***December Dreamers*** 70 babies born***

I always used pampers , huggies are ok but i found they wasnt as good when bradley got older as they leaked!
I would prob buy just 1 newborn i got all mine free somehow!
then go to next size 1 x
 
Lozzy I totally understand people waiting due to finishing education, OH not being ready etc and I bet that forum was a godsend! I know TTC was my saviour at times :) it also took me a while to stop going there first!!

Ness thats the I love daddy sleepsuit I have :) so cute!

Wish I had an endless supply of money :haha: I bet I wouldn't be so cautious about buying stuff then.
 
Jake was a mammoth baby lol... he only fitted the size ones for 2 weeks!! So i wouldnt recommend getting to many packs and you can even use size 2's from newborn anyway as they start from 6/7 pounds i think, i used pampers and swear by them, everyone i know that used huggies said they leaked and had to be changed more often therefore costing alot more money! Pampers always seem to have more offers on aswell i think.

We have bought a fair bit so far:

Baby zebra swing from toysrus
long sleeve vests
sleepsuits (lots!)
3 outfits
snowsuit
small bottles (even tho i plan to breastfeed again but know it can go wrong)
big bottles
socks
ordered the pushchair (bugaboo bee plus)
ummm other bits but cant remeber lol

And it was all bought on special offeres, the bottles are half price in mothercare at the mo!
 
Ducky i got fustrated with the girls that were only waiting to save money, everything else i could understand.

Im geting a few packs of pampers in size 1 before i start with the fluff
 
OK so if I do decide to go for just regular nappies then pampers it is :)
 
Hot damn!! I am currently up 10 pounds on my pre pregnancy weight!! WTF?!?!? And I'm 2.5 pounds from yesterday morning. I certainly hope this is just.... 'waste' if you know what I mean. Otherwise I am going to flip! I'm doing better than when I was pregnant with Greg (up about 30 pounds by now), but still.... what the hell. Now I have to go back to my weight training diet... Yucky fricking oatmeal pancakes for breakfast, and scrambled egg white for lunch... not impressed! And no, that oatmeat pancake is not yummy, its dry and tastes like crap cuz you can't have butter or margerine and only a Tbsp of syrup.

Anyways, I had a HUGE post, but then my ITouch crapped out on me :(

I love the names Mia and Lola but I don't think there are any Mia songs, so that might help. Grace... love it! In fact I think we are considering it for a middle name cuz it pretty much goes with everything!

Do I think its a girl? I did when I 1st found out. I had this huge girl vibe, but lately, I have no vibe. So buying the pink outfit was purely cuz I wanted to buy something pink for once lol. It still has its tags on it.

Sorry about your Gran Clo.

Bubble, congrats on the boy! You must be over the moon!

Ness... you poor thing. I was diagnosed with severe IBS 10 years ago. I've even had a stupid colonoscopy because my symptoms were so severe. I'm also severly lactose intolerant, but thankfully I can take pills for that. When my IBS took a turn for the worst thoug, they wanted me to cut out glute as well. I did it for 2 weeks and told them where to shove it! So I feel for you and don't even know what to say. Just curious though, can you slowly build up a tolerance to it? With lactose you can start out with having say half a teaspoon of milk to see how you tolerate it. If you have severe cramping and diarhea, they suggest waiting a day or 2 before trying again. Basically, when you have a tolerated the 1/2 teaspoon, you work your way up. Now, I'm not brave enough to try that, but I did it with cottage cheese and yogurts and such, and now I can have those without lactaid. I never drink milk anyways as I don't think I want to even try with something that high in lactose. But I do eat most cheeses without lactaid now as well. I use lactaid for when milk was used in the preparation of a dish, and for things like frozen yogurt or ice cream. I've also found later in pregnancy, like I've even been there lol, my tolerance was a bit higher. So just curious if you could do the same thing.

As for what we've bought.... one pink sleeper! And that was purely cuz I wanted to! I have my eye on a crib and dresser/change table I want, but won't order them til a little further along. Plus we need to clear out this spare room before putting stuff into it.

