To Stop buying baby clothes

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My DD is one this month and I told myself I wouldn’t buy her anything other than a few outfits because she will be outgrowing everything.
I’ve been on instagram today and the clothes I have seen are absolutely beautiful. I bought her a romper that was £27 and this was just for one item and then another £25 for another outfit, which included delivery. 😳
I know this is ridiculous, but I keep looking at the clothes and thinking how cute she’ll look in them but I can’t even afford to really do this.
I need to stop now. I know she will outgrow the clothes within months 😭

Freecycle and similar are your friends - or bundles on eBay!

Complete waste of money. Everytime you feel like doing this put the money in her savings account. She will appreciate that.

I've heard you can get designer baby clothes at bargain prices on Vinted.

Thank you. I really do need to hear that.
I will stop buying her anything else from now

Buy them second-hand.

Buy them in bigger sizes (e.g. 2-3) so she'll fit in them longer.

Particularly in the early days when you can’t do much but cuddle the baby and play on your phone, it’s really easy to get carried away shopping. I used Vinted so at least my shopping addiction was cheap.

I’m just having a look on Vinted now. Trying to avoid instagram because I’ve seen too many beautiful clothes on there

Your baby will look beautiful in anything. You really don't need to waste money on expensive outfits. And trust me, unless you are extremely wealthy you will need the money further down the line for a multitude of other things.

Maybe when they are older.

At this age mine would grow out of the clothes after a couple of months.

It was only after about age of 3 that we got good use out of the clothes.

you are so right. I’m definitely not wealthy so can’t afford to keep spending at the rate I did today. Will use Vinted from now on if I really need something as there are some lovely stuff.
Dont usually get sucked in to buying things, I can normally walk away.

I think it’s ok to have bought a few things you really love as a treat but if you’re worried then stop now x

Stay off Instagram. I got sucked in to this! It’s easy to spend far too much.

Shop on Vinted, eBay, Facebook groups - I dress mine mostly in expensive scandi brands for a fraction of the cost of normal now. You can normally sell things on too, don’t bank on recouping your money but you’ll get a bit back.

I was completely the same and still now am a bit but started using vinted with my second and got some amazing things for a couple of quid!

You can potentially sell on what you have bought. Babies are hard work and for me cute outfits were one of the fun bits! A romper is at least something comfortable. Just maybe limit yourself to a couple expensive bits each new size and try and get some 2nd hand bits.

All my DC clothes come from supermarkets, I learned my lesson in the first year not to buy anything over £10.00 because - nappies explode and leak, food get spilled, they slip in the mud, they fall over and rip the knee, at nursery they have paint, glue, glitter, sand and mud pit, grass.......

It’s like buying biscuits when on a diet and saying you won’t eat them. Don’t go on the sites- only look once things are outgrown and like people said look at Vinted.

Think about the world you are leaving to your DD, absolutely choking in discarded clothes. Buy second hand (you can pick up amazing things for a fraction of the price if youve got some time to search vinted) and save your money for things that matter.

Thank you everyone for the great advice.
will look at Vinted/eBay in the future and will avoid looking at clothe pages on instagram.
will save the money from now on

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