https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 09 May 2026 16:55:05 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-things-will-you-not-buy-used-for-your-lo#post-1672692 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 10:52:35 +0000 avivoca 1672692@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I won't buy a used car seat or crib mattress. I'm open to most things that can be washed/sterilized. Underwear would definitely be a no-go, and while I don't have any used cloth diapers, I wouldn't mind buying some since I can strip and wash them before wear. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-things-will-you-not-buy-used-for-your-lo#post-1672663 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 10:45:05 +0000 stargal 1672663@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Probably just a car seat and mattress. Everything else can be sterilized and cleaned. I don't really believe in buying all new, consumerism with baby items is such a marked up market that companies love for us to by into. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-things-will-you-not-buy-used-for-your-lo#post-1672496 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 09:42:35 +0000 pinkcupcake 1672496@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a hard time buying used stuff... Both for the safety aspect and ick factor of not knowing what has been on the item. This is only from strangers, though... If it's a friend I feel more comfortable with it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-things-will-you-not-buy-used-for-your-lo#post-1672469 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 09:35:19 +0000 Bao 1672469@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: hahaha gross! I've never used one but agree with that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-things-will-you-not-buy-used-for-your-lo#post-1672373 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 09:06:21 +0000 Alivoo01 1672373@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Car seat is the only thing that I can think of....</p> <p>@mrbee: I have used a friend's nose suction bulb before.... :shocked: I know how she is and her kids are older now so I trust her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-things-will-you-not-buy-used-for-your-lo#post-1672369 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 09:04:42 +0000 Littlebit 1672369@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Crib mattress and car seat for sure. Probably not bottles/pacifiers. I won't be cloth diapering, but I wouldn't buy those used either. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-things-will-you-not-buy-used-for-your-lo#post-1672341 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 08:56:23 +0000 heartonastring 1672341@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: Hahahahahaha!</p> <p>I'm a weirdo about used things. I wish I could be more open to them, particularly because I believe in buying used from a sustainability standpoint, but other than babywearing stuff and strollers, I'm just not into used stuff :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-things-will-you-not-buy-used-for-your-lo#post-1672335 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 08:53:05 +0000 septca 1672335@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: Ha ha.</p> <p>Crib mattress, car seat, cups/bottles/etc. The eating vessels has more to do with the fact that plastic really breaks down as it ages, not because I don't think I could sterilize it...</p> <p>If it was from friends (i.e., I knew their house and habits), I would be okay with a crib, plates, any type of clothes, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-things-will-you-not-buy-used-for-your-lo#post-1672334 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 08:52:48 +0000 Mrs. Pen 1672334@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Some things I would buy from family or close friends I know - but others I wouldn't. so it depends.</p> <p>Mainly the things I would buy used are toys and clothes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-things-will-you-not-buy-used-for-your-lo#post-1672328 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 08:50:09 +0000 mrbee 1672328@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nose Frida. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-things-will-you-not-buy-used-for-your-lo#post-1672326 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 08:48:42 +0000 Pumuckl 1672326@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Same as you listed. I had a weird paranoia concerning used body suits so he got all new ones there. I will definitely be using them with no. 2 though. (Somehow I trust my own washing skills ;-) ). With bottles and sippy cups we'll just replace the soft parts with no. 2. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-things-will-you-not-buy-used-for-your-lo#post-1672325 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 08:47:49 +0000 Dandelion 1672325@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Car seat, crib, cloth diapers and shoes. I say shoes because D wears out his shoes before he outgrows them so having them already worn takes tgat much life away from them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-things-will-you-not-buy-used-for-your-lo#post-1672322 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 08:45:20 +0000 autumnlove 1672322@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Car seat, stroller, crib mattress and crib. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-things-will-you-not-buy-used-for-your-lo#post-1672302 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 08:32:15 +0000 Smurfette 1672302@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bao: I only know of one actual store by us. I haven't seen one there or listed on the FB page. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-things-will-you-not-buy-used-for-your-lo#post-1672301 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 08:31:59 +0000 looch 1672301@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think the only thing I would have been willing to buy used (from a stranger) is a stroller or a Tripp Trapp high chair. </p> <p>Everything else, no, from a recall perspective. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-things-will-you-not-buy-used-for-your-lo#post-1672299 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 08:31:09 +0000 Bao 1672299@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: oh yeah!! We have those too :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-things-will-you-not-buy-used-for-your-lo#post-1672297 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 08:30:22 +0000 Smurfette 1672297@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bao: I meant shop/sales. There is a big one here 2 times a year and there are so many car seats but they go fast. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-things-will-you-not-buy-used-for-your-lo#post-1672293 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 08:29:23 +0000 Bao 1672293@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: do your consignment shops allow car seats? Ours does not! I see them a lot on other internet sale sites though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-things-will-you-not-buy-used-for-your-lo#post-1672291 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 08:28:30 +0000 Smurfette 1672291@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't buy a car seat from a consignment shop. We did use a friend's infant seat since I knew they only used it for 4 months and it wasn't in any accidents. </p> <p>I wouldn't get bottles or pacifiers used. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-things-will-you-not-buy-used-for-your-lo#post-1672288 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 08:27:24 +0000 Bao 1672288@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@grizz: yeah I would take something like that from a friend if they got almost no use out of them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-things-will-you-not-buy-used-for-your-lo#post-1672275 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 08:24:41 +0000 Boheme 1672275@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Car seat, crib mattress, and probably crib. My son hated pacifiers, so we have a ton that were never used that we're giving to a friend. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-things-will-you-not-buy-used-for-your-lo#post-1672268 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 08:23:23 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 1672268@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm pretty much the same - hygiene related items, or safety things. I buy a LOT secondhand, but not sippy cups, feeding items, car seats, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-things-will-you-not-buy-used-for-your-lo#post-1672265 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 08:22:58 +0000 loveisstrange 1672265@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Car seat, crib mattress.... I mean... Pretty much everything else can be washed or sterilized. Bottles are no problem for me. You replace the nipples and soft bits and sterilize the rest. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-things-will-you-not-buy-used-for-your-lo#post-1672229 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 08:08:46 +0000 mrsjyw 1672229@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Same! Most gear that is safety, hygiene related I wouldn't buy used. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-things-will-you-not-buy-used-for-your-lo#post-1672220 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 08:05:13 +0000 Bao 1672220@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm all about second hand but there are just some things I don't buy used for my LO's. If it's coming from my siblings kids I'm more likely to use it because I knew where it came from but some things I won't use from a stranger include: car seats, bedding(definetly use from siblings kids) underwear, which oddly enough I just saw posted on a FB sale site, bottles, sippy cups and pacifiers. I'm sure there are a few more things but my list of things I will buy is so much longer, I love when I can buy used to get a good deal especially on name brand kids clothes :) </p> <p>Are there certain items you just won't buy used? </p>