Parents spend more than £1,000 on designer ware and must-have products for their newborns Laura Sloan admits to splashing out on baby items for her first child MIDDLE-CLASS parents are wasting hundreds of pounds on totally unnecessary baby “essentials”.Research by the insurer Aviva found that parents spent an average £1,600 preparing for the arrival of…

Before having two fat little cherubs under two (who expect attention and military-esque devotion to their every need 24 hours a day), I lived a life of wanton wanderlust. With fun-loving friends from Los Angeles to London, I was lost in a haze of youth and no responsibilities. Other than work, there was nothing stopping…