I am just in my 2nd trimester and was wondering if anyone has started purchasing items for baby yet? Cot, change table,pram etc.
Also does anyone have an opinion on baby prams? My husband and I have been looking around and I can't believe how many there are to choose from! I was preiously interested in the Beema Q, however, recently came across the P&T and nowhave my heart set on one of those, does anyone have an opinion?
Hi, congrats on hitting second semester! I am 18 weeks and am just starting to look at all this stuff now. I'm completely bewildered and confused! Many of my friends bought items even before they had conceived so I guess we all approach this differently!
I've had a few donations, but need to look for a pram now. There are so many styles and I'm unsure which are appropraite for new borns, how long it will be appropriate for etc etc. I live in the sticks so its really hard to get to a shop to ask. I'll check out the Beema Q though and see what it looks like.
Hope you get some good advice here
Somewhere on this forum was a list of suggested items for a new baby/nursery and I'm trying to find it. It would really help me out! Maybe its in the Belly Belly article section? I'll keep looking.
I have a Beema Q, but have had to change over to a different type as I need one with a toddler seat as DD will still need the pram when we are out for longer outings.
That was the only downside, you can't fit a toddler seat only a generic skate board and DD is too small for that. It fits through all the shopping aisles and is lightweight.
So if you are planning on having another child close together it is something to consider.
Hi childondaway, congrats on your pregnancy With both my pregnancys i started buying things from about 12 weeks. I found it better to buy things gradually so that i didn't get to my third trimester and have to buy everything in one go. I'm a huge advocate for vinnies/ebay shopping when it comes to bubs, i have bought all DS1's clothing from birth till now (2 1/2 years) from vinnies (except for some essentials, singlets, shoes etc) and i'm now using the same clothes for DS2. They're all still in good condition and you wouldn't know they're second hand, alot of them are name brands like pumpkin patch, papoose etc and i only spent a few bucks on each item! Seriously i reckon its the best (and most cost effective) way of buying bubs stuff. I've even bought toys and bedding second hand and saved heaps.
If you don't feel comfy with going into opp shops ebay has tons of bub stuff, you can pick up second hand bulk bub clothing so cheaply. Saves a lot of $ and time walking around the shops.
HTH
I agree with lestyrox, Ebay is a great way to source great baby things in exellent condition. Babys dont stay little for too long so you can end up spending a fortune on baby clothes and baby never gets to wear them.My girls always look great but I havent spent a fortune on them, and nobody would know that the clothes are second hand.
Another good idea is to take someone who has kids shopping with you so you dont end up buying things you wont need/use.
I started buying things about 15 weeks. And the last month or so I've gone nuts..I've bought a cot, pram, baby rocker and baby playmat. Getting all the heavy things out of the way before you are HUGE is a good idea. And buy some clothes/toiletries every pay day or so, that way you don't have to spend a whole lot at once. If you can get stuff given to you, that's great too...clothes are very handy, and baby baths, toys that can be washed etc..
I think it is personally up to you when you want to start buying things. Whenever you are comfortable to do so!
This is my first pregnancy so I didnt buy anything up until I was 18 weeks - when we hit the boxing day sales with all our gift cards to get a cot & car seat.
Since then we have bought a few other bits and pieces that I see on sale. I have also been researching prams and now looking at setting up the nursery.
Sometimes I have to tell myself to slow down, because you do get given a few things! But there are some things we want to buy ourselves and im trying to spend it now whilst I have the $ to do so!
My DD has a P&T and I love it. It is easy to handle with one hand and it fits through many of the checkouts. If you are planning to have more buy the second seat now as some colours are hard to get later on.
Start looking around now and buy slowly. That way the cost of buying items is spread out and easier on the hip pocket.
All the best as you prepare for the arrival of your baby.
