We finished our home-study (yay!) and are expected to be matched with a newborn in about 4 months, but it could be next week, or in 8 months. Because of the uncertainty of adoption, we are following the advice of our agency to not put together a nursery until 7 days after a baby has been placed with us. (In our state, birth mom has 7 days to decide to parent and it would be very painful to have a house full of baby stuff staring at us if birthmom changed her mind after a week with a baby.)But because many matches at our agencies are instant placements ("We have a baby for you. Come get it.") we need to have the absolute basics ready to go. So before we buy the fun stuff, what do we actually NEED to have on hand for those first 7 days?We're first time parents so we're feeling a bit clueless. Thank you! via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2i0k0lv
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