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All my kids are compleat traitor s when it comes to daddy but im the bad cop so he is favourite wish he would dicaplin them a little drives me mad. Im actualy going out on my own tonight its my friends suprise baby shower first time in forever im free
 
Is anyone else in an absolutely foul mood 24/7? I am like a seething furnace of anger at the moment. I am constantly swearing under my breath and just feeling like everything is getting on my nerves. ARGH! I don't remember feeling like this the first time round! I just can't relax!
 
I wasn't meaning switch to Facebook only... I just noticed there wasn't as many over there as we have here. I use both :)
I think in the future it becomes easier to stay in touch as our little ones grow.
I love bnb too. Just didn't know if everyone was aware of the FB group.
 
Gem it's probably just because you have a nearly 3 year old, I've a feeling we are going to have terrible 3's as 2 has been easy up til now.
Xx
 
bumblebee, 2 weeks today until my scan too!! I had a bad dream last night that the scan didn't go well. :(
 
MellyH said:
bumblebee, 2 weeks today until my scan too!! I had a bad dream last night that the scan didn't go well. :(
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hunni i had dreams like that very often! very vivid and upsetting, but all is well here and i think it's just our inner fears we try and keep hidden during the day coming to a head while we sleep :hugs:
 
Megamegan said:
Has anyone here done cloth diapering? I want to maybe try it, but, I work (thinking about hiring a nanny when I'm at work at least in the beginning) and I'm wondering if it would be too much to keep up with. I guess nothing is impossible but I don't want to get too overwhelmed. Maybe if I manage to find a nanny who has experience with cloth diapers, it would be fine.

I love learning all this fun stuff :)
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I've done 100% cloth diapering, so ask any questions! :thumbup: The Natural Parenting forum is also a really good resource. It's really not difficult and I don't feel that it adds in extra work. Instead of bringing a bag of stinky diapers down to the trash, you bring it to your wash. I do a wash every 2-3 days, but she potty trained at 17 months so I'm back to regular washes. I love it -- saves sooo much money!
 
Feronia, i too have done cloth. Ds will be 15-16 months when new baby arrives.... how did you potty train early? I'm really wanting to try because although i don't mind two in diapers I'd rather minimize the time spent doing that :)
 
I did cloth on and off and part time, the biggest mistake I made was buying the whole set of bambino mio which just didn't work for us, I tried various other types but I could never get the right fit and abdorbancy for ds without spending a fortune - again.
We even struggled in disposables particularly at night once he was sleeping through.
Xx
 
So glad to see great scan pics and hear good updates from yesterday! Congrats ladies!

Captain I'm glad you're starting to feel a wee bit better. I hope they're able to give you some answers to perk ya back up 100%! :hugs:

SurpriseBub I love those shoes, so cute!

I think only a very few people are exclusively using our FB page. I know I check into both. FB is convenient for me as I get alerts to my phone, whereas my phone usually shuts down BNB after a couple of minutes. Dang glitchy POS. I need a new phone. :rofl: But I like utilizing both places. :) BNB is the only baby site I've stuck with since I was TTC with my daughter. LOL.

Megan I did CD with my daughter and plan to with this one. I... am a bit CD obsessed. ;) Feel free to ask any questions you may have! :) There's also quite a few groups and pages on FB that I've utilized for CD. I found it was a huge help in the beginning! My only drawback is we had to stop CD when we began working on potty with my daughter, as the stay-dry in my diapers was making her happy as a clam to pee herself and not be bothered. She's stubborn as a mule about that. SIGH. But now they're all cleaned, stripped and ready for the next one!
 
hey everyone!
yay reached 13 weeks!
only two more days to go before im technically in second tri and
only 6 more days to go before im officially in second tri!

yesterday my mom bought a swing for my sister cause she really needed one
baby refuses to sooth without being rocked and she has a bjorn bouncer but it gets tiring bouncing it with your foot constantly and if you fall asleep or stop for whatever reason her baby wakes us
so my sister told me that i could pick out the swing and get her whatever i wanted because she is going to hand me down it to me when i have the baby
so after spending like an hour in babies r us trying to decide and driving this poor sale associate up the wall making her put new d batteries in the display models
i finally decided on this one

https://www.gracobaby.com/products/pages/glider-elite-gliding-swing-brompton.aspx
and her baby and her absolutely love it!

only two more weeks until my next appointment
when we get to find out what day we get to find out the gender!
 
