What's everyone buying already?

johnandnicole14 · November 2015

I'm a ftm and my husband and I want to start buying things already so we don't have to do it all at once but I'm a little lost. I don't want to buy the bigger items yet but I know there's a lot of little things that are needed. What kind of things are people buying this early on in their pregnancy? I'm 15w and don't know the gender yet either. Thanks ladies!!

allisonmunson94 · November 2015

Hi! I'm 15 weeks myself and we just started buying stuff last week. I already found out that I'm having a boy, so I've just been buying clothes mostly. We have a pack and play, crib, swing, and an organizer for the clothes since we don't have a closet where we are staying (strangely) so we keep all of our clothes in drawers. I've been buying mostly 0-3 month clothes with the exception of a few NB things, since big babies run in the family. We will probably be buying a car seat within the next month or so. I figured we will get the bigger stuff out of the way and save the smaller stuff for last. We will probably get at least a couple packs of diapers too so we don't have to worry about it when the baby gets here

good luck!

valerie4786 · November 2015

I've bought our glider, two onesies, and Kiki the elephant teether because we're doing an elephant theme. My sister gave me her crib & mattress, dresser/changing table & changing pad, some monitors although I haven't checked if they work yet, two diaper genies, and a huge bag of Playtex Ventaire bottles. I also won a package of newborn Pampers diapers and really nice muslin swaddle blankets from a drawing at Babies R Us. We have most of our registry done in case family wants to buy us baby items for Christmas, but we're not really buying too much yet because we have the large items we need for now.

Charissadeats · November 2015

Having my NT scan and results read back to us from bloodworks next week.

After which, if all goes well (hold thumbs), we'll start working from the list I made.

Not planning on buying clothes and diapers at first, as all the family and friends already made their own shopping lists for baby and me (cute).

The bigger stuff, like cot, pram, car seat, compactum etc will have to come from our own pocket - so we'll gradually work down the list!

elsa1688 · November 2015

If this is your first baby, I would hold off. My guess is you will get a ton at baby shower.

NinnyJean · November 2015

I got two pack and plays, a travel and full size, and then a bouncy seat. Someone was selling them online and the price was too good to pass!

My family has been buying like crazy, so we'll probably hold off until after the shower for most things

countrygrl5533 · November 2015

2nd baby so we have most things we need. Borrowing an infant car seat, at least for awhile. Would like a new car seat for DD that is easier to switch around to different cars. Need a new breast pump and want a LILLEbaby carrier. If it is another girl, no need for many clothes.

I would start buying things like diapers, new pacifiers, etc. now but we are selling our house and moving, hopefully before this baby is born. I don't feel like moving a bunch more stuff. If we haven't moved by February, then I will start buying things when they are on sale, coupons, etc. If I find something I need on sale Black Friday, I will purchase it.

kbrands7 · November 2015

We have a lot of items that we'll reuse this time around (we went gender neutral on all of the big stuff). I bought one box of size 1 diapers when Target had their last awesome diaper sale, and I just bought the double stroller I've had my eye on for a while. I was able to get an older model color for over $100 less than this season's colors. Bonus, that this one actually matches our infant car seat rather than coordinating.

If this baby is a boy, that's really all we'll buy-- except to get a stocking for next year after Christmas this year. If baby is a girl, we'll also buy some feminine clothes to mix in with the neutral (or neutral-ish) clothes that we have from DS. I'll try to not go too crazy though, because I know my mom will want to buy clothes too if we have a girl this time.

Sienna516 · November 2015

So I went a little crazy this last Wednesday with my mom. They had Veteran's day sales at Carter's & Oshkosh B'Gosh. So I bought ALOT of adorable little boy clothes. I was looking online at clothes for my registries and didn't like barely any of the clothes (I dislike monkeys, sports, stuff with vain sounding stuff like GENIUS & HANDSOME, stuff like that, some dinosaur stuff, Mickey Mouse, camo, mustache, dogs, burt's bees, monsters, most space & cars, mostly white outfits, etc.) I also got a WubbaNub, a glow worm, diaper changing pad, duplo blocks, some board books, and a security blanket toy. We got a bunch of things from my aunt too (boppy!, toys, & clothes), so I have so much stuff to put away, but we haven't gotten the baby's room cleared out yet! I also made some burp clothes and knitted some hats, but I have alot more stuff I want to make. I really want to buy other stuff too, but I know I shouldn't until we are more organized and closer to the baby coming. Although black friday shopping is pretty tempting..

johnandnicole14 · November 2015

Wow you guys are way more prepared than we are lol. My doctor won't do a gender ultrasound till I'm 20 weeks, did you get one done on your own or does your doctor do them this early?

proudparent2b · November 2015

Nothing yet! Getting the crib after Thanksgiving.

cortney626 · November 2015

We bought our crib. I'll probably buy the travel system in the next week or so. Everything else I'll wait on. Next will be getting the nursery set up.

