Any Scottish April 2013 babies out there??

Emma I think your MIL would probably expect you to ask your own parents to baby-sit first because a) they are your parents and it usually tends to be the mums parents and b) they are closer.

I wasn't sick during the night last night :happydance: still sick when I got up this morning but hey hoy not long now.

Had such a busy day, dropped Kaiden at nursery, took car to garage went into town did a few bits and got the boots free nappy bag. Can't believe they charge £30 odd for it though. Got my BIL birthday present and card and dropped that off at my sisters. Stopped at chemist for Dave's insulin. Came home, Dave went and picked his mum up from her work, we had borrowed her car, took her home to get her lunch, we had lunch, Dave took her back to work came home and I sent him up the attic to bring all the baby clothes down. We sorted through 5, yes 5, sacks of baby clothes and put the 0-3 month stuff in baby's new drawers. Measured how our bedroom would be rearranged to fit in cot. Then Kaiden was dropped off at 4.30, he'd gone to a friends house after nursery, and I couldn't believe the time already. Back to Perth to collect car....wait 40 mins on them finishing it. Then trip to mcdonalds for dinner as I was starving and there was no way I could wait to get home and make something. Phew! Looking forward to bedtime.
 
Hehe you have had a busy day! I talked Stephen into letting his Dad plaster the nursery walls instead of me putting lining paper up so saved myself a lot of work there but it did mean the walls have to be completely free of paper so I spent all day scraping the back of the woodchip off the walls. Then we went into Glasgow so Shaun could attend his Circle of Friends class for his first confession next week. We got a KFC which was AWESOME :) Then home to clean and do a bit of housework before chilling out. Tomorrow will be busy too. We need to go to Edinburgh at 9am to pick up Stephen's Dad then take him to Wickes to get the plastering stuff. Then I have a growth scan at Wishaw at 12:15. I need to go to Tesco on my way home from there to do a weekly shop. I tried to order one online but the only delivery slot they had was 5-7pm but that wouldn't do as Shaun has Tae Kwon Do tomorrow between 5:15 and 6:15. Stephen's Dad is staying over tomorrow night so I'll have to make him dinner but that's no problem because Stephen is working a back shift so he can just have his :)
 
wow that is a busy day Karen! Lol. I was out at my Auntie's this afternoon. Saw some of my cousins and had a lovely homecooked tea :) pretty shattered now lol.

I def think I'll use the bf excuse for a while. Lol. After that i reckon I'll wait and see. If she makes the effort to visit and baby knows her then she can take baby whenever. But if she doesnt visit and baby doesnt know her then i won't be keen for her to look after him/her. I trust her and all that. I just wouldn't leave baby with someone they aren't used to.
 
jeez you're gona be exhausted by bedtime tomorrow Laura lol. Great news on the plastering though! That'll save you so much time and hassle! :)
 
That's great news that you are getting the plastering done Laura. Bit of a pain having to scrape away the bits of woodchip though - that job is a pain in the.... :haha: How is your pelvis today? Hope its eased up a bit for you.

I'm going to do my tesco shopping online tomorrow when Kaiden at nursery. Think we have enough in to last us until Thurs for a delivery. Probably will try get some paperwork done tomorrow too if I can face it.

Emma I think that's the right idea & see how much of an effort she makes although I will say it definitely helps having a couple of options for babysitters. In saying that I think Kaiden was over 1 before anyone other my mum had him. Mostly because we stayed in Perth town at that time and my mum was near by and also because we don't have a social life without Kaiden anymore :rofl::rofl:
 
Wow busy days all round! We had a guy viewing our flat tonight, he was very thorough! Kept chapping on walls and ceilings and took loads of notes so we're hoping that's a good sign. We ended up going to McD's for tea cos we couldn't be arsed cooking after he left.

Found a fab cot deal if anyone is still looking. Babies R Us have a cotbed set, you buy the cotbed, bedding set, mattress and changing mat for £230, saving £160 if you were buying the individual items.

My mum was talking about taking James on her own too. Said she hoped I wouldn't wait as long as my SIL did and when I asked how long that was, she said 8 weeks!! She didn't mean staying over, just having him for a while. I'm thinking erm, we'll see!! Lol.

I'm juts getting some of James' clothes washed. I wouldn't normally but it's stuff that's come from my aunty's house and my mum's. My aunt and dad are both smokers and I'm convinced I can smell it so washing some stuff through. xx
 
I would definitely wash it if its came from a smokers home Arelene. Anything that comes from a smokers home always smells! Lol. Fingers crossed the viewer liked your flat. You any idea where you want to move to?

My auntie was telling me that the shawl my great auntie is making for baby is almost finished. I'm so excited to get it. It's been knitted with cobweb wool and has taken her months to do cos it's so ornate. She's a smoker so it'll be stinking. It so fine though, I have no idea how to wash it. Probably just handwash to be safe!

