Baby 'Essential' Recommendations

daveyjp

Don't buy anything you can get on prescription - sudacream, bepanthen, calpol etc. Get to the docs and they will sort you out.

Agree about waiting for things until baby arrives.

pebbles88

certainly agree regarding the baby wipes, they are also very good at removing paint from brushes etc, my uncle swears by them! :eek:

If you have a wilkos near you, or any kind of linen house, you can normally but a set of about 6 face flannels for around £2, just cut them in half. You could even use an oldish towel.
HTH

bebebelle

Thanks for the baby wipes tip guys. Mine are going back to Boots.I think I will stick with cotton wool for newborn Mum if your reading this, I know you told me so:)

Janepig

daveyjp wrote: »

Don't buy anything you can get on prescription - sudacream, bepanthen, calpol etc. Get to the docs and they will sort you out.

Agree about waiting for things until baby arrives.

Personally, unless I was on the bones of my arris finance wise, I would rather fork out for stuff like that than endure another hellish visit to my GP needlessly.

Jxx

hollydays

boots hire tens machines

savagelyric

Pretty clear that everyone has the same thoughts on baby wipes – get rid!! So will see if I can swap for something more useful or else get refund and put towards reusable...

Dora explorer – thanks for the suggestion of a play gym, might a nice one to put on the gift list!

Squashy – thanks for the suggestions on bedding and carriers/slings – OH is especially keen on getting one so will have to take him along for trying out!


Shirlgirl2004 – you mentioned about the cloth nappies I've got being likely to leak – is this well know for this brand / type? My plan was to try and get a few different types from ebay etc to try out to see what suits...

MRS_TO_BE_2

Don't worry too much about travel system accessories as it is a summer baby you can wait and see if likely to use them.

got my mattress from boots.com...got extra points and free delivery, seem to remember they had a sale on around july time so if you can wait til them might get a bargain. Beside baby will be in moses basket most of the time.

Found Vertbaduet very good price wise for fitted sheets for cot, esp if you wait til they send you discount flyers and free delivery codes.

Don't fully agree with posts re baby wipes., Yes cotton wool and water at first but as baby gets a bit older and when you are out and about you prob will use wipes. As long as you use the sensitive ones.

Have you checked out what your local council offer as incentives to use real nappies?

Check out when your local NCT sale is....lots of bargains to be had..much check out when mine is.

Clothes dryer.....yes!

savagelyric

MRS_TO_BE wrote: »

Don't worry too much about travel system accessories as it is a summer baby you can wait and see if likely to use them.

got my mattress from boots.com...got extra points and free delivery, seem to remember they had a sale on around july time so if you can wait til them might get a bargain. Beside baby will be in moses basket most of the time.

Found Vertbaduet very good price wise for fitted sheets for cot, esp if you wait til they send you discount flyers and free delivery codes.

Don't fully agree with posts re baby wipes., Yes cotton wool and water at first but as baby gets a bit older and when you are out and about you prob will use wipes. As long as you use the sensitive ones.

Have you checked out what your local council offer as incentives to use real nappies?

Check out when your local NCT sale is....lots of bargains to be had..much check out when mine is.

Clothes dryer.....yes!

Planning to contact my local council tomorrow re nappy incentives, I think it might be £30 towards cost but going to check!

As luck would have it, I found out there was an NCT sale today but I missed it - typical!

Claire_Jones_3

Can I add a bouncy chair for the baby to your would be nice list. mine (or should I say Charlie's) was about £12 from mothercare and he loved it. It sat him up a bit so he could look about rather than just staring at the celling

Pink_Princess_1

You might want to buy some newborn size clothes - my dd is 10 weeks old and 0-3 are still a bit big (she was 8lb 1 born):p