The Baby Gear Black Market

Swap groups and resale communities have cornered the customers baby brands want. "If baby stuff manufacturers stopped making everything right now, we'd all be fine for 10 years," quipped my sister-in-law Nedra as she packed up a co-sleeper, three carriers, and a gigantic pile of onesies to hand down to us from her own kids. My partner and I were preparing to welcome our first baby. Her husband, my brother-in-law David, emailed us a list of brands and items that they'd found particularly useful, ...