Waiting for a positive has got me thinking....

Someonelikeyou · #1 (**permalink**) 09-10-2007, 07:24 AM

This is my very first time waiting and hoping for a positive HPT result and it's truly a wonderful feeling, altho it hasn't been without some mental stretching lol.

For one, I've been hawking Babys R Us' website to see what our pre-conceived baby might "need" and boy is that list HUGE. Not only is it loooooong, but each and every purchase seems to come with OPTIONS!! Now, I'm a researcher by trade and so this poses an awful sense of feeling unprepared and choosing wrongly in the end.

So, I ask you all..........how does one know what to buy and which kind to buy? Do you research every single option of every single item (ex. stroller, crib style, cloth or disposable?) or do you take alot of that in faith? Is there a shopping list that you have used that truly has the nescasities listed?

I'm not stressed about this right NOW........but I'm looking for ways to circumvent the stress for when I hopefully get a positive result next week

workingon#1 · #2 (**permalink**) 09-10-2007, 07:31 AM

For things like carseats, etc I check Consumer Reports. The other stuff, I went with what I liked!

Tkeys · #3 (**permalink**) 09-10-2007, 07:48 AM

I also talk to friends with babies . . . some of them have definite opinions/preferences based on what they've used. But most things, it is probably a personal preference.

mamapasta07 · #4 (**permalink**) 09-10-2007, 08:22 AM

I read the customer remarks on the websites like, babiesrus or amazon. With that you can weed out the ones that seem to give problems.Especially ones you wouldn't foresee.
Hope you get to buy some real soon!!

Someonelikeyou · #5 (**permalink**) 09-10-2007, 08:48 AM

Thanks, ladies

I am most definitely a review reader..........I do think that is part of my concern, though.......I'll just keep reading and reading lol.

And then I'll see lists entitled "The one item I can't live without" and a parent has chosen as his/her Item the thing I have since excluded via review reading (rolls eyes). lol

Winter · #6 (**permalink**) 09-10-2007, 11:21 AM

Tkeys mentioned this, but talking with friends with babies helped me. I looked at all their stuff, and decided what I wanted. I realized I didn't want a changing table, but that I absolutely wanted a cradle swing, etc.

Consumer reports are good for the items like carseats that have safety issues.