Feeling completely overwhelmed preparing for my first baby 🥺❤️

Dm me I can help x happy to do so

The only things you 100% need are a safe sleep space i know a moses basket in the uk can be as cheap as £35 and that’s all they need sleepwise for 2-3m which then buys you time to get something bigger, a car seat this is 100% the thing you want to spend the most on it doesn’t need to cost £600 but a cheap (less than £50) car seat is cheap for a reason again in the uk you can get either the avionaut cosmo or britax baby safe core for around £100 and they’re really good car seats, clothes for them to wear you can get secondhand for this just give them a wash first and a way to feed them if you’re breast feeding this is cheaper but if you’re using bottles you’ll need the bottles themselves own brand ones are absolutely fine and usually cost £1 a bottle and a steriliser which you can get for around £15 for a cheap microwave one. Pretty much everything else is optional and can wait until they’re here x

It’s so overwhelming on what to buy but honestly they need so little in those first few months.

The essentials I would say are a bedside/next to me or a cot it you have space to fit it, pushchair/travel system if you get the bassinet part with the pushchair, buy a stand and you can use that as a bassinet in the house as well saves money as they grow so quickly.

Invest in a good quality newborn sleepsack for nighttime and a bath seat is useful to cradle them as you wash.

Playmat, bouncer, tummy time activities, high chair etc. buy after baby is born as you reach those milestones and you need them. Saves money and space.

Vinted is great to save - buy bundles to save and as soon as baby grows out of anything sell to build up credit to buy the next size- saves a fortune xx

Not super cheap but I recommend The Nursery Store for prams and stuff (I got a 3-in-1 package for around £350)

I think the only things that are super necessary are a babycot and clothes (newborn and 0-3) and bare in mind that if baby’s born a bit smaller/thinner you may have an added expense at birth of e.g. ‘up to 10 lbs’ clothes

Baby can sleep in the baby cot on your bed and it’s not recommended for them to be in their own room until 6 months anyway. I’d also recommend a car seat to get home from the hospital in. The nursery store bundle that I mentioned earlier included one in the price as well as a bunch of other things