I would love advice from anyone who has done this before! This is my first baby, and I'm so excited. Which makes it harder for me not to go crazy! I want to buy everything! Lol I splurged a little on a diaper bag, on a going home outfit, and on bedding. (I'll post pics of these because they're so cute!)
I've got to start being better though, so I'm wondering how much should I expect to spend on all of this? Is there anything that is suggested, but that you really don't need? I'm realizing now that spending whatever on anything I want for the baby might get us into trouble quickly! It adds up so fast!
(And no, I don't already have the crib set up, it's a program where I plug in colors and know what everything will look like).
Re: Baby Budget?
Yes, they can't get to them until they are old enough to pull themselves up anyway, so you should be good!
With DS I bought most of the big stuff myself, knowing that my family would not help much. I bought new bc I was a FTM and didn't realize that some of that stuff literally gets used for a month or two. If I could go back I would have bought the swing, the bouncer, the rock and play, and all of that kind of stuff used. This time I plan to spend most of my money on the nursery. At least I will know that that will get seen and used for a couple of years LOL.
I'd say to look at the stuff you know you will need and focus on that. Let everyone else get you the other things.
Car seats, strollers, cribs, gates for stairs.... All good places to start.
And, as PP said, DS was in 12mo clothes at 4mo old. So don't buy a ton of clothes in one size
Edit to say- for team green it makes sense to wait. Obviously I'm too impatient for that lol.