Guides and tools

Everything on ByDueDate, in one place

10 free tools and 8 guides and checklists, grouped by what you're trying to do. Not sure where to start? Put your due date into the Due-Date Plan and it links to the rest at the right time.

Plan by your due date

Start here: put in your due date and see what to do and buy, week by week.

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Due-Date Plan
Every step from week 20 to 5 months, on your own dates.
Guide
What to buy before baby, and what can wait
Everything sorted into now, 6 weeks, 4 months or skip.
Checklist
Hospital bag checklist
For you, your baby and your partner, by the season you are due.

How many do you need?

Calculators that work out your numbers, with the working shown.

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Diapers and wipes
How many of each size, and when your baby moves up.
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Wipes for year one
Month by month, and how many packs at your pack size.
Guide
Diaper sizes by weight
Pampers and Huggies side by side, and when to size up.
Tool
Onesies and sleepers
By the season your baby arrives and how often you do laundry.
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Bottles
By your feeding plan and how often you wash them.
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Burp cloths, swaddles and crib sheets
By laundry routine and number of sleep spaces.

Your registry

Keep it short, and pick the registry that suits you.

Tool
Registry builder
Tick what you have; copy, share or print the rest.
Checklist
Minimal registry checklist
The 27 things most families use, with how many of each.
Guide
Babylist vs Amazon vs Target
Completion discounts, welcome boxes and returns, side by side.

Nursery, sleep and gear

Set up safely, and understand the gear before you buy it.

Checklist
Nursery safe sleep checklist
14 checks from the AAP and CPSC, plus what to leave out.
Guide
Baby monitor facts
Wi-Fi or not, range, security and the safety rules.
Tool
Monitor subscription costs
What a monitor plan really costs over 1 to 3 years.
Tool
Lovevery Play Kits by month
Every kit, its date for your baby, and the cost maths.

Money

Budget for year one, and claim what is free.

Tool
First-year cost calculator
Your own budget: we fill in how many, you add the prices.
Guide
Free breast pump through insurance
Most US health plans must cover one. Five steps to claim it.

How we choose our sources and work out every number: How we work. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.