Quitaandlola · November 2015

I've only bought a nursery chair so far.

doozer1345 · November 2015

Diapers and anything I see on sale that I have in my registry. With my first pg I was buying a huge box of diapers and wipes at 15 weeks. I was also saving up for maternity pics (the lady I have do them is pricey but worth it). I was also buying books. I had my eye out for things like towels, baby lotion, baby wash, baby bath...Things I didn't necessarily need to know the sex to get.

ETA: I had also gotten my glider and matching ottoman... OMg I love that thing!

mhc13 · November 2015

Nada! Poor second child. Plus we found out we are having another girl so now I don't have much to buy at all.

josie12367 · November 2015

I'm not really buying much until we get past 20 weeks. I really enjoyed shopping and registering later on with our first, so I'll likely wait again. We already have our stash of cloth diapers. If it's a boy I'll add a few more boyish ones but otherwise my stash is HUGE already. We are trying to be more minimalistic with this kid. We have a stroller we love, and a crib mattress. Baby stuff consumed our house last time and some stuff really was more in the way than used. We do have some newborn clothes that are gender neutral, are brand new, and saved from our first. Otherwise we really just need a crib and a car seat. I might splurge on a newborn soft carrier since I have a Boba for when the baby is bigger already....oh and a bouncy seat....lol. It already sounds like too much stuff!!!

onislandtime · November 2015

I've bought a britax stroller and car seat at Target already because it was $100 off (plus 5% more off with my red card) other than that, I've just bought some clothes, and crib bedding since it was 20% off.

MrsO11/24/2006 · November 2015

It is my third and I sold everything after my second b/c I thought we were done..luckily most of my friends are done having kids too ( I am 35) so I am getting a ton of hand me downs! We will buy a new carseat for the kiddo but the rest will be givien. We have a crib, our three old sleeps in it as a toddler bed so we will move him to a twin and make it a crib again. I just know I need a way less stuff than I had with my first.

mrstmoose · November 2015

We have our announcement onesie and a set of booties (also for the announcement). A pack of pacifiers and teething rings (that my uncle gave us at our wedding as a funny gift).

We probably won't buy furniture until January and we will wait until after the baby showers to assess what else we need.

And I need to get off my lazy butt and get the room cleared out before we do any of this...

scarletangel2006 · November 2015

We bought our infant car seats. Got them from a friend for 150 for both seats. They were the type that had both one for childcare one for home but never ended up using much since they had convertible ones in everyones car. They are chicco keyfit 30 which is the brand i wanted just less than half the cost if i had bought both brand new.

My mom has however gotten 4 packs of blue green or white nb size onsies and 2 packs of green 0-3 month size. 2 4 packs of bibs and a bunch of swaddling blankets (stretchy organic cotton ones i love) she also told us our chistmas present which is city select stroller with double seat kit and if we can find it used for cheaper she is giving us the cash difference for other things we need.

For the mother that reacted to me being pregnant with twins by looks of disgust like i chose to throw two eggs she is being so wonderful and supportive. She loves kids but my pregnancy with my son was so rough that im sure she had a certain level of fear. 24 hrs later and she started purchasing and plotting with me.

sillyfox · November 2015

Nothing yet. Kind of glad we most likely won't know sex until after Christmas, because if anyone wants to get us gifts for baby (our parents are all divorced and mostly remarried, so our kid(s) have 7 grandparents!) they will get more practical items (carrier/bouncer/etc) rather than just boy or girl clothes. Second baby, so no shower here, but we're broke from stuff for my sister's wedding and Christmas presents for our massive family and paying for my trip to Mexico next month, so we'll probably start buying stuff next year or maybe Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales.

asnider44 · November 2015

Our first is due May 8th, 2016 and we haven't bought one thing. We've had too many things come up in the last couple months (of course, as soon as I find out I'm pregnant, we start having so many little issues with our cars that is depleting our savings!). Even if it wasn't for a series of unfortunate events, the only thing I probably would have bought is cloth diapers.

mumbolino · November 2015

I'm moving next year end of Feb, so I am trying to hold off on most things until then, it'll just cause extra work and moving more stuff.

amscape · November 2015

We haven't bought anything yet but if there are good Cyber Monday sales I'll pick up some gender neutral items like a car seat. I'm mostly planning to shop at consignment stores after we find out the sex (on New Years Eve!).

hellogoodbye2 · November 2015

Nothing so far (I'm 13w). Once we know the sex we'll probably buy a cute outfit.

