Expensive purchases for baby - good or bad?

kindofagilr

Is that aimed at me Becs? (as I have no idea if Primark is like that) ok say Asda then for example, they do tops for a £1 too

becs

No not at all Kindofglair, was just trying to make the point that sometimes cheap is cheap for the wrong reasons. Sometimes we need to question our MSE purchases and ensure we can buy with a clear conscience which isn't always easy as information from retailers is often misleading.

MrsTinks

becs wrote: »

Agree to a certain extent about not worth spending a lot of money on things they'll only be in for a matter of weeks. However I do pay more to get things from "ethical" backgrounds. Personally I can't think of anything more abhorent than buying childrens clothes from a shop proven to be exploiitng children.

whilst it's a great ideal to strive for then I'm sorry but paying £12 for one baby grow is too much in my view - I'd rather pay £3.50 for 3 or 4 in Tesco or Asda and save towards something else the little toadfish needs Partially because it's incredibly hard to find anything that really hasn't been produced in countries with questionable work forces etc and I just don't have the time to (or money) to shop round to find what I like and NEED

My stepsister doesn't have a job, didn't when her son was born and hadn't saved a penny... My mum and step dad raced across the country to the hospital when he arrived to find she had nothing... not even a pack of nappies. Mum being mum went out and returned with nearly 2 shopping trollies full of essentials for the baby. She spent a small fortune!
When her "real" grand daughter arrived I got a huge box of clothes from where mum works as she can buy it for pennies (clothes samples basically) - and not all of it is my taste but I couldn't care less I know my mum is proud of me for having my life in enough order that she can buy things for the baby that she likes and thinks are fun instead of 5000 nappies, wipes and things that are bare essentials

Yeah we want the stokke too - but we haven't got room at the moment so have a chair that attaches to the dining table (very solid oak table btw) as it takes less space Should have been £50 but got it for £30 in TKMaxx and when she outgrows it it'll be ebayed for about that

ETA - primark may be proven to use sweatshops etc that exploit children... but trust me... ANYTHING that's cheap and says made in China etc on it... guess what? they aren't much better

Mme.Hibou

The Tripp Trapp is brilliant, my LO loves his, my cousins (5 siblings) all have one they're aged between 6 and 18 so it's hardly a purchase that they're going to grow out of, it also takes the weight of someone weighing 16 stone.

We spent A LOT of money on his nursery furniture too, but aside from the cotbed it should last him until he goes to uni

gymfiend

I think if you have the money to spend, i.e. not getting into debt for the sake of owning nice things, then it's up to you what you do with it.

Our first baby is due in March and his pushchair has been bought by my parents, and his car seat will be bought by OH's dad, they weren't bothered about cost, just that we had something we liked and that was good quality. As they've the money to spend, I don't see that this is a problem. Yes, we could've bought cheaper (though the pushchair was a bargain ) but don't need to, so why worry?

When we buy a highchair, I've no doubt we'll pick something we like irregardless of the price tag, and then look for it at the best price. I think it's easy to mix up high quality with expense, on the whole, the best quality comes at the higher price, and I suppose it depends on what you value and the purpose/longevity of the item in question.

squirrelchops

What has happened to OPs posts????

MrsTinks

They edited them and removed the text

squirrelchops

But why??!!! Has ruined my enjoyment of catching up on MSE!!!

peachyprice

squirrelchops wrote: »

What has happened to OPs posts????

:rotfl:

Lunar_Eclipse

I think it comes down to priorities.

We didn't buy the Stokke highchair because whilst we could afford it, I couldn't justify the price tag. However, I have regretted that decision ever since and would definitely choose it with the benefit of hindsight. Suddenly all my friends had that chair. I hated looking at my cheap plastic crap in the kitchen for c 3-4 years (2 children), even if it did only cost £20 or £30. I almost bought it for DD2 actually! It's well worth the money (to me) for the design, but if you like the IKEA chair, then go with that.

In contrast, I have yet to see a stylish pushchair! Even the really expensive ones look awful IMO.

It's personal and you should just go with what's right for you. Can't beat Stokke products though; they're the best.