Free project template
Newborn checklist with every task dated from the day you start
The three months before and the month after: the home, the paperwork, the hospital bag, the help.
- 3 sections
- 21 tasks
- Opens as a list
- Dated from day 1
Baby arrival
Days count from the day you start. In the app, pick a start or a finish date and each task lands on a real day.
Three months before
- Due dateDay 91UrgentChange this to the real date.
- Choose the hospital and confirm the bookingDay 1High
- Check the maternity and hospitalisation coverDay 4High
- Plan the room: cot, changing space, storageDay 8
- Apply for leave at workDay 11
- Antenatal classesDay 15
Six weeks before
- Car seat fittedDay 49High
- Pack the hospital bagDay 61
- Documents and the hospital letter
- Clothes for you and the baby
- Toiletries
- Phone charger
- Snacks
- Stock the freezer with mealsDay 71
- Arrange help for the first two weeksDay 71
- Newborn essentials boughtDay 76
First month after
- Register the birthDay 98Urgent
- Add the baby to the insurance and open a savings planDay 105High
- Paediatrician first visitDay 101
- Update your will and nominationsDay 111
- Sleep when the baby sleepsEvery day
About this template
The list nobody hands you. Before the birth: the room, the car seat, the hospital bag, the paperwork, the help you will need. After: the registrations, the insurance, the appointments, and someone to bring dinner.
Tips from the template
- Set the due date on the "Due date" task and the rest are dated around it.
- Share it with your partner and assign tasks.
- Do the paperwork section early; it takes longer than it looks.
How to use it in Palby Planner
- 1Open Tasks and choose Templates.
- 2Find Baby arrival checklist and open it. You see every section and task before anything is added.
- 3Pick the day you start, or the day it has to be done by. Every date moves with it.
- 4Press Use template. Rename the project, then work down the list.
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Questions
Yes. Copy it as a checklist or print it, with no sign-up. Using it inside Palby Planner, with the dates filled in, needs an account.
Each task has a day counted from the start: Day 1, Day 3 and so on. In Palby Planner you pick a start date or a finish date, and every task lands on a real day. Tasks that repeat keep repeating.
Yes. It's your project: rename it, add tasks, delete the ones you don't need. Save your version with Save as template and it's there next time.
Describe it in a sentence and the AI in Tasks writes a template for it, with sections and dates you can change before you use it.
Run it with the dates filled in.
The templates are free. The app puts every task on a real date.