What are your best buys & your worst?
What things have you bought that you couldn't live without that you would recommend to all the mummies on here? & What have you bought/been given that was a complete waste of time/money?
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Cotbook by ladybird (??5) Kept lo entertained in her moses
Links by ELC (??4) Hours of fun for little hands
Jumperoo by Fisher Price (??68) Gives mummy time to do stuff.
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Changer unit - Never used it (thankfully came inclusive)
Mummy to Darcy 17 weeks
)Cotbook by ladybird (??5) Kept lo entertained in her moses
Links by ELC (??4) Hours of fun for little hands
Jumperoo by Fisher Price (??68) Gives mummy time to do stuff.
(Changer unit - Never used it (thankfully came inclusive)
Mummy to Darcy 17 weeks
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good
swinging crib (when he was small)
jumperoo
cot mobile with projector on top
play pen (now that he's too tall for jumperoo)
steering wheel for pram from ELC
bad
changing station (hardly used - easier in big bath)
bumbo (hardly used - luckily was borrowed)
swing (hated it)
moses basket (he hated being closed in)
travel system (we dont drive and ended up buying a lightweight stroller a few months later so car seat was a waste)
[Modified by: mrsjbourne on July 12, 2009 11:51 PM]
changing unit with shelves under it
swinging crib
Worst Buys:
Bumbo
cant think of anymore but i know there are some...
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Bibs + muslins!
Playmat
Sleeping bags (good for a wriggler!)
Bouncer
Quinny Buzz travel system
Worst Buys:
Swing (hates it)
Yummy Mummy changing bag (too small!)
Fisher Price Rain forest playmat - every day for about 6 months.
Nappy Bin
Bubaboo Bee
Worst Buys
Pilko Pramette (hence buying the bugaboo)
Teething gel - makes no difference to him
Night light never used it
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silvercross 3d..then
mamas and papas skate
my best buys have been my
loola,
playpen for naps,
galt nest and gym xx
chloe and lacey xx
Both my pusshchairs, Bugaboo Chameleon and Phil and Teds Sport double
My pocket nappies, solved Barney's excema on his bum and our nappy change fights all at once
Jumperoo
Bambino Merino sleeping bags, fantastic for keeping Barney's excema prone skin cool
Worst buys
Swing, Millie didn't have one, bought one for Barney and he HATED it
Prince lionheart seat (like a bumbo) neither of them liked it much
Moses Basket, Millie just hated it, Barney was too big for it by 6 weeks.
Muslins!!!
medela swing pump
musical light show, attaches to side of cot, plays music and projects pics on to the ceiling, she loves it!
I'coo targo city puschair, love it!
Worst buys:
moses basket, she's been in it maybe twice? prefers mummy and daddys bed!
loola pushchair, hate it with a passion!
peanut shell baby sling, she liked it for about the first week, now screams whenever i try to put her in it!
pram/pushchatrs (Buzz and Takeoff)
Jumperoo
Ikea wall hanging baby changer unit
Mothercare Aquapod
alphabet playmat squares (saves my knees and Ciaran loves them too
wicker basket for storing toys
sleeping bags
cheeky wipes
Worst buys:
top and tail bowl
bumbo (not used enough to be worth the cost - might be worth it over 2 kids)
baby einstein dvd (thankfully just borrowed - I hate it more than anything)
Graco cheap highchair
baby rice
newborn size clothes (gifts but even what we did attempt to use wouldn't fit)
Think those a the top ones - looks like bumbo's are a key one that seems to be a good idea but doesn't always work.
Playmat
sleeping bags
bath sponge support
silvercross 3d (heavy but pram was invaluable when fitted in it)
musical star/mobile
worst
Asda car shades, they all just fell off constantly
baby dressing gown, was a gift but is totally useless baby wriggles far too much to get it on !
BabyBjorn bouncy chair - expensive but worth every penny as he sits in it happily while we have breakfast, lunch, a cup of tea...
BabyBjorn sling - he adores this and I can still carry him in it at over 18lb.
Hauk Infinity pram with car seat - even though we don't own a car, we can still use it when offered lifts or if we rent for the weekend. He has only just grown out of the carrycot and the pram attachment should last for another couple of years.
