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When to get baby furniture?

Well, I already know what I want in my baby's room. I definitely want 'all white' furniture, cause it would look great with my beige walls. Target rules. I'm almost 8 weeks, and wish I could get everything NOW! I even started a baby registry, but noone can see it till I'm about 5 months. Cause I figured baby showers don't happen until you're about 6 months pregnant. (I always think back to the show KENDRA) and my friend's showers. I did get a little overwhelmed as soon as I saw the little things (bottles, pacifiers, diapers, breastfeeding stuff, etc..) But, I know that will come easier when I am actually at the store scanning my "MUST HAVE" list. Glad I picked out the furniture stuff already. Hoping alot of family members will pitch in for that. When should I go to the store and scan? I definitely need to go with a friend or my mom. I need to prepare so I don't stress about it later. I thought planning a wedding was hard! LOLOLOLOL
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Re: When to get baby furniture?

  • I am very superstitious so I dont really want to get baby furniture until at least 6 months.  I wish I could buy it after the baby was born, but that isnt very realistic.

    however, I admit to being crazy and I will probably change my mind.  It is probably best to shop along the way to stop a huge outpouring of money and to get the best sales.  

    I dont think you need to go scan bottles or diaper genies until 6 months at least - but right now, it is good to rese(arch.  There are a few books out there - one is called Baby Bargains (I think) so you might want to focus your attention there for now.

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  • honestly i would wait until after your baby shower to buy furniture. you can register for the furniture you like and if family doesn't purchase it for you, you can probably bank on the fact that you will receive a few gift cards and you can use them towards buying furniture because obviously it is not cheap!
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  • It depends on where you get it....If you go with one of the brands from baby bargains they take a while to come in.   I ordered my furniture for DD when I was 21 weeks.  The dresser came around 35 weeks and the crib when she was a month old.( And I went past my due date!)

  • I know how you feel!  I am starting to get excited about the prospect of redoing our guest room, choosing paint colours, buying furniture, etc.  I just am too nervous to start anything TOO soon.

    I'm going to wait until July (I'm a teacher so vacation time!) to start doing anything baby related....just in case!

    We haven't told anyone either - hoping to hold out until after our ultrasound on April 20th....maybe tell the family at Easter!

    So much WAITING....but it will be worth it I KNOW!

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  • I would wait until about 20 weeks to start buying things for the nursery. I don't see anything wrong with starting your registry now (if it is private). I know I changed mine about a hundred times throughout my pregnancy with my first. Is it the norm for your friends to put their nursery furniture on their registry? I have never seen anyone do that.
  • My family is pretty much on top of all of that. I am now 11 weeks and already have a 3 in 1 crib. Solid maple. It is so nice. My mom bought it when I was about 8 weeks. And my MIL is waiting for us to move in a couple weeks when I start setting up the nursery, so she can help buy things to decorate. But I really don't want to decorate until we FOR SURE know the sex. And even then I might aim more towards neutral. Haha. I have been given A LOT of baby stuff already and I am thankful for the family and friends we have. ;] I am not superstitious and I think you should get the furniture whenever you feel it is time to do so. 
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  • I don't think we're going to move ahead with buying anything for the baby until we reach 12 weeks. I'm definitely working on getting ideas though. I've been told that taking a friend who's a mom with to register for all that little stuff is a good idea because they know about all the gadgets that are a good investment and which ones are not useful at all.
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  • I've been browsing to get an idea of prices and what styles that I like.  Unless I find a great deal, we will probably wait at least a couple more months until we purchase.  I don't really expect anyone to purchase $100s of furniture for our baby shower(s).  I will register for some basic things, but mostly be asking for diapers, lots of diapers!  I wouldn't buy anything major until the 2nd trimester though.
  • We're going to start buying furniture in a month or so and I'm almost 8 weeks.  We know we want to have the room and everything we need by 7 months because you just never know when the baby will actually come.  This was advice I got from my mom and MIL who both had pretty early babies.  

    Also, in Spain people don't do baby showers so I'm not expecting gifts (I know, you're never supposed to expect gifts, but you know what I mean) until after the baby is born/the baptism if we have one.  They think it's a bad idea to give gifts before the baby is born in case the baby dies or something happens.   :S

     

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  • Absolutely use Baby Bargains before making purchases/registering! It'll help save you from buying crap.

    Something may have a good customer rating when you look at it online, but when you look it up in the book, it may actually not be very good (bad customer service, cheap products, etc).

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    honestly i would wait until after your baby shower to buy furniture. you can register for the furniture you like and if family doesn't purchase it for you, you can probably bank on the fact that you will receive a few gift cards and you can use them towards buying furniture because obviously it is not cheap!

    This for sure! 

    Also, I'm waiting until I know if it's a boy or a girl, because if it's a boy I want dark wood furniture, and if it's a girl, I want white furniture.

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  • I registered at 21 wks and am still overwhelmed with what I actually need. I know I will add/delete make changes often. I try to research,get opinions,etc. I agree with the person who said take someone with you that is a newer mom or very experienced. It helps a ton! I have pretty much picked out my furniture and will probably order it around 7 months. I believe the set I want comes in fairly quick. I know some take awhile. I was also a little superstitious about buying too early but just recently started to buy a few cute clothing items that were on sale. It helps too to wait if you are planning on finding out the gender.

     

    Good luck! 

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  • I would wait if I were you until like a PP said about 20 weeks or so to start buying furniture. If you think your family and friends will buy any of it then go ahead and put it on your registry. Only my close family would have done that for me though. With my DS though I waited until I knew he was going to be a boy. For this LO I won't really need to buy much everything DS has is mostly gender neutral and BRAND NEW. He used his crib ONCE he hated it and he only likes sleeping in his pack n play. He has a Trach so he barely wet anywhere in the winter so car seat and stroller look new(obviously if they get recalled I will get new stuff) Good Luck. It's very exciting seeing all the cute lil baby stuff.
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  • Im planning on buying my brib and nursery furniture myself and probably will start buying in a couple of months. We won't have a spare room until next year so we gotta start figuring out how we're going to fit a crib and changing table in our room.

    but i do plan on buying white furniture to match the rest of the room

  • I ordered my Ragazzi set around 17 weeks with Liam, as soon as I found out he was a boy.  I got most of it by 36 weeks, then one dresser when he was three months old , it took FOREVER to get in.
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  • I plan on getting a convertible crib (and using the full bed stage until I'm 7 months or so), a bookcase the height of a changing table, a rocking chair that matches my living room/bedroom furniture, and I already have a dresser and chest (my hope chest, will become toy chest when the baby is crawling).  This way, until I'm heavily pregnant, I have a fully furnished guest bedroom AND all the nursery furniture.  And my kid's room would have adequate furniture until he/she moves out (aside from a desk and additional bookcases.)  Only thing I'd need to buy, furniture wise, would be a changing table converter to plop on top of the bookcase.

    So...  If you have a room for a nursery, go ahead and buy the furniture that can be grown-up appropriate too. 

    ETA: Sorry, didn't check date. 

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