I'm off out tomorrow night to see my wee cousins and my brother and his family. I'm hoping my bro has my photos ready. I really wana see them!!
 
Prob best to handwash with some special soap for delicates?

My friend who was due on the same day as you, Emma, had her baby by section today. He was 8lb 3.5 oz :) I wonder what he'd have been if he'd gone to the 7th April! They called him Martin James Michael.
 
My mum knit a shawl as well, I've hand washed the wee cardi and mitts that she knit for him. Will need to do the shawl too.

I feel so shattered tonight, woke up at six when J got up to go to work and couldn't get back to sleep! Night night girlies xx
 
God that baby would have been HUGE if it was born on 7th April. I doubt my baby will be as big as 8lbs at full term. Ock, I'm getting so impatient lol. I wana meet this baby!! Lol
 
Me too Karen, think I'm the last one due to drop as well so super impatient now! Lol xx
 
Hope your scan goes well Laura.

I had another really restless night last night. Am shattered today. Oh, and I was sick during the night again!
 
You feeling any better Karen? It's rubbish you're still being sick :(

My scan went brilliant, thanks :) I'm having a perfect and normal sized baby :) she said he's 6lb 7 just now :) not sure how accurate that is but I'm well pleased!
 
Just shattered. Kaiden is snuggled up next to me so hoping he might have a wee nap and I can too :haha:

Thats great about your scan :happydance: will you have to get any more scans or are they happy with today?
 
Glad the scan went well Laura, alex sounds like a good size! Karen, hope you're feeling better hun.

I left work at half twelve today :( Feeling so so tired today and just really crappy. My nose is kinda blocked as well but it bleeds for ages everytime I blow it. A couple of times when I was walking in the office this morning I got really sharp pains in my pelvis, think James was leaning on something he shouldn't! Fortunately I only have two days this week, have a day off next wednesday then finish up the following tuesday so it's split up a bit. Xx
 
Aw Karen thats crap you're still being sick. Were you this sick with kaiden? Only a tiny bit left to go so hopefully its not too bad until then!

I had a restless sleep last night too. I'm exhausted. I was putting batteries in some toys my sis in law gave me and dropped everything on the floor. I knelt down to pick it all up and soon realised i couldn't get up! I tried for about 10 mins sobbing to myself before Ryan came in and literally hauled me up. It was so painful! God knows how long I'd have been stuck if Ryan hadn't been in! Lol. I will definitely not to that again in a hurry! Lol

Thats great news about your scan Laura. I bet your're relieved! You'll have a cute wee chubster in the end :) hopefully its accurate! I'd love to know the size of my baby!
 
Arlene, have you had your blood pressure checked? I used to get nose bleeds when I was younger because of a blood vessel in the back of my nose being weak.

I hope you got a nap Karen, I am shattered too but Shaun is 7 so I know I can dose if I need to. It's hard when they are young though because it's guaranteed the second you close your eyes they are up to something!!

That's my last scan :) I went out and bought a couple of newborn sleepsuits and vests :haha: So far I only had 0-3 as the smallest so figured they would drown the baby if he's 'normal' sized. I only bought 3 vests, 3 sleepsuits and 1 wee outfit and all were in the sale so it wasn't too expensive :)

Oh Emma, you poor thing :( I keep sitting on the floor to eat my dinner at the coffee table then realise I can't get back up. It's so difficult when your pelvis is so sore! The bulk at the front doesn't help right enough.

Stephen's Dad arrived this morning to start the plastering. After having a look we decided to replace the skirting too. So all my undercoats and glossing were for nothing lol! They won't be able to start the work until the weekend of the 23rd and 24th so it looks like I might not get the nursery finished for Alex being born!! We went out and bought all the stuff though so it just needs to get done then I can paint and build the furniture :)

One problem this has caused is I won't be able to wait to sort the clothes and blankets before sorting my hospital bags so I have started washing everything and will just store it away in bags until the room is ready. I can get my bags sorted too, which will be a relief.
 
hey ladies hope your all ok. Im much better now. hardly any pain *touch wood* would like to think i drop soon to lol just wanna meet paige already. done alot of cleaning today so going to class that as my bouncing time lol xx
 
Hey Laura, my bp has always been fine at my appointments. I got them quite a bit at the start then they died down a wee bit. When I asked my mw about it she said it was normal as your blood flow increases in pregnancy. It just feels sore and uncomfy as the blood kinda cakes inside my nose if you know what I mean? Sorry, possibly tmi lol. I'm gonna try sitting with a basin of hot water and sorta steam clean it lol.

Got all the newborn size vests and sleepsuits washed and dried and packed away so James' bag is officially sorted! Only thing I need to put it is some bottled formula which we'll try and get at the weekend. Xx
 

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