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Re:U.S. generates more plastic trash than any other nation, ... by gnicholas on Sunday August 01, 2021 @06:29PM (#28030774)
My experience is different. Almost everyone we know gets most of their baby stuff secondhand. They get a bunch of stuff when the baby is born, from older friends with kids. Then they get specific items off NextDoor/Facebook/Craigslist.

I don't know that we'd get a potty used, but we did get used infant bathtubs, which is about the same from a hygienic perspective.

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Re:U.S. generates more plastic trash than any other nation, ... by daddylongstroke on Monday August 02, 2021 @03:38PM (#28041607)
I agree. All of our friends and us get "kids stuff", as well as most of my furniture 2nd hand. My kids are 12 and 14, and outside of certain shoes, they've never worn brand new clothes (same for me and my spouse when we were kids). Why buy when your friends or siblings with older or bigger kids are looking to get rid of clothes as soon as their kids outgrow them? Come to think of it, I don't remember the last time I bought new clothes myself.
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