Your unnecessary & essential baby purchases - Page 3

vespersonicca · Dec 29th, 2009, 06:01 AM

Wow! A super special thank you to Chaos for such an amazing and eye-opening list! I hope others will also take this great opportunity to help other avoid silly and sometimes costly mistakes and help out a bunch of new mommies in the process!

Freyasmum · Dec 30th, 2009, 02:48 AM

I just thought of something else I found absolutely vital.
It's something you may very well have anyway...
Hand cream! What with all the extra hand-washing after nappy changes, my hands were a wreck!

pinkandfluffy · Dec 30th, 2009, 05:26 AM

Fab thread thank you ladies!

Blah11 · Dec 30th, 2009, 05:56 AM

Good

A large blanket for swaddling, tommee tippee milk bibs, we bought a swinging crib which is a bit bigger than a moses basket but it did us until she was 5.5 months old

, Fisher price cradle swing was great when i needed some handsfree time to eat or something

Bad

Dummies and bottles and bottle warmers as she never used them but that was an amelie thing LOL, grobags never got used because she hated them, groegg thermometre ALWAYS said our rooms were too hot even if it was a bit chilly

, didn't get that much use out of her bumbo tbh but thats because she had her swing then jumperoo

vespersonicca · Dec 30th, 2009, 06:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Freyasmum

I just thought of something else I found absolutely vital.
It's something you may very well have anyway...
Hand cream! What with all the extra hand-washing after nappy changes, my hands were a wreck!

Thanks! Not something I would have thought of but would def need!

nov_mum · Dec 30th, 2009, 22:29 PM

I found our baby bath really good. It's quite a big plastic one with no fancy plug or other features. It was $10 and we used it when bubs was little and now it sits in the bath and bubs sits up in it. It saves filling a whole bath and he can't fall over and split his head on the side of the big bath.

Bibs, we used loads in the early days. Now bubs is older we use a couple of plastic bibs that you wipe down.

Vests/body suits.

Sleep sacks

Nipple cream if your bfing. Breast pads too. Nappy squares, not for usng as nappies but for everything else.

Useless things:

A sling, hurt my neck after bubs was 6 weeks old. This time around I got a wrap like a moby wrap and it's much better!!!!

Loads of blankets and toys - not neccessary and you get brought heaps anyway.

Expensive sterilisers - I used sterilising tabs and a plastic container. It was portable, cheap and can be used safely with non bpa plastics.

genkigemini · Dec 30th, 2009, 23:32 PM

For the first two weeks, the only thing my little man wore was sleepers. (Full body suits aka Bodygrows) This way I knew he was warm enough and he just looks so darn cute in them. Also, I hated putting onesies over his head when he was so tiny and fragile feeling.

BAD

Bottle Warmer - I never used it

Freyasmum · Dec 31st, 2009, 02:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nov_mum

I found our baby bath really good. It's quite a big plastic one with no fancy plug or other features. It was $10...

Hey nov_mum - where'd you find a bath for $10? We gave all our stuff away so I'm looking to replace as cheaply as possible. Suppose I could always try Trade Me.

MandaAnda · Dec 31st, 2009, 07:48 AM

There always seem to be baby baths on Freecycle, Ebay, Gumtree, etc. We got ours of DH's grandparents', which I think they got second hand. DH gave it a wash, and it looks brand new - it's even blue and has a plug in the bottom.

Shezbum · Jan 1st, 2010, 18:41 PM

Im still pregnant so can only give u advice that i have bin given ,, but buy wipes baby grows and bodysuits telc etc once a month or sumtin and save them as this helps thats wat i have been doing and now have a little basket to keep it all in and so have them ready for when baby arrives, also big pants and sani towels for when u leave hospital (i have been advised ther a deffo lol) I wish u luck xx

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Freyasmum Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: NZ Posts: 2,768	I just thought of something else I found absolutely vital. It's something you may very well have anyway... Hand cream! What with all the extra hand-washing after nappy changes, my hands were a wreck!

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pinkandfluffy Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Barnsley, South Yorkshire Posts: 3,446	Fab thread thank you ladies!

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Blah11 Mum (Mom) BnB Spammer Elite Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 32,881	Good A large blanket for swaddling, tommee tippee milk bibs, we bought a swinging crib which is a bit bigger than a moses basket but it did us until she was 5.5 months old , Fisher price cradle swing was great when i needed some handsfree time to eat or something Bad Dummies and bottles and bottle warmers as she never used them but that was an amelie thing LOL, grobags never got used because she hated them, groegg thermometre ALWAYS said our rooms were too hot even if it was a bit chilly , didn't get that much use out of her bumbo tbh but thats because she had her swing then jumperoo

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Dec 30th, 2009, 22:29 PM	#26
nov_mum Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: New Zealand Posts: 1,098	I found our baby bath really good. It's quite a big plastic one with no fancy plug or other features. It was $10 and we used it when bubs was little and now it sits in the bath and bubs sits up in it. It saves filling a whole bath and he can't fall over and split his head on the side of the big bath. Bibs, we used loads in the early days. Now bubs is older we use a couple of plastic bibs that you wipe down. Vests/body suits. Sleep sacks Nipple cream if your bfing. Breast pads too. Nappy squares, not for usng as nappies but for everything else. Useless things: A sling, hurt my neck after bubs was 6 weeks old. This time around I got a wrap like a moby wrap and it's much better!!!! Loads of blankets and toys - not neccessary and you get brought heaps anyway. Expensive sterilisers - I used sterilising tabs and a plastic container. It was portable, cheap and can be used safely with non bpa plastics.

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Dec 30th, 2009, 23:32 PM	#27
genkigemini Mum (Mom) Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Anchorage, Alaska Posts: 3,957	For the first two weeks, the only thing my little man wore was sleepers. (Full body suits aka Bodygrows) This way I knew he was warm enough and he just looks so darn cute in them. Also, I hated putting onesies over his head when he was so tiny and fragile feeling. BAD Bottle Warmer - I never used it

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Dec 31st, 2009, 07:48 AM	#29
MandaAnda Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Coastal Kent Posts: 1,656	There always seem to be baby baths on Freecycle, Ebay, Gumtree, etc. We got ours of DH's grandparents', which I think they got second hand. DH gave it a wash, and it looks brand new - it's even blue and has a plug in the bottom.

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Jan 1st, 2010, 18:41 PM	#30
Shezbum Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Leicestershire Posts: 42	Im still pregnant so can only give u advice that i have bin given ,, but buy wipes baby grows and bodysuits telc etc once a month or sumtin and save them as this helps thats wat i have been doing and now have a little basket to keep it all in and so have them ready for when baby arrives, also big pants and sani towels for when u leave hospital (i have been advised ther a deffo lol) I wish u luck xx

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