1st year baby essentials.

maccapacca said:
In the 5th to 6th year you'll be hiring a skip to throw it all in as you are sick to the back teeth of opening cupboards to find it stuffed full of plastic junk. I lost the plot one day and ordered a skip, dragged it to under an upstairs window and filled it with everything that hadn't been touched for a month. It was quite relaxing. The wife and kids sort of edged backwards and left me for the day.
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Not just me then. I'm only two years in and it's driving me up the wall.

My wife has never been good and knowing when a possession has outlived its usefulness.

Every time I go into to the loft there's lots of swearing.
 
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From what I've read and been told, babies/kids WILL find any way to end their lives (intentional or not), so maybe life insurance?? If they even do that for children.

So basically never let them out of your sight while they are growing up, EVER!
 
The main thing that I would suggest is a jumperoo thingy. Obviously this is for 3ish months onwards, but it has been a lifesaver. Chuck the kid in it and carry on with what you need to do. My son still loves his and he is 1 this month. Going to hate the day he gets too big for it.
 
Our second child just arrived the other day and only stuff we bought a lot of this time is muslins. We have decking loads of them! Pram wise, our £800 5 yr old Jane travel system was fished out of folks attic and it's a beast! Luckily we have a more realistic lightweight pram as well

Personally, if you're outdoorsy I'd recommend a Babybjorn carrier. Went to Thailand for a month when our daughter was 6mths old and she saw the country mounted on my chest!

Oh and don't buy a nappy disposal system.

Advice wise one of our midwives said "And, remember, every baby is different, do what works for you".
 
FartInferno said:
Our second child just arrived the other day and only stuff we bought a lot of this time is muslins. We have decking loads of them! Pram wise, our £800 5 yr old Jane travel system was fished out of folks attic and it's a beast! Luckily we have a more realistic lightweight pram as well

Personally, if you're outdoorsy I'd recommend a Babybjorn carrier. Went to Thailand for a month when our daughter was 6mths old and she saw the country mounted on my chest!

Oh and don't buy a nappy disposal system.

Advice wise one of our midwives said "And, remember, every baby is different, do what works for you".
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Sangenic nappy bin is great, no faffing with nappy bags or smelly bins. Probably one of the most useful things we've bought.

Also I'd disagree with not getting a baby bath, they're a lot quicker to fill and safer than using the full bath.

We've got an expensive cossato high chair, utter crap. Get the Ikea one.
 
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Our little one is three and a half months now, i definately echo the perfect prep machine and Ewan the sheep, both brilliant. When it comes to a high chair the IKEA one is brilliant value, £18 for the full set.

Also having a pram base that the car seat clips into had been good for us, car journeys always send her to sleep so if we need to go the supermarket we can get it done when she sleeps rather than waking her up to transfer her to a pram.
 
Oh and eventually get your child vaccinated, don't believe the absolute crap that it causes cancer etc.. It's vital!

Like the above mentioned midwife trying to scare new parents, don't listen to those extremely thick anti-vaccination idiots, all you would be doing is compromising your child and potentially hundreds of other children to horrific diseases. Don't believe the BS
 
Keyboards'Fear said:
Oh and eventually get your child vaccinated, don't believe the absolute crap that it causes cancer etc.. It's vital!

Like the above mentioned midwife trying to scare new parents, don't listen to those extremely thick anti-vaccination idiots, all you would be doing is compromising your child and potentially hundreds of other children to horrific diseases. Don't believe the BS
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So aggressive and full of fear tactics. Oh yes, I am an extremely thick anti-vaccination idiot.
 
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