At this point with our first we had already bought and assembled the crib. We didn't buy anything again until the 20w mark or so.

yogahh · November 2015

Just a few random pieces of clothing and bibs so far, and a couple of books. I try to buy a new book every time we are at TJMaxx since they have a great selection. I know what crib and changing table I want, and my mom will be getting us that in February. Registry will be done 12/30 (anatomy scan on 12/29 so waiting to know the sex before really starting!). I don't plan on buying too much until April, after my shower.

tripledaggerWed95976 · November 2015

Nothing yet, but I have been looking at paint samples for the nursery. I'm thinking that's the first thing I'll officially do is paint the nursery.

gorgeousariel · November 2015

We bought the convertible crib & mattress. Practically brand new for $100 and it was the exact crib that I wanted. SCORE

Because we found out yesterday that we are having a girl, we are going to do our registry this weekend so it is set up for Black Friday/ Christmas shopping. Ive bought a couple little things but Im more excited to decorate the nursery.

lalala2004 · November 2015

Already bought a crib and dresser/changing table. Just because we were at IKEA and it was convenient to just get it while we were there. Also, I don't think IKEA does registries

kp90 · November 2015

A friend of mine just gave me a ton of things and then sold me a baby bjorn that she barely used and some nursing cover ups that double as cute scarves. Also a bath seat. I think we will start with the nursery next week and I'll be 14 weeks then.

Also, what's some opinions on if a pregnant woman can paint? Is this safe? Obviously I know it should be ventilated. Just wanted to see if others have or plan to paint.

kbrands7 · November 2015

kp90 said:
A friend of mine just gave me a ton of things and then sold me a baby bjorn that she barely used and some nursing cover ups that double as cute scarves. Also a bath seat. I think we will start with the nursery next week and I'll be 14 weeks then.

Also, what's some opinions on if a pregnant woman can paint? Is this safe? Obviously I know it should be ventilated. Just wanted to see if others have or plan to paint.

Ventilate the area, wear gloves and a nose/mouth mask and you should be fine. The main issues with painting are the formaldehyde and VOCs.

RaquelFry · November 2015

I'm a FTM. All I've done is buy a baby elephant rattle. (Moment of weakness, and I needed to buy something for my baby first!)
I'm the last in my family to have a baby, and the only one to have a baby in my husband's. We just told our families over the last weekend.
I've been offered anything/everything from my sister who had the baby last, and a cradle from one of my other sisters. Another sister is already starting on a baby blanket.
The husband's family is still processing. They've literally haven't had a child since my husband was one. (His mom was the only one to have children)
We aren't finding out what we're having, so I'm having a hard time figuring out where to start.
I have a feeling baby stuff will be all we get for Christmas! And I think that's all we'll get eachother for Christmas as well!
I'll find out more when I go home for Thanksgiving. I bet we'll go home with a car full!

bookelf221 · November 2015

kp90 said:

A friend of mine just gave me a ton of things and then sold me a baby bjorn that she barely used and some nursing cover ups that double as cute scarves. Also a bath seat. I think we will start with the nursery next week and I'll be 14 weeks then. Also, what's some opinions on if a pregnant woman can paint? Is this safe? Obviously I know it should be ventilated. Just wanted to see if others have or plan to paint.

My OB said it's fine to paint and that her only concern would be if it made me nauseous to stop. The only thing she told me was to have the room ventilated- which is good I don't think I could stand to wear a mask the entire time I was painting a room they make me too hot.

eaorear · November 2015

I bought one pack of plain white onesies. I also saved my spot on a custom bundle of coordinated onesies, bibs, blanket, etc. I know I'll go crazy in a few weeks when we know the sex, but that's it for now!

KidShrink · November 2015

Bought the bedroom set today, including this beautiful crib

nerdymama15 · November 2015

Bought some wipes, some diapers, have collected a few onesies, and the wife of one of my husband's coworkers is selling her Mamaroo for 100 dollars so we are going to be buying that b/c it is one heck of a deal.

saraleigh2 · November 2015

Just some maternity stuff, I'm 13wks tomorrow. So a few bras, a couple comfy shirts from target and a belly belt to extend the life of my pants before I buy maternity jeans etc. I'm not really showing much yet as far as baby stuff we are waiting until after the shower.

SaraJan2014 · November 2015

I am also a FTM and probably won't buy anything until after the 20 week ultrasound. Right now I am going to start talking to friends with kids about brand recommendations for the big items. We will probably buy the big items in the new year and only what we really need because gifts may end up filling in the gaps. I have also been told many times not to buy any clothes because we will end up with more clothes than we need as gifts.

countrygrl5533 · November 2015

kp90 said:

A friend of mine just gave me a ton of things and then sold me a baby bjorn that she barely used and some nursing cover ups that double as cute scarves. Also a bath seat. I think we will start with the nursery next week and I'll be 14 weeks then. Also, what's some opinions on if a pregnant woman can paint? Is this safe? Obviously I know it should be ventilated. Just wanted to see if others have or plan to paint.

I painted when I was pregnant with my DD. Also stained all the wood work for the nursery. I just turned on the fans and opened all the windows (we heat with wood so I made the house very warm before doing so as it was winter in Maine). As we are selling this house, I have more painting to do this pregnancy. I have a little bit of spray painting to do. For that I'll do a mask. For for the wall paint, I do not. There are so many low VOC options now, as long as there is ventilation, I'm not concerned.

helleebellee · November 2015

I did buy a swaddle wrap and a swaddle blanket. They were in a pattern I would have used regardless of sex, and there was only one left of each. But nothing else. Right now is just not an ideal time to be buying, so I'll probably wait until April to get the rest.

What's everyone buying already?

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