How Laura Henshaw Would Redo Her Gift Registry

We really didn't want to go overboard shopping for things for Atlas (born December 2025) before we knew what we really needed, and it worked really well for us. I asked my girlfriends for their essentials, and Steph, my business partner and best friend, came over and did a list for me. Everything we used was either gifts, hand-me-downs (bless hand-me-downs) or bought from The Memo.

My only real baby buy fail was that I bought a lot of burp cloths. Like, way more than I would have needed if Atlas was vomiting 20 times a day, and he ended up not being a very spewy baby, so they went unused. I have now passed them on though, so it wasn't a waste really. Here's the stuff I'd buy again, and one thing I'd add.

Uppababy Carry-All Parent Organiser 2.0

This pram bag it just made it so much easier for our morning walks to get a coffee.I felt quite scattered early postpartum and so while I was getting used to pushing a pram - trying to hold onto my phone and a coffee at the same time ( as ridiculous as this sounds) felt quite overwhelming, so getting a really sturdy pram bag back I could put my coffee, keys, phone and dummy for Atlas in to remove the juggle was SO helpful. I think I purchased the pram bag like three months postpartum, but wish we had bought it earlier. I definitely recommend investing in a higher quality bag if possible as some of the cheaper options I found weren’t sturdy and wouldn’t hold coffee without spilling etc.

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DUE Nip Stick

My number one purchase was nipple balm. I loved the DUE product. It literally saved me when I started getting really cracked nipples very early postpartum and cannot recommend enough to put in your hospital bag. I didn’t do this, but luckily Steph saved me and delivered some to hospital!

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Bugaboo Butterfly 2 Plus

One item I didn’t think I would get a lot of you out of, but we have used so much is our travel pram. It is amazing for the plane (as you can take it in the cabin) but it has also been a really great every day pram for us post Atlas turning six months old. It is super easy to navigate, takes up less space on footpaths etc but is still quite sturdy for walks. After lots of research with friends we went with the Bugaboo Butterfly.

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GOGO KIDDO Light and Breathable Muslin Swaddle Wrap

Another one of our most used items for Atlas was a cotton muslin cloth. It was a gift from a friend when Atlas was born and was such a soft and breathable material. We used it as a swaddle when he was younger and I always have it in my pram bag now.

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PHILE Plush Change Mat

Our portable change mat was probably our most used item. Atlas slept in our room in the bassinet for the first four months of his life, so we didn’t actually spend much time in his room where his proper change mat setup was. We used the portable change mat literally every day and was obviously so great to bring with us on the go as well, so we always had a padded clean surface to change him on.

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Baeba 2-in-1 Steril 'n' Dry Steriliser Dryer

We had such great advice from friends (perks of many friends having bubs before us) that I feel like we were very well equipped. I think my only regret is not getting a steriliser for bottles earlier. We were boiling them in the pot but as I was pumping and we were doing at least one bottle feed during the day we would have got a LOT more use out of our steriliser if we bought earlier. Luckily only one dummy was melted in the early postpartum period when we forgot we had a boiling sterilisation pot going.

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