Pregnant!

[PiNKNiNJ4]

First baby.. 22 weeks to go. What do i need?? I need a list of everything i need from nappies to cots.. HELP!... would be greatly appreciated.

[anneasquith]

type baby layette into google. lots of helpful advice.

[bednobs]

personally i wouldn't get anything yet. Having lost 2 babies (at around 28 weeks) there is nothing worse than having to either take stuff back or clear out a room that is meant to be a nursery. there will be plenty of time to get stuff later on in your pregnancy :)

[ummmm]

Don't they have a list in the bounty packs?

I also agree with bednobs :-(

[ladyalex]

I'm with bedknobs too.

My baby came 6 weeks early when I had absolutely nothing bought for him, but we managed to get all we needed in the few days he was in SCBU.
Plenty of time to buy.
Quite nice to browse and plan, though.

[andrew1707]

Cot
Sheets and blankets
Baby sleep-suits / babygrows
vests
Socks
outdoor clothes
Nappies
Nappy cream
Buggy/Pram
Car seat for new born (Needed for leaving Hospital)
Bottles
Bottle steriliser
Bottle brush

But mainly you need to take it easy and not worry about things.

[tamborine]

Prepare the settee for dad to sleep in

[andrew1707]

If money is tight then why not get most of your stuff from a car boot sale or from a NCT sale:
http://www.nct.org.uk...ents/nearly-new-sales

Second hand items for babies are usually in very good condition as they grow out of them so quickly. Cheap too!!

[Smowball]

Congratulations! I can see both sides actually - you are excited and want to buy things, but also dont want to tempt fate by buying early. I had all my stuff bought at 7 months, in newborn size, then went in to labour at 34 weeks and nothing I had bought fitted my premature baby. Hubby had a mad rush to shops to buy teeny teeny clothes and nappies!!

[albaqwerty]

you will need loads of babygros. Loads of 'em.

Congratulations xxx

[diddlydo]

Don't buy bottles and sterilising stuff - just breastfeed and save yourself a fortune.

[tiggerblue10]

Congratulations PiNKNiNJ :o)

I can understand Bednobs advice too. I left it all till quite late. I must have been around 30 weeks when I started getting stuff.

Also to add to Andrews list I would get some sleeping bags/growbags. Even from when he was just a few weeks old, Little Tiggs somehow managed to push his blanket off in the night so these sleeping bags are a great way to keep babies covered in the middle of the night.

I know what you mean Diddlydo but some women find breastfeeding difficult and painful. I bought a steriliser and bottles even though I was adamant I wanted to breastfeed. I found it very difficult at first and mostly expressed. It took 4 months before I could breastfeed properly.

[welshlibranr]

great advice there from tiggerblue!........

[tiggerblue10]

:o)

[PiNKNiNJ4]

Thanks everybody! very helpful, i dont intend to buy for a few months now, but i want to be prepared for when it does come around to buying!.. Been a great help.

[DTCwordfan]

good breast pump.....

[starone]

Don't buy too much in first size. People will give you lots and babies grow so quickly they are into the second and even third sizes before you can look round. P.S. Want any knitting done? (free)

[sherrardk]

I'm quite superstitious so I ordered the big things (cot and pram) but didn't get them delivered until after the first was born. Lots of the stuff they say to get in the magazines you don't need. Anything you do buy like bottles, sterilizes, etc don't actually open them in case ou don't use them because you decide/stick sith breastfeeding, etc - you can either take them back or put them on EBay (I bought bottles and a steriliser on thing 1 and thing 2 as I didn't think I could manage to breastfeed two babies but I did so I sold the stuff on eBay - got more for the steriliser than I paid for it.) Good luck, x

[I.Don No]

one thing i would suggest you do when you are ready to get baby kitted out.....don't go for many first size clothes.......invest in the larger sizes because babies have this annoying habit of growing up far too quickly!

[MissCommando]

You'll need: vests, blankets (I absolutely love the Gingerbread one from Mamas and Papas), sleepsuits (the ones which have poppers straight down the middle are easiest), moses basket/cot, sheets for the moses basket/cot, sleeping bag, dummies (just incase), baby bath (I prefer the seat things you can put inside a bath), plenty of muslims, bibs, nappies (I don't see the harm in buying these now, you'll need loads of these), bottles?, changing mat, baby monitors, baby bouncer, baby swing (I would buy one of these if I had a baby again), thermometer (spend a bit more and get a decent one).

All I can think of for now lol. I bought a few cream babygros after my 12 week scan then after I found out I was having a girl, I did buy things then. It's up to you how much you feel comfortable buying now. All the best for the rest of your pregnancy.

[MissCommando]

lol I meant muslins!