Baby Bargains, 8th Edition: Secrets to Saving 20% to 50% on Baby Furniture, Gear, Clothes, Toys, Maternity Wear and Much, Much More! (Baby Bargains: ... on Baby Furniture, Equipment, Clothes, Toys,)
by Denise Fields
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Author: Denise FieldsBrand: Ingram
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-04-25
ISBN: 1889392332
Number of pages: 608
Publisher: Windsor Peak Press
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- Toddler 411: Clear Answers & Smart Advice for Your Toddler, 2nd Edition
- Baby 411, 4th Edition: Clear Answers & Smart Advice For Your Baby's First Year (Baby 411: Clear Answers and Smart Advice for Your Baby's First Year)
Book Reviews of Baby Bargains, 8th Edition: Secrets to Saving 20% to 50% on Baby Furniture, Gear, Clothes, Toys, Maternity Wear and Much, Much More! (Baby Bargains: ... on Baby Furniture, Equipment, Clothes, Toys,)
Book Review: Good STARTING POINT for further research
Summary: 4 Stars
I will be a first-time Mom this summer, and I received this book from a friend and have been reading it cover-to-cover for the past month. I had no idea where to begin in shopping for my baby, so I really appreciate how this book has helped me start my research. That being said, if you took all of their advice at face value, you would most likely make some mistakes in your purchasing. Not everyone has the same needs, and this book is only the beginning. I would advise you to cross-reference every product they recommend with reviews on Amazon.com, reviews on Babies R Us, and the Baby Bargains message boards, among other sites. You will find that many of the recommendations from the book are spot-on, but you will also find that your lifestyle may dictate other choices (ex: apartment dweller vs. homeowner with ample storage).
Pros:
-Crib section is very helpful. Loved the chart that tells you where each crib is made.
-Liked the bedding section. Ended up falling in love with a Land of Nod bedding set, which I would have assumed was just overpriced. It's still pricey, but I now know that it is good quality as well.
-Basic Layette choices are helpful and they stress not to buy further clothing until after a bridal shower, which I agree with. (NOTE: the quantities they recommend may be unhelpful. The Fields are assuming you will do laundry every 2-3 days. My husband and I are only able to do laundry once per week due to our job schedules.)
-Like how they list the weight and price of each stroller in the descriptions for easy comparison.
-Monitor section very helpful for us, as it addressed what to do when you have a house full of electronics that can interfere with the monitor, and the best types of monitors to keep the neighbors out of your business!
-Car seats: they offer good recommendations for car seats for smaller cars. Still have to test them out in your vehicle, but at least you have a starting point.
-Does a good job of highlighting space saving items for apartment dwellers
Cons:
-If you live in a part of the country where guests at baby showers tend to be very generous (I live in downstate NY where this is the case), you may find some of the Fields recommendations to wait before you buy this and wait before you buy that will actually cost you money because someone else may have bought it for you if you registered for it. So you have to determine whether their wait, wait, wait approach is going to backfire for you.
-Furniture - I checked out some of the brands that were 'better brands' at a specialty store and I was unimpressed with the $800 dressers. Furniture just isn't made to last anymore. End of story. Unless you actually think that your kid is going to use this furniture until they leave for college, get a cheaper dresser than they suggest and choose your child's 'real furniture' as they get older. Or use a hand me down dresser. Styles change and your kid is probably going to hate his/her baby furniture when it is older anyway.
-Bassinets - They push the pack n' play for use as a bassinet, but you may not have room for it in your bedroom.
-Car seats - There are now many more strollers with Chicco infant car seat adapters available for purchase than this last edition mentions. You leave the chapter thinking that the Graco SnugRide is the only car seat that will fit in the adapters on the market, and it is not true. Read the Amazon reviews for the car seats and the strollers and you will learn a great deal.
-You could easily pick the wrong stroller for yourself based on their classifications of mall crawler, urban jungle and green acres. There are far more than 3 groups for stroller needs. For instance, I'm a suburbanite in a neighborhood with bumpy sidewalks who needs to get into the city every so often and travel by plane, but I never go to the mall. And I have to get my stroller up two flights of stairs and have very little storage. There is no category for me in this book! Instead, go to the Baby Bargains website, and post about your needs in the stroller section. The people on the boards are very helpful and will help you find the right stroller(s).
-The Fields have definite opinions about things they think are 'a waste.' For instance, while they tell you about every brand of crib bedding under the sun, in the end they think you should just skip it and get a few fitted sheets and a receiving blanket and call it a day. Well that's all well and good, but there is nothing wrong with wanting to create a beautiful nursery. Some people just enjoy decorating. I'm one of them.
Overall, I'm giving this book 4 stars because I would have had absolutely nowhere to start without it. That alone is worth the cost of the book. Unless you are really short on time, or just have no patience for research though, you should be supplementing anything you read here with other advice.
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