Baby shopping panic

I’m due in August and i still need to get quite a lot of things im starting to panic abit that i wont be able to afford everything in time. What should i do? I’m sending my maternity grant form off next week for the car seat, isofix etc then its nappies, bottles, dummies, wipes, socks, bath products, nail care, bath, bedding, swaddle/sleeping bag etc. I only have about £100 a month for all of this stuff is it doable? And like how much should I bulk buy of things like wipes/nappies etc?

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The only thing you need brand new is the car seat as they don’t recommend buying second hand. Joie is quite a good brand and Tesco sometimes do car seats in the club card offer. We got our next to me from there too. Everything else you can get from Facebook marketplace or vinted. Aldi do good bulk boxes of wipes, and Sainsbury’s nappies we have found really good and are super cheap (around £2 for a big pack). You don’t really need bath products like baby wash etc for the first couple of months as their skin is too sensitive and they don’t get dirty as such, so just water is fine. We got an angelcare bathseat from marketplace for £5. On vinted you can get bundles of clothes which are good. We found you don’t actually need that many as you just tend to dress them in the same thing.
It’s definitely doable, it’s just about shopping around I think! Good luck with it all!

I bought so many things pregnant, and after realise that I dont need half of them. Normally everyone around you buy clothes for the baby, that means I have not spend money buying clothes.
Nappies I have not bought a lot, and they are cheap like Aldi ones, I have no problem with them.
Wipes I have bought on amazon bundle and it is cheap.

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