I like that swing Bridget. We have been looking for one too. We have a bouncy chair which was Dd's but like your sister I don't really want to be bouncing it with my foot constantly especially with a toddler to look after. Plenty of time to decide yet though :) And congrats on being 13 weeks xx
 
Yay 13 weeks Bridget!! Nice looking swing. :D

I'm interested in cloth diapering. Can anyone estimate what the set-up costs would be for twins? I am interested in either the prefolds or the MCNs, no real preference either way. So, how many would I need to start with?!
 
What's nice about prefolds, Melly, is that they can be even be concocted from tea towels and such, so they're cheap! LOL. I loved prefolds with my daughter. I have some inexpensive cotton flats like the ones my mom used with us (huge and you fold down to size) and I believe I paid ten dollars for a dozen. I also have some pricier sustainablebabyish brand prefolds and a variety in-between. We didn't start until 4 months so I'm unsure about necessity of # for a newborn. Hopefully Feronia or others who began at day 1 can chip in there. :)

Speaking of Feronia -- have you read Active Birth by Janet Balaskas? I'm only a few chapters in but am loving it so far. Was curious if that's one of the ones you've read. :)
 
https://www.amazon.com/OsoCozy-Pack-Birdseye-Unbleached-Diapers/dp/B004GTLRY4

I have these flats but had gotten them a little cheaper at a store closing sale. Wash easily, dry quickly in the sun and I loved how they could fold to fit any size. :)

Then I have a variety of prefolds from various companies. I think I have over a hundred diapers ATM. Need to sell some of my sbish soon before #2 comes as I don't need quite so many..... :rofl:
 
Thanks everyone, I'm going to post about it in the Natural Parenting section and hopefully get some more answers. DH is really worried about it in general so I want to hear from other working moms who managed to cloth diaper. :)
 
Melly, we used Prefolds and covers with my son. I had Gerber prefolds at first which strongly do NOT recommend.

Now i have some green mountain prefolds (4dozen) and we generally go through 6-7 a day. They are very absorbent and have no leaks. I got 3 doz small for this new baby as my gerbers are crap. I also use the bummis covers. Easy to wash and use! I've tried thirsties, but they are wearing out where my bummis are still working great! I like prefolds because i can wet soak them in a wet pail. I usually do diapers every 2-3 days, so 2ish loads a week.

I would say i bought 10 medium covers which ds used from 3 months to current and i bought 10 small and 6 newborn. Total i spent $160 on covers, but i happened upon the only cd store in town when they were going out of business. On prefolds i wasted $89 on 6 doz gerber. But my new ones from green mountain i spent $250.

We also use snappis to secure the diaper under the cover but you don't have to. Even with the wasted $ on Gerber, i stillthink we saved a ton by using cloth. It's not all that time consuming....maybe a little more yuck factor when you don't just toss them and have to wash, but it honestly doesn't bother me or dh.

Here's the link to the bummis site. They have videos and even some nice starter kits...

https://www.bummis.com/us/en/
 
well it looks like i should start looking for a job soon
i dont really like customer service or dealing with the public
so im thinking about applying to some dishwasher positions
 
Interesting to hear you ladies talk about cloth diapering... I was looking into it, but deep down don't think I could really handle it (I am a bit of a germaphobe, so not sure I could handle the clean up!)

There look to be some biodegradable disposable options, so that might be my compromise!
 
Megamegan said:
Congrats to everyone on the perfect scans! I had mine yesterday too and it went great. I felt such happiness after seeing our baby. At first, he or she was moving around and then baby calmed down and posed for the pictures. We heard the heartbeat but she didn't bother measuring it. DH
took a video of the whole thing which I was very happy about.
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Congratulations megamegan. So cute xxx
 
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