Baby clothes - where to buy?

Hello everyone!

I am getting told by young parents not to spend so much on my baby's clothes when the time comes, since they grow really fast! Does anyone know of cheap baby clothes online or something? My workmate told me to go to Bonds when they are on sale, but again I am wondering if I go crazy at a sale I will end up with too much unwanted stuff.

Are the prices considered expensive or reasonable? It all seems very overwhelming!

Hope somebody can help :)

Sasha

When is your baby due???
There are facebook pages where parents are selling stuff. The other place to check out is kids and babies markets. There is one coming up at Kellyville.

the baby clothes at big w and kmart are not bad quality and cheap too! Pumpkin patch have a good clearance store online.

I know a friend of mine would get stuff off ebay - she pays about $5 for a box of baby clothes - she said some stuff wasn't worth wearing, but there would be at least half the box that was still in good condition.

I wouldn't buy too much ahead - just get some basics like a few onesies and vests (i preferred the ones that popped closed under their nappy) and if you're planning on having more than one, its great to get this in neutral patterns because then you can use them again. Once they're born, you can always get some gender-specific stuff plus don't forget, you might get quite a few clothes bought as presents anyway.

Apparent date is 28 May 2010. Hopefully it will be on time!

So there are loads of secondwear trade going on facebook pages? That's pretty cool! I didn't know about that. Do I just search baby clothes on FB?

Thanks!

I'll have to have a look and see what the groups are called that I have on my page. I'll let you know tonight... don't have FB at work :(

Do you know what your having??? I'm due around the same time as you and we don't know what we are having, but if we have a boy your welcome to the hundreds of bags of girls stuff we have :)

Also, you'd be surprised at how generous people are when you actually have the baby!

I have got a lot of clothes for DD off Ebay. Baby clothes don't have a lot of wear and tear (until they start crawling!) so generally second hand clothes are in really good condition and look almost brand new. Maybe try the Salvos as well?

And I second that once people know you are having a baby, you will have freebies coming out your ears! I got so many clothes from just work colleagues that I didn't have to buy much at all for her as a newborn.

I think getting second hand clothes isn't so bad from a friend or parent, but my boyfriend is super *** about Salvo's and stuff.

I don't see the big deal, but it's his baby too..so...

But I think checking out facebook would be all right! (Haven't told him yet)

Do people buy off ebay in bulk second hand clothes?

Apologies it seems like I have so many questions!

Hi,

I have gotten some really good bargains on ebay from time to time for my boys as well - as SammyRo pointed out, sometimes the stuff you end up with isn't worth wearing and I've been known to put stuff straight in the bin, but if you're careful who you buy from, you can get some really good bulk packs of clothes.

I tried the whole online thing too from various online stores, but I found once I paid for postage, often it wasn't always worth it, and I was better off waiting until the likes of Target were having a sale, and also Best & Less is quite good for bub/little kids clothes. I find that Best & Less is probably better for toddler clothes than it is for baby clothes. but I realise you were hoping for online stuff.

Its true about them growing so fast though - my boys were both really small newborns so they were in 00000 sized clothes to start with, but they really only fitted into them for a few weeks at the most (even DS2 who was 5 weeks early had grown into 0000 by the time his due date rolled around), so definitely don't go too crazy with the newborn stuff, you may even find bub doesn't wear some of it at all if he/she grows too fast.

Good luck!

I just got stuff from Target and Kmart and had a few people give me hand me downs which were great too. I wonce bought a heap of Pumpkin Patch clothes and they were the worst quality clothes I have bought fo rthe money, I thought Target were alot better quality and half the price.

I think Kmart and Target are all right. Got some stuff for my friend's 3 year old, everything is quite decently priced!

Does anyone ever go off the tangent and buy designer babywear?

And I was looking at the online websites before, there's this gadget called b. box. Anyone heard of it? It's like this baby wipes thing and they say once you use it, you would never want to live without it? Seems too good to be true - any mummies have used it before I make a purchase?

Hi,
I have no issues with second hand clothes for a newborn, if people are anything like me: we had that many baby clothes they were hardy worn before the DD's had grew out of them.

I'd invest in a few good quality jumpsuits(Bonds, Target or PP are my favs), bubs are usually more comfortable and also more user friendly for parents. :lol:

Ebay is great for bargains, depends on what you are after though. Second hand designer clothes can often sell for as much as they are new!

Good Luck!

I second what Sunshine suggested- the baby and kids markets. Just google them ("baby and kids market") to find the one near you and the next date it's on. I have bought lots of great baby and kids designer (and non-designer) clothes from 50 cents to a few dollars each and in super condition. It is an indoor swapmeet type thing for baby and chn's clothing.