There’s no shortage of people ready to tell you exactly what you need and when you finally decide to gather some information (online), you'll probably be stumbling onto those “Absolute Best 7 Cribs,” or the “Top Tricks for Tapping Your Child's Hidden Genius,” Yup, we've read all those articles but we dare you to poke below the surface. You will need furniture and you can buy something 'good enough' but then you will have to buy again and again and it will cost more than buying smart and thinking investment, not expense.

There is no other product that you child will not outgrow, there is no stroller no pacifier that you will not throw away or donate, but you will need a place for your baby to sleep from day 1 to year 18 and beyond. Shopping for your baby may also an adventure: diapers, baby bottles, pacifiers are all important but 'furniture' is the most important of all. Parenting is a Journey, it is exciting, tiring and sprinkled with lots of “holy crab” situations.