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 :)).
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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 :)).
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.
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!)
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.
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.
I went too nuts as well and then packages from relatives interstate flooded my doorstep :lol: Some garments still have tags on. I wish I stuck to the list of stuff NEEDED.:
3 million breastfeeding tops. One of the singets with built in bra work just as good under a regular T-shirt/shirt than a fancy shmancy top with a good $100 added to the price.
I gave a whole heap of wraps & un-used baby blankets to my DD for her dolls, the rest went to the Salvos:
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)
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.
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
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.
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.
Every child is different and your needs can change.
Things I didn't have with ds that i wanted for ds were a baby bath/ change table combo (that I love) and a breast feeding chair (that I love).
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Can't believe so many hate their baby bath. I use it all the time and still and DD is 6mths next week. Don't think there is anything that I brought that doesn't get used. And we didn't get much when she was born so nothing really we didn't use.
Probably one thing and that was baby moisturizer we were given but not using a chemical filled one on my baby. And the odd ugly outfit.
Oh wait I forgot DHs cousin brought us all boy pirate stuff (like towels and a mobile) cos DH likes pirate stuff. Ummmm she is a girl!
With DD1 we used her baby bath up and till about 2 1/2 (we got a big one and it sat in the bottom of the shower). It is now a goat feeder and before that the dog bath. So it was well worth the $20 it cost.:
Yeah I got a big one also and it sits in bottom of shower and we fill it to the brim cos DD likes it deep.:
Oh my goodness.. Where do I start!?
Ahhh the whole nursery! I created a beautiful room for our baby complete with handmade artwork, a big tree mural and paper laterns over the cot.. DS has NEVER slept in there! DH does, quite regularly, and is quite fond of his tree mural ;)
The cot. We co slept. Still do most nights. I have got it set up next to our bed as a toddler bed.. So it does get used a bit now, but thank goodness I bought the cheap one from Target not the $1300 one I had my eye on!
All the J&J stuff I was given for my baby shower. Didn't use ANY of it. It was all given away!
Half my stash of MCN's. Some that didn't suit, some that didn't fit and now DS won't let me put any of them on him!
I have more!! I could keep going!!
Couldn't pick exactly one, but the several dozen bottles of various potions, powders, lotions and whatnot you're supposed to lather on babies. We only use that anti-thrush bum cream.
The curse of the muslin wraps. Some were big enough to use as headscarves, most we threw out.
Breast pads. Was given several boxes, used two. Two pads, not two boxes.
Our baby bath actually fell apart from TOO MUCH use - baths for two babies (far too cold in the bathroom for babies), then used as a washing basket, and a boat, and a pond, and I think we mixed cement in it once. Well worth the $10 or so from Ikea!