(44) Little Presents - Due in December 2013

[onetwothreebp]

I sleep on my stomach still, I find baby kicks less when I do and I can actually get some sleep!

 

[Skadi]

I've always been a side sleeper so there is no transition for me when I am pregnant. lol.

 

[ready2Bmum]

OMG..ireland is in the middle of a heatwave..I can't cope! We're just not used to it!! Any tips from you ladies living in hotter climates?? Pregnancy + heat = hard work!!!!

 

[brit3435]

OMG..ireland is in the middle of a heatwave..I can't cope! We're just not used to it!! Any tips from you ladies living in hotter climates?? Pregnancy + heat = hard work!!!!

I'm not sure what kind of temperatures you are dealing with in Ireland, but it is 107 degrees (42 degrees Celsius not sure which you use) where I live right now! I'm used to it, this has actually been a cooler summer than the past two. I swim a lot with my daughter and that helps keep me cool, I also eat ice cream and drink lots of ice cold water! I'm actually enjoying the hot weather though since I'm not that big yet, I'm sure it will be a different story in another month or 2!

 

[Skadi]

I deal with summer heat by turning on the central air.

 

[AJCart]

Had my first OB/GYN appointment this morning. Got to have a quick peek at baby and hear the beautiful, strong heartbeat. My gender scan is 7 days away still! She had a quick look today, but bub wasn't very co-operative so although she didn't see any obvious dangly bits she couldn't say for certain.

 

[Lara310809]

OMG..ireland is in the middle of a heatwave..I can't cope! We're just not used to it!! Any tips from you ladies living in hotter climates?? Pregnancy + heat = hard work!!!!

i have lived out here for three years now, and had three pregnancies out here. I'm English born and raised so the climate here is horrible for me. I just can't get used to it. Here we have weather too hot for me for six months of the year!

My only suggestions would be to get a fan and have it going in the house, or open all the doors and windows to let the wind through. Stay out of the sun especially between 11-3pm when it's hottest. Drink lots of water to stay hydrated.

 

[Lara310809]

I think the lilypie ticker is crazy; I was 17w yesterday and baby was 6in long. Today at 18w it's apparently 10in long. That's some crazy growing! My baby gaga ticker underneath (the rainbow one) still thinks its 6in LOL. SLIGHT variation!

 

[ready2Bmum]

Brit!!! 42℃ sounds like torture!!! Not if you're used to it I suppose! We have up to 30℃ here at the mo. Its our hottest summer in quiet a few years. We don't have aircon in our houses (or most cars) as we dont usually need it!
Water, ice pops, and light clothes it is so!

 

[brit3435]

Readytobemum and skadi I would die without central air conditioning! When it's this hot out we only go outside in the mornings or to swim in our backyard pool.

Has anyone started on their baby's nursery yet? We have two empty bedrooms to choose from upstairs for the new baby, and I have chosen one and we have moved the crib into it. We still need to decide on a paint color for the walls and I'm thinking about doing a very light pink. My daughters room is purple and done in all disney princess decor. I still need to decide on decor for my new baby I would love to hear what you all are planning!?

 

[lilrojo]

Its been warm here too.. blah summer and pregnancy lol.. We use our fans, go swimming, drink water, ice cream whatever..

No real nursery here.. baby will be our room for a few months then go either in with my son or my daughter depending on gender lol

 

[DHBH0930]

I'm doing a jungle theme in the nursery. Even though we know what we are having, I wanted to stay gender neutral so that we don't have to buy new crib bedding, decorations, repaint, etc. since this will be the nursery for baby #2 in the future and could be a boy. Once we have #2, Kayla will be moved to the other bedroom down the hall and I can do a girlie theme in there then. (Pink and green with butterflies)

So that being said the nursery will be yellow on the top half, white wainscoting on the bottom half. We have leaf stencils for some greenery up top. Here is the bedding set we will get. I also have green drapes (the room darkening kind) for below the valance that comes with the set. Also all white furniture.

https://www.amazon.com/Jungle-Piece-Baby-Bedding-Cocalo/dp/B0057O8JBQ/ref=br_it_dp_o_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=KEYHFFREUDZU&coliid=I2TOUAXE9RJT4O

We are just now getting started by working on wainscoting...can't wait to see it all done!

