Are you getting many new things for this baby?
All of our baby gear (car seat, swing, breast pump, baby toys etc) will be 4 years old by the time this LO arrives.
I'd like to get a new baby carrier (ergo) and a high chair that rolls/cleans easily. We had a high chair that fit into a regular chair but that won't work this time.
If its a girl, we'll get new bedding and some more "girly" toys...
Other than that we're going to re-use as much as we can and then sell it after this LO outgrows it.
Re: 2nd time (or more) momma's... come in!
I still have th carriers and cloth diapers. We'll need a crib and likely clothes since DS and new baby will be different sizes at different seasons, even if baby is a boy. We still have some toys and they can share.
Cue Hormonal Rage.
I plan to get a few cute girly diapers, if LO is a girl of course lol. And some girl clothes, but probably wait until LO is in bigger sizes since they grow out of the stuff so quickly. I have a bunch of NB/3m sized stuff that was never even worn by #1.
Our baby gear will only be 2.5yrs old, so I plan to reuse most of it. I plan on getting new pump parts, and more bottles so I don't have to wash as frequently. I may get a new diaper bag, because the zipper broke on mine.
We plan to have LO in the room the first 6-12m, and I got generic colored sheets but I don't plan to set up a nursery for #2. The bouncey seat/etc are all generic so we'll be reusing all that stuff too.
It's kind of a relief to not feel like I have to get a whole bunch of stuff this time around. And I feel like I know better how little they actually need vs what BRU tells you is necessary lol.
I forgot about car seats. DS is still rear-facing. We may swap him when baby arrives, we'll have to see. His car seat still fits behind the driver seat if I'm driving. It may not if DH is.
LO will use DS's infant seat until he or she outgrows it, and then will get a convertible. I want DS in a five point harness until he's at least five, as is recommended, so no high back booster for awhile for him.
There were times I was 100% done with 2 kids. We gave away all of DS's clothes. We also got rid of our swing and bouncy chair. We picked up new ones at a mom2mom sale for $30. We also need a new infant car seat. DH's cousin is done having kids and she has 2 boys, she said she will give us her clothes if this one is a boy. We still have all our girl stuff.
Once this baby is done with any stage...all the stuff is going. We are 100% done after this baby, I will be getting my tubes ties with my c-section.
LO is just 13 months, and won't even be 2 by the time the new one comes, so we have pretty much all we need now. Still debating on if we should get more car seats as LO is in the convertible and DH still has the infant one in his car. Honestly, it looks like we're probably going to get a new car too-both of ours are pretty small.
New crib for the baby, some girly stuff if its a girl, but I really don't care if she wears boy stuff around the house. I have a baby ktan wrap but if I can find something that actually fits me better I'll try it. New pump stuff and maybe more bottles.
I'm going to hit up as many mom to mom sales this time around to save on clothes and stuff.
We'll need to get a new infant car seat. (Ours was new with our first child, and we used it for #2, but the oldest is seven now, so the seat is expired.)
We need a new high chair, too. I got one, used, from a friend, for my first child, and then continued to use it for my second, so by the end, it had gone through four kids. Broken straps, pad falling apart, etc. We'll be replacing that for sure.
We had borrowed a big swing for our first, and did without a big swing for our second, so if we want one of those, I guess we'll be buying it.
I am glad to have a pretty wide selection of kids clothes, in both boy and girl styles, for all different seasons. We've been happy to get hand-me-downs from friends, so hopefully (crossing my fingers) we won't HAVE to buy a whole lot of new clothes. It's nice to have the basics kind of covered, in the department, so I can splurge a little more on some fun stuff.
We are fine on car seats, which are all gender neutral.
I received an infant to toddler rocker that I loved using with DD as a bouncer. Unfortunately, I was given the girl pattern but I will still use it if we happen to have a boy.
We didn't use a swing with DD but my sis just had a baby girl, which is her last so she plans to share that as well as her Rock and Play. Again, they are both girl pattern but I rather just use them then have to buy new something that we won't use for very long at all.
We use a space saver with DD and when the new baby is ready to eat at about 6 months DD will already be in a booster.
I'm really surprised all we will really need to buy is the double stroller and clothes!
Even if this LO is the same sex they wil be born in different seasons -so we will see how clothing works out. Of course we will reuse as much as we can. My big questions are:
Crib - my mother seems to think we should buy a second one in order to keep DD1 in it for as long as possible. While I agree I think 2+ years is an acceptable timeframe to move into a big girl bed.
Girly stuff (like playmat, etc) - am I ok with letting a boy play with a pink playmat? I haven't decided yet... I'm pretty 50/50 about it actually.
I do want to get a swing this time around - didn't have one for DD b/c our apartment was so small when we had her, but now we live in a stucco palace so lots of room for more kid crap
Baby Girl #2 is on her way!
I can't get the ticker to work, but I have two sons:
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We also need to buy another crib and bedroom furniture because we get the 4-in-1 beds.
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Sarah
BFP#1 10/24/11 EDD 07/01/11 DD1 6/29/11
BFP#2 07/26/12 EDD 03/21/13 M/C(mmc6wk)09/04/12 @~11w
BFP#3 02/08/13 EDD 10/22/13 M/C(mmc6wk)03/11/13 @~8w
BFP#4 06/05/13 EDD 02/19/14 DD2 02/05/14
We are planning on trading in DS's old stroller and infant carseat at the BabiesRUs trade in event - I hear that they should be doing it again in September. The carseat is way too big to fit in our cars along with a convertible seat for DS, and the stroller was the worst stroller I've ever seen. It was gigantic but the tray made the leg opening very small, so it always scraped DS's legs. I think I gave away the swing and exersaucer that I had so we will need to find one of those. We are using the same crib and high chair we had for DS. As for the little stuff, it depends on if this is a boy or girl. But ever if it's a boy this LO will be born in a different season as DS so we will most likely need to buy new clothes anyway.
Um, I totally forgot about a dresser. I was thinking I needed almost nothing, as I have already had a boy and a girl in winter, clothes line up so well. Well, where did I think I was going to put the clothes! Baby brain much?
Um, I totally forgot about a dresser. I was thinking I needed almost nothing, as I have already had a boy and a girl in winter, clothes line up so well. Well, where did I think I was going to put the clothes! Baby brain much?
We already bought the minivan. We'd been casually looking, but when we got the news we were jumping from a family of 4-6, well...and now we have to sell my car, which I love & am not happy about.
I picked up an extra vibrating seat & a boppy off of CL, both like new. The vibrating seats are always so easy to stick them in, & then we kinda make them the centerpiece during supper, so they're included, & I don't have to hop up 50 times a meal to check on them.
Other than that, we might pick up a few things as we go along, but I have clothes for each sex from my previous 2, I have the bottles, the pump, the toys, etc. We will use the same crib & either get a divider, or put one in the crib, one in the pack n play.
I'm hoping our biggest expense this time around will just be diapers.
Mom to Lily and Colin!
~ Married 10.30.04 ~
DS1 born 12.31.11 ~ DS2 born 2.4.14