#2 - What to Buy?

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

Ok so according to our ultrasound #2 is another girl so we have LOTS of clothes and as DD was small born we have pretty much every size.
I was wondering what i will need to buy for #2, so far my list is:

* Twin Pram/Stroller (other thread open, please check this out)
* New Car (well 2nd hand but it's a need)
* Tallboy
* Bookshelf

I was thinking DD can pick a blanket for #2 as a big sister present as i would LOVE DD keep her favourite blanket as her own, have also bought some new muslin wraps as #2 will be a summer bub and DD's are pretty ratty.
Am also thinking DD can pick some basic clothes fro #2 so she has some 'new' stuff of her own from us rather than all just hand me downs!

We are hoping to borrow SIL's turn-a-tot carseat, if she will let us (looonnnngggg story) as we already have one for DD and she loves it, saves us having to buy another carseat for her for now, can keep her in hers and then just move her to a booster seat etc later on.

We might have a kdis bed we can borrow for later on when DD has to move out of her cot or MIL has a cot at her house we can borrow if she's not ready to move, would LOVE for all the furniture to match though especially once we are in our new house!

Hmm any other thoughts, should i buy some new singlets etc, can't remember how many i have.
Anything you didn't have with #1 that you found you needed with #2?

[aussienic]

I pretty much waited till bub was here then worked out what we needed. We didn't find out the sex with our first 3 though..

I think it is nice to have a special blanket or 2 and some nice clothes which is just thiers..

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

Thanks, yeah a blanket or two of their own is a must i think... will sort out sheets etc later on once we know if DD is moving into a big bed... then she will get new stuff and not #2.

Wont need many clothes as DD was spoilt rotten when she was born, we have everything from 00000 to what she's in now bought 1 cute neutral suit before we knew what we were having but want to get something as a big sister pressie that we can say Ava bought her.

Must go through D's stuff though and pick out some clothes i want to keep as HERS, so they can't get ruined and might put them in a box or something for her.

[Arimeh]

We got a swing for DD because the one DS had wasn't good enough for daddy's little princess apparently But we didn't buy many clothes, only a few wondersuits as she was born in the winter, and DS was a summer baby - so all his 000 clothes were the wrong sort of clothes for the season. Of course once everyone knew it was a girl - we had pink clothes coming out of our ears!!! LOL

I reused the wraps that I had... so she pretty much lucked out on everything.. LOL

Even now when we go toy shopping, we find ourselves buying more age appropriate toys for DS - and hardly anything for DD cos she just plays with his toys that he played with at that age!!! Its shocking really - bad parents *smack smack*

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

not bad parents just sensible, we are not buying new toys etc and we are reusing DD's baby gym and swing!

We are kind of lucky as DD was quite small and born in Oct so a lot of her 0000 and 000 clothes etc are summer clothes, so we should be able to get away with not buying many clothes at all.
Will be nice to put some stuff aside for DD as her own and for #2 as 'only hers' hehe.

Trying to save cash where we can really, obviously the bigger items are a must but i want her to have her own bookshelf etc anyway.

So scary..... not long for us now!

[Daydream Believer]

A carseat, somewhere to sleep, a twin stroller (or just use a wrap/carrier for a while)

All we will buy for the next one will be a carseat, as we already have a bassinet & cot that dont get used. I also have my wrap carrier I will use until I think its time for a twin pram (assuming DD is still in a pram)