As we added new babies to our family, we begin to realize more and more that the best ways to welcome a new baby, and to show our love, wasn’t through things like a beautiful nursery–in the next room.
This blog is from New Zealand, but the facts remain the same. Lots of parents in the US have found the wisdom in what Siananigan describes here.
http://siananigan.blogspot.com/2012/09/how-to-save-7379-in-first-year-of-your.html
Having a baby doesn’t need to cost an arm and a leg! The good news is that many of the alternatives to all of the “stuff” are what is actually healthiest for babies, and what they would actually rather have!