UK ladies, help in shopping!!

[khattichic]

@bisoux

@khattichic

bisoux, when I had my first son, my naniyal bought us all the big ticket items as this is the tradition in my family. They got us the convertible crib plus a bassinet, since I did not have room in my bedroom for the crib. The bassinet was great, he used it for like 2 months, and it kept him right by my side without being actually in bed with us. Which was handy because I was exclusively breastfeeding. After he outgrew it he ended up co sleeping in our bed because like I said I was breastfeeding and there was no way I was going to get up and walk down the hall across the house to get to his room in the middle of the night lol. His crib did not get any use at all except to hold toys and laundry

2 years later I had my twins who were born 7 weeks premature. They had extended stays in the NICU so were still pretty tiny when they got home.

We bought the Graco Pack n Play and it was the best money we ever spent. Both babies lived/ slept in together for the first 5-6 months of their lives. I breastfed my twins until they were 6 months old so again, it kept them right by my side. It was light enough to where I could pick it up and move it myself from my bedroom to the living room when needed and kept my toddler away from the babies.

The crib we converted to the headboard for my eldest when he started KG at age 4 and finally stopped sleeping with us. After graduating from the pack n play, my twins went straight to a bed in there own room that had guardrails secured all around it

IMO, a pack n play is pretty useful.

Lol kattichic you are making me rethink of the usefulness of a crib now. I guess in the long run it was useful since you converted it into a bed for your toddler.
So confusing! It’s like a hit or miss. Either one thing can be useful for you or the other.
Decisions decisions. Cribs and crib bedding is very expensive so if I can find cheap useful alternatives I’m happy lol, but pack n play is not cheap either. Hmm

My personal advice to you would be to start out with a pack n play…you can get a pretty good one at Walmart for $89, that has the bassinet and changing table..I just bought one today for a friend’s baby shower gift. As baby grows, if you are not co sleeping, then buy a crib. The pack n play will still be very useful for when you need to keep baby occupied/out of the way..like
When you’re cleaning or showering. You don’t have to spend a fortune on the crib either, again, walmart.com is your best friend lol! And here’s a little hint: it is SUPER easy to sell baby stuff on Craigslist!!! I just sold our crib (that we converted to the headboard and footboard)and my sons baby armoire about two months ago since we were moving to a new house and getting him new furniture. It was 10 yrs old, but in perfect mint condition since he barely used it…I had the crib mattress too! I got a pretty good price for the set too

So if you do buy a crib or pack n oaky or anything that you find you didn’t really get use out of, Craigslist it!!!

I’m a big proponent of buy as you go, when you need something instead of spending upfront for something you might not even need