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Topic: Buying for Baby Posted: 13 November 2007 at 8:22am |
Hi everyone,
I know there was a post on this a little while back but I can't for the life of me find it!
We are going to start TTC in about 6 months, and want to start buying a few 'basics' now in sales, in order to help the finantial strain when we do get pregnant.
Soooo, I've been thinking bodysuits and all-in-ones, as well as bibs and maybe cloth nappies? Possibly bottles or dummies?
How many clothes do babies tend to need - how many bodysuits etc? Anything in particular to look for in baby clothes? Anywhere you recommend or warn against buying from?
Our baby will probably be the first grandchild and great grandchild on my sides of the family so I'm guessing we'll get given a fair bit of stuff too, but really want to have the basics sorted.
Thanks!
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Posted: 13 November 2007 at 8:54am |
I wouldnt buy bottles or dummies til you have a baby and see if u are actually going to use them. Different babies like different types too, so theres is no use you deciding which ones u want and buying lots!
Get baby clothes that do up at the front. Ones that button or dome at the back are so hard to do up with a floppy new born, and then the poor baby has to lie with the buttons in its back!
Personally I would set up an account for baby and transfer money into that instead of actually buying stuff. Anything you buy will have to be stored for ages, and when the times comes ts likely you may change your mind as to styles etc.
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Posted: 13 November 2007 at 8:58am |
Body suits are great! I found when Tom was newborn that the kimono style ones from JK were best. These ones "wrap" across the front and dome up rather than needing to go over the heads. Much less tears!!! I would say 4-5 should be good.
As for where to buy? As I said those kimono ones form JKS were good. I was also given some great ones from the warehouse (12.99 for 3) and they were whippo range. Farmers ones are quite large (for fat babies not skinny ones like mine) and I didnt think they held their shape as well.
I reckon you only need 2-3 all in ones. When they are really little they dont tend to dirty them much. its when they start doin the mega poos and spilling that you go through them. We are going through heaps more clothes now (3 months) than we did at newborn. Mind you I am too lazy to put bibs on.
WRT bibs I found the warehouse ones that slip over the head were easy even though they go over the head. It is hard to do something up behind the neck of a screaming wobbly baby. Far faster to go "pop" over the head. They are the ones that say "I throw food" or "Got milk" etc.
Flat cloth nappies are worth their weight in gold....used for everything but putting on bottoms (although I played around with that concept last night....for nostaligic reasons...looks cute). I bought mine off a guy on trade me and they are great quality and were cheap. linky
Trademe is a great source of things. I bought our cot, bassinett (which isnt essential), breast pump, steriliser, some clothes, some nappies etc off trade me.
of course the other thing is there are ALWAYS sales on so if you miss out now there will be another. Generally the main places have them every public holiday weekend and few in between.
Good luck TTC
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Posted: 13 November 2007 at 9:00am |
edited due to double post
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Posted: 13 November 2007 at 9:01am |
edited due to triple post!!
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Posted: 13 November 2007 at 9:09am |
oh another thought. If you do just "have" to buy something, Pumpkin Patch have a generous returns policy. If you keep your receipt they will refund if no reciept but still labels you can exchange....indefinately!!!
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Posted: 13 November 2007 at 9:25am |
I have found with bibs that the plastic backed ones are best. With the material ones any milk spillage or sick just soaks through and then you have to change clothes also.
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Posted: 13 November 2007 at 10:54am |
I love the idea of setting up a baby account. I wish I had thought of that at the time.
It's great to have the basics when baby comes but.... As I didn't know what flavour she was at the time it was hard getting unisex stuff. I found once she was here I wanted to buy heaps of pink girly stuff and didn't really want to dress her in the plain ones.
Saying that you could always stock up on vests, socks, all in ones (for at home and sleeping) , bibs, spill cloth's, nappies, wipes.
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Posted: 13 November 2007 at 2:10pm |
All the best for TTC
I think there will be an article on this site soon WRT top 100 things to buy for baby. I also agree with the baby bank account idea, and keeping a close eye on trade me. Also with clothes it depends on the season that bubs is due, so best to wait until you are actually preggers!
My best buys (or gifts) were large muslin wraps, sound and movement monitor, breast pump and steriliser, capsule and carseat and of course cot/bassinette. Also MCNs - though I think what is good depends on you and the size of your baby.
All the best
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Posted: 13 November 2007 at 2:54pm |
I've found that with the first grandchild (especially on both sides!) you'll never need to buy a thing for them!
All joking aside, my advice (as we didn't know what flavour to expect either) is buy neutral and buy quality (in the sales) and keep it all in one of those vacumm sealed storage bags. I was told at the time that Farmers scored highly on a consumer test for baby clothes.
For the big ticket items like prams & cots, probably best to set up an account for now and then when you are pregnant you can go out and get the one you want.
All the best with TTC
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Posted: 13 November 2007 at 5:47pm |
I agree that setting up a baby account rather than buying things is the best bet for now. For one thing, you'll find that there are several large sales on between now and when you hopefully fall pregnant. Also, new models of things like car seats and prams are quite often released and you'll find that the older models drop a lot in price - frustrating if you've splashed out and bought one and then a new model comes out and yours drops in price! And I changed my mind all the time about what buggies/car seats/cots etc I wanted - if I'd bought one a long way in advance I probably would have been disappointed after a month or two
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Posted: 13 November 2007 at 6:42pm |
advise I have - don't buy too many newborn disposiable nappies - I brought way too many and ended up with another big baby - I should of known! I still have 2 full packs.
I have heard cotton/cloth/mcn aren't so good for Neborns but I could be wrong as new ones are coming on the market all the time.
INfact if you are to buy things i would buy next size up as most 'first' babies gets heaps of pressies. And if not you have a great excuse to go shopping with bubs.
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Posted: 13 November 2007 at 10:45pm |
Cloth nappies are a good idea to buy as people are unlikely to buy them for you. All the rest of the stuff I was given apart from the bottles and I really didn't need to buy much at all.
If you have a baby shower you'll probably get a lot of the small ticket stuff. You might want to start thinking about the more expensive stuff now though.
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Posted: 14 November 2007 at 6:25pm |
also dont buy to many clothes in new born size thay usually only last about 4 weeks and that time goes so fast and people give you heaps especally if it is a first bub 0-3 months is good and 3-6 and 6-9 months so you dont have to rush out and buy the next size up when you dont have much money.
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