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Your baby essentials checklist
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Canadian safety guidance to keep beside your list
Use a crib, cradle, or bassinet that meets Canadian requirements, with a firm, flat, correctly fitting mattress and a fitted sheet. Keep soft bedding, pillows, bumpers, and sleep positioners out of the sleep space.
For any car trip, check the appropriate child restraint against the child’s actual size and the seat manual. Keep rear-facing until the seat’s height or weight limit. Age alone does not determine a booster transition. Choose a seat with the National Safety Mark, fitted and installed using the manufacturer’s instructions. Before using a second-hand seat, verify its history, expiry, and recalls.
For carriers, check age and weight limits and Health Canada’s positioning guidance; speak with your baby’s doctor before use. Follow current preparation and handling instructions if using infant formula.
Starting solids is usually around six months with readiness. Follow toy age labels; items with small parts are unsuitable for children under three. Infant sleep equipment and swaddles have developmental limits as well as size limits.
- Health Canada: toy age labels
- Health Canada: feeding from six months
- Health Canada: safe sleep
- Transport Canada: choosing a car seat
- Health Canada: second-hand car seats
- Health Canada: carrier safety
- Health Canada: preparing infant formula
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Choose a stage from pregnancy through ages 2–4. Stage matches help with shopping; they do not replace the exact product label, fit checks or individual guidance.