can't keep him contained the way that the ones with velcro do. We also have a Miracle Blanket but I find it to be kind of a pain.

You'll likely want some kind of baby wearing device (sling, Moby, Ergo, etc.) - I'd really recommend going to a store where you can try out a few, although to be honest I couldn't get a real feel for any of them till I had a baby to put in them.

DS loved both his vibrating chair rocker thing and his swing, so those worked for us.

One of our must haves has turned out to be a couple of vibrating massage pads. DS slept so well in his vibrating chair that we stuck a vibrating massage pad under the mattress of first his co-sleeper and now his crib, and it totally helps.

@mschampagne: You might find this thread helpful too.

@Pelikila: I really want the Puj tub too, because I dread the thought of storing a big baby tub. But it says it only is for up to 6 months. What do you do after 6 mos? I recently read either on YHL or Sherry & John's Babycenter blog about a foam mat for the tub from Target that I was thinking about.

@mschampagne: I have bookmarked Tiramisu's registry recommendations too http://www.beeinthepod.com/2011/02/tiramisu-baby-registry-recommendations.html

@AvantLaLettre: We switched to the Leachco Safer Bather Infant Bath Pad and it is great.  As soon as DS starts sitting up by himself we won't need that anymore either and I'll get one of those little seats for him.

@Pelikila: Awesome, thanks!

I did a lot of research and right now i registered for a Britax stroller and baby seat. The stoller we registered for is called B-ready and from looking at it in the store it was very easy to use and pretty light weight.

I can't decide on baby bottles and hear good things about the Playtex Dropins and Tommy Tippee.

We already got a swing and some onsies, but i registered for a lot of that stuff too.

Monitor is a must, and a sound machine - we got those Cloud B toys.