A long boring list of stuff for baby, part II

With a new baby on the way, I've been thinking about baby stuff and wondering if we already have everything we need. So I re-read Part I of my list of the items we used when Isaac was small. Obviously at the time I wasn't that interested in the topic, because although I originally wrote the following draft for Part II back in February 2007, it's taken me a year and four months to get around to finishing it! (It's not as detailed as Part I, so I guess I'm still not that interested in the topic.)

Anyway, so what stuff do you really need to take care of a baby? I don't know the answer to that, but I can at least tell you what we used. Along with Part I of the list, which covers "On the Go" and "Sleeping," I've listed practically everything we relied on for the first two years. With the exception of clothes, books, and toys, if I didn't mention an item, it wasn't a necessary part of our lives.

(Pacifiers, security blanket, and soothing lullaby CDs? Didn't work for us.)

Feeding

Nursing pillow (Boppy; we used this until Isaac weaned at 33 months old and 38 inches tall!)
Comfortable chair (IKEA Poang; this was our favorite nursing chair)
End table (also from IKEA; this was exactly the same height as the arms of the chair, ideal for my nursing station, and so it held my laptop, beverage, and so forth)
High chair (Eddie Bauer Wooden High Chair; Isaac started using this at seven months old, and used it until he moved into a regular dining chair)
Also: bottles (for expressed breastmilk), plastic dishware, and sippy cups

Changing & Grooming

Changing table (a piece of particle-board junk from Babies R Us, but it was tall enough and had built-in storage and hamper)
Contoured changing pad (and two terrycloth covers)
Diaper pail (originally a Diaper Dekor, which only took expensive specialized bags, until it broke; and then a lidded metal trash can, which worked just fine and took regular grocery bags)
Small toilet seat (originally we used a Graco Soft Seat Potty Trainer, but I think we could have just started with the awesome but long-winded Xpress Trainer Pro All-in-One Real Simple Potty Training Family Toilet Seat)
Bathtub (The First Years Sure Comfort Newborn to Toddler Tub)
Baby nail clippers (but not any other item in the fancy grooming kit)
Bodywash / shampoo (California Baby brand)
Diaper bag (I bought the designer bag of my dreams, a discontinued second-hand Fleurville, on eBay for about $60; considering I carried it every day for over two years, it was worth it)
Also: baby washcloths, diapers, wipes, non-slip bathtub mat, stepstool

Hanging Out

Bouncy seat (hand-me-down Fisher Price model; he didn't really enjoy it, but we always kept it in the bathroom so we'd have a place to set Isaac while we were in there)
Swing (very basic model with no music or fancy swing patterns; Isaac didn't care about swinging one way or the other, so we usually just used it as a chair for him during the brief periods when he consented to being set down)
Playmat and gym (hand-me-down Baby Einstein model; this could be considered a toy, but was really more of a place for us to hang out and interact)

Documentation

Camera
Video camera
Photo-sharing Web site (Kodak Gallery)
Online baby data tracker (Trixie Tracker)
Baby memory book (Blogger)

I thought I'd end the list with our various forms of Web presence -- while writing a baby blog isn't a necessary part of raising a baby, it has certainly been an important part of my experience.