What did you buy first?

Ok, this is more of a fun topic than a serious one. I know some people have their nursery practically equipped before they even fall pregnant and others who leave it till the last minute not wanting to jinx things. Personally I'm aiming for somewhere In-between and have promised DH I won't start shopping till second trimester. Well that deadline is coming soon so I thought I'd ask...

What was the first thing you bought for baby?

Something small like clothing? Or a big ticket item like a cot or pram?

Looking for a bit of inspiration!

Technically, the very first thing of Amelia's I bought was a pair of socks in 2005. They were originally for the baby my mum was pregnant with, and miscarried. Then the baby after that, also miscarried. Then my cousin's baby, same. Then Ianto... Are you noticing a pattern? *sigh* I thought those stupid socks were cursed and almost threw them out! Finally, I was able to put them on a baby mid-last year :)

Aside from that, I don't really know. A lot of things we have/had were bought for Ianto, or picked up while I wasn't even pregnant. I can't remember what the first thing bought specifically for Amelia was :lol:


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For DD, a sling. I had read all about them on here and just got all excited and bought one when I was about 10 weeks.

For DS, I went out after the 20 week scan after we found out we were having a boy and celebrated by buying some cute little boy clothes.

For DD it was a layby with pram, high chair and portacot. Tried explaining to her father at the time we didn't need 2 of those things. She never got a "cot" until I left him when she was 10 weeks old.

For this one I'm not sure, I'm itching to buy but after 2 m/c last year I'm holding out. Although in saying that my sister has started choosing stuff for me!

I think it was a sling, that was the first baby specific thing i got. But I did buy a few things that thought, that would be good for a baby, but still got it not for a baby itms =)

We brought a pram.. Think I was about 9 weeks. And then we brought carseat, Cot, Mattress & Change table when I was about 12/14weeks- that was an expensive trip.

It's so fun buying things for the nursery, clothes etc. have fun!


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For DS the very first thing we bought were some clothes. Little bondsuits, singlets & the like and that was around 15 weeks.
After that at about 28 weeks we bought the pram, car seat & cot all at once!! Was SO exciting setting it all up!

For DD we pretty much had everything, so it was really only after she was born that we bought her clothes, blankets etc :)

Mum bought DD a pair of socks with embroidered bees on them quite early, about 6-10 weeks I think.
I wouldn't let DH buy anything until after 20 weeks. Don't know why. So we bought a pram, then a cot/change table. And then the rest after that. It was about new year sales time anyway. However after the poor buggar dragged it all up stairs, he wasn't allowed to touch any of it until after 30 weeks.

We bought DD her pram at 13 weeks (sales were on). The rest was ordered at 25 weeks and delivered at 36 weeks...

DH actually bought the first thing which was a jumpsuit and matching hat for a precious angel. I actually just put it in Bubbalou's chest of drawers today. First big item was the cot which I got at about 5 weeks from ebay as it was exactly what I wanted at a bargain price

Cloth nappies!

im not sure i think we got afl socks at a town fair (which MIL paid for lol) for DS
for DD it would have been a my first cloth nappy i was gonna buy it but didnt then found out i was UTD then snapped it up lol :)
big ticket items were given to us a few for nothing and a few ppl bought my mum has a great way of finding bargains

DD1 I bought some tiny little wondersuits when I was about 5 minutes pg! Then a pram when I was about 12 weeks because it was on sale.

DS I bought some boy clothes when we found out at 20 weeks he was a bloke.

DD2 I bought a few new girly bits after we knew the gender at 12 weeks 5 days.

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DD1 I bought some tiny little wondersuits when I was about 5 minutes pg!

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LOL "5 minutes pg" I say that too :lol:

I was the same, wondersuits when I was about 9 weeks.

Actually technically it might have been the new maternity bras - needed them at about 8 weeks :rofl:

Cot and change table at 6weeks, got them from ebay. So the timing just happened cuz I was watching them while tww-ing lol.

Honestly can't remember for DD1.

With DD2 I was wandering through Target and saw the teeny-tiny baby clothes and did my usual "awww, they're so cute". Then thought HANG ON, I'M PREGGERS, I can buy them. Was embarrassingly late when it actually sunk in ... about 30 weeks pregnant.

