Hoarding Pre-Baby

atolaas

I hoard washing powder/fabric conditioner/baby shampoo/kitchen roll/washing up liquid etc. I wait until they're on offer and stock up (why spend more than you have to!). I did this when I was expecting my son...I was always washing clothes..washing up and sterlising bottles and you can't always get out/or want to go out so it was really useful. Good luck to you I hope it all goes well for you xx

DigForVictory

Hoard:
Canned basics - baked beans, chopped tomatoes, tinned spuds (if you like them) - any tin you use regularly to cook.

Speed ingredients - spaghetti keeps admirably in the right container & cooks up in minutes (I'm a fan!) & multipacks of noodles also handy
Depending where you shop you can buy containers of rice - 7kg a time. (I then decant to a tub I can use more handily, but saves me a packet on rice & less worries about end of month feeding.)

Within reason cleaning chemicals, toothpaste, deodorant, & loo roll - storage is going to be the issue as well as upfront affordability, but if you see your favourite brand on special, stock up!

If you can afford it, get a bigger freezer & load it. Both with raw materials & batch cooked heat-and-eats.

In fact, if you have the cash & a pal with an estate car & a Costco card, go through your cupboards & draw up a detailed list of what you currently have & how much of it.
Then draw up a second list of what you'd like to have more of.
Shop *ruthlessly* to that list at Costco, after you've looped through at least 2 supermarkets seeing what they have on special offer! (It'll be tiring & expensive - plan the finances first as well as breaks to rest!)

Do not hoard clothes. Look at the size difference between newborn & one year old. More than 6 of any garment is probably wildly redundant unless & until there's a vomiting bug or your washing machine packs in. Anyway an outfit of sorts is a default present - store all gifts carefully so you can try to exchange them if they don't immediately appeal.

Also I wouldn't hoard washing powder in case your baby's skin doesn't like what you have stashed.

All the very best!

CathyP72

I would hold off and see how you go.

GlamGirlie

GwylimT wrote: »

But if you don't buy it now you will have more money when you are on maternity to buy it then, so it doesn't make any difference financially.

It does, because you haven't factored in inflation.

BAGGY

I'd hoard home made frozen meals - spag bol etc. Just defrost and nuke.
When I was expeting twins I bought practically half a cow's worth of yellow stickered mince and made it all into savoury mince mix. When they were born, I'd take a pack out the freezer in the morning to defrost, add necessary extras like kidney beans or tinned toms and I would do the carb bit and frozen veg whilst OH put the boys to bed. He had some quality time with them and we had a decent meal.
Yellow stickered stuff all the way.