https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 10 Apr 2026 18:20:35 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-baby-item-did-you-stock-up-on-but-not-need/page/2#post-2345559 Thu, 05 Nov 2015 14:20:18 +0000 littlebug 2345559@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Pacis. D never moved beyond the Soothie before we weaned at a year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-baby-item-did-you-stock-up-on-but-not-need/page/2#post-2345528 Thu, 05 Nov 2015 13:58:20 +0000 FliegepilzHut 2345528@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yellowbird: @PawPrints: Ditto the interest in surplus breast pads!!! </p> <p>@farawayyama: yup...I really thought I would cloth diaper! But a heavy wetting/frequent pooping newborn, difficulty start ong on top of routine householding chores, and crap sleep made this a very low priority. :meh: </p> <p>In addition to cloth diapers...we have WAY too many baby socks, soft-structured carriers we haven't used (used the Moby a lot!), and so far, we've not really used/needed any bibs! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-baby-item-did-you-stock-up-on-but-not-need/page/2#post-2344974 Thu, 05 Nov 2015 07:28:27 +0000 lamariniere 2344974@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FaithFertility: oh wow! Count yourself lucky, both of mine were fountains!</p> <p>Nothing! I truly only bought things as we needed them so I never had a bunch of extra stuff that wasn't being used. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-baby-item-did-you-stock-up-on-but-not-need/page/2#post-2344962 Thu, 05 Nov 2015 07:18:24 +0000 BSB 2344962@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a ton of bibs. I have twins and my brother who has 3 kids said to me... 'You have enough bibs for 6 kids!' Lol! Oh, most of the bibs were handed down to me for a fellow twin mom. </p> <p>Oh, I have a lot of towels. I guess since I don't bathe them everyday that I can wash the ones I use before their next bath. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-baby-item-did-you-stock-up-on-but-not-need/page/2#post-2340860 Sat, 31 Oct 2015 08:44:28 +0000 farawayyama 2340860@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Breast pads. I had issues with my milk coming in. I bf for 13 months but never produced enough to leak.</p> <p>Breast pump - because I had these issues I never could create a stash. A couple of times I tried to pump to go out for an evening and it would take 2-3 days of pumping in between feeds to produce enough for one bottle.</p> <p>Cloth diapers- I had all the best intentions but a newborn coupled with writing a thesis made it a no go. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-baby-item-did-you-stock-up-on-but-not-need/page/2#post-2340833 Sat, 31 Oct 2015 07:39:42 +0000 MsHangry 2340833@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>3m clothes. I thought I was being smart by not buying any NB size and just going into 0-3 or 3m. There were some shirts he never even wore before he grew out of them. </p> <p>I didn't over buy other things because I didn't buy much before he was born. This kindof backfired because I didn't have some things in that desperate newborn hour of 3:30am. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-baby-item-did-you-stock-up-on-but-not-need/page/2#post-2340803 Sat, 31 Oct 2015 06:30:22 +0000 looch 2340803@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Newborn hats, small socks, different brands of pacifiers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-baby-item-did-you-stock-up-on-but-not-need/page/2#post-2340784 Sat, 31 Oct 2015 05:45:52 +0000 LindsayInNY 2340784@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rattles: Any interest in selling some of those Avent bottles?! 😉 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-baby-item-did-you-stock-up-on-but-not-need/page/2#post-2340781 Sat, 31 Oct 2015 05:05:50 +0000 bloved 2340781@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Another one who had a ton of breast pads left over. Also pacifiers- my son never had any interest in them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-baby-item-did-you-stock-up-on-but-not-need/page/2#post-2340778 Sat, 31 Oct 2015 03:53:02 +0000 BSB 2340778@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Bottles and nipples from different brands. I was told I would go through different types and brands til I found the right ones. </p> <p>I ended up having nicu babies and had a feeding specialist that recommended preemie nipples and bottles from Dr. Browns. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-baby-item-did-you-stock-up-on-but-not-need/page/2#post-2340774 Sat, 31 Oct 2015 03:01:58 +0000 gracecat 2340774@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I leaked a ton so I used soooo many breast pads! </p> <p>Didn't need so many receiving blankets, burp cloths, newborn hand mittens, newborn hats, pacifiers or lovers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-baby-item-did-you-stock-up-on-but-not-need/page/2#post-2340761 Sat, 31 Oct 2015 00:31:47 +0000 PawPrints 2340761@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Can I have all the nursing pads that you guys aren't using? I have the super absorbent reusable ones and I wash them so often. </p> <p>When we were having latch issues during LO's first week, DH went online and bough me like a million soothing gel pads. I used like maybe three sets. I just never had nipple pain. I gave them all to a pregnant friend. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-baby-item-did-you-stock-up-on-but-not-need/page/2#post-2340750 Fri, 30 Oct 2015 23:10:30 +0000 MrsStar 2340750@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm always stocking up on breastpads, I use so many. I tried the reusable ones with dd1 but I'd leak through them within 5 minutes.</p> <p>I stocked up on bottles for dd2 for just in case but lo has only ever had one so thankfully I only paid half price for them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-baby-item-did-you-stock-up-on-but-not-need/page/2#post-2340712 Fri, 30 Oct 2015 21:56:55 +0000 californiadreams 2340712@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i was gifted a lot of stuff i never used, like baby bibs, shoes, hats (that never fit!), some clothes i barely used because for the first few months he was mostly in sleepers.