Hi, the only things I bought brand new were car seats and booster seats, the rest on ebay or through the trading post and kids markets (so much fun) and great bargains.
Although if you know that the seats have'nt been in an accident I would also consider buying them secondhand from friends.(depending on condition) Babies and kids grow so fast that loads of items are like new anyway, especially clothes...I reckon save $$$$$ for the fun things in life like family holidays, going to fun family outings and dinner out here and there.
I personally waited until around half way through my first pregnancy before I started buying things, but mainly because I had bleeding and I was'nt sure what was going to happen, but otherwise would have started end of the first trimester.
Good luck and have fun finding some bargains.(make sure you bargain at the kids markets, you will get some super deals, you can always come up in price, but not the other way)
We've been so lucky with stuff we've been given. Received two bouncer chair things, cot, bedding, stacks of clothes (both boy and girl to cover every eventuality)
The only things we've bought ourselves are a change table with bath, pram and car seat, plus a few neutral coloured clothes for when baby is born, as I didnt want to wash all the boy and girl clothes we'd been given and then have to bag it all up again! We put our pram and car seat on lay buy about 5 weeks ago - only because they were having a 20% sale so it was a real good time to do it! at the mo we;re living with dps parents so dont really have much room for anything so think thats been a bit factor when we've been deciding whether or not to buy things!
I think in the next few weeks we might buy some hooded towels as weve only got one at the moment. Other than that w're going to wait till he or she arirves and see what we find we want or need then!
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