Consignment Store Shopping

Since we officially rolled into the last trimester this week, it occurred to us that maybe the kid will need more than a car seat and our infinite love to survive.

We decided to check out the local baby consignment stores since most of this stuff gets outgrown pretty quickly, so we spent most of yesterday driving around discovering the local stores. We found one good one, one pretty good one, and a couple we probably won't be going back to.

We got some clothes (sleepers and onesies), but the find of the day was the Baby Bjorn.

The carrier issue has been complicated by the fact that we need two. Due to the one foot difference in height between the Boy and me (and the fact that my shoulder width is probably half of his), we need different carriers.

We had checked out the exact same model of Baby Bjorn for him in a certain famous baby superstore the day we got the car seat. This one was in good shape, copyright date on the tag was 2005, and it was $40, compared to the one three times the price at the superstore. Sold.

So now he's got something to cart the kid around on walks and outings and I just need to find a carrier more appropriate for the additional tasks of breastfeeding and standing-to-sitting scenarios. Yes, I know we could both use the Bjorn; that just seems like a PITA to change the straps every time we hand off the kid. For $40, we can afford another carrier and still come out ahead.