1st time pregnant here and only 10wks but I just woke up at 5am this morning having a nightmare about not being able to get into my flat because of too many buggies, prams, pushchairs, carseats, cribs, baskets, cots.... basically I dreamt that I didn't know what to buy (which I don't) so keep getting it wrong (buying a moses basket then the baby being too big almost immediately so buying a crib, then two weeks later needing a cot) till I can't move in my flat - In my dream I couldn't get in the door for piled high almost unused crap. Given I hate clutter anyway and our flat is small this isn't unrealistic.
Looking at the 10 'essentials' on MN is NOT helping because I am so ignorant don't even know WTF a 'travel system' is! Is it just a fancy name for a pram?
I think I've seen car seats that fit onto a frame to make a pram. That sounds good as I could leave the bottom bit downstairs and carry the baby up. But then I heard you can't put a baby in a car seat for more than a very short time so how does that work? What if you're out all day in the car or walking or both?
I've heard that little babies need to be lying flat facing you, then bigger babies a bit more upright facing you, then bigger ones still can face forward to see what's going on in the world.... is that three different pram/buggies???
Also, we're both cyclists and runners and would want our child in a bike seat or trailer from 6mnths onwards, maybe one of those trailers that can also be an off-road jogging buggy (though not sure that'd fit downstairs and too big to carry up and down so maybe that won't work) but either way we don't want a load of stuff for the early months we won't use again once the baby is big enough for a bike seat.
Now I KNOW that I've got another 30 weeks to work this out but for some stupid pregnancy hormone reason this is actually giving me genuine nightmares so PLEASE can somebody help.....??????
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HELP! Having anxiety dreams about baby 'stuff'...
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badguider · 11/02/2013 08:43
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