 

[Skadi]

we live in a 2 bedroom house so our daughters nursery is already setup. I think we might move to a large house at some point before the baby moves out from our room. Either way, the nursery is currently a pale lime with a winnie the pooh theme and white furniture. We went gender neutral with her and I love it. I'm not worrying about where baby will sleep as they will be in our bedroom for the first 6 months anyway.

 

[brit3435]

Thanks for the feedback ladies! We aren't planning on keeping the baby in our room at all this time. We kept my daughter in our room for the first month, but by 6 weeks she was sleeping through the night without a feeding so we moved her into her room to sleep and she slept better in her own room. We were really lucky with her being such a good sleeper. I worried about her a lot because she had reflux but we bought an angelcare baby monitor which tracks the baby's breathing and also monitors the temperature in the baby's room and an alarm goes off if the baby doesn't breath for more than 2 seconds or if the temperature goes out of the desired range. It also works as a regular baby monitor on top of everything else. We will use that again with this baby, its one of the best purchases we ever made!

 

[DrGomps]

we aren't doing a nursery...we will probably move sometime in the babies first year or so...

we have this bedding from my daughter...its gender neutral, https://www.amazon.com/Lambs-Ivy-En...sr=1-1&keywords=little+creatures+crib+bedding

will work for the trips....they will be in a crib in our room and my daughter is moving into the room with the nanny. full house....

 

[Skadi]

We have the Angel-care movement monitor too but having had a preemie I am hyper aware of SIDs and the risks so even with that monitor we kept her in our room according to guidelines until she was 6 months adjusted. (About 9 months actual) The monitor isn't meant to prevent SIDs, its more for reassurance than anything as it won't detect a problem in time for you to really do anything. Never-mind the fact that unless you know infant CPR ... what are you really going to do ( I don't!). I wouldn't and haven't relied on mine although it has given me peace of mind (and prevented me from sneaking in to see if she is still breathing when she takes longer naps lol!). Anyway... just saying that its nice to have but shouldn't in any way be relied on.

 

[Lara310809]

This is our third baby and we haven't been able to do a nursery for any of them. For the first and second we have been in a one bedroom flat so the bedroom was theirs (we slept in lounge), but they shared the room with boxes and bags as we have no other storage, so they don't spend time in the room

In our new house we just painted the room mint green, which ties in with the cot bedding we have already, and were doing cream and brown highlights. the room has to house the three of them (until we can get a bigger place, which might be five years), so it can't be too baby-like, and since we don't know the gender yet, were making sure it's gender neutral. We havent even moved in yet, and my eldest has since asked for a "princess room", so I said that if this third baby is a girl, we might paint it pink (much to my husbands dismay) in a couple of years' time; once the cot bedding has been given away. In the meantime I might get her one of those mosquito nets that hang from the ceiling around the bed, and put some little butterflies on it or something, so she feels a bit more princessy

 

[Hoping girl 2]

We're also doing up the nursery using a Safari theme As we won't know whether it's a boy or a girl, we thought that was the most gender neutral theme we could find. Then hopefully it'll also last for the second one. This is the design we chose, my mum is getting it hand made where she lives and will bring it over in October when she comes to visit - we thought this would be a nice way for her to get involved, as she's so far away!

 

[Lara310809]

We're also doing up the nursery using a Safari theme As we won't know whether it's a boy or a girl, we thought that was the most gender neutral theme we could find. Then hopefully it'll also last for the second one. This is the design we chose, my mum is getting it hand made where she lives and will bring it over in October when she comes to visit - we thought this would be a nice way for her to get involved, as she's so far away!

where does your mum live? My family are all in England, which is 2000 miles away. Now I have kids I realise how important they are, and it's hard on them being so far away too.

 

[Hoping girl 2]

We're also doing up the nursery using a Safari theme As we won't know whether it's a boy or a girl, we thought that was the most gender neutral theme we could find. Then hopefully it'll also last for the second one. This is the design we chose, my mum is getting it hand made where she lives and will bring it over in October when she comes to visit - we thought this would be a nice way for her to get involved, as she's so far away!

where does your mum live? My family are all in England, which is 2000 miles away. Now I have kids I realise how important they are, and it's hard on them being so far away too.

I live in England and my family are still in Peru So reaaaaaally far away! Hubby's family is only 15 minutes away though so that helps, even though it's not the same...