16-09-2004, 09:39 PM
Isn't it funny how we all see different things as a priority.
No. 1 a pushchair thats suitable from birth that you can manage onyour own and that fits easily into your car
2 A good car seat - If money is not too tight those Emma Jane ones are fantastic as the baby can actually lie flat instead of being scrunched up as they usually are.
3. I preferred the steam steriliser to the microwave version but that's just personal preferance they do the same job.
4. I couldn't survive without wipes and I stockpile at every bogof
5. muslin cloths are useful
Wait and see what your baby is like before buying a monitor - we couldn't sleep with the baby in the room but the monitor mean't we weren't listening to every murmur.
I have never used a carry cot so to me its not essential
My kids loved the baby bouncer
Our baby walker is too safe - kids could never walk in it - neighbours baby adores hers
Graco swing my husbands collegues said it was the one thing we must get - my children hated it.
Bottle warmers take too long to heat a bottle particularly in the middle of the night
A baby carrier is a nice to have one of those papoose type of ones
hats and mittens were a joke my children got them off in seconds
Grobags!!!!! Brilliant invention as the baby can't kick its blankets off then wake up because its cold and they don't get to hot in grobags either
I can't stand all the baby paraphanalia you end up carrying around so I like the portable changing mat, two nappies and 15 pack wipes thing that you get as that fits into a regular hand bad.
This is a very disorganised reply hope it makes a little sense
No. 1 a pushchair thats suitable from birth that you can manage onyour own and that fits easily into your car
2 A good car seat - If money is not too tight those Emma Jane ones are fantastic as the baby can actually lie flat instead of being scrunched up as they usually are.
3. I preferred the steam steriliser to the microwave version but that's just personal preferance they do the same job.
4. I couldn't survive without wipes and I stockpile at every bogof
5. muslin cloths are useful
Wait and see what your baby is like before buying a monitor - we couldn't sleep with the baby in the room but the monitor mean't we weren't listening to every murmur.
I have never used a carry cot so to me its not essential
My kids loved the baby bouncer
Our baby walker is too safe - kids could never walk in it - neighbours baby adores hers
Graco swing my husbands collegues said it was the one thing we must get - my children hated it.
Bottle warmers take too long to heat a bottle particularly in the middle of the night
A baby carrier is a nice to have one of those papoose type of ones
hats and mittens were a joke my children got them off in seconds
Grobags!!!!! Brilliant invention as the baby can't kick its blankets off then wake up because its cold and they don't get to hot in grobags either
I can't stand all the baby paraphanalia you end up carrying around so I like the portable changing mat, two nappies and 15 pack wipes thing that you get as that fits into a regular hand bad.
This is a very disorganised reply hope it makes a little sense