Did anyone else spend more time researching baby products than actually sleeping in the third trimester?

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Genuinely asking because I've been thinking about this a lot lately.

When I was pregnant I'd sit down to research something completely simple —
a sleeping bag, a monitor, a moses basket — and somehow two hours later I'd have fifteen tabs open, three completely different "best" recommendations, and still no idea what to actually buy.

Looking back I think I spent more hours researching baby products than I did
sleeping in the third trimester — though to be fair my bladder wasn't giving me
much choice on that one either.

If you found anything that actually helped cut through the noise — a site,
a method, a person, anything — I'd genuinely love to know what it was.

And was there one product that took way longer to research than it should
have?

Yes me, four years down the line I now know that all prams, next to me beds and baby chairs are all the bloody same and did not require me to make a comparison spreadsheet 🙈 seriously I wasted so much time and energy trying to make sure I got the ‘perfect’ thing when in the end they all do the same job as long as they are tested and safe. None of this research made my child sleep or settle better 😭 thank you colic!

Yep, I did the same! Productive insomnia 🤣 I'd wake up in the middle of the night and order stuff. I also watched and read so many reviews before committing to the pushchair. I needed to rule out all other options before choosing haha.

It's hard being a pregnant perfectionist! I'm like that when not pregnant too though, every piece of furniture or xmas present is painful to choose and takes hours of research.

The website Made for Mums was useful for comparison and helped with choosing products. I also find that asking my husband to pick things is way quicker as he's quite impulsive so doesn't take long. He had the baby monitor and next to me ordered in seconds!

Ha ha yes !!