We're only 21 weeks and have got most of the big things organised. We were so excited that we couldn't wait. But I am glad that we have lay buyed our pram, cot and change table early. The pram we lay buyed before christmas and it has only just arrived in the store. The cot and change table we did in early Jan and they still aren't in stock. So it doesn't hurt to start sooner than later.
Other than clothes and stuff we don't have anything at home with us. We've just started doing the big clean out so that bubs will have their own room. As soon as that's done, we'll start picking up our lay buyed items and getting the room ready.
When it's your first there are so many things to buy that you don't think of initially (thermometers, bottles, breast pumps, linen, and the list goes on and on) that I don't think it hurts to start early. And it is so much fun! I just put all the clothes we've bought into a drawer the other day, you wouldn't believe what a good feeling it is just to open the drawer and look at them all, I think it makes it all feel a bit more real.
We didn't really buy anything until after the 20w scan. I bought a few clothing items for girls and boys when I was 13 weeks as they were 70% off.
We didn't buy the pram until I was 29.5 weeks. We ordered the car seat at the same time, and they said there is a 6-8 week waiting list, so I wouldn't recommend buying that as late as I did. I would have bought more earlier if DH wasn't so anti-shopping!
Forgot to mention - I've got my baby shower this weekend (I'll be nearly 35 weeks) so I've been holding off buying a lot of stuff until after that. Plus I've been given heaps of clothes already. I've bought four 000 items, but won't be buying any more!
It really depend on your family situation. We bough pretty much everything before 20 weeks, because DH went away at the beginnning of February and won't be home until I have only 6 weeks to go, so I needed him to be here to pick it all up because it is bulky and we have 2 other children. DD2 will be going into a big girl bed when DH gets home, and we will re arrange so she is in the same room as DD1, and the nursery will be set up for DD3.
Forgot to mention if its your first and you have a biggish circle of friends, don't buy to many clothes or toys. You will find you will be given these as presents when the baby is born and a baby can only wear so many of one size.
You don't usually get much bedding so have that before hand.
If you are going to breastfeed start buying breast pads as you will go through these, the same with disposables. (I found the ones from Aldi really good in both quality & price)
You could use cloth breast pads and cloth nappies if you wanted to save money. Have a look in the cloth nappy section if you want advice.
It feels like you are doing nothing but handing out money at this stage but once you have your setup you can reuse a lot of it if you have more.
being our second bub, i decided to wait untill 12w scan to organise all our baby stuff (majority stored at my parents place.) after my scan @ 17w i sorted through all dd's old clothes and made a list of what i needed to buy, i went out and bought & layby'd pretty much everything (with dd i bought up to size 1 before she was born, so ive done the same this time, except i havent had to by nearly as much!) so im now paying it all off in no real hurry.
it makes it so much easier when you have 2 kids of the same sex! im so excited i get to reuse all the pretty things dd has grown out of!
ETA: we use disposable nappies, i buy a packet each fortnight from Aldi for dd, so ive been buying a packet for the baby on the alternate weeks.. i have about 4 newborn packets, my next step is the infant size, then ill keep working my way up. i love watching the stash grow, nothing worse than having to do a late night dash to the supermarket for a packet of nappies! and im still working at the moment, for us it works out better to stock up now on products, as we're terrible savers!
Last edited by DoubleK; February 17th, 2009 at 09:30 AM.
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When To Purchase Baby Products
With both my pregnancys i started buying things from about 12 weeks. I found it better to buy things gradually so that i didn't get to my third trimester and have to buy everything in one go. I'm a huge advocate for vinnies/ebay shopping when it comes to bubs, i have bought all DS1's clothing from birth till now (2 1/2 years) from vinnies (except for some essentials, singlets, shoes etc) and i'm now using the same clothes for DS2. They're all still in good condition and you wouldn't know they're second hand, alot of them are name brands like pumpkin patch, papoose etc and i only spent a few bucks on each item! Seriously i reckon its the best (and most cost effective) way of buying bubs stuff. I've even bought toys and bedding second hand and saved heaps.
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