Shopping Baby clothing

mclaughlinheidi

When most of us are out for shopping for clothes we'll probably be thinking about price. One way to help with this is to visit baby store and other locations to find the cheapest clothes. Almost all of my child's clothing is from online auction sites. Always put in mind that babies grow out of their clothes so quickly. So, you have to consider this option, and to pass on the clothes again once you have finished with them.

xanthe

Or charity shops. At least you get to see the product before buying. I've heard some horror stories regarding the condition of the clothes e.g. poo stains! In the january and july sales I stock up on bigger sizes. I got a lovely 18m - 24m jacket from Zara for £6 when my daughter was 2 months old!

katskorner

car boots are excellent too - I still manage to get items for my bigger kids but it is a bit harder now. The baby stuff is great and in abundance up to about age 2.

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got-it-spend-it

Totally agree about car boots. I got some really lovely Next items for my six month old son last week for 20p each.

LJM

alot of my daughters clothes were hand me downs/charity shop or places like matalan/tescos adams etc. i dont feel they are in them long enough as babies to warrent paying out vast amounts of money on items that may only be worn a few times

xmaslolly76

Ive always bought the babies first things new i always think new baby new clothes is nice but once they outgrow them its ebay, freecycle or hand me downs until they grow out of the getting everything completely messy stage :-)

Margaret54

Hi My children are all adults now but I bought loads of lovely clothes for them and myself in manys a charity shop, and it was always a great feeling to find stuff so cheaply. Lots were excellent quality and always in great condition, and I was often complimented on how well turned out they were, as I was raising them alone at the time. I still see such lovely clothes in charity shops for very little money, and baby clothes almost new for as little as 50p. I agree they grow so fast and I don't see the point in paying a lot of money for little clothes and the money saved could go towards their little shoes which are so dear.

madtrekker

EBay all the way!! I've never had a bad buy so far. Most of what I have bought has been pretty much new, with or without tags, or very lightly used.

Although I could buy new in Primark etc quite cheaply, I'd much rather buy something of a better quality on EBay because it will wear better, have a resale value similar to the purchase price (assuming it's still in v. good condition when we've finished with it) and I like to think I'm being a bit "green" buy not buying "throwaway" clothes from budget shops.

kindofagilr

Ebay all the way I got a pair of puma trainers that would cost £25 new cost me £2.70

I got given most of E's clothes, and in the Next boxing day sale I bought him clothes for this winter

And I just got him a coat for the winter from Pumpkin Patch reduced from £20 to £5!

OrkneyStar

I get some new things (on trips to the mainland we hit Primark and the like for babygros and that sort of thing when DS was little), now it is either gift from mum, ebay, or charity shops. We might get a few things (eg decent shoes) when away again.
As others have said it is a waste buying names but then if you plan on having more than one it sometimes makes sense to invest in good quality stuff that will last wash and wear of several kids!
Also nice to hand stuff down, sell it (and thus someone else gets a bargain) or charity if you don't need the cash!