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What things did you have that you didnt use?
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Hi Ladies,
Sorry to G/C - was wondering if you might be able to help me....
I am due my first baby on 1st March.....as this is my first i could quite easily go mad with shopping and get EVERYTHING ever invented for babies, BUT i know this is silly and not sensible at all!!
So i was wondering what things you bought for your baby but didnt use, or what things you feel you could have done without?
I dont want to waste money and buy things that are unnecessary, but at the same time i want to have everything that i need!!
**CONFUSED**!!
Thanks
Carly
29+5
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Sorry to G/C - was wondering if you might be able to help me....
I am due my first baby on 1st March.....as this is my first i could quite easily go mad with shopping and get EVERYTHING ever invented for babies, BUT i know this is silly and not sensible at all!!
So i was wondering what things you bought for your baby but didnt use, or what things you feel you could have done without?
I dont want to waste money and buy things that are unnecessary, but at the same time i want to have everything that i need!!
**CONFUSED**!!
Thanks
Carly
29+5
xxxxx
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there is a post in born in oct that says our best and worst buys-may help
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another thing we had but that was of little use was the bumbo.
we managed perfectly fine without a nappy wrapper, or muslins (just used bibs)...
cant think of anything else we didnt use or need...
will come back if I can think of anymore.
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My LO loves her bumbo, shes always had good head control and went in it at 9 weeks for very short periods of time.
Love muslins too, not a bib lover though and baby hates them too dont know why.
Just realised I've disagreed with Stephe alot sorry hun just proves we all do things differently
My advice would be buy essentials and get stuff as you go or ask to borrow off friends (play gyms etc) if bubs likes them buy them, my LO hated her gym until around 8-9 weeks and loved her swing up to 6 weeks but screams if she see's it now.
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Bought a swing and he didnt seem keen on it at the beginning so Hubby bought a vibrating chair for him - he now loves having his daytime naps in the swing and hates the vibrating chair! so sometimes its worth just waiting and seeing what they like.x
Baby bath
top & tail bowl
cotton wool
nappy bin
mosses basket (after two weeks both my sons refused to sleep in it - a crib is much better)
scratch mits
room thermometers
blankets - sleeping bags are better
changing mat - find it easier on my knee
Wouldn't be without...
Inflatable play ring - Ashton still uses it now at 18 months
Fisher price kick & play chair
Fisher price 3 in 1 swing
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muslins!
bugaboo pushchair
mamas and papas 2 stage ergo bath, fab, saves filling the big bath up and a great size, we still use at 11 months!
babybjorn sling, lovely walks out.
0-3 month babygrows
Worst buys
top and tail bowl - so not needed, can just use a little bowl if you need!
freedom sling - lo hated it!
dummys - lo hated.
too many blankets, only needed a couple and got so carried away!
scratch mits, never used.
hth xx
Baby Bath
door bouncer
big travel system
baby bjorn type carrier : so uncomfortable and bad for baby's back
disposable nappies (wouldnt go back from cloth now!)
cotton wool
best buys
muslins
baby swing
tommee tippee breast pads
lasinoh nipple cream
jumperoo
dummies ;\)
coolababy cloth nappies
old fleece blanket to make into wipes
proper sling (wrap and mei tai)
petite star pushchair
britax 1st class carseat.
prob loads more i have forgotton!
Muslins - have 50 now and still run out but ds does have reflux
Bibs - for same reason as above
Dr Browns bottles
Dummies
Grobags - ds has always been a fidget & kicks blankets off
Light Show
Cot Top Changer (good for the back & saves on space!!)
Jumperoo
Playgym
Worst Buys
TTCTN Bottles
Bottle Warmer
Milk Dispensers
Bottle insulating holders
Baby Bath
Bumbo
Dreami carrycot for my Quinny - only used a handful of times because ds hated laying flat (reflux)
Nappy Wrapper
hth xx
when i had my son we bought nothing everything was bought for us, then we had our dd, we bought a bottle warmer which we don't use, a sling which we don't use, be we love our top and tail boil which is great if you don't use baby wipes, I bath my son and daughter together so I just hold her, hate the idea of nappy bin, it smelt nasty. both my los grew out of their moses basket very quickly, hope this helps
Baby bath-just put in big bath with support,
Top n tail bowl-just using a small normal bowl,
bibs-using muslins,
first size snowsuit-even though he was an October baby I have just used a jacket and blankets in his pram and we also have a fleece bug in a rug which I love.
But everyone is different in whath they use. LO loves his play gym and chair, although we had to but a 2nd chair as the first one was to upright so we brought a chair which you could lay flat.
Also would advice not bulk buying lots of the same make of nappies, we had a pack of pampers which were bairly used as we didn't get on with them and ended up using huggies and tescos but again everyone is different.
I've also very rarely used the cot sized blankets - occasionally if I think he's chilly during a daytime nap - but really could've managed with 1 not the 6 I bought!! I used crib sized blankets when he was tiny, but by the time he went into a cot I was a sleeping bag convert.
Newborn bibs were a waste of time for us as well, but lo was breastfed and I think bottle fed babies get a lto more use out of them.
Oh, and we bought a foam bath support and it went mouldy - you can't get it dry properly - so I wouldn't bother with one of those again, think we might go for one of the ergonomic ones next time (because I know the towelling ones on a frame don't fit in our baby bath). I did actually use the baby bath loads, but probably will just bath this baby with ds.
With things like Bumbos (we had a Bebepod and definitely got use out of it), don't get one now, wait until lo has head control and try them in someone else's if you can before shelling out yourself - some babies hate them!
Best buys,
Bibs,
nappy bin,
muslin cloths (Olivia has reflux)
baby bath
scratch mitts, (no matter how much I cut her nails, she still manages to wake up with scratches on her face)
2 padded changing mats - kept one downstairs and put one on top of chect of drawers in nursery we already had. Much cheaper than buying a changing table.
Lots of sleepsuits and body suits -as this is what ds mainly wore until around 3 months old
bouncy chair - was just a basic one but was perfect when ds was small. Once she was more aware and wanting to play we bought the fisherprice rainforest bouncer
Door bouncer - not used much but ds loves it.
Worst buys
Too many cute newborn outfits - ds just never wore them.
Too many moses/cot blankets - we switched to a sleeping bag when ds was about 6 weeks old and would never go back now ds is a wriggler !!
dummies - only used them for 8 weeks then lo found her thumb and never wanted to go back to a dummy.
scratch mitts