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We do three gifts for each child and hold their grandparents to that, too. If it was good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for my kids! ;-)

I had a few nursing baskets throughout the house. One in the living room, one in the nursery, and one in our bedroom. In each:

-nursing pads

-burp cloth (those flannel receiving blankets work beautifully in the early days if you have a fast flow and a baby who can't handle it!)

-a bottle of water

-snacks (my favorite was trailmix - good protein and a little something sweet that was still healthy)

-a book (of poetry or short stories - my baby brain made me unable to remember what had happened in novels!), magazine, and my traveling ipod.

-a $1 touch light for late night nursing sessions

-lanolin(!!!!)

-baby nasal aspirator, lip balm for both of us, and hand lotion

-a phone and the number of a lactation consultant or La Leche League in the beginning

- a nursing reference book in the early days

As someone else said, your needs will change as the baby ages. Some things will become distracting, and you'll get better at working with just one hand.

Good luck to you! Stick with it - sometimes it's not easy. While it's natural and what our bodies are created to do, it takes some work!