baby shopping

we have had one of those crazy weekends of shopping. My baby shopping list is so long that it's taken us the last couple of months to finally buy everything. There are so many little things and big things...when baby turns 6 mths, there's more to buy.

I still have little things to buy but i can do these at a leisurely pace now.

We had to buy the strangest things...a hose connector for our taps so we could fill in baby's bath from the basin rather than our very low bath tub. We bought a strong comfy armchair for our room so when I'm feeding at night I don't disturb myles by sitting on the bed, or disturb baby by taking him into the lounge and making him all alert so he won't go back to sleep.

Myles had a bit of fun yesterday though - we bought a video camera which cost us a bundle but hopefully will last us years. He was busy playing with it last nite - taking close up's of his fat wife and her huge tummy.

We are so privileged....we can afford to buy everything baby needs and things we would like. It's true we have baby savings and I always try to buy a bargain without sacrificing quality. So my baby has cheapo cute clothes but an expensive car seat because it met all my and australia's safety standards. Plus it had extra features I liked. Even then we went to a few baby shops to find the best price and finally found it on sale in the weekend. But we're very blessed. Lots of mums out there must struggle to buy the bare necessities even in a wealthy country like Australia.

With privilege comes responsibility...I owe it to the LORD to be a blessing because I am so very blessed.

I can imagine how different a shopping list would look like for a mum in Australia compared to a mum in the Pacific Islands or Asia, or India or Africa...a car seat would be completely unnecessary in some of these countries, let alone an armchair.

It's easy to get sucked in and think everything that's expensive must be the best quality but it's not necessarily true. So I spent heaps of time researching products. Take prams and strollers. There are so many out there, very trendy and very expensive. But I looked up the consumer website and found one of their best buys was only $250 compared to $600 for top of the range prams.

MY ADVICE TO MUMS:
decide what will suit your lifestyle and your budget. Then do lots of research on the internet and window shop before making those final big purchases.

I'm glad it's finally all done. I'm almost 31 weeks so only have 9 more to go if baby comes on time.

I have been praying one of those impossible prayers - that baby is born on a certain date. At the moment he is due 6 Dec, but I'm praying for 5 Dec. That's my Dad's birthday. I know the chances are very slim...but if anyone can arrange it, it's the LORD. All I can do is ask and wait to see if it fits in with his plans....please let it fit in with your plans, LORD :-)