Parent & Child Show

I have friends that went (mainly to buy their pram) and they found it really good, they are going back this year for another look now that they have an older child (nearly 2) to cater for..

I'm going cause I'd quite like a deal on a Manduca and to cnofuse myself a lil more on the nappy bags - there are waaaay too many to choose from

Dragging mum & my sister with me so they can a) carry stuff and b) make sure I dont buy stuff thats not needed

I went when i was pregnant with ds1 and they had awsome deals on prams and alsorts of stuff, only we didnt go with much money in our pockets, the next year we went i was preg with ds2 and we went with money to spend and they didnt have near as much as the previous year so i havent been again since, but with all the wraps and slings and natural parenting stuff that interests me I am looking at going again this yr. you get a lot of freebies from all the nappy places which is nice.

Just to thread Highjack - if we aim to be parking at 9.30 to get in line early (and have pre-brought tickets) is that early enough??

I worked at it last year on all days. And (hopefully this won't make the opposite come true) but it was packed every morning. Queues outside, buggy jams inside. I think everyone thought if they went early they would miss the madness - but that was what made it busy.

But by the afternoon - around 2pm or later on each day - it was quiet again. And on the Sunday by that time it was almost dead. Plus lots of the places were giving away even more deals at that point on the sunday to get rid of stock they had - although I guess if you leave it that late you risk losing out on other stuff?

Hi CrazyCass - I'll be interested to hear how busy it is when you do go in. Hopefully I haven't jinxed the afternoons!

I'd strongly recommend a look at Baby City in either Auckland (in Botany maybe) or Tauranga before you buy too much here, I've found a MUCH better variety of stuff - have brought Hardly anything for bubs locally which is just a pain TBH!

Has anyone been this morning? Thinking of going this afternoon but with morning sickness and a toddler it will require a lot of effort :)

oh and we got there 9:30 and there wasnt much of a line though we were at the front of it. and it didnt get all that busy til about 1pm thats when it got a bit hard to get far with all the pram jams still wasnt packed though. they reakon tomorrow is going to be the busiest coz dads are off work etc

Glad you got spoiled kiwiking Yay for the tuttos, we got some too.

Agree that there weren't as many samples this year, and some of the bigger companies seemed to be missing - no watties or other food people in particular. Still some good bargins to be had though, would go again if we have another pregnancy/small but to buy for.

We went in the afternoon. Was quite busy at 1pm - but we still got parking in the main park and by 3pm it had really started to thin out.

I went with sil and brother who are exPecting their firs andthey bought up large!! A pram, portacot, cot, blankets, monitors, sleeping bags..... I was exhausted watching them shop but they had done their homework and came armed with lists and prices of stuff elsewhere... Good deals on both big ticket items and like hopes said little ticket items too

I bought heaps of littler things like dummies, bottles etc and had so much fun! It was buggy jam but everyone was very polite and considerate so didn't really notice, mind you we didn't take a buggy so maybe we just didn't notice it as much.

Ifyou signed up for facebook pages etc their were lots of giveaways and I mentioned somewhere along the way that I had a toddler at home AND pregnant and so got stuff for both, really wasn't expecting that so that was nice.