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No olvides el biberón en el cochecito.

No olvides el biberón en el cochecito.
Do not forget the baby bottle in the stroller.
From Lesson 130:Negative informal commands (no hables, no comas)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about No olvides el biberón en el cochecito.

Why does olvidar change to no olvides with an -es ending?
This sentence uses a negative tú (informal "you") command. To tell someone not to do something with a regular -ar verb like olvidar (to forget), you swap the typical -as ending for -es. So, "you forget" is olvidas, but "don't forget!" is no olvides.
I thought coche meant "car." Why does cochecito mean "stroller"?
Cochecito is the diminutive of coche (the -cito ending implies "little"). While coche does mean "car," in Latin America it is also the standard word for a baby carriage or stroller (un coche de bebé). Calling it a cochecito just emphasizes that it is a small baby carriage.
Sometimes I see olvidar used with te (like no te olvides). Can I use that here?
Yes! Olvidar and the reflexive version olvidarse both mean "to forget." However, olvidarse requires the preposition de. So, you can either say no olvides el biberón (exactly like this sentence) or no te olvides del biberón. Both are very common and mean the exact same thing.
How would I change this sentence if I were telling a group of people not to forget the baby bottle?
If you are addressing a group (ustedes), the negative command ending for -ar verbs is -en. You would say, No olviden el biberón en el cochecito.

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