Honest question - we have like 6 different changing stations around the house, a baby monitor with 720p video, a white noise machine, blackout curtains, a temperature-controlled humidifier, and somehow we STILL feel like we're forgetting things. My parents raised me in the 80s with basically a crib and some diapers. Am I getting played by marketing or is modern parenting actually harder? 🤔
I had almost this exact setup with my first and used maybe 30% of it regularly. With my second I cut it in half from day one and actually had a better time because I wasn't managing a million devices. Less stuff = fewer things to malfunction at 3am.
6 changing stations is absolutely excessive unless your house is literally a mansion. A changing pad and a clean surface works. The monitor and blackout curtains I get, but the humidifier?? Where are you seeing recommendations for all this?
Honest answer: you needed like 20% of that stuff. The other 80% you talked yourself into because of parenting blogs written by people selling products. Baby monitor is fine, forget the rest.
Real talk: the baby monitor with video is genuinely useful if you're not co-sleeping and want to check without going in. Everything else is anxiety management, not actual baby management.
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lol ok so realistically you need: a safe place to sleep, diapers, and something to feed them from. Everything else is just making your life slightly less chaotic. You can trim this list by 80%.
The temperature-controlled humidifier thing is wild to me. A $25 one from Amazon does the exact same thing. You're paying for features you don't need.