Tuesday 30 August 2011

The Big buys on the lead up to having a baby.

Babies are expensive, full stop.
Luckily we have had a lot of  help in this department, with very generous friends and family.

The average 'parents to be' spend around £1560 before the baby is even born, but so far we haven't suffered up to this amount just yet. - According to the BBC.

The two main buys for any expecting parent are usually the pram, and the cot. Funnily enough, the latter isn't even needed until the baby is around the six month stage, but most parents (including us) decide to buy it early. - it makes it seem so much more real!

Beths been putting a little Teddy in the cot pretending it's Lennon, its hilarious, but cute.
...Don't get me started on her midnight excursions round the street with the pram!
Pramwise, we got told off a lot of people, the best thing to get is an all in one. In reply to this, our main thought was 'an all in one pram? I thought a pram, was just a pram?'. But after reading article after article online, we came to the realisation that we needed an all in one. Nowadays there is so much more to a pram, the best include a car seat, a carry cot, pushchair, sun shade...and the list goes on. Anyway, in the end we decided on the Hauk Condor pram from the Toy Store 'Smyths'. The pram is lovely, a really good price and very easy to use. Plus, it's an all in one, and its amazing how simple it is to change into all the different modes.
I'd also recommend Smyths as a store. They gave us a demonstration of the pram and how it works, and really seemed to know what they're doing.

Secondly, the cot that we didn't need to get for six months. We got an absolute bargain. At the start of the pregnancy, we had a browse and Beth fell in love with a CotBed from Mothercare.
A CotBed is great to have, as it lasts up to five years, depending on the cot. The one we saw was a Winnie The Pooh engraved Oak CotBed. The only problem was the price, so we decided to leave it for a while. A couple of months later Beth and my mum were shopping in Mothercare and noticed the same cot, ex display for £150. They jumped on it and in the rush of it didn't realize it was missing 2 bolts. Because it was an ex display cot, you buy it as it is, and so Mothercare had no obligation to try and get hold of the bolts for us, but very nicely have done and are providing them free of charge.

Although not having the bolts, I set up the Cot without just to have a look, and it's the easiest bit of DIY I've ever done, it's amazing how easy they make it. Literally all i had to do was line up the sides, insert the bolts and barrels and use an allen key to tighten them up.

Being nighteen i haven't a lot of  experience in making shelves never mind building up prams and cots. But it feels great. It feels like you are 'The Dad'. And i love that feeling. I'm hoping thats how Lennon's going to make me feel each day, having someone depend on me is going to be the scariest and most exciting thing in the world. But I feel ready.

Thanks for reading,
Aaron :)

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