Items you wish you had spent more $ on....

Eastie156 · February 2013

I really wish we'd invested in a better swing. Our graco travel swing (that you pop the car seat into) never cut it, LO HATED it. I really wish we'd invested more $ in the snuggabunny or something of the like.

I also wish we'd spent more money on our bouncer. LO enjoys just bouncing himself. He doesn't really ever play with the toys and never really has. I wish we'd bought the Bjorn babysitter, to be honest.

ChristyML · February 2013

Hmm. Good question!

I don't think it's so much spent more money on, but I wish we had bought a lot of things before I had him, like the Bumbo seat, a really good carrier, more winter clothes, etc.

I wish I would have shopped around for a smaller bouncer (we have the My Little Snugabunny bouncer, and it is HUGE and we trip over it all the time).

I wish I had spent the money on a bigger (higher weight limit) car seat. DS is not even 5 months old and he's almost out of the car seat! I wish I had bought a convertible.

Sorry, this isn't really what you asked...:(

DavidStamps · February 2013

I'm still undecided on this, but I kind of wish we bought the 5lb - 40lb convertible car seat. It looks like it would swallow a newborn whole, but the thought that we have to buy another seat in a few months really sucks, LO's current car seats still look brand new!

Eastie156 · February 2013

I'm glad I didn't buy a heavier newborn seat, it goes based on their height, too ? LO will be out of the infant seat soon due to his height. We needed the Graco seat because a convertible would never have worked with our stroller. We'll probably get a Diono convertible booster for his next seat and just buy the angle adjuster too.

christinasullie37 · February 2013

I wish I had researched products better. But there are a few things that I wish I hadn't spent money on. Like thw sling, snugabunny bouncer and swing. LO hates the bouncer and swing and she has never been in the sling.

beckcour · February 2013

Our infant car seat is rated to a higher weight and height but wow is that thing heavy! I almost wish we'd gotten a smaller seat. And we don't need the tank of a stroller that goes along with it. I'm a little upset that I bought her the cutest snowsuit and she's only worn it once.

Angeldish · February 2013

I love this question. I wish i registered for a more expensive activity mat. we have the Baby Einstein ocean-esque one and i think it is too small and doesnt encourage LO to roll around. I kinda wish I got an Uppababy stroller. Every time I see one I wish I had one.

Off topic but I never used the Moby Wrap - it was too much of a pain to try to put on and I kept having to read the manual (as if I had time to do that when I was trying to use the carrier to hush a crying baby).

CLLDLL · February 2013

1.) The pack-n-play. DS1 never used his so we bought a super cheapie one for DS2 (we gave DS1's away thinking we were done having kids). DS2 uses his for naps and just to play in quite a bit.

2.) Glider - Bought a cheapie Storkcraft that is just ok. I use it all the time to nurse, pump, rock LO. Although when we convert his room to a toddler room I'll probably be glad I didn't spend more.

3.) Wish I would have bought my Beco Gemini right away instead of waiting till he was 2 months old. I love that thing.

4.) Wish we would have started CD'ing right away instead of using disposables for the first 6 weeks.

Glad I spent money on the snugabunny swing, the snugabunny bouncer, the RNP, and MBF nursing pillow. We still use all of them but the RNP daily.

inateapot · February 2013

My stroller! I really wish I had bought a Bugaboo Bee w/DD1. Or really, the most expensive stroller we could have afforded at the time. It would have been a stretch, but we could have afforded it if we had cut back on eating out, etc.

We're done having kids so it would be a waste now, but the travel system was a complete waste of money. It was too heavy. I ended up buying a snap-n-go off craigslist for $15 & I'm STILL using it. It would be nice too have the Bee to transition into..ah well

Things well worth the money: a good swing & the Ergo.

Jessica42885 · February 2013

The swing. We started with an old version of the snugabunny and she loved it. The problem was that it ran off of batteries only and we were going through them so fast. We got a used fisher price swing that was nice, but not very good for a newborn. We had to fold up blankets next to her so she wouldn't fall to the side. The new snugabunny swings have a plug in.

hmp1 · February 2013

I wish we would have bought a nicer chair for the nursery. I like the one we bought but DH doesn't think it is very comfortable.

I have more things that I wish we hadn't bought. I bought a bunch of cute 3-6mo winter clothes for him to wear to daycare. He grew out of most of them before he started daycare. I didn't have a RNP for DS1 but decided to get it for DS2 because everyone raved about it on here. DS2 hated it and I pretty much used it as a laundry basket.

ChristyML · February 2013

MrsMuq:
I wish we would have gotten a different stroller, invested in a jogging stroller, and never bought a bouncer. I also wish I had invested more money in really, really good nursing bras.

Nursing bras! Yes! I bought one, and the lady was really freaking pushy about me buying it. I wasn't in the mood (I told her I just needed to be fitted, since my boobs were practically ripping my other bra) and in end, the bra I got was torn and I was too tired to take it back to deal with the bra lady.

ChristyML · February 2013

Angeldish:
Off topic but I never used the Moby Wrap - it was too much of a pain to try to put on and I kept having to read the manual (as if I had time to do that when I was trying to use the carrier to hush a crying baby).

This is me exactly. I finally just ordered an Ergo baby carrier. It's not here yet, but I am SO excited about it.

Eastie156 · February 2013

Angeldish:
I love this question. nbsp;I wish i registered for a more expensive activity mat. we have the Baby Einstein oceanesque one and i think it is too small and doesnt encourage LO to roll around. nbsp;I kinda wish I got an Uppababy stroller. Every time I see one I wish I
had one.nbsp;nbsp;Off
topic butnbsp;I never used the Moby
Wrap it was too much of a pain to try
to put on and I kept having to read the
manual as if I had time to do that
when I was trying to use the carrier to
hush a crying baby. nbsp; nbsp;
nbsp;nbsp;

I will say, we invested in the Uppababy and I love it. My only complaint is the rear wheels have such a wide base, I'm constantly smashing into door frames if I'm not careful.

Eastie156 · February 2013

hmpmrj:
I wish we would have bought a nicer chair for the nursery. I like the one we bought but DH doesn't think it is very comfortable.I have more things that I wish we hadn't bought. I bought a bunch of cute 36mo winter clothes for him to wear to daycare. He
grew out of most of them before he
started daycare. I didn't have a RNP
for DS1 but decided to get it for DS2
because everyone raved about it on
here. DS2 hated it and I pretty much
used it as a laundry
basket.

I seriously missed the memo on the RNP and had no idea what everyone was talking about for the first six weeks! I don't think we missed anything not buying it, DS slept in his crib pretty soon after he was born. But, we also had his crib in our room because we have a tiny condo.

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