Shopping Sisters
Unite to save - a fashionable trend, which "infects" more and more young moms connected to the Internet. A joint purchase is organized voluntarily. He takes care of all the problems associated with finding a suitable vendor, collecting payment for the goods and delivering it to your city. The organizer of the purchase makes a small picture for the goods, this is due to transportation costs, telephone costs, etc. But still the final cost of the goods purchased at wholesale yen will be almost half as high as in the hypermarket next door. Buy this way you can almost everything - from strollers to food. The disadvantages of joint purchases are several. The main thing - everything is built on mutual trust. Therefore, prosecuted time participants are usually excluded from future purchases, and only old-timers of forums with an impeccable reputation admit to the organization.
What you do not need to save on
- Lingerie for pregnant and lactating. The usual "busts" with foam rubber and bones on thin straps of its supporting function do not fulfill. And to feed in a bra with a detachable cup is much more convenient.
- Disposable diapers. Try different brands, but if the baby's ass is quietly perceiving only expensive diapers, then they will have to buy, otherwise ruin on medications and creams from diaper rash, scuffs, pimples and the like.
- Car seat. You can not buy it: it's a requirement for the safety of the DAI and it's dangerous to take it: is it suddenly in an alteration and has lost its protective properties? In case of extreme savings, the first car seat can be taken from relatives or friends, but it is better to buy a new one from a good company.
- Footwear. Worn shoes, especially for a baby who already knows how to walk, should not be bought. Each child is unique, problems with legs (like flat feet or clubfoot) - too. Inconvenient second-hand shoes may in the future lead the child to the orthopedic office.
The second drawback is that you choose the product from the photo and description on the Internet. If for some reason it does not suit you, when you receive it, then all the claims will have to be addressed to the firm in which the organizer purchased this product. The third drawback - this shopping is addictive. You "stick" to the computer, choosing goods and communicating with other participants. A husband will grumble that again you need to go to the next organizer to pick up a bag of children's panties or a box of New Year's cards.
"Second hands"
Toddlers grow rapidly - many things remain in the closets, and even the clothes that were in the process do not have time to communicate, Careful moms buy new only for an extract, all the rest goes to the inheritance from friends or is bought at half price for ads in the children's forums. Particularly advantageous second-hand, if it comes to expensive things, for example, winter overalls. True, buying clothes from high-tech materials that have already survived the winter is fraught with: things look like new, but because of the washes their main quality is lost - air and moisture resistance. Serious items of expenditure for future parents are wheelchairs, cribs, chests of drawers. These things can be bought by symbolic foam from the hands. The main thing, especially when it comes to the stroller, is to try it out in order to discover the hidden defects. After all, if a wheel falls off a week after the purchase of the vehicle, there will be no one to blame but yourself. In the West, before the birth of the child, parents make up "wish lists" - lists of gifts that they would like to receive. The downside is that the surprise will not work. He is also a plus: who wants to get a dozen nice teddy bears instead of one necessary stroller? Before the appearance of the baby, make up your sheet and hand it to relatives and friends. There is nothing impolite in clarifying for the friends the address of the store and the article of the goods that you have looked after.
Great grub
Lists are generally a convenient thing, especially if you are used to "zatarivatsya" all the necessary once a month in large supermarkets with kilometer shelves. Without a shopping list of time to try to remember if the oil or diapers are over, it will take more. The search for the necessary will also be stretched, there will be a lot of unnecessary goods in the cart, which means that much more money will be spent than you expected. Incidentally, before going to the store it's better to eat: hunger forces us to shell out unnecessary and unpleasant snacks. Take with you only the amount that you plan to spend. Pay attention to the shares, but do not forget to check the shelf life of the products "two for the price of one." And get a special shopping bag so you do not have to pay for the packages,
The smoke of the fatherland
But in order to feed the child with hardened ones of domestic production, even pediatricians and specialists in child nutrition advocate. Products grown in the neighborhood do not require severe canning for long-distance transportation. At the same time, the finished product is much cheaper than the overseas counterparts. Yes, and all sorts of GOSTs for baby food we have strict since the Soviet times, so that the safety of the product for the child can not worry.