Well we were very fortunate in that we were lent a lot of the 'big' things, being the bassinette, (and like you Kathryn ours was on a frame with wheels, so it was a mobile bassinette, which was great, sometimes I would forget where I had wheeled him! LOL), the changetable, the cot. I was given three baby baths as presents, but they all came with little goodies inside. I wouldn't have bought a bassinette if it wasn't lent to me,
I would have just short sheeted the cot.

The only big things we had to buy were the Car Seat and the Pusher. I'm also another person who could NOT have survived without a baby sling, it was one of my saviours.

I guess the best thing that we bought, was the Safe 'n' Sound Royale car seat for the little man, he still uses it to this day, and we didn't bother with the capsule, cause I just lifted him straight from the car to the pusher anyway. We certainly have gotten our monies worth from that.

Best bit of advice I can give is to stock up on the small things, like wipes, nappies (especially when you see them going cheap on sales at supermarkets during the week), baby baths, oils, cotton tips and balls etc, I didn't have to buy any of this stuff for ages, as it was either given to me, or bought before Mitchell came along.

I believe you can never go without too many towels and facewashers, they come in handy, and sometimes, you need one for baby, and one for the bench.

LOL Kellie, about the cloth nappies, being the spew rags, I made that comment to my Mum, she was not happy!

I think that I will shut-up now.

Cheers,

Emma.