Hi

I'm 21+5 and have really only just started.  We've decided to spread the cost over the next few months but I wanted to wait till I got the 20 week scan out the way so I knew the sex of the baby.

I've so far got a bath set with top tail bowl and towel, a pack of 7 body suits which were a gift and I bought some socks the other day.  Today I picked up my pushchair and some burp cloths.

Still got a long way to go so not going to worry about it too much but will pick up small bits every time I go out.

It's baby shopping fun!!

Around 30 weeks I started buying bigger stuff for my girls, am even buying bit and pieces now and my baby is 5 weeks old lol

Hiya. I have a ds age 5 and with him I started to buy after I had my 20 week scan and knew the sex. I found it really useful with big things to spread the payments out over the following months. However, now I'm 6wks and have started looking already. I think I'll still wait to buy but tempted already!!

Sales are a great time too I brought lots in the summer sale with ds when i was 6 months.

It really is up to you but a wod of caution my friend had her baby 6 wks prematurely and had nothing so don't leave it until last minute as you never know... lol xxxx

hi hun, im waiting till i find out bumps sex..... on saturday!!!!! i carnt wait, then will buy sum little bits but bigger things maybe 6-7 mnths, i have 2 deliver @ 37 wks tho, i have got some bits left over from my son but need a new travel system etc, i know our familys will want 2 buy sum bits 4 christmas n at birth, so not gunna go 2 mad, last time i ended up with so much n didnt use half of it!!!!  it doesnt really matter 2 much tho hun, its so exciting when uve got it all 2gether, i love baby shopping!!!! xxxxx

My honest answer would be when the sales are on.. Sounds really cheap but me and my partner started buying when I was 12 weeks just because we'd seen a travel system at less than half price so we snapped it up while we could. I've been buying small bits and pieces pretty much every week and budgeted so we could buy all the large items by the time I was 30 weeks so we'd have plenty of time to decorate and set everything up.

i'm a 1st time mum 2 and  me and my family also went over board.

I'm 27 weeks +4 and all i have 2 get now is baby monitors and a rocking cradle for my room. the nursery is all finished with the cot built....had my pushchair order when i was 16 weeks and i've got a cupboard full of clothes lol

hi. firstly congratulations!!! i think its very much a case of personal preference/circumstances as to when you start buying the larger bits. With my first baby we left it till about 7 months and then went and got everything in one go, purely for practical reasons (and dh hates shopping!!!!) i know other people who have bought one item each month. I know i didin't buy anything until 20 weeks - then went and bought some sleepsuits and bibs. i've done the same this time too.

Have fun shopping whenever you decide to go. its soooo exciting!!! xx

hi im 28wks with my first tbh i went overboard or rather my mum did lol

my pram was ordered n in shop by time i was 20wks, my dad had got the money for the cot saved up by time i was 25wks, all baby clothes bought early on n the moses basket was done by 16wks!

krysty n flump 28+1

Hi, I am a first time mum, I am 20 weeks pregnant, just wanted some info on when people start buying bits and pieces, I have bought baby clothes but not sure when to start buying the bigger bits for the baby, ie puschair and cot,

Anyone have any advice

Thanks