New baby checklist: what actually has to be done.
One of the situations people bring to Atlas. A baby is coming and the lists online are all shopping lists. The checklist below is free to use whether or not you ever open Atlas.
Most new baby lists are lists of things to buy. This is the other list — the appointments, the paperwork, the money and leave decisions, and the handful of things that genuinely have to be ready before you come home. Roughly in the order it arrives.
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Before — appointments and decisions
These have waiting lists and deadlines, so they go first.
Before — leave and money
The paperwork for leave usually has to be filed weeks ahead, not after.
Have ready at home
Short on purpose. Everything else can be bought later or borrowed.
After — the paperwork nobody warns you about
Several of these have a deadline measured in days or weeks.
What to confirm with your doctor or midwife
This is an organising checklist, not medical advice. Anything about the pregnancy, the birth, feeding or the baby's health belongs with your doctor or midwife, who knows your situation. Deadlines for registration, leave and insurance differ by country and employer — confirm yours in writing rather than trusting a general list.
Where Atlas carries it
Everything on this list has a date attached to it, and most of them land in the weeks when you are getting the least sleep of your life.
That is what Atlas is for. You describe the situation in your own words, hand it whatever you already have, and it keeps the pieces in order, remembers what you decided, and tells you what is next. Atlas informs. You decide.
No account yet? You will be asked to sign in first, then the checklist loads with your ticks already in place.