* Collecting Baby Items

Has anyone started collecting baby-stuff already?

I went mad on ebay when we first started TTC back in July. Eventually I had to stop because it was making me sad that I would have to wait even longer to use all the lovely clothes. I just bought a whole lot of boys and girls things because I figured it would be easy enough to get rid of the stuff I didn't need eventually. I still grab little things here and there. Every week when I do the groceries I will buy one baby item like a pair of socks or a dummy. DH likes to grab a matchbox collectable car whenever he comes with me. I think that is SO cute. Some of the stuff that I collected I have given away to friends so the pile has started to get a little smaller.
A friend of mine is going to sell her change table to me. I figure that there's no harm in me buying it. At least it will be there when friends visit with their babies. I'm also on the look-out for a high chair. It would come in handy for visitors also.
Well, best of luck to everyone this month. I hope we get a :bfp: on this forum soon!

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Oh Debbie, you sound SO organised. More organised than me, and I only have a few weeks to go!

Seriously, I was such a worry wort when we were TTC that whilst I was desparate & tempted to buy lots of lovely things, I resisted. I had a good look and compared different options in Target etc, but didn't actually buy anything at all.

Apart from.................one tiny pair of pale yellow booties. A friend of mine who is dead into Feng Sui (sp?) suggested that hanging a pair of yellow booties in your bedroom is good energy for fertility and concieving a baby.

The month after I bought these yellow booties we concieved, so maybe there is something in it?!

Hi Debbie,

We had collected a few odds and ends before I fell pg, mostly toys and cute clothing. Then once we got past 12 wks we went crazy and bought almost everything we would need for the baby. Unfortunately I then had a m/c, but we still have everything. I have continued to get some little things since (like clothes & books) in the hope that I will soon be pg again.

Fingers crossed that there will be lots of :bfp: around here soon!!

Lucy, I might just have to try that yellow booties thing!

The only thing I had before falling pregnant was a pair of booties (multi-coloured) that stayed at mums house and a blue pair that Andrew's mum had made which i had thrown in a drawer.

The day i found out i was pregnant every time i went grocery shopping I would buy something for the baby. All the bigger stuff was given to us and I actually got a high chair and portacot for $50 cause a friend of my mums was a childcare worker from home and she retired. :)

I have just found out that people i know (who know I am pregnant) have just dumped alot of their kids baby clothes etc. I am hoping i am not too late cause from her email she sent to a mailing list this morning it sounded like they weren't dumped at the time she emailed but i was out for a few hours this morning so they might be gone now. I did reply to it. She lives a 2hr drive from us but worth it i reckon. Fingers x'ed i am not too late

Love :smt049

Lucy, I may try that bootie feng shui thingy too! Can't hurt.
After I put my last entry in, I went to have a look at the baby clothes that I have got. It's been months since I have even looked at them. I have got 2 really adorable, blue Peter Rabbit outfits that I just can't part with. Here's hoping I have a boy one day or else they won't get used, :p

Hi Debbie

I did exactly the same thing. We went out and decided exactly what it was that we wanted. Then when the sales came we put the things on layby. Baby Target used to have a six months layby which was excellent. We ended up getting most of our things for a third to half off.

I was a little worried when after almost 2 years we hadnt conceived - but you know my story - blah blah blah.....

I am so happy we planned in advance being so sick and having had so much time off work I have had to take heaps of leave without pay and may even leave work earlier than expected.

I am a little more at ease knowing that all the major items have been purchased such as cots, prams etc.

So I dont think its odd that you are already collecting baby things. I think its great!!!

Best of luck with TTC - sending lots of sticky baby dust your way

Love Jen

PS: Hurry up and join us in the pregnancy forums :-)

Thanx Jen! And, trust me, I am trying! Sorry to hear that you haven't been feeling the best throughout your pregnancy :-& Maybe it will mean that you will have a perfect little baby that won't cry ever? O:)

I had a glass of wine last night and it made me feel funny. When I was offered another, I really wasn't in the mood (and that ain't like me at all!). Could this be a sign??? 8-[
I'm 9DPO and not getting any symptoms either way. No news is good news I guess!


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I've resisted buying anything, I'm an all or nothing kind of girl (obsessive??!! 8-[ ) and I know I'd get carried away. My sister in law has two little girls, and I think I'll inherit a lot of her baby stuff. However, I really want to get one of those cool 3 wheel pushers - I recon they're so neat =P~

Debbie, I have bought little odds and ends, like singlets and socks. I think its a good idea, it makes the experience of TTC more real. My girlfriend gave me heaps of stuff when she found out we were trying. She was so excited. She is more excited about going out and buying stuff then what I am LOL!

BUMP!

Guys I have SO much baby stuff it isnt funny! Basically (other than nappies and other consumables, I have some though) all I need is a pram, a cot & mattress and a change table!!!

I KID YOU NOT!

I guess it made things worse that I worked at Myer for the past 3 years and was able to get tonnes of absolute bargains!

Anyone else as crazy as me?!


Keen

*L* We're not too 'bad' yet with the baby stuff although we did go out in the sales and buy a portacot and a bouncer. I have the beautiful pair of yellow booties sitting on our duchess that Juliette sent to me. Here's hoping their successful this month! :)

I SO badly want to go out and buy more baby stuff but I feel in some weird way like I'd be jinxing myself as I'm not pregnant yet.

yeah Beck, I reckon Im jinxed!

Might have to just give it all away!!!


Keen

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A friend of mine who is dead into Feng Sui (sp?) suggested that hanging a pair of yellow booties in your bedroom is good energy for fertility and concieving a baby

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Ooooohh we might have to give that a try!!

We have started to buy little bits and pieces that are simply too irresistible, but am trying not to get too much.

