The 15 most pointless things a new baby does not need - so true!

[daisy2212]

metro.co.uk/2015/07/08/15-pointless-things-a-new-baby-does-not-need-5285562/

GUILTY of buying almost all of this for my no1 son. Nappy bin was the biggest waste of money and space - and just horrible to empty. Why would you want a big bucket of poop lurking in the corner of the room?

[eaiand2]

And my daughter was bathed in her baby bath until she was a year old! She used to cry if I put her in the big tub and there was no way I'd risk being shat on if I joined her, and she loved the baby bath, so there you have it!

[TeacupDrama]

bath useful as out rented flat at time only had shower
never had a problem putting pram suit on quite necessary in scotland for a december baby but agree the rest are useless

[WorkingBling]

This is a terrible list. Moses basket - great. Still using it with DD and she's four months. I refuse to buy a crib bed thing and a cot is too big so when the basket gets too small, she's moving to her own room.

Baby bath - loved it with DS. No space to store it with DD but was sad as ours could be placed on a stand too which really helped with my back.

Nappy bin - could not live without. Keeps smells in and I don't have to hassle out to the outside bin every time.

Crib blankets - we have loads and it's great. I can obsessively adjust for slight temperature fluctuations and we always have a spare one lurking in the car or a changing bag or whatever. Plus every now and again she vomits or poos on everything and you need backups. I also have a lovely few that were knitted by a family friend. Too hot for current weather but really lovely when out and about in the pram.

Admitteldy, you don't need loads, but a mobile or two are great. we have one on DD's pram which keeps her entertained and will have another on her cot when we put it up.

So that's five things I'd consider great and/or essential. Maybe I'm just a sucker for these things?!

[eurochick]

Sock ons are brilliant! My baby can defeat them on occasions but 90% of the time they work.

[Fleecyleesy]

Some of those things are useful.

Lots of cot blankets - great if you have a pukey baby, can also use in pram

Baby bath - essential for me - had builders in fixing the bathroom for weeks

Moses basket - again very useful for a small prem baby who needed some cosy ness. Could have fitted 10 babies his size in the cot!!! Also essential for those who can't fit a cot in their own bedroom in the early days.

Cot mobile - ds adored this. I wound it up and it played long enough to entertain ds whilst I was in the loo. It was used so much it broke so we replaced it!

[RiverTam]

What a stupid article, she even says that the two final things in her list aren't pointless. Jeez. Each to their own, eh?

[toomuchtooold]

We had a baby bath with one of those baby sun lounger bath support things. Brilliant as it was the only way you could bath twins while alone in the house (otherwise you have to hold the one in the bath constantly and can't stop the other one trying to climb into the loo or whatever).

Instead of the pram suit we had Star Wraps and they were awesome. Our kids' first winter they wore them every afternoon for the last nap of the day. Quick walk up to the Croydon Waitrose, bit of shopping and say hello to the nice lady at the tills, and then they'd snuggle in and sleep for 45 minutes while I walked round Park Hill in the gloaming. Happy times.