Whats your baby budjet?

[HotI]

i have bought a double pram off e-bay for $5, a change table/hutch in excellent condition for $20.

first time around, my hammock, cot, pram, change table, feeding chair were all second hand. many were given to me by friends. i bought my car seat brand new. i have a group of friends and bags of baby clothes that have been through at least 4 families now and are still available for the next bub to be born.

i use cloth nappies and the majority were bought second hand, and the others were bought during sales. i have also lent these to a friend and just got my newborn stash back for this baby.

i bought 2 baby carriers (a close carrier and an ergo) brand new, and will use them again with bub #2.

i bought DD1's king single bed off e-bay for $12, and then bought a good quality new mattress (because we may be sleeping in it to help her settle)

i like to re-use, to be creative, to make clothes or funky them up (i tie dye most of my baby singlets). i will buy expensive things if there is a safety aspect or a functional aspect that i feel strongly about, but otherwise i am happy to shop around and buy second hand or make things.

i would rather have less toys, but have good quality ones.

[emc2]

I spent a lot $5000 but it has been on a massive amount of second hand items mainly, new cloth nappies, some clothes up to size 4 (eBay bulk lots).

It has been useful as bubs needs equipment in four places as I'm separated.

I also had to buy things to modify my small unit to suit us in terms of storage boxes, a clear shower curtain so I can see him when I am in the shower.

So that includes everything I bought from items for me during the pregnancy to the first six months.

For example we loaned one bassinette from my SIL for my Mum's which was great as we ended up staying there five weeks, then used it when we went over. Then I had a very large bassinette here, which we used for six months, as the second hand cot, it's drop side slats broke as they had been re-glued before. Then my parents accidentally ended up with two cots at their place, Mum bought one on eBay and saw a better and cheaper one at a garage sale! lol, so she then resold the eBay one. Now I have ended up buying a new cot.

With rockers and strollers we had two rockers and three strollers (all second hand, three Maclaren items).