When it comes to gear, there were a lot of things that I wish I would have purchased instead of what I did. The biggest thing I wish I would have done was get an electronic bassinet. We got a fancy pack n play to use as a bassinet in our bedroom and it just didn’t work as well as I’d hoped. It was bulky, hard to move around, and didn’t have any sort of soothing mechanism like all our other things we put him in during the day. There were so many times in the middle of the night that he was fussy & a little vibration or movement of the bed would have put him right back to sleep, buuuttt ours didn’t do anything:/ I would buy the Fisher Price Luminate bassinet if I could do it over. We were given the 4Moms Mamaroo and it worked great, but it wasn’t convenient to move around the house. The Munckin or Maxi Cosi swing would have been really nice to have instead. The Ingenuity one is nice because you can rotate the seat itself to sideways facing! The Fisher Price jumperoo was a HIT with our baby. I mena you couldn’t get him out of that thing for a long time. The Skip Hop jumper is a more expensive one that I liked as well but opted for the cheaper one. The BabyBjorn carrier was so helpful for carrying baby as a newborn and for the first few months. YOU NEED A BOUNCER SEAT. It is the easiest thing to move baby around the house in. The deisgn of the BabyBjorn & Baby Delight is nice because babies can sit up in it (at the point they’re physically able to), but also works when they’re newborns as well. It’s just a great position for them to be in to learn about their environment. If you’re thinking at this point, “Why do I need a swing and a bouncer?” My reasoning is that a bouncer can be put on a counter or folded and brought with you somewhere or outside because it doesn’t need plugged in & is compact, while a swing. The last thing I would recommend is the Dockatot & accessories. I debated between that & the SnuggleMe and ultimately went with the SnuggleMe. It sucked because it had no surface under the middle where baby laid. So it had to be set on something soft. LTKfamily LTKbaby LTKbump