Muslins - which proliferate around the house
Sleeping bags
Mamabless reusable nappies with Motherease wraps - he likes them and they have definitely saved us money.
Worst buys
Cellular blankets - unused since he went into sleeping bags at a month.
TommeeTippee hand pump - not very effective and exhausting to use. I ended up splashing out on a Medela Swing.
Any and all dummies (we have about six of various shapes) which he point blank refused to take.
Metamium cream which gave him a rash. Simple Baby castor oil and zinc works for us.
baby swing
jumperoo
DummY!
alphabet squares
Worst buy:
moses basket (he hated it)
top and tail bowl -never used it
boottees/pram shoes - dont like my lo in shoes!
baby hats(ones you get with outfits) -has never ever worn them
Baby swing
muslins
cot top changer
sleeping bag (6 quid from primark!)
worst buy:
Baby walker (50 quid and he's spent about 1 minute in it without screaming)
The first wheel city twin!
sleepbags
fisherprice rain forest 3in1 play mat
lay down pram (won't sleep anywhere else in day time)
roundabout activity centre/walker-3quid off ebay and he loves it
dummies lol
nappy bin - 6quid from amazon
worst buys-
changing table (never changed him on it, use it as shelves, my mum bought it even tho said we didn't want one)
cellulars and sheets, used for about 2weeks til he reached 7lb7 and cld go in his bags.
breast pump, don't have time or energy to sit for hours to squeeze put 1 measly oz!
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Best buys
* Bugaboo Cameleon
* Gro Light (just enough light to be able to see / do things around nursery but really doesn't wake lo!)
* Baby Bjorn Active carrier (a godsend through airports)
* Dr Browns bottles (baby had colic before but not after ...)
* Tinylove Cot mobile - lo still loves it and it allows me to have a shower in peace in the morning!
* Jumperoo (lo LOVES it)
* Bambino Merino sleeping bags. I loved the Gro-bag ones before I tried these - means I worry less about the temperature in lo's room!
Worst buy
Baba sling - thanks pinkgirl and carlybarleyx, you just reminded me I need to sell mine! (don't suppose I'll get any takers on here now though ;-D!)
-Graco Mirage travel system (can't rate it enough, even tho it doesn't do parent facing I have never liked anything else!)
-Mothercare cot-top change unit.
-Sleeping bags.
-Asda Baby bath (??2.49 and got 8 months use out of it !!)
-Bibs & muslins
-Bumbo - Gabe couldn't sit unaided till 8 months so it was very useful for meal times.
-fisher price Play gym
-cot mobile
Worst buys -
-Koochi Highchair - OK I didn't buy it, but I can't stand it. The straps aren't fixed, the tray is miles from lo (and you can't change it), and it's SOOO impossible to clean.....
-Sit in Walker - the new ones are crap - waste of ??40, Gabe couldn't go anywhere in it as the back had fixed wheels rather than swivelly ones. We used an ancient one from OH's nans in the end and it sooo much better.
-Door bouncer, we have never used it as Gabe was too tall for it & his head kept hitting the top
-cheap lidl baby sling, totally sh!t and canes your back
Blackout blinds
Lamaze butterfly
Trumpette socks (expensive but I love them)
Scratch mitts (useless)
Best Buys:
Swinging crib
MAM bottles
Big weaning style bibs with plastic backing
Vtech lullaby lamb
Electric breastpump (medela)
Huggies Nappies
Pampers sensitive Wipes
2nd hand baby bjorn carrier
Worst Buys:
Moses basket
Dream show (the projector broke after barely any time...can't remember the brand but no volume control either and was really loud)
Avent manual pump (ended up buying a medela swing and soooo much better)
Pampers nappies (didn't fit LO well)
Huggies Care wipes (rip so easily and sooo not soft!!!)
2ndhand mothercare carrier (hurt back)
Coorie Sling (was really good for about 2 weeks when the colic was unbearable BUT it was ??30 for a piece of fleece and my mum could have whipped it up in a heartbeat for about a fiver...if I'd have had the babybjorn carrier then, it would have done the same trick)