Pregnant with 2nd

Hey there, I am pregnant with my second (DD is 13 months old). Im having real issues with figuring out what I need to buy/get for this one. Eg. pram (only a singe and cant attach toddler seat very easily), and what else do I need??? Im pretty sure we have anything but bby brain is not helping me!

Car seat, clothes and a place to sleep. Everything else you can get after baby arrives as you need it. We didn't get a double buggy for no 2 and I'm glad as we don't have the need for one (yet, if at all).

I have a double for my two - 2 years and 2 months apart - its awesome to go for a walk and if it werent side by side it would be better for shopping but I dont often take them both anyway
I think the thing is think 6 to 12 months after baby is born - will your big girl be happy to walk then

Knowing what I know now - I would invest in a manduca for baby and keep the buggy for the big one - once Baby is big enough - a double stroller is super handy for walks etc and not so expensive or bulky - but by then you may have seen your daughter is happy to walk everywhere

Edited by Raspberryjam

A manduca is a soft structured carrier that you could use with both baby and toddler.

#2 is arriving very soon for us. DD isn't in a bed and we have decided to wait until after bubs is born to look at a second cot. We'll have a few months while bubs is in the .oses basket. Other than that we have brought a car seat, more mcns, some clothes, another mirror for the car. We already have a doubles kit for our pram and I have a manduca.

Anything else can wait until we know for sure we'll need it.

Thanks Mama T, how'd you wee man go at being in a bed, because we're putting DD in one at xmas (she'll be 17 months), and Im a little nervous about how she'll go, but Id rather do this, there is no way Im going to fork out for another cot lol

I'm another one who is going to put the new baby in the manduca and have DD remain in the stroller. It's not worth buying the toddler seat for her as she will probably be too heavy for it by the time baby #2 comes.

I am not buying anything for this baby, we have a capsule from the first baby that we will use again, so a second carseat doesn't need to be purchased for a while. We also have a moses basket and a bassinet, and everything else a newborn needs.

This is a very stress free pregnancy indeed. No spending required woohoo!

A bigger car and a chest freezer are the only things on my list this time round!

The things that I think I need to replace are baby towels, bibs, face cloths, swaddling muslins, things that have had a bit of use and a bit manky looking now. Also bottles & teats in various sizes, if required, oh and a some of the cot sheets are a bit worn and won't last another baby, so will replace some of those.

We are needing to buy:

Replacement bibs, facecloths, miracle blankets & sleeping bag (will use DS' as the backup)

Carseat once bubs has outgrown the capsule

Manduca & will keep single pram

New playgym as the last one I got was really cheap and kind of fell apart - going for a wooden mocka one this time

Clothes! New bubba is going to be born in winter (and don't know if same sex) and DS is a summer baby.

Oh and might buy a bumbo or mobile feeding chair this time around, would have made life much easier with DS when feeding him out

Drawers, bookcase & single bed for DS (new bubba will have cot & DS' room furniture)

Sounds like a bit, but nowhere what it was like the first time around!

Edited by monkey33

I have to agree with kelly. I had thoughts of not bothering with a double pram and just using a sling, but I am so glad I didn't! In the end it was so much easier to have both kids in the buggy, especially with having a busy toddler running around.   We only used the sling when we couldn't use the buggy for some reason - ie. farm parks, bush walks etc. I had a funny feeling that my daughter would want to be in a buggy if the baby was and was so right. We ended up with an inline P&T and are still using it for both kids now

Oh and apart from the double buggy, I only really bought a sling, car seat (decided to upgrade my daughters to the toddler seat to save expense down the track) and some new nappies, clothes since we had a boy second time around. We did the same as you are intending and put our daughter into a bed with no hassles at just over 18 months. I just put a side rail up and kept her in her sleeping bag :). We bought drawers from the second hand shop and gave them a new coat of paint too - cost us a whole $20 including paint :) It all seemed like next to nothing compared to getting ready for my daughter to come