Oh yeah and I didn't need a new cot either - I got a cheap bassinette off Ebay for $50 before Eden was born, and she was in that for a few months - Kelti had already moved to a toddler bed before Eden was born though, about 15 months old she was. Kelti slept in the bassinette I borrowed from my SIL when she was born until DS was 22 months old and moved into a toddler bed. So I've only purchased toddler beds, not another cot
Besides what everyone else has said - car seat, double pram, more towels, carrier etc i bought an electronic breast pump. Mainly cause with ds i found it took forever for me to be able to express enough for a bottle if i had to leave him and i'm sure i'll have less time now and i'll probaly be going back to work earlier so it will be more efficient. Also if i have to express again with this one for comp feeds in the early days it will help too
We're planning on getting:
Car seat- a booster seat for our son actually and the convertible car seat will be passed down.
Cradle- older son is still in cot, not as a toddler bed so I'm hoping the larger size of a cradle will last us a little longer with baby#2 until the cot is free.
Skateboard for pram- I'll mainly use carriers for the baby too but I think the skateboard will be handy for a long time anyway.
Cleaner- I figure this will be an essential for a period of time while adjusting to having two!
Bath seat- We didn't use one last time but I think it'll make life easier with two in the bath. Obviously wont need that for a bit though.
We have a rocker already which we barely used last time but I can see it being handy this time.
We got (for #3, since I needed to start from scratch for #2)
A bassinet + some sheets and blankets (which I got gifted)
Some clothes - despite them being polar opposite seasons, I had quite a bit of neutral coloured wintery stuff in between all the pink summer stuff
Nappies
Car seat (which just happened to come with quite a few bassinet sized sheets and blankets)
And out of season maternity gear for me
The whole lot added up to about $250. Second babies are cheap!
If I'd had two of the same gender in similar seasons I would have only needed cot and carseat.
Hehehe anything you wanted the first time round but couldn't afford LOL.
Naw only joking, it works the other way round, you realise with your first how little you actually do "need". But on the other hand you've got a better idea of what things are really useful.
Things I lashed out on with DD2:
a boori matilda cradle (much bigger than a basinette, kept her in it until she was big enough to go into a different room)
a shaped denton's preggy pillow & a breastfeeding pillow (made do with a sad & saggy u-shaped pillow first time)
a really good sling (had a cheap n nasty first time)
a new monitor (cos the first one died after a couple of years constant use)
an inflatable ducky bath (sits inside your regular bath, really handy for bathing little ones without filling the whole bath)
playpen (didn't need it with DD1 but it was brilliant with DD2)
Second hand and new baby clothes as we're having a girl and 8 bags of boys stuff just won't do lol
Couple of sets of new sheets.
Another car seat as DS is still in his.
Pram the will fit both of them. Note for anyone looking into this- I hated the idea of big chunky double pram but have found an amazing one called the Bootiq Duex stroller, very lightweight and folds up to size of single pram, plus comes with newborn foot muff, head support and storm cover and is really cheap!
Couple of new blankets etc as some of DS ones were worn out or stained.
2 extra baby gates second hand for $5 each as I know it will be harder to keep an eye on 2!
That's about it that we have 'needed' have bought some other stuff like a nursery manchester set worth $370 for $50 and some pretty girly teddy bears etc
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