Baby Bargains thread

ScarletRaven

lollyb84 wrote: »

Congrats to you both on your babies, and I hope all goes well.

Thank you

eccles-cake wrote: »

Thanks for your comments Anne_Marie & ScarletRaven

Best of luck with the bfing Scarlet, I'm due with no.2 in 7wks, cream at the ready!

Thank you - and good luck to you as well!

Anne_Marie wrote: »

Congratulations ScarletRaven. Hope that all goes well for you. A baby is a precious gift, and a cracked nipple or two, is nothing compared to a baby's smile. Hope that you do manage to breastfeed, but if you can't, don't beat yourself up about it. It matters not, as long as you have a healthy baby, that's all that matters.

Thank you, such lovely words

And now, the reason I came on here in the first place lol:

Asda have a fab deal on their 80pk Mickey Mouse handy wipes for toddlers - just 2p per pack as they are end of line! Be quick if you're going to get some, as I'm sure they'll sell out fast!

http://m.groceries.asda.com/#item/910000836849

(Wish I had an Asda closer to me, as 3 year old stepson would love these!)

tinkerbelltoulle

I buy things like that OTC as its much less hassle for me then going to doctors to get a prescription for it anyway. I even discovered you coulf buy lactalose OTC when I was pregnant which was a godsend along with gaviscon

bell1812

For those planning to breastfeed I would say not to invest in too many creams until the time comes. If you are able to breastfeed with ease you may not need it, also if you are unable to breastfeed it's not really a bargain if you have no need for it. I tried a few OTC, the midwife also gave some samples due to the cracking and bleeding but I found washing them in my breast milk was best solution best of all free. After a few weeks you no longer need the cream (that was the case with me I don't know about others).

Hazc

Just been to my local tesco express and picked up the big jars of hipp organic vegetable, noodles and chicken baby food for 46p a jar, expiry December 14.

Also noticed that the packs of 50 tommee tippee breast pads were £2.35

mofopants

notanewuser wrote: »

Apologies for the slight rant. They're trying to close the maternity and special care baby units at my local hospital, which will mean mothers in labour being transported for up to an hour to alternative hospitals. This is because of pressures put on the NHS budgets. Here in Wales prescriptions are free and it boils my blood how much people squeeze out of it. A local woman almost had to be airlifted 400 miles to Scotland to have her twins because there aren't enough SCBU beds and they think closing a unit is the right answer.

In basic terms, mothers and babies could die because people aren't prepared to pay for OTC medicines themselves. I had horrific heartburn with DD - I should have had shares in gaviscon. But I bought it myself. And now if I want another baby I'll have to risk having to be transported to another hospital while in labour. It's terrifying.

I breastfed DD for a year and still have over half a tube of Lansinoh left over. As lolly says, it's much cheaper than formula!!

I'm sorry but why would you pay for something yourself you can get for free on prescription? Not very moneysaving - which really is what we are all here for. I'm going through a big bottle of gaviscon a week at the minute (with 11 weeks to go) and at £8.99 a bottle for the gaviscon advance and my wages dropping down to smp when i have the baby, i'm making the savings where i can. Getting some gaviscon on prescription isn't going to take care away from specialist mother and baby units, i am pretty sure that's not how nhs budgets work.

ilovecustard

Tesco Extra - pack's of 5 waterproof pants for terry nappies 50p each sizes small medium and large.

notanewuser

mofopants wrote: »

I'm sorry but why would you pay for something yourself you can get for free on prescription? Not very moneysaving - which really is what we are all here for. I'm going through a big bottle of gaviscon a week at the minute (with 11 weeks to go) and at £8.99 a bottle for the gaviscon advance and my wages dropping down to smp when i have the baby, i'm making the savings where i can. Getting some gaviscon on prescription isn't going to take care away from specialist mother and baby units, i am pretty sure that's not how nhs budgets work.

NHS/school/local authority budgets work in exactly the same way as your finances do. If they can't afford everything they've already got then something has to stop. If posters on here can't afford to pay their living costs and debts they are advised to cut out things like sky and mobile phone contracts to make up the shortfall.

If more people get things on prescription rather than over the counter, then that costs the NHS for more GP appointments and the drugs bill increases too. The money to cover that has to come from somewhere, so they start cutting services and closing units. And once closed they never come back because the money has gone.

So yes, you getting a bottle of gaviscon a week or nipple cream on the NHS contributes to the NHS cutting services which will result in mothers and babies being put at risk.

wendyak

This is supposed to be a baby bargains thread, not a knock at what you should morally do for the good of the nation, can you keep on topic PLEASE.

notanewuser

wendyak wrote: »

This is supposed to be a baby bargains thread, not a knock at what you should morally do for the good of the nation, can you keep on topic PLEASE.

Hope you still think its a bargain when the NHS is privatised.

amus

Start a thread on DT, or drag an old one up, I'm sure many will be happy to debate the situation with you there!

Here you go, theres one running at the moment:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4690551