Whether you’re preparing to make a move to accommodate your growing family or you’re settled into your forever home with a baby on the way, your new addition is going to need space of their own.

When you’re expecting or adopting, books and baby stores and websites and well-meaning people will tell you that you need everything on a giant registry checklist.

Before you buy all the things, listen to an experienced mama who has overdone and underdone it with the baby gear plenty of times.

Let’s start in the nursery, with this manageable list of must-haves for you and your new babe. Continue reading