Are most fancy baby equipment items a marketing ploy?

[maybemaybeno]

TTC and overwhelmed with the amount of choice out there. Hundreds of 100-in-one travel systems, about 20 electric/singing and dancing baby swings, wipe warmers, white noise machines, socks to monitor heart rate. I imagine you could spend a fortune!

We only have a small house and though I want all to be perfect I also don’t want to get sucked into the trap of paying over the odds without reason to.

Do you really need much? Somewhere to sleep, somewhere to play, clothes to wear, sterilising equipment if FF and a sling and/a pram and car seat… fair enough, but more than this?

I see all these influencers booking appointments and consultations at high end retail stores which go on to sell them a load of products. MNers and experienced mums weigh in, is it needed? Does it make life easier or no?

For generations babies lived and survived sleeping in a spare drawer and wearing not much.

I think these days a car seat is essential and a method to feed the baby which might just be your boobs.

Make a list of things you would like because all your friends and relatives will buy things.

Babies in Scotland get a box of the basics, it might be a good area to start. I mean if you are not in Scotland you can't get it but you can see what is in it.https://www.parentclub.scot/baby-box