Moms, especially those that breastfed

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My cousin is having her first child, a little girl, and her registry is really small. She is breastfeeding. Is there anything that you got after the fact that you would never have thought to put on the registry? $100 or less, my sister and I are possibly going in on stuff together to get more.

[cabbagecabbage]

I've seen breastfeeding baskets made with high energy snacks, a nice water bottle, gel breast bads, lanolin, nipple cream, and brewers yeast or lactation cookies.

I loved sleeping in snap front flannel shirts and sometimes zipper hoodies.

A gift card for nursing tops and or a good bra would have been really nice too.

[Elsa]

lanolin, nursing pads, a cute cover, maybe a kindle gift card (so she can buy books to read while she nurses)

[CrazyLucky]

Boy did I go through the lanolin with my first. It took a while for us to figure it out. Not breastfeeding related, but one thing I had never heard of and was glad I received at my shower was boogie wipes. We went through those like crazy for the first two winters of each kid's life.
Bigger clothes are always good because you end up with a hundred 0-3 months and 3-6 months. And then you're like, "Wow! These baby clothes get expensive!"

[CloudBee]

Has she registered for any pumping supplies? If yes - that stuff. Or something related, made by the same brand.

My sister gave me a Medela bottle set with special days of the week caps and a bottle holder thing for the fridge, along with extra pump parts. It was a great gift.

[papie]

I loved bravado nursing tanks, wore them under all my shirts for months.  

A good nursing pillow if she doesn't have one.  I loved my Boppy, but have friends who swore by "my brest friend".

 Not so good for a shower type gift, but I was ALWAYS HUNGRY.  My favourite thing with my first child was my SIL who brought me a giant ziploc bag of individual portions of frozen homemade baked goods.  Different kinds of muffins, a dozen cookies, bars, etc.  It was so awesome to have for my middle of the night snacks.  I ate sweets and milk like a million times a day.  

[PatBenatar]

Is there a place nearby that does breastfeeding classes? Maybe a gift card or pre-paid class, if you think she would be open to something like that?

[papie]

Oh, wool nursing pads are AH-MA-ZING. They are like $30 a pair, but you only need two pairs because you almost never need to wash them. Wear, let air dry while you wear the other pair. It is naturally anti-bacterial so they doN't smell bad.

[sparkythelawyer]

Earth Mama Angel Baby Nipple Cream
Lactation Cookies
Lactation Tea
Six Pack of dark beer
Nice nursing cover.

[sharknado]

BOPPY and Boppy covers

[thebuddhagouda]

Ditto gift certificates for nursing friendly clothes. It's something you don't think about before hand, and stuff that is nursing friendly tends to be fug unless you spend more. I love having a few nice things that were still nursing friendly that I could feel good about myself in when we go out.

[pizzapizza]

Bake her a ridiculous amount of lactation cookies. That would have been an amazing gift.

I also really loved "My Brest Friend" - similar to boppy.

Also, if she doesn't have Netflix/Amazon Prime - buy her that. I binge watched all kinds of TV while on Maternity Leave. It was awesome.

[adhdfashion]

Boppy and nursing covers

[panicfoot]

I loved the My Breast Friend.
Pump bra is one of the essentials, IMO. I could not have lived without it.
I agree with Bravado nursing tanks or the Gillian O'Malley nursing tanks from Target. I wore one everyday under my clothes for the whole 20 months I pumped/nursed.
Snacks are a great idea!

[froggy76]

Breastfeeding stuff: nursing tanks (I got mine from Target), disposable nursing pads, Medela lanolin, easy-to-eat snacks
Pumping stuff: simple wishes pumping bra, Lansinoh storage bags, bottle brush
Other must-haves: Infant gas relief drops, Rock n Play, Infant carrier (Bjorn, mei tei, etc), NoseFrida snot sucker, boogie wipes, clothes hangers, white noise machine (preferably one that can go with you anywhere- I had a travel sleep sheep)

ETA: Oh, and sleepers or long-sleeved onesies + pants with feet. I had so many impractical baby clothes and wished I had more of these things instead.

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Oct 6, 2015 13:39:10 GMT -5 froggy76 said:

Breastfeeding stuff: nursing tanks (I got mine from Target), disposable nursing pads, Medela lanolin, easy-to-eat snacks
Pumping stuff: simple wishes pumping bra, Lansinoh storage bags, bottle brush
Other must-haves: Infant gas relief drops, Rock n Play, Infant carrier (Bjorn, mei tei, etc), NoseFrida snot sucker, boogie wipes, clothes hangers, white noise machine (preferably one that can go with you anywhere- I had a travel sleep sheep)

All this and I will add pajamas with a top and bottom, they don't have to be "nursing pajamas", but I lived in two piece pajamas and nursing tanks. I could throw on the top when I was cold or had people over and I looked like I had made some sort of effort.

[sailorgray]

Boppy (prob our most used item)
Lanolin
Nursing pads
Nursing bras

[mellimel19]

Soothies gel breast pads
Cotton nursing pads
Lanolin cream
Breast milk storage bags
Bravado nursing tanks

[isabel]

Definitely supplies for pumping. A couple of hands free bras, a pack-it lunchbox with the built in ice packs, lots of extra bottles. If she's not going to be pumping much or isn't going back to work, then disregard that.

I just know when I went back to work, I had to purchase a bunch of things to be able to pump like I needed to.

[isabel]

Basically, anything practical will be appreciated. We got so much stuff that just wasn't practical, clothes he never wore, stuff like that. Practical is boring, but it's also useful.

[MamaMaui24]

Up and Up breastmilk bags if she will be pumping

Simple wishes hands free pumping bra

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I'm hoping she adds to her list...Right now it's bedding, pack and play, and swaddles with song regular onesies. I'm not sure if there is anywhere that has classes, she lives out of state. I'm not able to go to the shower because it's outside of Nashville and I'm in Pittsburgh...10 hr drive. She is a nurse so she may already know someone for classes through the hospital she works for. Thank you for the ideas! I like the Amazon prime idea especially since she is registered there.