Babies due in JUNE!

[StarSign]

Sunshine...cutest little bumpage. You look like you're mostly bump. Did you gain anywhere else besides the tummy area? If you did, it's not much on bottom since you can still wear your pants BTW, I love your new avatar. That is such a cool pic idea!

I need to take pics this week. I've crossed over for sure. I keep walking up to people at work and they gasp, "oh!", "wow!", or "woah". Then shortly afterwards comes a congrats. LOL! I'm completely apparently now...

Gonna get off my buns to get on names and completely my registery list. My goal is this month's end for the registry. Already for names..my DH has gone bonkers, but so far everything he's offered has been vetoed because I don't feel it yet. We're going to keep the final name a surprise, but tell some options..just for grins to see what some say.

Ellie, I cruised through your baby registry pretty quickly, but you've got most of the basics covered. Just a general recommendation to all- Vaseline is one of the most helpful baby rash preventives. It provides a water-proof layer between the baby's skin the diapers and it's cheap. And ounce of prevention is worth the pound of pain!! Cloth diapers help, but they are yucky to have to keep clean, although vinegar is a great natural bleacher! The teething cloths were neat, I'm going to check into some of those myself!

The only other thing I would comment on- if you have a lot of space- a high chair is fine, but if you don't the strap-to-the-seat variates are really convenient and work!! Also, the best bibs IMO are ones which over the whole front-side (not the small ones) and are a combo plastic/vinyl in front and cloth on back (so they don't slip around). For keeping the floor clean once they start trying to feed themselves- putting a table cloth under their chair or a beach towel is great. Either- you can just toss in the washer.

Ok..that's it for now.

 

[Sunshine12]

No I defo wasnt a twig! I wish!! You cant be a twig when you have a 36D chest pre pregnancy! I weighed just under 9 stone (126 pounds) and now I weigh around 11 stone (154 pounds). x

 

[lilmamatoW]

All of the sudden today, I feel like I am getting karate kicked from the inside. All over too--on the top and on the bottom. Wonder what this one's going to feel like in about 4 months. Well, maybe there won't be as much room inside then.

 

[StarSign]

Interesting for you Lilmama. After feeling quite a bit since about 14w, LO has gone pretty tranquil, just the occasional twirl. I'll hold out worrying though, because I'm sure the action will ramp back up.

 

[lilmamatoW]

SS, oh I don't think there is any reason to worry at all...it's just so unusual for me that I have been feeling such hard movements today. With my first the placenta was right at under the belly, so I didn't feel anything until very much into the third trimester. Now that I know the placenta is laying low this time, it's interesting how I can feel so much more.

 

[sadie]

I started my registry, but it is nooooo where near finsihed. I did it through amazon and it is my first and last name. tho there isnt much to peek at, suggestions are welcome! Love the vaseline idea. Thanks. What about desitin? I remember that stuff from my nieces....

 

[deafgal]

yeah, it does help for rashes. I would pick ointment instead of creme.

 

[lilmamatoW]

Hi Sadie--and others who are working on registries...

I really like aquaphor--does the same thing as vaseline. I also desitin and butt paste. And if you would humor me...the Snotsucker https://www.amazon.com/Nosefrida-Th...WXII/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1328220368&sr=8-1 is the best thing to get snot out of a baby's nose. I threw all those hard to use bulbs away.

 

[sadie]

Grosssssssss, but I am going to add it right now!!

 

[StarSign]

Hi Sadie--and others who are working on registries...

I really like aquaphor--does the same thing as vaseline. I also desitin and butt paste. And if you would humor me...the Snotsucker https://www.amazon.com/Nosefrida-Th...WXII/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1328220368&sr=8-1 is the best thing to get snot out of a baby's nose. I threw all those hard to use bulbs away.

I took to doing a very old-school way of blowing the nose. I cover the baby's mouth completely with mine and blow in (like CPR). Meanwhile, I cover nostrils with kleenex and catch the 'goods'. The bulb pressure was deffo too much for DD. This new gadget Lilmama posted looks like a great idea...but ewwwwww for having to keep it clean. But my DH hates the CPR-blow-nose technique.

After a while though, snot, poop, urine becomes a way of life

 

[lilmamatoW]

The snotsucker is actually really hygienic. There is a little replaceable filter so that you can't get any goop in your mouth...and it disassembles for easy cleaning.

 

[Sunshine12]

Awwww yuck. This is really weird but I was having a conversation the other day with one of my mates about snotsuckers. I actually boke every time I think about it.

He was telling me about when he was using one of these on his little one and sucked too hard and it all went in his mouth! OMG I have such a weak stomach I couldnt handle that. I think some of them have a bit at the end to stop that happening but his one didnt. I feel sick just talking about it.

 

[Bats11]

Omg, snot sucker, never heard of that, but then again my girls are 9&7 so new things come out all the time.

Im feeling Anabelle more & more now, not one day goes by that i dont feel her move, i love it!

I went & brought heaps of gorgeous clothes yesterday for her at a shop that has designer baby wear, they are closing down so they had fantastic discounts & i kind of got carried away oops!

 

[Bats11]

Sunshine i love the photo you've got in the corner, thats a great shot to do when bubs is born!

 

[Destin]

What baby names do you ladies have picked out?

We are having a girl....

Brooklyn Grace....if this baby decides to be a boy, Peyton Maddox

 

[sadie]

Nice names! I am throwing a few around. Havent really Chosen one in particular! It isnt easy as the more i repeat a name, the less I like it. Then trying to have it fit 'what i think' my baby will look like (at least in some way) isnt so easy.... I have taken a break from looking thru names....

 

[Sunshine12]

I think Im having Daisy, Ruby or Olivia if its a girl but wont likely pick which one until I see baby and Jack if its a boy (but we havent really spoke about boys names very much so that could change. There arent many boys names that I like TBH as I prefer traditional sounding names to modern ones (but dont like many of the traditional ones which leaves me with very little to choose from!) I love the name Grace but my old boss is called Grace so I cant have it. xxx

 

[sadie]

Now if my sister's sister in law didnt name her daughter ruby, That would be on my list of top 3, as well. i love that name!!

 

[Sunshine12]

Im not really a fan of baby stuff with slogans and things on but I thought this was quite cute (saw something similar on internet) so I bought a plain white baby vest thing as below....................

 

[Sunshine12]

..............cut some vinyl with one of the gadgets I have in the house (I love crafty stuff so my OH is always buying me new stuff to play with) and turned it into this....