First Time pregnancy questions

I am 8 weeks pregnant with my first baby, and I am wanting to know if I can go out and purchase nappies already without seeing if my baby will like them. People have told me i need to wait until he/she is born before i buy a certain brand of nappies.??

I started buying quite early on but buy different types, you soon realise what works for your baby and what doesn't. Most supermarkets allow you to swap unopened packets for other sizes and I found by the time they get to toddler size nappies anything does the job.

Congrats on your pregnancy

I wouldn't stock up on things like that, buy grocery vouchers instead that way you only buy as you need them and you don't have excess you don't need. But at least the money is put away for those things.

for us huggies were by far the best..i bought up heaps of NB and he was only 7pd 3 and still didnt get through them all:)

cant wait for all my lil goodies, I already have trasures and babylove samples and some other one lol
Im the sample queen in my family lmao

also if you go disposable, buying online works out sooo much cheaper - so you can use the coucher for food, and then food money on online nappies. it is so tempting though to have those nappies in a nice little pile.

i find the type of nappy or brand depends completely on ur baby. my 1st seemed to be fine in what ever he wore, however my 2nd son leaked with any nappy and huggies becoz of price was my last resort, but eventually i bought a pack and went from a nappy lasting 30mins (ds2 had long skinny legs) to a whole night with out wet clothes and bedding. needless to say when i had ds3 i stocked up on huggies when they were on special and have done so this time. if u really want to stock up on nappies, id say get a pack or 2 of different brands and see which ones u like when baby arrives, what u dont like u can sell on trademe or pass on for someone else to try out.

huggies are the best! I tried allllll the different disposable brands and nothing compares.

I loved huggies with Bethany, she was little from the start and stayed petite. Although interestingly enough they worked best for my friend's lil girl who was a lot chubbier too. We both found the select brand good too. I'd say it's a good idea to have some nappies on hand for when bubs is born, but don't go all-out on one particular brand until you've had a go with them. We were fortunate cuz we were given 2 nappy cakes and a whole lot of nappies at the baby shower, so we didn't have to buy anything to start us off, we just bought the ones we liked once we'd run out :) Congrats and have fun planning and prepping for your new wee bubs!!

Hi Mealaz - hope your having fun! If you have a Baby on the Move in the area you live in maybe give them a ring. We got our pram from Baby City but I got so frustrated with it and ended up getting a Snap and Go for hire at $10 per month - this was a god send! The car capsule snaps onto a frame and off you go - so if out and about and bubs asleep no waking up to get into pram. I used it for the 1st 12 months and was gutted when she go too big. We ended up buying a Phil and Ted (and listing straight away on TM) as it turned out I preferred the Bootiq that we already had (as if I had no 2 again I liked the idea of the capsule being able to go onto the pram). So it was a huge expensive learning curve and I wish I had contacted Baby on the Move before I rushed off and purchased my original pram. And something I wish I had tried before purchasing was making sure that the pram could fit easily into the boot of the car, is it easy to lift, get up and down (how many times I fought with the damn thing!). The baby on the move website is babyonthemove.co.nz - Goodluck