22/01/2026
✨️First time outside with your newborn✨️
Going out with your newborn for the first time can feel really daunting. It can feel such a mixture of emotions from feeling excitement to getting out of the house, but also perhaps some anxiety or worry being away from home.
This picture is when we took our newborn daughter out for one of the first times 🥰 we decided to keep it really simple - just a short stroll around the local park so we could take our son to the playground. It kept the pressure low and we were close to home if we needed to quickly go back.
Keeping it simple is my biggest tip, along with these other suggestions:-
• Aim for non-crowded times and go after a feed and nappy change when the baby is most likely to be content
• Aim for 20-30 minutes initially, like around the block or to a local park.
• Familiarise yourself with your pram or sling before you go
• Pack the essentials such as nappies, wipes, change of clothes (for baby & you), muslins, water, a bottle if you are bottle feeding
• Make sure you and baby are dressed weather appropriate and bring items such as sun hat, sunscreen, pram sun shade parasol, rain cover/umbrella, or an extra layer for cooler wintery days including winter hat, gloves, baby shoes.
• Ask your partner, friend, family member or a Doula to join you for that extra reassurance and emotional/physical support.
• Wear comfortable clothes (especially if your first outing since birth) and if you are breastfeeding, wear something comfortable and accessible to feed.
Also more importantly do enjoy the fresh air and time outside together 😊 Its so beneficial for everyone and is good for mental health and calmness. The fresh air and motion often helps newborns to nap too.
For more post-natal advice or support, please do get in touch.
