been looking at car seats...it was SUCH a stressful experience!
Went to a big baby store yesterday...I was amazed at the prices of pushchairs and everything...really, it all stressed me out. But we think we've chosen a car seat, after hours of shop and internet research.

God, this shopping isnt as fun as I'd thought it would be!

Does anyone else just feel baffled and overwhelmed by it all?

I feel overwhelmed EVERYTIME I get out of the house. I just hate it now. It's not long before I can't stand the pain in my feet, I always feel like I have 200 extra pounds, I get very hot and sweaty + incredibly impatient.

Then I start complaining and being moody ! Makes me feel really bad for the person that I'm with at that time but I just can't help it.

I did at first but fortunately theres a couple of people who I work with with young kids whove helped me an awful lot.

I also printed off a checklist from Babies r Us coz I was so confused with what I needed and what I didn't. It's here --->http://www.toysrus.co.uk/framestatic....html?zone=bru if thats any help. I think theres a couple of things that are probably unnecessary, but I just had the worst feeling that we'd get Seth home and we'd be like 'Shit... we forgot his bed' or something

It is really quite overwhelming though. Fortunately we've got a buggy and car seat now, so we can start looking at the nice things

xxx

thanks for that linzi, i'm printing as i type!

I've found family with young kids to be an invaluable asset to me. We've looked at car seats and strollers but honestly we will probably wait until closer to the time before buying, one of the sales ladies mentioned to us that warranties run out pretty quickly and it'd be best to wait, I thought it was pretty good advice.

The thing I found most stressful was me & OH agreeing on something.

As there are lots of different things to choose from and we both like things that are a little bit different, that only left a couple of things to choose from and we would be wanting the opposite to each other!

I have been known to stand in a shop really pissed off, and told him "come on we are going, there is absolutely no point in bothering!"

That is a good list, i thought i was doing pretty well, but that has pointed out a few items i haven't got yet.

All of the stuff listed for mum, i haven't got, or even thought about for myself lol

I have also found the book Baby Bargins to be a big help in wading through all the hype about what you need and what you dont. They review loads of different companies and their products.

No me neither! lol

I passed the list round people at work and Ive managed to get a brand new breast pump for nothing as well. A girl bought one but she decided not to breast feed in the end. One more thing to cross off!

xxx

I am totally overwhelmed. This stuff is just too expensive to get wrong. The pram and cot are killing me the most! Then again, I haven't even started looking at breast pumps and baby monitors. Sheesh. Here goes the blood pressure again.