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Infant care and preschool packing list
Tick the group for your child's age. The lists are PCF Sparkletots' published daily lists; your own centre's handbook wins where it differs.
Sources read on 5 Nov 2026.
Infant care (2 to 18 months)
Source: PCF Sparkletots
Source: PCF Sparkletots
Source: PCF Sparkletots
Source: PCF Sparkletots
Source: PCF Sparkletots
The centre tells you the size. Source: PCF Sparkletots
ECDA says parents usually supply their own diapers and milk powder; agree it with the centre. Source: PCF Sparkletots, ECDA
Source: PCF Sparkletots
Source: PCF Sparkletots
Your child's full name, the amount, and the date and time you expressed it. Storing breast milk Source: PCF Sparkletots
Source: Little Footprints
Playgroup to pre-nursery (18 months to 3 years)
Source: PCF Sparkletots
Source: PCF Sparkletots
Source: PCF Sparkletots
Source: PCF Sparkletots
Source: PCF Sparkletots
Source: PCF Sparkletots
Source: PCF Sparkletots
Source: PCF Sparkletots
Nursery to K2 (4 to 6 years)
Source: PCF Sparkletots
Source: PCF Sparkletots
Source: PCF Sparkletots
Source: PCF Sparkletots
Source: PCF Sparkletots
Source: PCF Sparkletots
Source: PCF Sparkletots
Every age
Bottles, milk packs, containers, pacifiers, blankets and clothes. Source: PCF Sparkletots, Little Footprints
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Questions parents ask
Do infant care centres provide diapers and milk?
Usually not. ECDA says parents typically provide their own diapers and milk powder, and encourages you to agree the arrangement with the centre.
Where are my ticks saved?
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Sources
- PCF Sparkletots: Things to bring on the first day (read 5 Nov 2026)
- ECDA on Ask.gov: who provides diapers and milk powder (read 5 Nov 2026)
- Little Footprints Preschool: 10 ways to help your baby prepare for infant care (read 5 Nov 2026)
