Melbourne Baby show

[Loula]

OK who is going to go and what should i consider buying for our first bubs from there, will i save any $$

we haven't brought anything yet so hopping to get some ideas and savings

I know i will be looking at cloth nappies but what else should i look out for and is sunday the best day to go for bargains?

[Persephone1]

We're going, but I don't know that either Saturday or Sunday is better.

We went to the Pregnancy, Birth and Baby Show when we were about 9 weeks pregnant and it was good, but can be a bit overwhelming. There is a LOT of marketing for stuff that you probably don't need. You might like to have a list of things you want to look at, and focus on them. We went looking for cloth nappies and there are a LOT of brands, so it can get a bit much.

As far as savings go...I'm not an expert on that. We didn't buy ANYTHING at the show, but took a lot of pamphlets away with us. We started a folder of product pamphlets so that we can look at them as we go, and compare products when we need to. I've found the internet it just as useful as the Baby Show, except that at the Show everything is in the one place.

Have fun! Take lots of water, don't tucker yourself out, and perhaps I'll see you there!

[feeb]

I am hoping to go on the friday. This is a new show for melb so not sure what prices will be like, at the yearly oct one I tend not to buy much at all just see whats out there etc.

[Pandora]

When is it again?

[Persephone1]

5-7 March, at the Royal Exhibition Building in Carlton.

We're probably going to be there on Saturday as we'll be packing for our holiday on the Sunday.

[melbel]

We saved at the baby expo in October...medela were there and had a special on their breastpumps....got one for as cheap as ebay type thing...also itti bitti were there so got a heap of nappies.....there are bargains to be had at some stands but i found you needed to know beforehand what you were looking for.....otherwise it was just too big and overhwleming...for example we skipped most of the bottle feeding/formula stands and sposie nappie stands, stuff like that and as we knew what pram we wanted we just quickly browsed those stands whereas we could have spent literally hours if we roadtested all of them!!

[FabFiona]

I went to the last one in Melbourne when I was around 35 weeks pregnant. It can be very overwhelming with lots of people, prams and noise.

We had already bought most of our baby stuff by this point. However I was annoyed as lots was on special at the baby show. We could have saved heaps.

If you have done your research and know what you want I think it is worthwhile.

Also, I got a free ticket at Priceline when I bought something the other day. Save the $20 entry fee!

[Loula]

Thanks for all your great replys, but i have no idea what i will be looking at other than the cloth nappies. Both DH and i are shocking and will prob overspend, and get studd that we really dont need.

arh the temptation!

I will be looking at bed linin too as i can only find the dwell ones that i like in the US!

[didispunk]

OH i love the Dwell ones from the USA.. i bought heaps of sets and recieving blankets.. love the Target brand there.

[~Raven~]

I picked up a leaflet from Pumpkin Patch the other day for half price admission if you register online before you go No way will I be paying $20 to get in if I go!

[Nelle]

I've never heard of it! I agree to have a list of things you're looking for. I've bought nappy bags from Baby expos for cheaper, there are often buy two get one free sort of deals. If you buy something for full price, you might get something else thrown in. Or competitions to enter.

[DaintreeDream]

I got some tickets from Priceline.

I didn't think I was going to get there as I have a busy day tomorrow with a MCHN visit right in the middle of the day so that pretty much prevents me from going and I was meant to be going away for the weekend but that has been cancelled so I can go now! yay!

(not that anyone needed to hear that story )

[feeb]

Back from expo and it sucked!!!!

No freebies/samples really, and no fantastic specials!!!!!!

Parking sucked museuem parking all full!!! In the end I was better off as car park in lygon was $9 and not $14.

Fisher price had toys etc on special but you couldn't have today was a order now and free delivery to you in 7 - 21 days!!!!!!!!!!

The massive line for lunch was crazy and very little amount of seats to sit and BF.

Was spaced out better than other expo though!

[Cassius2]

Back from expo and it sucked!!!!

No freebies/samples really, and no fantastic specials!!!!!!

Parking sucked museuem parking all full!!! In the end I was better off as car park in lygon was $9 and not $14.

Fisher price had toys etc on special but you couldn't have today was a order now and free delivery to you in 7 - 21 days!!!!!!!!!!

The massive line for lunch was crazy and very little amount of seats to sit and BF.

Was spaced out better than other expo though!

I actually agree with all of that. including the good bit about there being a bit more space for manouvarability. but overall, i think the PB Expo is heaps better. especially in terms of sample packs and choice of providers. that said, the Tizzy Hall lecture did scare me...so maybe i was put off lol.

i did buy a cushie tushie couture nappy and had a good chat with the maternity coalition girls... but other than that i was a bit disappointed. mostly stuff for clothing wise or big nursery items. the prams were also a bit boring (and i love prams!). and they only had 2 examples of double prams in the whole place (one of which was the bog standard maclaren).

soooo glad that i got a free ticket!

[feeb]

Also sooooooooo glad I had a free ticket!!

I chatted to a person at ABA that I haven't seen for 2 years!!

[melbel]

did anyone notice if ICandy prams was there?