Planning ahead - What did you do?

enginesuck

I would advise buying second hand, items like cot beds and baby baths, pushchairs / prams - intercoms, clothes, nursing chairs, can cost thousands and they are used for a few months or a couple of years. Buying second hand you can save hundreds - and still have top quality. Just clean up the items like new.

I didn't do this and regret it, I could have used the extra money to set up a larger investment for my kids :-(

Also buy life insurance !

antispam246

Thanks all!

We've been buying (still are) second hand furniture pieces before she came along, totally understand what you mean. Nursery furniture is extortionate and what I've managed to pick bits up on ebay for make it even more so.

I've been looking at life insurance for the past month, not a simple task, almost got it narrowed down after going through insurance, assurance, decreasing, level term etc..

Cash-Cows

A Will. Essential once you have children.

antispam246

Cash-Cows wrote: »

A Will. Essential once you have children.

Fortunately I can get this done free through work, its on my list.

pollyanna24

antispam246 wrote: »

Thanks for all the input so far peeps.

To be honest we've never considered not getting a cot, it struck us as vital for later on, its a really good cot bed that I really cant imagine her growing out of for years, its solid and large.

Both my girls were in cot beds, got one of them for free and paid £50 for the other one.

Only reason they stopped using them was I decided to recdecorate their room. My oldest was in it till she was 4 (almost 5).