umm, babys' should smell like babies - not baby powder! if MIL is so enamoured by JJ baby powder, tell her to use it herself!!
we'll be using stuff like Gaia, Moogoo etc, not supermarket mass produced chemical based stuff! and i wouldn't ask anyone to pay for it. mum has said she may do up a gift pack with a few of these and some essentials (cotton buds/balls etc) but she is at least respecting our desire to not use the chemical stuff. she also gets (at last) why we want to use MCN's and that a lot of creams will damage the nappies so are not good at all...
rayray - it's just one of the FP ones with the sling thing in it - i can remember at the moment cos it was on special in target the other day - but in a months time when i'm looking at pricing stuff online again - i'll have no hope!
BG - we brought all the big stuff such as cot, change table, pram etc and personal stuff like breast pump, breast pads, bottles and bottle steriliser etc... so we had the brand that we wanted. Than waited to see what we got from baby shower - which we had about a mth and a half before due date. We did ask for ppl not to buy us anything - but of course no one listens!
We were given HEAPS of clothes, wraps and washes and powders, cot sheets, towels, a baby bath which i asked my brother to get for us, pram toys and books.
In the end we had so much stuff that we didnt have to buy anything else.
And to this day we really havent brought anything thing for her, we have been brought clothes up to size 1!!!!!!
Yep its a tough one. Also you have a set idea in place. Like we were told everyone will buy your the bath products etc at your baby shower so don't worry. But I did buy stuff before hand cause I wanted a certain brand, a quality product you know what I mean. And I am glad I did cause although we got some nice stuff a lot of it was from the $2 shop and made in China or some other place that just didn't seem right. So I ended up chucking a lot out. I wasn't going to put a cheapy dummy in my childs mouth you just dont have the same careful quality control as say Tomme Tippe etc.
I'm pretty hardnosed with spending cash and there was only a few things that I regarded as essential before DD arrived and they were: cradle, cradle bedding, clothes, nappies, baby shampoo and baby soap. That was it. Not even a pram cos I was lucky enough to be able to borrow from a friend and then work out what was important to me when buying a pram. I figured we'd work the rest out later and DP (who has an older daughter) kept lecturing me that it was all a capitalist conspiracy which I kind agree with him about.
So yeah, I reckon buy stuff that YOU consider to be essential or just stuff that you want, which really makes it an essential LOL and anything you get as gifts are a bonus.
BTW, I've seen that Brauers have a mini sample pack of all their homeopathic remedies for nappy rash, teething, colic etc. - I reckon that would be a good thing to have on the wish list. And things for a BFing mum like Lanisol (sp?) or pawpaw cream for poorly nipples.
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