This weekend we visited the Baby & Toddler Show at Sandown Park. We were completely disorganised and had no idea what we were looking for until the journey there, but we still managed to have a fairly successful day anyway. We also managed to grab quite a few freebies thanks to the help of our parents!
The show was very popular which did unfortunately mean you had to wait a little while, especially at the pram stands in order to see a member of staff and have a demo of their products. I think we now know everything there ever is to know about travel systems after receiving a demo from nearly every brand there, but we finally made a decision and went for the Baby Jogger City Mini GT with a Maxi Cosi CabrioFix car seat.
We went for this combination as although there were cheaper brands / deals to be had at the show the quality did not feel as good. However there was also nothing that the more expensive brands offered that the Baby Jogger didn't do, plus it looks nice!
I would definitely recommend going to a baby show / event to try out the different brands when it comes to prams. It's something that you will no doubt use so much once baby is here and when looking online it's really hard to tell the quality and how easy they are to fold down etc. The other thing we liked was that we could choose to have the pram delivered the month before baby is due which works really well for us considering the nursery is currently full of office furniture and random other items we've accumulated!
One thing to make sure you do at the shows before buying ANYTHING is go away from the stand once you know the show "offers" and check online. We looked at the Manduca Baby Carriers at the Cheeky Rascals stand which were on offer reduced from £99 down to £80. However when my hubby checked online we found that they were actually £70.99 on Amazon! Safe to say we ordered from Amazon instead, every little helps as they say.
As well as the bigger more essential items there were of course plenty of other smaller items on offer at the show. My parents couldn't resist buying baby's first Christmas present while we were there which was a fab book from Usborne Books called The Wind Up Bus. There is of course a story through the book, however every other page has a track that you can send the wind up bus around. You can also removed all the track pieces from the book to build one big track. I can see this book being great fun for years to come!
Overall I think the Baby & Toddler show was worth the visit. It was also a great way for us to get the "grand-parents to be" involved as well but make sure you are prepared to spend a full day there.
If you've been to a baby show / event recently and have any other tips / tricks why not let us know in the comments section below.
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