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Leaving The Hospital With Your Newborn
 5/20/2009  by Kerri
It is the day where you, your partner and your newborn baby get to leave the hospital together as a family for the first time. Your should ideally be prepared for this day beforehand so you are all organised for this big day. You should at least have your leaving clothes and your rear facing baby car seat ready. Make sure the baby car seat you have bought is baby car seats 0 months +. You should have ideally practiced getting the seat in and our of the car. You should know exactly how to fit it so that it is safe and secure. Most hospital won't let you leave unless they have seen your baby secure in his/her car seat. Always make sure you have bought the correct size of car seat for your newborn.
 
Be sure to dress your baby in the appropriate clothing on leaving the hospital. Babies feel the cold a lot more than adults do so make sure they are wrapped up in warm clothes, a hat, and mittens and with a thick blanket over them. In the warmer weather you should dress your baby in something cosy but not too warm. For example, a baby sleep suit covered with a thin blanket and a hat should keep your baby cosy.
 
You will most likely be feeling really tired, sore and weak. Make sure to arrange for someone to come and collect you and your child as a new mum should never drive home with her baby. Get someone else to carry your baby out to the car as you will still be sore. Make sure to pack your dressing gown as the clothes you have brought with you may not fit. Also bring some shoes that are easy to put on, for example slippers or flip flops.
 
You are best to make sure the car seat has the right level of padding to help support your baby's head as newborns can't support their own heads. If your baby is too small for the seat you could roll up a towel and place it to one side of the seat (down one of your baby's sides between your baby and the seat) to keep them more secure. Don't put anything around your baby's head in case of suffocation.
 
If you don't have products such as nappies, milk, bottles etc ask your friends to go and get some supplies from a shop.
 
Don't take your child out of his or her rear facing baby car seat while the car is moving. Your baby will most likely be sleepy when you leave the hospital.
 
Our Graco Junior Baby and our Graco Logico S HP are both ideal baby car seats for newborn babies.
 
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