I would LOVE to collect baby stuff now, but my DH says that we should wait until we are actually pregnant, just incase. I guess he has a point but it is hard to wait.

The whole process is just too long, it's frustrating!

I have bought baby stuff as well.

I have bought all the manchester...cot quilts. cot sheets etc..... and all the playgro toys in the noahs ark range....I know I am obsessed with everything matching even all the mancshester is the matching. :oops:

Have a pair of yellow booties from Kazz from BB. 2 little outfits for either a girl or boy. I started to laybuy and buy things when we started TTC in August 04....I haven't bought anything for a couple of months now.

Jade

Jade Im exactly the same with having heaps of manchester! Have the Duck Home stuff and the LTC Dragonfly set, too 8-[


One day I will have to take a photo of everything I have and show you guys! You wont believe it!


Keen

I've somehow managed to restrain myself from buying clothes. I can't quite make the quantum leap to the belief that I really will use them some day.

I have however, bought some little toys. Not just any toys though. These are hand knitted by actual elderly ladies from the St Pauls Cathedral Charity Card Shop. This year, I bought a Puss in Boots. They're too beautiful but I can't bear to look at them too often so they are stashed in a box in the top of my wardrobe.

I live in hope.

Hey Keen

I think you and I should trade photos. The top of my cupboard is so full I can't fit any more in.

Jade

All mine are in storage at the moment as we wait to move into our new house in about 6 weeks.. but I will get them out then and show you everything I have... actually I do have a list on Excel


Keen

LOL....I did handwrite a list and I keep it in my bag so I know what I've got and what I haven't.

It's a deal we will exchange photos when you move into your new house. How exciting moving into a new house.

Jade

Yep. Now I know that we will get the keys for the new house on April 8 which is SO soon! I cant wait. Love moving into a new house - change is as good as a holiday!

I was just looking at the excel list a minute ago - holy cr@p, I have spent SO much!

..... hope I get a bub to use it all with..... hope we both do!


Keen

Hey Keen

Bring on the 8th April. You must be counting down the days.

Jade

:wave: Hello my name is Kirsty and I'm a shop-o-holic for anything to do with babies!hehehehehe I can't even go food shopping without buying something!And its gotten worse as we are ttc for bub #2 and Corey and I have decided to start buying stuff for the next bub already!! I have soooo many baby clothes its not even funny anymore!

Hi - Alex is 11 weeks old and I bought size one and two things for next summer for him ... it's the only way to do it, get them on special at the end of the season.

Barb.

So true Barb!I've started doing the exact same thing!All the summer stuff is getting sold old and really cheap so I've been going nuts!

Anyone else?

I always buy at the end of season sales. That way i can afford to get some really good brands for the kids. The worse thing is sometimes I forget what I've got and either double up or they don't get much wear out of it.

Oh my word ... I see this thread has been bumped up again. I had forgotten my earlier post. I had also forgotten about the Puss in Boots in the top of the cupboard. Thanks for reminding me Sarah ... just in time for Willmartin's arrival!

Wow, I haven't bought anything yet, I guess I also feel like I would jinx myself, but if everyone else is doing it, why not. I will have to run it by DH first so won't he get a shock when he looks in the cupboard and finds all this baby stuff, or think I've gone completley nuts! :)

Wow, I have loads of films and books all ready for baby (ok, and infant and junior age children), but no clothes. DH would go spare. When we start TTC then I'll be buying loads of stuff in the sale, probably for the first couple of years as I know my mum really wants to buy stuff for a newborn and I want lots of clothes for when my babies get a bit bigger too! DH and I have already said there's no way we're having his niece's hand-me-downs, not that they'll be offered, but we're not having them. We just don't want MiL saying that niece looked nicer in them or something equally tactless!

I've also kept loads of baby-friendly soft toys, including ones I've made, and DH and I plan to make more toys when we know what our babies like. I really want our babies to have wood blocks and a cart to put them in, I never had that, and I can't wait to make soft dolls!

Yellow bootees look like the first thing I'm going to have made for me though if they bring this much luck! Either that or I'll have to re-learn to knit later this year, and knit something other than squares for a patch blanket. Oooh, want to make one of those now too!

Hehe, how funny is that Mel! Hope you found your Puss-In-Boots again :)

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Well we aren't TTC yet but I've already picked the nursery furniture I want - luckily it's not in stock til jan 07 so I'll HAVE to hold off :D Though I think DH was keen to start collecting stuff til I told him we had nowhere to store it :D

We have a few things, but only things I have seen on sale. They are packed tightly away so I can't see them.

I really had to stop myself from buying things. It was hard! I ended up buying one baby thing when we were TTC.

Thanks for bumping this post, It was soo lovely to read about you ladies TTC for babies and collecting all the baby things and to see your tickers now with beautiful babies, and some toddlers too.
And yet a little sad as some still havnt acheived a BFP yet.

I havnt got any things, BUt i do sneak a look at all the things I want to have when Bubs in finally in my belly.

LOL... fancy seeing one of my old threads being bumped up so often!! hehehe
Twas nice to look back and read what my state of mind was. Actually... I wrote the first post in Jan 2004 so it was still a good 6 months before we got a BFP!

I have kept all the boys things that I bought pre-Gabby. Maybe the next one will be a boy?? Who knows!

Hmm, reading my post here a few months back reminds me that I'm going to *have* to get something clotheswise for Liebling... get some nappies in and some little babygros, I don't want a cold Liebling when we come home! I have the fabbest hat ever though, so that will all be OK.

Wonder when DH will be OK with me buying more clothes, I don't think he's that keen on me doing that.

all my stuff is now in storage. easier that way I find.