what we didn't need

- loads of plush teddies (we're space poor and trying to avoid dust mites)
- pink and white girly clothing, and things with teddies and rabbits and ducks all over them
- small wraps (had a long baby so the short wraps lasted all of one week!)

stuff i am so glad we got

- wonderful handmade changetable (2nd hand) nicer than anything i saw in shops
- the modern cloth nappies (solved the nappy rash problem)
- good quality socks that became the mittens she coudln't get off

i actually don't mind the woollen booties that we got given by lovely old ladies who knit, i can make them stay on by tying the laces on them, they're holey so great for ventilation. Only problem is when you're changing a nappy and calisthenic baby gets bootie covered foot up in The Danger Zone of Poo!