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In reality, once your baby arrives, the products you spend hours agonizing over aren't going to be as important as you think they are. Babies really only need a few things (food, clothes, diapers, a safe place to sleep), and every baby is indeed different, with different preferences. Are any of these items truly necessary? No. That being said, here are 10 baby purchases that ended up being key to my parenting journey, that I wish I had known to register for instead of buying in a panic on Amazon in those early weeks. 

The Bronx-born brunette told WWHL on February 16 about her kids appearing on the show: 'I think that they have mixed feelings about it. But I'm incredibly proud of them and I think that they all feel that they are helping people and helping to start conversations in other households and that means a lot' 

Nuna

The Nuna Rava is a chic convertible car seat available in a wide range of colors and patterns. In addition to being easy on the eyes, the Rava features a number of handy features. Similar to Britax's ClickTight system, the Rava has a True Tension Door that makes installation with the vehicle seat belt much easier (though only in forward-facing position). The seat also has retractable side impact protection pods, designed to absorb more energy in a crash. 

Splashin'kids

Speaking of tummy time, once your baby reaches three months, this water mat will help make that activity more engaging and interesting. It's essentially a mini water bed for babies, and gives them a different kind of feeling while on their stomach, and something to look at with the floating fish. You can also try propping them up in different ways using the inflatable sides. It helped us extend our tummy time sessions quite a bit. 

February 8 family portrait: The table-flipping 49-year-old has four daughters - Gia, 21; Gabriella, 17; Milania, 16; and Audriana, 12 - from her 20-year marriage to high school sweetheart Joe Giudice, which ended in 2020

Magnificent Baby

If you take one piece of advice from this list, make it this: Invest in as many magnetic onesies as your budget allows. These are pricey, but in my experience, totally worth it. No zippers, no snaps - just little magnetic buttons that let you quickly and easily open and close your baby's PJs, perfect for those bleary-eyed middle-of-the-night changes. The fabric has a nice soft, almost silky feel, and there are lots of cute patterns to choose from. (My baby's Pop-pop also loves them, as they're easy to operate even with arthritic hands.) 

Alba did point out, however, that although her husband was more lax as a parent and generally concerned about their children's personal and academic well-being, she preferred to take a more hands-on role in their kids' upbringing. 

Bumco

This one is an honorable mention because it was indeed on my registry after a friend's recommendation. If you're someone who hates getting your hands sticky, you need this tool that can only really be called a butt spatula. Apply your baby's diaper cream to this little silicone brush and put it on their bum, saving your hands from becoming a mess. It has a suction stand so it can sit on your diaper table on its own, and it's easy to clean off. 

'I've lost my niece, my little sister, my best friend ☹️ Life dealt you the harshest card but you always chose to win, you always fought to come out the other side above it all with a smile on your face.

'Decided to surprise my family and not tell them I'm coming home just to see their expressions, mom was speechless (touched me all to see if I was real, dad couldn't stop smiling and my god mother cried her eyes off)

Proud mama: And while Dubrow's son Nick was accepted into Loyal Marymount University, her bisexual daughter Max (pictured November 28) co-wrote the book I'll Give It to You Straightish Dr. Judy Ho which hit shelves on November 9

Going their own way: During the sit-down, Alba noted that she felt that letting her children make wrong decisions and measuring how much they should deal with them on their own was what she felt was the most difficult aspect of parenthood

The 53-year-old RHOC star - who boasts 1M social media followers - replied on Instagram on Wednesday: 'OMG. Totally fan girling out! Thank you for the kind words @badgalriri! You're going to be an amazing mom!'

Hanna Andersson

Really, the point here is to register for more burp clothes than you ever could have imagined. Our baby is a frequent spitter, and we have burp clothes strewn around the house at all times. These Hanna Andersson ones are nice and soft, and slightly larger than the Burt's Bees ones that I had on my registry, for about the same price. 

'You have sort of like the 10-year-old fifth-grader stuff, which is the beginning of the hormone shifts and the awakening of this next stage of self, and Honor's like right in the thick of it,' she stated.