Darling buds of May and June bugs!

[gypsy1981]

Lol, glad its going to some use did u get any good deals? I can't wait to buy my travel system today, I'm so excited! Spent £120 on mamas and papas website last night too and got a lot of the nursery stuff. Made savings of £52 so it was quite a good deal! We now have the rug, the cot bumpers, the light fitting and curtains. Hmm I think I might be getting slightly ahead of myself shame to miss bargains though!

 

[Elanesse]

X

 

[meganOUFC]

And hopefully we would all have had a gender scan intime to get some sale bargains too!

 

[gypsy1981]

Ooh I've had a good shopping weekend this weekend! Got my mamas and papas stuff yesterday and today I've bought my travel system, cot mattress (I stole your idea Leanne, the deal was too good to miss) and changing bag all for £225. Changing bag is awesome, it's got a wet compartment for nappies and an insulated compartment to keep baby's bottle warm!

We ended up going for the Graco Sterling travel system. I begrudge spending a lot of money on a pram as I can't see it getting used massive amounts anyway as our family and friends all live far enough away that we have to drive to see them. My main requirements were that it turned easily and was light enough for me to get in and out of the car. It came with free footmuff and rain cover too!

 

[minidancer]

Woohoo glad your shopping trip went so well!! Bet you will be playing with your pram all the time. It's so exciting getting new baby stuff. I'm going to go and test drive some double prams next weekend, I will need a pretty durable one coz I walk quite a lot. I'm really excited xxx

 

[gypsy1981]

I'm keeping at my mam's house for now as I've had about 6 different people tell me that it's bad luck to have your pram in the house before baby arrives and although I'm not superstitious I don't want to tempt fate on anything to do with this baby!

Where are you going to look at prams? Do you have a shop in mind or are u just trying all of the baby shops?

 

[minidancer]

Yeah I had loads of people telling me that last time too, I caved tho and took pram home when I wa about 32 weeks, spent ages practicing putting it up and down I think we will go to John Lewis to test them coz I know they do the baby jogger I like the look of. If we find one we definitely like we will look and see if we can get it somewhere cheaper xxx

 

[meganOUFC]

I've been looking on ebay........... something local and half decent. Never buying new again, done it with all of mine and lost so much money so time to save some pennies and bag me a bargin!

 

[Elanesse]

x

 

[meganOUFC]

oh there is! there is a m&p travel system on there that i know costs over £400 new and it is on £80 at the moment and looks immaculate! And its less than 10 miles from me too!!

 

[mrsbeanbump]

suze, you thinking about the baby jogger city select? I have that! bought it with ds1 as thought then when no2 comes along I'll just buy the extra seat! I think my ds is growing out of it now though but he is really tall, but it will be good for the twins! and the shopping basket is lush!! its the biggest one I've ever seen (deffo one of its best selling points!)

I need to book my gender scan!! I can't believe 16 weeks will just be around the corner in no time!! I've not bought anything for the twins yet...well tell a lie, i found an ace bargain for a highchair from tesco 22gbp each but turns out it was on the web as a mistake, the deal was too good to be true and they refunded my money I love a bargain!! xx

 

[gypsy1981]

Need to re-subscribe to this thread as my stupid phone unsubscribed me, grrr!

Quick question - can anyone advise if Blistex is safe to use in pregnancy? I had a look on the website but it just has the standard wording to check with your doctor. Woke up with a huge blister on my lip yesterday morning and it's throbbing

 

[minidancer]

Hi Liz, yeah that's the one I have seen that I like. Would you recommend it? A bit worried now though because my wee girl is quite tall too. I def want one that can be a single as well as a double. Ooh how exciting finding out the sex of your little twinnys. Are you feeling any better?

I'm not sure about the blistex but I'm sure it's fine xxx

 

[mrsbeanbump]

Hi Liz, yeah that's the one I have seen that I like. Would you recommend it? A bit worried now though because my wee girl is quite tall too. I def want one that can be a single as well as a double. Ooh how exciting finding out the sex of your little twinnys. Are you feeling any better?

I'm not sure about the blistex but I'm sure it's fine xxx

I would recommend it, yes. But what are you planning to use the buggy for mostly? We don't really take it into town anymore or in the car as we have a bjcm that comes in the car for journies into town etc, but for walks from the house I love it. I probably prefer it to the bjcm but the bjcs was just taking up all the room in the boot of my qashqai Now we are looking at new cars as need to fit 3 isofix seats across row 2....but the basket is lush!!! It is supposed to fit up to 3yr olds but I don't know... but Dylan is really tall too. I'm not sure if any other buggy has better seat height dimensions?

I think blistex is fine too, as it is more topical than anything you ingest. xx

 

[meganOUFC]

I would also say blisteze is fine. Dont mean to put a downer on the subject, but has anyone ever heard of cold sores being harmful to new born babies?

 

[gypsy1981]

I googled it yesterday and read a case where a baby had been affected but it was because the mother had never had one before and had no immunity to them so the baby didn't pick up any immunity either. Have you heard something?

 

[minidancer]

Thanks for the info Liz. I will mainly be using it to go for walks, not really to go shopping. I really want one that can be a single too as my husband quite often takes my little girl to work with him on a Saturday so would only have baby with me then. I love how that pram has so many different configurations. I will just need to have a good look at it, and others.

Megan iv never heard that. I do know that coldsores are extremely contagious so babies would prob catch them easily since their immune systems aren't very developed.

 

[meganOUFC]

No it was just something that stuck in my mind from Ages ago. There was a fcebook page that someone liked and it was so
Something along the lines of 'be aware of cold sore and new borns, mothers should be aware'
I never read it but stuck
In my mind so when u mention cold sores. My brain hooked it up lol

 

[gypsy1981]

Ah right, aw they're awful things! I'd never had one in my life until February this year when one popped up about 3 days before my wedding! This is my second so I'm associating them with being run down or stressed

I read that if you've got an outbreak when giving birth then baby is at an increased risk as they're caught through skin to skin contact but other than that it's fine.

 

[meganOUFC]

What was the name of that website where they guess the gender. You was talking about it earlier in the thread but I'm too lazy tO back track x