Baby Bargains book

firefly1231 · September 2012

So based on someone's recommendation on a thread a few days ago, I got the Baby Bargains book. I usually go for kindle books so I can read them anywhere, but thought it might be useful to have the physical book in this case for making notes, etc.

Oh boy was I right. I thought this would be a cute little book with some helpful tidbits of information in the preparation process...oh no, this thing is a beast! Total information overload. But it's great at the same time.

Even though I'm constantly wishing this pregnancy could hurry along, I am suddenly thankful I have so much time to get through this crazy book!

Anyway, thanks for the suggestion, excuse me now I have to get reading Stick out tongue

mypalbabs · September 2012

I only wish I could rip out entire sections once we've made the relevant purchase so the very heavy book would get lighter! We plan to carry it with us when we shop and even though it's not super big, it weighs a lot.

firefly1231 · September 2012

so true! I'm sure I will be thankful for all the info later, but I definitely need a heftier purse to put it in than my usual for shopping, haha!

carpozi · September 2012

I LOVED this book with DS1. It is however, very overwhelming. I would recommend just focusing on top priority items one at a time in order to research, read, and make decisions for purchasing. For instance, furniture was the big first one for me. Then carseats. Then pump. Then stroller. Then all the little stuff that you'd put on your registry like high chairs, etc.

synchrosally · September 2012

I only wish we had bought it BEFORE we bought our travel system/stroller. Live and learn right?

skoogirl · September 2012

I love that book! I used a lot of post-it notes and that seemed to help me figure out what sections were important to me. It really helped us figure out what would work for us. I felt like such a newcomer to the world of baby. I had never noticed brands of strollers before getting pregnant, but suddenly I was overwhelmed with all the different options. The book helped me narrow it down.

Jen727BF · September 2012

I'm going to order it right now! Thanks for the reminder.

Sue&Pasquale · September 2012

I loved and still love this book. I just focused on the top rated stuff. whatever got an A rating I got.

elle980 · September 2012

I had that book with DS and based on that expirence, I learned that no matter what, you will buy things that you think you will use but won't, and there are things that you don't initially buy because you think you don't need them, but then end up needing them. All babies are different.

As an example, we thought we for sure had to have a swing. Turns out DS hated it! But we would have never known that had we not bought one. Maybe baby #2 will like it?!

Jen727BF · September 2012

I found this link on an old post that lets you read the book as a preview.

https://books.google.com/books?id=DG_XdDMprlEC&pg=PA80&lpg=PA80&dq=dakota+collection+crib+suite+bebe&source=bl&ots=wnznQdh_86&sig=jXm1m91cEJN7Td6-ZpRypQw23oI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Uk-4T_ilD-jl6QH71bX5Bw&ved=0CNwBEOgBMA4#v=onepage&q=dakota%20collection%20crib%20suite%20bebe&f=false

Angela814 · September 2012

elle980:
I had that book with DS and based on that expirence, I learned that no matter what, you will buy things that you think you will use but won't, and there are things that you don't initially buy because you think you don't need them, but then end up needing them. All babies are different.

As an example, we thought we for sure had to have a swing. Turns out DS hated it! But we would have never known that had we not bought one. Maybe baby #2 will like it?!

I agree. I also think that some things change so quickly that Baby Bargains might not have the most up to date info. Carseats are one of those. I think online research is probably better in that situation.

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