what did you have new/second hand

[CharliesMummyMeg]

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I had a new mattress for cotbed, secondhand cotbed, second hand but not used moses basket new matress for it, new swinging crib, new pram, new highchair.......

What did you have?
Did you feel like you provided enough and did you feel it was right?

I had everything secondhand, from clothes to pram and carseat. He is 2 now and everything is still secondhand. My son is a loved, happy and bright child who is totally unaware of the concept of new and old.

We had a new pram / pushchair; first lie-flat car seat; mattress for cot (cot second hand); new mattress for moses basket (second hand basket); new changing unit (Stokke - new design when had DS1 and worth every penny); new highchairs (Tripp Trapps still in use); new washable nappies. Second hand baby bath, loads of second hand clothes and second hand toys (from nephew and niece).

No regrets to any of it.

New mattresses for carry cot and cot, some new clothes and everything else second hand.

If it was offered to us secondhand (other than mattresses) then we took it as I couldn't justify buying new things when perfectly decent secondhand stuff was offered. We have also bought/acquired (freecycle) other stuff secondhand (cot, bumbo, various toys, most clothes but not shoes). I prefer secondhand clothes for DD as I can choose from a wider variety on ebay and be very picky about what I like, I can also justify buying more of them .

I am not sure what you mean by feeling like we provided enough. Do you mean in quantity terms or do you mean feeling that we bought enough new?

I don't really get it???

Children generally couldn't give a shiny shite if things are new, or new to them, like most people, have had a mix of new, hand me down and charity shop stuff for all 3 children.

Would never buy new if some kind person is offering to give me stuff/sell me it for cheap. Had hand me down prams/cots/slings/toys/lots of clothes, not so many charity shop purchases as they seem to be expensive round here, well for clothes anyway.

The only place I have ever encountered charity shop angst was when I was growing up in a very poor Northern town. It was a mark of honour how much "stuff" you had and how expensive it was, I have come to my senses now.

The whole pram thing inevitably paid for with a surestart grant passed me by too, bugaboo my arse.

My reasons for wanting brand new things for my baby were rather deep and personal. Call it pride if you will :) I did end up accepting some temporary things second-hand... things like high-chairs that you use for a short time and pass on.... but all his clothes, furniture and other stuff were new.

I bought a new sling as I couldn't find one second-hand, ditto the high chair. The pushchair was new as my parents bought it. Everything else we bought was second hand.

We had too much stuff, and next time I'd have started looking for a sling sooner so I could have got that second hand (although it was the best thing we bought so I have no regrets about paying full price).

I only brought a new mattress for a cot and pram/carseat. I never used my moses basket. Everything else including some clothes were second hand

Oh and A new highchair

2nd hand cot and buggy, carseat given to me by brother after his youngest DC. Hand me down clothes by the ton. We wouldn't survive as a family if everything was brand new. I also think it's a tad better for the planet.

I did new cot mattress and moses basket mattress, new car seat and pram because dm kindly bought them for us. New reusable nappies because dmil bought these. I bought one or two items of clothing, mostly because I wanted to have bought something, everything else (clothes, seats high chair, toys etc) was second hand. We were very lucky.

We had to buy pretty much everything as we don't know many other people with young children.

We have had a few things second-hand, like we borrowed a baby car seat (from trusted source!), and have been given clothes and toys by neighbours.

I don't like having second-hand things unless I know who they've come from.

I borrowed loads of things clothes, crib (i never found a new mattress to fit, I meant to), bouncy cradle, baby bath.
Bought a car seat and a very cheap and surprisingly nice cot in ToysRus.

My one really expensive purchase was an original mountain buggy. It would and did go anywhere.

Got lots of wheel barrow jokes, it was the first 3 wheeled pram most people had ever seen. (DD1 is 14)

The only purchase I regretted was a large difficult to clean high chair. By the time either DD was big enough to need such a substantial one they preferred the cheap plastic booster at the table.

We had new cot (GPs), pram (from GPs), newborn clothes, carseat, moses basket and probably other bits and bobs.

Second hand we had a bouncy chair, baby bjorn, lots of slightly older toys and clothes, steriliser, breast pump, and as time has gone on we have had a mixture of second hand and new.

Ikea is good for some bits like our baby bath, blow up changing mat, cloths etc.

Ebay, ebay, eaby!! Most 'second hand stuff' is actually virtually brand new, either only being used once or twice or sometimes still in the box! Bought a few things new like the pram and have my eye on a top notch high chair but justify these by having been canny by buying most other stuff from ebay.

We are very lucky, both sets of Grandparents (and families) have been more than generous. We haven't bought much at all, just the cot mattress, Moses mattress, bottles, steriliser, some clothing and little extras that you don't really need.

PIL bought us the new Pram, my parents bought us the new cot, the furniture came from Freecycle, a few bits of clothing came from Ebay, and then the Moses basket is on loan from family. Alot of bits came as gifts from family, the lovely playmat I'd seen but couldnt afford etc.

DD is now 5 weeks and tonight I'll be Ebaying the Tiny baby stuff -it came off Ebay, thanks to my Mum, DD's grown out of it.

We got nearly everything on ebay or secondhand other than the Tripp Trapp and the Amby Nature's Nest (and those were only because my mother was buying and is deeply suspicious of ebay). What I find incredibly frustrating is when I can't get family members (who shall be nameless) to accept second-hand things from us even though they've got plenty of use left in them and you can't tell they're secondhand. We've got a very good buggy that we don't use any more (generally got three DCs), loads of clothes etc but she's insisting on buying EVERYTHING new for their baby. Such a waste of cash!

New mattresses but the cot was second-hand and the moses basket had been mine, my brother's, my sisters' and several cousins'. New highchair, new car seat, new pram, some new toys and clothes but mostly these were given as presents. Just about everything else was second-hand, and we were very grateful for it all. DD has had almost no new clothes, as my nieces is 7 months older than her. DD is now almost 1 and I am having to buy her whole sets of new clothes for the first time as niece is still wearing her 12-18m clothes.