Swap Meeting on Weekend

On Sunday, we made our way to an event co-ordinated by the sister hospital (Scripps La Jolla) of the hospital where we will have little Fred(orika) at. It's basically an infant and toddler swap-meet where folks set up booths in the parking lot to sell their no longer required baby or infant crap (though most of it is in really good shape).

We were only looking to pick up a Universal stroller carrier base for an infant car seat (as we want to buy a new car seat but can get by with a pre-owned stroller), but ended up going on little shopping spree. We got some 2nd hand stuff and some pretty cool stuff we've been seeing on the Web that we could touch and feel first-hand and was being sold at less than Web prices.

Cheap stuff:
7 - Onesies for $0.25 each.
5 - Socks for $0.25 each.
Bag of assorted teethers $1.00 (sounds gross but put them through the dishwasher and off you go).
Bag of assorted bath toys $1.00.

Dr Seuss's Books for $2 each (kind of neat to only purchase the books that we remember reading as kids):
- Go Dog Go!
- Mr Bean Can MOO! Can you?
- Ten Apples Up on Top

Cat in the Hat:
Inside, Outside Upside Down (Bear in a Box) $0.50.

Book for making your own baby food - something we intend to do. Don't want to spend the money on commercial baby food and don't think they can process food that is anywhere near as healthy as what we can make ourselves buying fresh ingredients locally at Boneys (a local blue collar Whole Foods). Time well tell if we can stick with the extra work required. $2

Pack and Play Play pen that has a Basinett and Changing table built in. We intend to use it as the crib for the first 6 months, so the crib is taken care of. It folds up into a bag, and has wheels so its portable inside and outside the house and you can travel with it. $40.

Play thing that sits on the floor - "Toy of the year" $10.

2 Fleece Slings (baby carriers for hippies) (one for me and one for Tanya) $30 each. (http://peekaboobabycollection.com/)

1 really nice, classy Wrap (baby carriers for hip hippies) $55. (http://www.sunbearbaby.com/)

Think that's about it. Next time we go, we'll proably look for a wagon for dragging stuff to the beach and or a trailer for the back of the bicycles (though we have our eye on a really good one from Burley in Oregon).

Think they have this swap meet a few times a year, so we should be able to pick up stuff as we go along.