Feeling the Need to Nest!

for us safety monitor was essential and of course same with nappies..though not too many if you have no idea of size which you dont yet of course:) i bought 200 of each of the first sizes:) breast pump I'd wait till after and same with bottles...

Baby monitor is soooo useful. The Phillips one are Good and are amount $100. I have used mine till Zaara was 1.5 years old.

I agree start buying Nappies every time you go shopping. Look out for those bulk box specialls and buy atleast 2 x Newborn. Buy some wipes, lotion etc. This way you spread the cost and help you with storage, as you are not buying all at once.

I agree, dont buy breast pump unless you need it. I bought one for $199 and never actually used it...Zaara refused to take the bottle!!

The other thing that is most expensive and not necessary but us mum's still want to buy them is Changing table, Baby gym, Baby mobile etc. Some of those can be hundreds of dollars.

Changing table is sooo useful specially the ones that come with Baths. I used mine for the longest time, specialy after c section I was in no condition to bend and change on the bed.

Baby factory has some awesome baby gyms for $30. If I had that when I bought mine I wouldnt have spend $150 on it. I got my Baby mobile thru Fly Buys!

Yah Baby's are expensive, but if you plan well you can spread the cost so its not so heavy on the pocket.

Good luck with the renovations. Hope all goes well and I know all about nesting...I had it really bad!!

Just another perspective on the breast pump - my daughter was early and didn't feed well and every feed for 6 weeks was breast, expressed milk and if needed formula top up, could not have lived without a breast pump, had to stop on the way home from the hospital after cs to get one. Trade me has second hand ones that aren't too much but even if you get one you use by hand rather than an electric which are expensive.

 

I'll probably use a combo of both. I just have to understand how they work (have a session with a MCN guru mum planned!). The Waitak Ciy Council up here has a hire scheme which is fab - means you can try before committing to buying.

I was all go for cloth and then I went with disp. I think after my CS, the fact that I had to soak, wash etc was a bit too much. And then I wanted to get those fancy cloth once but didnt have large lump sum to buy them. Its a choice I guess. Those fancy nappies (Fuzzy bunz etc) are really good (I hear) but they are expensive....if you want to get them then save now and buy couple of dozen.

I know when you do the math Cloth is way cheeper even if you use fuzzies....but you know how it is, when you spread the cost each f/night it does feel sooo bad!! LOL Crazy I know. And since I am planning to stay home for 6 months with this bub, I am thinking of giving clotha go.

I'm planning on using a combination of cloth and disposables ... especially at first when there will be enough to worry about without the added anxiety of wondering if you have enough clean nappies

A friend of mine is very into her MCNs so i'm planning to take advantage of her research and am going to go with the BumGenius nappies which are adjustable so one size fits up to about 2 years. They don't need over-wraps either like some do. At this stage I think we'll get 12 and see how we go mixing them with the disposables.

I'm going to make my own, they work out to be about $20-25 for 3-4 pocket nappies.
Check out www.greenbeans.co.nz , they have the whole kit of what you need (except cotton).
All you need is a sewing machine (or a friendly relative/friend who will do it for you!)

I *thought* I had everything I needed before I had Maya, but still ended up making a trip to The Warehouse for last min bits and pieces on the way home from hospital, and sending Mum out to the Baby Factory a few days later for more things.

Am nowhere near organised this time, altho it helps that I still have change table, breast pump, cot linen etc. from the gremlins. I have bottles too, but no newborn teats, and I have their buggy of course.

We have the cot but no matress or matress protector, have a capsule, plenty of clothes and linen but still need to get an apnoea monitor for her.

I had planned to go cloth with my first .. managed 3 cloth nappies (and I'm talking about the old white flat nappies you had to fold and safety pin!! ) and then switched to disposables. Never changed back.

However this time I am going to go cloth again - using the newer fancy cloth varieties and will probably go with Fuzzi's as you can import then a lot cheaper than buying from a NZ stockist (sorry but money is also tight for me and the NZ importers charge a lot). I have priced up 18 Fuzzi's with inserts and you can get them to NZ (inc shipping) for $450. I will have disposables on hand for the early days and then make the switch over to cloth after the first week or two.

It really is a personal choice - what works for one is not necessarily going to work for another. And stocking up on cloth does require $$ - either purchasing one a week or two while pregnant or having a lump sum available to buy a set pack outright.

I'm going to the Hamilton Parent & Child show this weekend to see if there are any show specials to take advantage of - and the Auckland show is on at the end of October - but this may be too late for me.