1st year baby essentials.

Re the pram comments babies can't go in all of the lightweight buggies till they're a certain age get the lightest age appropriate pram system with a simple collapse down method.
 
Tito said:
Mum-to-be and mother-In-law, have already spent hours explaining why I need to buy the latest Icandy Push chair.:o
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Get as much stuff second hand as possible. Everything is expensive and they destroy or grow out of things very quickly.
 
re-usable nappy

*i don't have children or know anyone who has used a re-usable nappy but it sounds like a good idea that saves ££££'s
 
I know no one who used them. Don't know what's worse, scraping poo off them and washing them or the look on your other halves face for suggesting using them.
 
maccapacca said:
You will need

Teetha
Coarse porridge oats (for chicken pox)
Annabel Carmel food book
HiSense Babysense
Plain white baby grows
Sleepsuits
Stairgate for your stairs and or kitchen
Calpol


You do not need

Video baby monitors
Baby baths
£1000 buggies
Corner protection
Plug covers
Bed guards
Fire guards
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You do need bed guards :o

Least we did. My son slept like an Octopus and don't know how many times he fell out the bed in hotels...
 
Soundood said:
AS a father of three, I would echo maccapacca with a couple of additions,

as a man, baby monitors are garbage, but in the bigger picture it is good for your wife at first, as it relaxes her and lets her sleep, saving you the grief of putting up with an exhausted new mum.
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Baby monitors were great for us in hotels. Allowed us to go for meals the range on them is great.

Not sure about IP cams in hotels would they work with hotel wifi?
 
maccapacca said:
Encourage and support her to breastfeed. Best for baby, her and you.

They all struggle at first, support her to keep at it.
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But if she really can't, don't pressurise her - you can trigger depression. Excess pressure at a time that Mu really doesn't need it is a very bad idea.

In a classroom full of kids, I bet you can't tell who was breast fed and who wasn't.
 
maccapacca said:
I know no one who used them. Don't know what's worse, scraping poo off them and washing them or the look on your other halves face for suggesting using them.
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We tried, any cost savings are negated by the need to be constantly running the washing machine (and tumble drier). They're also quite bulky.

Great idea in theory, not so great in practice.

A good backup for when you run out of disposables.
 
nutcase_1uk said:
But if she really can't, don't pressurise her - you can trigger depression. Excess pressure at a time that Mu really doesn't need it is a very bad idea.

In a classroom full of kids, I bet you can't tell who was breast fed and who wasn't.
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Reading this thread could trigger depression. :p :D

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.

People will love filling your house full of junk. If anyone offers cheques for the kids bank account take it.
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Especially reading this. Children sound like a stressful life!
 
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