How to use Amazon Baby Wishlist

Amazon Baby Wishlist is your one-stop shop for infants. The retailer’s hub for all things baby is an excellent way to centralise all of your little one’s needs and share a list of desired or required items with friends, family and those wishing to buy you a gift. With the rise of gender reveal parties and baby showers in the US slowly making its way across the pond, Amazon’s baby-centric ecommerce platform is a real aid for all of your gifting needs, whether you’re giving or receiving.

It’s also a fantastic money-saving endeavour: Amazon Baby Wishlist lets you save up to 15% on baby products when you spend £200 via the Wishlist. That’s a very surmountable task when you consider the plethora of baby paraphernalia out there, from bouncers and breast pumps to slings and strollers.

Whether your due date is looming or you’re in the throes of early parenthood, here’s an explainer of how to make the most of Amazon Baby Wishlist.

How to use Amazon Baby Wishlist

How to get started with Amazon Baby Wishlist

If you’re a new or expectant parent, simply sign into your Amazon account, head to the Amazon Baby Wishlist page and click Get Started. There you’ll be prompted to give your first and last name, your expected arrival date (if applicable) and to confirm your delivery address.

You’ll then be asked permission for Amazon to share your address with gift givers, in order for friends and family to be able to ship gifts to your address. You can opt into a setting that lets gift givers deliver additional items not on your curated wishlist (if not, they’ll be confined to the list you’ve assembled – not necessarily a bad thing!)

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Once you’ve sorted your settings, click Create Wishlist. Then you’ll be taken to the Amazon Baby Wishlist homepage, which directs you to a number of useful pages.

First up, there’s a tile showing popular Baby Wishlist categories to get the ideas flowing. Food, transit and entertainment are placed front and centre, with links to breast feeding equipment, car seats, pushchairs and activity gear given prominent display.

Next is a simple infographic marking your progress through Amazon’s own curated “essentials” wishlist of 64 items. Click on this, and you’ll find drop-down lists under a number of separate categories including Nursery, Nappy Changing, Health & Safety and Toys & Books.

On the page you’ll also find a banner of items frequently added to Baby Wishlists, with simple + Baby Wishlist buttons to incorporate them into your own. There are other micro-features dotted around the home page, everything from hospital bag checklists to baby-on-a-budget curated items. You’ll also find a tile that lets you share your Baby Wishlist with friends and family via email, WhatsApp, Twitter, Facebook and Pinterest.

How to save money with Amazon Baby Wishlist

Amazon Baby Wishlist is more than just a Pinterest for tinies. It’s a tool that lets you bank massive savings during a time of potential financial strain. Shoppers can save up to 15% on baby items with a £200 spend via Amazon Baby Wishlist.

All you need to do to claim the offer is create a Baby Wishlist and add at least £200 worth of baby products dispatched from and sold by Amazon to your shopping cart.

At checkout, Amazon users can save 10% by entering the discount code LIST10, while Prime users will benefit from a 15% saving with the code LIST15.

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With everything from cots and car seats to blankets and baby grows to think about, it’s easy to rack up a £200 spend on baby-related kit, so this saving comes as a welcome deal.

Plus, if you create a Baby Wishlist and spend at least £20 on baby products, you’ll receive a free welcome gift and who doesn’t love a freebie? As above, simply create an Amazon Baby Wishlist, add at least £20 worth of products to your shopping trolley, choose your welcome gift from the selection available, then apply the promotional code GIFT21 at checkout.

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Items to include on Amazon Baby Wishlist

1. Lansinoh SmartPump 2.0

Price: £190 | Buy now from Amazon

If efficiency and peace and quiet are on your agenda, look no further than the Lansinoh SmartPump 2.0, the best value electric pump we’ve tested. This breast pump is of the double pump variety, which lets you process the highest volume of milk in the shortest time. We found that it operated with a blissful lack of noise, too – perfect if you’ve got sleeping tots in tow. A gently backlit digital display (perfect for nighttime expression) lets you monitor your output, but it’s the Bluetooth-compatible smartphone app that we think nudges the SmartPump above its rivals: perfect for multitasking mamas.

Key details – Type: Double electric pump with Bluetooth display, closed system; Weight: 2.02kg; Batteries required: Yes

2. BabyDan Multidan Metal Extending Safety Gate

Price: £40 | Buy now from Amazon

When it comes to baby-proofing your space, a robust stair gate is essential. This popular, highly regarded safety gate from BabyDan is an excellent bet. It’s extendable, so will fit into stairways and doorways of differing widths, and has a handy screw-free, wall-mounted design that opens both ways. Don’t let its double-lock mechanism fool you: parents can open this device easily with one hand – great if you have a baby on your hip. Functional, strong and budget-friendly – what more could you want from a stair gate?

Key details – Fitting: Screw-fit; Dimensions: ‎3 x 106.8 x 62.5 cm; Weight: 4 Kilograms; Batteries required: No; Finish: Wood/white metal

3. Sense-U Video Baby Monitor

Price: £130 | Buy now from Amazon

The Sense-U is one of the best monitors we’ve tested, and it’s easy to see why. Featuring 1080p HD playback, night vision and two-way talk, it covers all bases efficiently. Minimalistic in design, the Sense-U comes on a stand that can be adjusted for use on furniture or fixed to the wall. It also easily connects to your smart device via Wi-Fi through the Sense-U app. Once set, the 140-degree wide angle camera will monitor your baby with crystal-clear footage and notify you of any motion and sound alerts through the app. High-quality and simple to use, the Sense-U provides peace of mind without the hassle.

Read our full Sense-U Video Baby Monitor review here.

Key details – Range: Long range; Dimensions:‎ 12.4 x 9.6 x 7.2 cm; Weight: 140g; Batteries required: Yes (included); Additionalfeatures: Two-way talk, 1080p HD video, night vision, 140-degree wide angle, 4x zoom, motion and sound alerts, private mode; Warranty: 1 year

4. Love To Dream Swaddle Up Bamboo

Price: £33 | Buy now from Amazon

This baby sleeping bag offers the security of swaddling without excessive restriction, letting infants sleep with their arms by their sides or raised, should they prefer. Sleeping with elevated arms has been known to help babies self-soothe by offering a more natural resting position. A single two-way zip makes it easy to get your baby in and out of this suit, saving the hassle of poppers or velcro and making nappy changes easier. Plus, the zip is designed to stay put throughout sleeping time and is concealed by soft fabric, so your baby won’t be able to wriggle out of the sleep suit or play with the zipper.

Key details – Colour: Cream; Dimensions: 28.91 x 8.89 x 17.15 cm; Weight: 140g