I think that about covers it.
 
Oh and we always used Huggies and will with this one as well. We never had a leakage issue with them, plus the Pampers always made him smell like pee, even when he was freshly changed. And the Pampers made the pee sag way worse than the Huggies. Maybe the UK Huggies are different from the Canadian Huggies....
 
well i can certainly say bradley never smelt like wee lol

Gracie is nice for a girl too , i like that for bubs
 
I used Pampers and Huggies - just whichever were on offer...but then I changed to Tescos when she was about 8 months due to both huggies and pampers leaking and they've been great.
I'll use Pampers/Huggies for bubba until their lil bum isnt so sensitive, never had any problems with Aimees bum due to nappies, however wipes is another issue.
If you're stocking up on wipes I suggest you read the "ingredients" list. I'm just battling with mega nappy rash with Aimee, Johnsons "NON FRAGRANCE" wipes actually have parfum on the ingredients...I feel bad coz I should have read the back of the pack! I have really sensitive skin and I think I have passed this on to Aimee - I would recommend Huggies Natural (they are literally like water n wool)
 
Oh and huggies superdry (blue box) I bought in bulk from Costco and she smelt like pee!
 
I honestly don't know what I would do without you ladies... you are my panel of advisors lol. Can you tell I'm a first time mum with NO experience with kids at all?!?! :haha:
 
Ducky - I have my own forum for ladies TTC, pregnant or just Mummies...and when I was having Aimee I put a post on there begging for advice on what I needed :blush:
 
It is hard to know and you wouldnt know without being told hun
I found with ds i bought soo many things i just didnt need or even use so wish someone told me lol
 
I also wish someone had told me too lol,i bought alot of stuff i didnt need and probly wasted alot of money! But have learnt and wont do it again!
 
Anyone got any advice on things NOT to buy? Like you said charlotte, things people buy but don't actually need?
 
just had to catch up girlies sorry ur havin a food crisis ness cant imagine how difficult that must be as i live on toast with tomatoes on and loads of salf (my cravin) lol. Well i think our girls name is def phoebe i love it but still not sure on a boy yet really wana find out wat we r havin cause i was sure it was a boy but these last few days im not so sure so who knows. charlotte i love lola that was in the runnin wen i was carryin tilly and mia was 2. iv brought loads of things tommie tippie bottles as i wont be bf tried with tilly and hated it, sum sleep suits and vests bibs 2x snowsuits booties think thats it at the min lol x
 
A top and tail bowl- whats that all about?!! You defo dont need one and its on every baby checklist! Also dont spend too much on outfits for newborns as they will live in sleepsuits for the first few weeks, its so much easier for you to dress/undress and do bum changes with these!
Also i dont think everyone needs baby monitors, we live in a small house so if bubs is upstairs (obviously not on own when newborn but when abit older)_ we would be able to hear him anyway and bedrooms are close together so would hear him in the night. Theres loads more but i cant think of them lol
 
ducky i personally wudnt buy a moses basket we never did with tilly just borrowed one and i am doin the same this time they r quite expensive and they r hardly in them do u know anyone u can lend 1 off this is only my opinion hun. also i know its really hard but try not to buy to many outfits as wen u have the baby ppl bombard u with clothes and outfits we had loads of outfits tilly didnt even get round to wearin x
 
i agree with kerrie bout the moniters we never had them with tilly also baby bath we borrowed my sisters tilly hated it but sumone brought us a baby shaped big sponge that u lay in ur bath and they fit in it tilly loved that so il use that again x
 
Ducky cant think now lol i remember there was loads, i bought a massive change station and bath but never used it, it was easier to use a little bath as the change station was annoying to empty, and a normal changing mat u can take around in any room easy.My opinion!
I bought lotsof newborn nappies but as u know DONT lol
I bought lot of outfits but imo bradley lived in sleepsuits for a good few months
Cant think now hmmmm will get back to u if i remember lol
 

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