Yaaaay...im pregnant!

kegg_2

There are so many cute but un needed items on the market for babies.

Nice little hooded towels but a hand towel at a third of the cost will do.
Muslin clothes are handy but a bath flannel will cost 25p each in wilkinsons and do the same job at a fraction of the cost.
Loads of creams and lotions which you might just use one when all you need is water and maybe sudocream.
Babies baths with are a nightmare to store when you can just use a washing up bowl.
Best advice i can think of is save your money and then if you really think you will need it buy it when the baby is born.

pigpen

ooh yeah.. those hooded towels are useless.. I just use ordinary bath towels.. at least they can be used forever.. if you put the babies head in the hood bit the corners wrap their feet leaving a cold wet body exposed!

flannels instead of muslins are fine for bum wiping but useless for dribble catchin and as burp cloths.. and you cannot use them as an emergency nappy either!

Bubby

I agree baby baths are a waste of money. We also spent a fortune on our first in baby outfits when the most comfortable and convenient bits of clothing are babygros so I would stock up on these. If you plan to breastfeed then I would get some breast pads and some kamillosan (sorry if this is spelt incorrectly), you can buy breast feeding pillows which are good but you could just use normal pillows. Muslin cloths are good but I only used them a couple of times. Stock up on cotton wool, vaseline and sudocrem. Sometimes babies have dry bits of skin plain olive oil is great for this. We have gone through more buggies than I would care to mention, if you need an off road then I would read up on reviews and go and see some in stores like mothercare etc but then shop around online once you have found what you like (kiddicare.com is great for price). You really don't need to use baby bubble baths or washes their skin is so fragile.

pigpen

ooh.. disposable pants (next size up to normal pants) and dozens of pads for the first few weeks... definitely a must.

you do need to use some sort of wash stuff or else they get cradle cap which is just dried grease and vile (a proportion is from other peoples dirty hands touching the babys face and head!). they do get it in their eyebrows as well if not washed properly.

delain

Maternity pads are expensive. Tesco value sanitary towels are exactly the same thing, only about 1/3 of the price.

Don't buy paper maternity pants, get a pack of 5 pairs of normal pants (a size up, like pigpen says, for comfort, you don't want to get a squashed foof, especially if you have stitches) from QS for £3, they're not pretty but then neither are disposable ones :rotfl: at least then you can wash them and use them again if they don't get marked beyond belief.

kegg_2

dont buy disposable pants but save all your old pants between now and the birth and then use them and throw them away

ginvzt

Why do you do a search on this board as there have been many threads on this subject.

Also - there is MSE Pregnancy Club, where you can share your journey with others. They will have plenty of advise for you!

emsywoo123

delain wrote: »

Maternity pads are expensive. Tesco value sanitary towels are exactly the same thing, only about 1/3 of the price.

Don't buy paper maternity pants, get a pack of 5 pairs of normal pants (a size up, like pigpen says, for comfort, you don't want to get a squashed foof, especially if you have stitches) from QS for £3, they're not pretty but then neither are disposable ones :rotfl: at least then you can wash them and use them again if they don't get marked beyond belief.

This is the funniest thing I have read on MSE for ages :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

pigpen

kegg wrote: »

dont buy disposable pants but save all your old pants between now and the birth and then use them and throw them away

the problem with this I found was they are low on your tummy.. which is crippling if you end up with a section.. and they don't stay up properly on a saggy deflated tummy.. whereas disp. do.

I also wore the disp ones in labour after waters had broken.. they could just be torn off for delivery.

KT1985

Why wait a month to do reusable nappies?? It is way easier if you get into it from the start- we don't notice the washing now as it has been part of our routine.