You could easily spend thousands of dollars preparing for a new baby. There are so many things out there that are just silly, like baby perfume and jeweled pacifiers... I mean, come on!
But even for those of us with simpler tastes, there are some things we feel we need when we really don't. The most prevalent thing I think most people get is baby bedding. I know I thought I had to have the whole matching sheets-comforter-bumper pad thing for the baby's room.
Well, not only did my babies end up rarely sleeping in their cribs, it turns out that parents are warned against having anything in the crib other than a fitted sheet on the mattress and a light blanket over the baby. Pillows, bumpers and fluffy comforters are all considered hazards!
I think the most pointless thing I owned was a Diaper Genie. I spent a few months wrestling the diapers into the thing and twisting up the plastic bag to seal them in but it didn't take long before we were just opening a bin and tossing them in.
What did you think you needed that really didn't get used?