Oh and a body pillow at around 5-6wks!

Glider/rocking chair. It was on sale when I was 10 weeks pg. As I was in hospital for a week, then got a baby that slept through from 5 weeks it hasn't gotten a lot of use yet, as I don't feed her in the nursery during the day...

I keep telling DH we'll need to have a second baby (he's undecided!) to be sure we get our $$ worth out if it. Super comfy chair too!

At 13 weeks we put the following on lay-by (package deal) :
- cot & mattress
- change table
- pram
- car seat

I usually buy clothes and little items like that till further down the track. When i find out what gender baby is i go and buy something gender specific that day :). With #7 i bought most of his big stuff after he was born (nappy bag, cot, change table, bouncer, bottle steriliser) as i realised i needed it.

Thanks for all the feedback. Great to hear all your experiences.

I think I'm going to start stalking eBay. After all, if I buy something now it won't arrive until second trimester right? :-P

We got a white fluffy snowsuit from a garage sale at about 16 weeks as DS was going to be born midwinter. He never ended up wearing it, as we never put him in a pram and they are not safe in the carseat and he was snuggly enough anyway in the sling without it! The first new things we got him were some blue babygros when we found out the sex. We drove straight from the scan to the supermarket! They were all too big for him as the growth predictions were all wrong (they said he would be big!) so he didn't wear them until he was about 4 months old!

I didn't buy anything with any of my losses. With DD, I had a really positive feeling. Just before I found out I was pg (which I found out at 11dpo) I bought two a few jumpsuits off of eBay. They were so tiny and cute...and DD never wore them! They were too 'boy'. When I was 4 weeks mum bought a pair of saints socks, again, DD never wore them, her feet were too big. The first thing I bought specifically for DD was a wall decal which we use now. It's a bunch of black cats with paint tins 'painting' the wall :D

Think it was his car seat, then his pram...once we knew he was a he I bought clothes.

For the seond I bought wraps at a Bubbaware party sometime in the first tri.

Shhhh. Finally broke my 'no first trimester shopping' rule and bought a couple of second hand wraps!

If they arrive early I think I'm just going to tell DH that they're shawls. I bet he won't even notice if I start to use them for baby-wearing in 7 months time. :-P

DS - pram
DD1 - capsule
DD2 - sling
DD3 - capsule

i think with DS we didn't buy anything until after i was 20weeks & i think we put the pram on layby first. and the cot was soon after.

this time round i bought a close carrier when i was about 6 weeks PG but so far that's the only thing i've bought :lol:

Bought everything possibly needed by 27 weeks.....

Setup nursery with cot, sheets, everything at 28 weeks......

Stupidly said "We're ready, he can come now!"

Two days later, he was born.... 12 weeks early...... :lol:

For DS2, didn't setup anything until a week before he came home ..... he was only 6 weeks early........:lol:

Hoping not to jinx any early setter uppers!

We bought a pram! I think I was only about 6-8 weeks pg. We were looking on gumtree for something else and found a brand new 3-wheeler with a bassinet attachment and it was half the price of what we would have paid in the shops. I was ridiculously scared that I was jinxing myself but...... three weeks later we bought a handcrafted cot.

Both items have been put to good use and didn't jinx us at all! :)

The first thing I bought was a bunch of cloth nappies :D

The first thing I brought for DD was a green blanket. I got it when I was only a few weeks pregnant. I had previously had a MC at 6 weeks and one of my biggest regrets was that I had never brought that baby anything (that may sound stupid I know, but it really upset me). Anyway, I wanted to buy something for DD really early but didn't want something too big so I could hide it away if the unthinkable happened again, thus choosing the blanket :) We still use it in her pram to this day. She loves it :)

For DS it was Grover (from Sesame Street), although technically we bought a pram toy while we were TTC for luck!

For this baby, I am resisting the clothes shopping urge until we find out babys gender next month. But I've put two boxes of nappies and a breast pump on layby :)

I can't remember for DS!
For DD I bought a sling... then another...