What items did you buy, ie change table, cot, basinette, bath etc etc

Was there anything you never used, or wished you hadn't bought? Was there anything you needed and forgot? What was something you absolutely couldn't live without?

We had the cot, baby bath, change table, nappy bin, bouncer thingy and that was about it.

We bought a baby bath...and that was a waste of money...used it for a couple of times and didn't bother anymore. Just put a small amount of water in the bottom of the bath and bathed her that way. It hurt my back to bend over it and hold her at the same time. Especially after the C-sect.

Instead of a basinette and a cot we got just a cot that had a basinette height...great buy, saved us lots of money! And I was always a bit aprehensive of putting such a small baby in the cot straight away but she was fine.

The stupidest thing we got was this bouncer cross basinette thingy that vibrated by safety 1st...it was hopeless and she hated it...and it broke :roll: I was looking at bouncers the other day and it looks like its no longer on the market...I wonder why

My favourite thing was something we bought later on...a baby swing. OMG that was the best money spent! I couldn't live without it! As I have a bad back I couldn't have her in the sling all the time and there were times when I had to do things...this was great. I could strap her in turn the music on and let her go she could watch what I was doing (well actually at that age she probably couldn't see past her nose ) and I could see her and most times she would fall off to sleep. Then when she was older (4 mths) it was used as her high chair till we finally got a real high chair at 6 or 7 mths...we were slackers LOL!

If I can think of anything more I will add it later.

*hugs*
Cailin