Sorry for the lack of posts recently, I've been engaged in a little "light housework".
So......we are coming down to the wire and are only 1 week out from my wife's due date. Our shower was last weekend and my wife wanted something a little different than the norm, so that is exactly what her sisters planned. All of our family and friends were invited over for a big old party/BBQ for men, women and children with plenty of ice cold beverages to keep the adults entertained and sprinklers and blow up toys (not dolls, get your minds out of the gutter) for the kids.
We loaded up on BPA free bottles and all kinds of cutesie girl clothes. I think people love shopping for babies. You can get so much for so very little.
Everything we received was brand new and I got to thinking after the shower.... Babies grow so fast and probably outgrow clothes after wearing them only a few times at most. So I jumped on the internet to see if I could find sites that sell or trade lightly used baby items. It was a bit harder than I thought, apparently most of the places are brick and mortar, but here are a few I found.
The Baby Outfitter
Cheap Kids Clothes
and after all my hunting...I discovered that the mother of all sites to shop for deals on lightly used children's items....and it's not only because I work there....but you just cannot beat eBay for selection and price.
I also found that Craigslist is quite good as well and people tend to just give stuff away if you'll just pick it up. How do you beat that?
My wife and I ended up buying many new baby items on eBay as well and got screaming deals. My wife didn't seem to like the idea of a used baby mattress or used breast pump....no idea why. We tried to do most shopping online, because something I found is that pregnant women do not like to drive around in a car all day being dragged from store to store in the middle of the summer.
Expect baby pics soon....our little green lady is on the way.
Do something and do it now,
JD
