3 things you bought but didn't really need for baby

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

Teething Rings - both girls teethed from an early age but WOULD NOT touch them
Clothes, Clothes, Clothes - the girls have SOOO many clothes, i have 3 stripey bags FULL of clothes just to size 0.. Grr

I'm sure there are more things, just can't think of them.

[NaeNae]

Grobags
Play pen and mats
so may carriers (should have waited til bub was here)

[Catherine]

The Cot! Thankfully it was a hand-me-down, and it did make a great place to dump the washing I never seem to keep up with!

I was given a bottle (just in case) that never got used.

Baby talc powder.

[Cassius2]

Our three things:

Baby bath insert seat (newborn type one)

Baby monitor (AKA anxiety-ridden stress machine in our house lol)

Nappy bucket (MCNs are so cool they dont need soaking ).

[Traveller]

baby bath seat - impossible to use and so much less fun than just getting in the bath myself with baby
baby monitor - we lived in such small houses we learnt to use our ears instead, and they don't require the wasting of electricity!
Nappy Bag - I got a fancy one that matched the pram and had a pull out nappy changing mat, but ended up using a backpack which was so much safer to carry whilst juggling babies/prams/etc.

[JLeigh29]

Three things we didn't really need for DS:

Baby bath insert thing (we always held DS as well in those first few weeks, instead of drying it just went mouldy, and then the baby bath was outgrown in a couple of months)

Sling (what an uncomfortable, hard to put on piece of material! Plus, DS hated being in it. However, I'd definitely try another type of carrier, maybe an ergo, next time)

Breast pump, bottles, sterilising equipment (no use at all for a fully bf baby and it takes up a whole shelf in the kitchen!)

[luna moth]

Baby monitor - we co-slept and then had the cot in our room.

Breast pump - hand expressing was way better for me, not that my baby has a clue what to do with a bottle.

Oh, and hiring a baby capsule was a waste of money. We got it so baby could stay sleeping if we had to get out of the car. HA! As if she ever slept in there (or anywhere!) in the first place! If I knew, I'd have gone straight to rear facing carseat, which she loves.

[toomanyshoes]

Funny, some of the things mentioned were life savers in our place.

The only thing that didn't get good use at our place was the "baby/nappy bag" - I found it much easier to chuck what we needed in my hand bag or a backpack.

[RhiChiChi]

Breast feeding pillow - my GF bought it but it is really hard and plain uncomfortable to use.

Lots of baby blankets - I tended to use to same few but I ended up with heaps

Singlets - I used body short sleeved suits (Although I use singlets/tank tops for DD now, but she is 4yo)

[Lisa]

For DD3 -
Angelcare Monitor & Cradle - Both of these because DD3 has never wanted to sleep anywhere else than in with us. She was born in our bed so it makes sense that she would want to sleep there too
Pram Cocoon - I don't know what came over me when I bought it. It has never been used in the pram and was used once inside the house just to test it out. Massive waste of money.

[Honeybee]

The cot definitely, cost something like $700 and barely used it. DS2 hasn't used it once.
A bouncer, DS wouldn't go in it
Close baby carrier - both my boys hate it, which is very annoying. DS1 also disliked the ergo, am hoping DS2 will accept it, otherwise I've wasted a lot of money on carriers

[*EJ*]

The bathing items i didn't use much. The laundry sink was fine...

After Baby #1 i figured out you could go a little overboard with clothes and blankts. Buy Baby #3 i kept a lot of things in packets or with tags on and only took them off when i knew i was going to use them. The things i didn't use i returned and purchased something else for my child i knew they needed or would use.

[Astrid]

Tough one. What was used with DD1 was not with DD2 and vice versa. I actually found all those things on the list useful at some stage, if they were a lifesaver for even only 3 months, they were worth it.

Snug in a bug - barely used it, interesting concept, but not for us.
Baby bag - picked a nice back pack one, but the thing was heavy before clothes going in it, used it for awhile.
Clothes - some bad choices there and probably spent way to much money.
Breast pump - should have gone straight for the electric double, rather than the manual which gave me RSI. I did need a pump though.

[Cherished]

I didn't spend money on many of those things except maybe $15 on the bath seat which was never used! Thankfully we didn't buy the cot either as DS has slept in maybe a half a dozen times. Even as I type he is asleep on a double bed mattress on the floor at 10 months old, before that we co-slept. I also didn't buy a sling but have 3 or 4 of them that were given to me. Never used DS hated them. As for baths the laundry tub is 'perfect' and high so great for our backs as is our massage table which now doubles up as the change table and some times that table even triples up as an ironing table when once in a blue moon I iron the big basket full of clothes that sits under the table I'm surprised the wraps aren't more popular? I used stacks of them and ds hated being wrapped so mine were used in bed and in his little cocoon thingo and on the floor and as a protective cover on the change table and as a little blanket to put down on the carpet if we went visiting someone, they were great to throw in the bag as they were so light and rolled up so small, they were also fantastic to use over my arm when feeding as it was summer and if I didn't have something in between ds's head and my arm it was super sweaty so the wraps were light, cool and kept everything more comfortable. Even now I have a few in the car and they are great for blocking out sun.

[sloane]

1. the cot. argh. DS slept in it for maybe 2 months. and the idea of them turning into a toddler bed seemed a good one, little did i know he'd be much happier on a mattress then bed, where someone could sleep next to him!
2. breast pump. i only got a manual one so not very technical but just not for me. although i should thank it because it made me perservere with feeding rather than expressing
3. blankets/wraps - ours were all given to us 2nd hand by friends which was lucky because DS just never liked being wrapped (could be that i am the world's WORST wrapper!)...he was into a grobag by the time he was 12 weeks. proper blankets were ok, just more the bunny rug things & wraps.

[Twin Sister]

Bottles / Sterilising Equipment - got some in case, but neither of my kids liked bottles, so they were a waste
Breast Pump - it was usefull enough (pumped when too full, or to try and go out, or to make baby food)
Baby Bath Seat - used a lot with my son who refused to SIT in the tub, it kept him from jumping around in there
Baby Clothes - didn't need many, sleepers were soi much easir for all those frequent diaper changes
Blankets / Wraps - everyone gave us one and we had waaaaaaay too many
Sling - could not live without for DS, never used for DD
Baby Monitor - hugest wate of money ever, never used it for either kids
Baby Bath - found it useful fir the first few weeks with both kids then preferred just to lie them down in the big tub with a small amount of water
Cot - I don't know what a cot is *blush* We used a bassinet with both kids, playpen for both kids (for travelling) and a crib only for a short time with DS (and not at all with DD)
Bouncer/Rocker - could not live without for DS, used a bit with DD

[Cranky Kitten]

I think what we call a cot is the same as you'd call a crib - at least that's what I gather from trawling o/seas shopping sites for cheaper baby stuff

[Loveinamist]

Definitely the bassinet, ambynest and rocking cradle....at one point we had all three in our room in a desperate attempt to get him to sleep in something! A pitiful, sleep deprived version of musical beds!! Should have just used the toddler rail on our bed from day 1!
Bottles and sterilising equipment and breast pump - the time I wasted pumping when I should have just been putting him on the boob! Luckily I gave up pumping after a few weeks once the tongue tie and latch was sorted out.
Pram - the sling was just so much easier and he loved it but hated the pram
Luckily all of our other useless purchases like the bouncer, rocker, and vibrating rocker were all secondhand cheapies so not much to regret.

If I had my time again...I would only buy a sling, a toddler rail for our bed, cloth nappies, a baby bath and babygros