</p> <p>I also bought nipple cream and was able to return it because i never used it. I still have breast pads that i kept from 3 years ago. i used them, but not as many as i had. I used the swaddles a bit in the beginning but i didn't have A&amp;A blankets then, so i think with #2, i won't bother with them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-baby-item-did-you-stock-up-on-but-not-need/page/2#post-2340707 Fri, 30 Oct 2015 21:50:26 +0000 travelgirl1 2340707@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Muslin blankets with my first. But we used them a lot with my second, as he is a summer baby. Nothing with my second, I had a good handle on what I would and wouldn't need. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-baby-item-did-you-stock-up-on-but-not-need/page/2#post-2340649 Fri, 30 Oct 2015 20:13:42 +0000 Rocker2014 2340649@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Cloth bibs - LO had reflux and all her spit ups were projectile and bibs didn't do a thing so we never used then.</p> <p>Breast pads, I've never leaked </p> <p>Baby lotion - Never used</p> <p>Pacifiers - LO never had any use for them</p> <p>We used the heck out of our burp cloths and swaddles! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-baby-item-did-you-stock-up-on-but-not-need/page/2#post-2340647 Fri, 30 Oct 2015 20:09:30 +0000 LovelyPlum 2340647@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@dc yoga bee: I did, too!!</p> <p>Blankets. So my blankets!! And pacis. I was so deteruined to use a orthodontist approved one, and she ended up loving Soothies. Joke was on me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-baby-item-did-you-stock-up-on-but-not-need#post-2340644 Fri, 30 Oct 2015 20:02:24 +0000 sometimesshesings 2340644@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh man, we ended up having to buy a lot more burp cloths and bibs because we had a super spitter! </p> <p>But baby blankets... We had like 100 more than we needed! :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-baby-item-did-you-stock-up-on-but-not-need#post-2340618 Fri, 30 Oct 2015 19:35:30 +0000 FaithFertility 2340618@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Burp cloths, DD NEVER spit up!!!!!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-baby-item-did-you-stock-up-on-but-not-need#post-2340591 Fri, 30 Oct 2015 18:58:28 +0000 yellowbird 2340591@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Man! Can everyone send me all their extra breast pads!? I leak like a maniac. I HATE it! </p> <p>I stocked up on newborn diapers and used like 5 of them. I also bought 6000 different pacifiers, but this was after he was born and I was trying desperately to find one he liked! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-baby-item-did-you-stock-up-on-but-not-need#post-2340589 Fri, 30 Oct 2015 18:53:47 +0000 youboots 2340589@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Disposable nursing pads. I use bamboobies. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-baby-item-did-you-stock-up-on-but-not-need#post-2340584 Fri, 30 Oct 2015 18:31:08 +0000 deerylou 2340584@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Velcro Swaddle Me's and Sleep Sacks. I'll maintain she rolled her eyes on Day # 2, and then proceeded to bust the hell out of one. Never again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-baby-item-did-you-stock-up-on-but-not-need#post-2340582 Fri, 30 Oct 2015 18:27:19 +0000 simplyfelicity 2340582@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@wrkbrk: Bamboobies are awesome!! Super soft, gentle on the the nips (think velvet). They are the only ones I use...plus machine washable is pretty great </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-baby-item-did-you-stock-up-on-but-not-need#post-2340566 Fri, 30 Oct 2015 18:10:42 +0000 simplyfelicity 2340566@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lemondrop: Same here! Like 15 bibs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-baby-item-did-you-stock-up-on-but-not-need#post-2340564 Fri, 30 Oct 2015 18:07:03 +0000 jape14 2340564@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Binkies (DS never really took one) &amp; newborn hats (he has a huge head so the one we bought to wear home from the hospital...didn't fit...and most of the others didn't either). Breast pads, however, I wore until I weaned! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-baby-item-did-you-stock-up-on-but-not-need#post-2340553 Fri, 30 Oct 2015 17:53:53 +0000 nana87 2340553@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ditto on breast pads! I never leaked. I used them when my nipples were sore and raw at first as extra cushioning but never used more than a tiny fraction of my stock.</p> <p>Also cloth bibs-- LO wasn't a big spitter/slobberer </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-baby-item-did-you-stock-up-on-but-not-need#post-2340552 Fri, 30 Oct 2015 17:51:57 +0000 lemondrop 2340552@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So, so many bibs, I rarely needed them. I was happy to send them off to my SIL. </p> <p>Breast pads- I used them for only the first month, after that they just sat around. Luckily I was able to find an awesome mama on here who could use them. I was thrilled to send them to someone who needed them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-baby-item-did-you-stock-up-on-but-not-need#post-2340533 Fri, 30 Oct 2015 17:11:50 +0000 Foodnerd81 2340533@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Funny- I used breast pads every day for months and months! </p> <p>Ended up returning some postpartum supplies that I never ended up needing (witch hazel). And too many bottles. I EBF and stayed home with her, so we just didn't do bottles that often. I had a few different types but we ended up being happy with one 3-pack that I got as a gift. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-baby-item-did-you-stock-up-on-but-not-need#post-2340525 Fri, 30 Oct 2015 17:01:34 +0000 Cherrybee 2340525@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Muslin type cloths. I hardly used them at all! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-baby-item-did-you-stock-up-on-but-not-need#post-2340518 Fri, 30 Oct 2015 16:51:42 +0000 buttermilk 2340518@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Agree about breast pads - I've never leaked! And we have a tonnnn of blankets but they're so pretty! I've also bought like 4 different kinds of pacifiers but she hates them all. I also bought a whole set of small gDiapers that we freaking hate. I switched to Flip. Hopefully I can sell them! </p>