July Firecrackers 2018

[Buffyx]

When i had my daughter, she had shoulder dystocia. A million people rushed in after the midwife pressed the button. She was blue. She hadnt been getting oxygen due to her being stuck. We were terrified. No one in those moments cared whether she was a boy or a girl. No one was happily shouting "it's a girl!" I wouldnt have known for a while. Im glad i had found out that she was a girl at my 20 week scan.

This is the reason i now have csections. And i always find out. Im surprised no matter when i found out

Hubby felt the baby kick last night for the first time, and I am 9 days away from my scan.

 

[JWC13]

That's so exciting lilmisscaviar! It's exciting to see people starting to find out the gender.

So I *think* I'm starting to feel movement. The last couple of days I've been really aware of my belly and feeling what I could call a lot of spasms or light cramps except they come and go really fast and aren't painful. Does that make sense? I can't tell if it's the baby moving or something else (don't think it's gas). Can anyone else who has started feeling movements tell me what I'm experiencing?

 

[lilmisscaviar]

Buffy that sounds terrifying! I'm glad everything ended up fine in the end for your DD. I agree that whether you find out at 9 weeks through bloodwork, 20 weeks through ultrasound or when your baby is born it is still a surprise. I just like being more prepared and, to be honest, I'm not a fan of gender neutral colors lol.

Thanks, JWC! We're excited for another boy! It does sound like you're experiencing movement to me and you're far enough along that you should be feeling something soon

 

[UniqueBeauty]

Congratulations on team !

Neutral colours are boring, the baby’s drawer is just white, white and more white

I have 9 vests and 5 babygrows, I don’t know how many to get because when the baby is born we will obviously be going out to buy coloured clothing.

 

[Buffyx]

I really do love grey + white on a fresh baby though!

I would say that is enough in newborn sizes if you plan to buy more anyway once baby is here, Unique.

 

[UniqueBeauty]

I really wish I had patience enough to wait to find out until birth. Unfortunately I even have a hard time waiting until 20 weeks lol.

Anyways we are officially team It was a bit of a shock that we broke the girl, boy, girl, boy pattern.

I really do love grey + white on a fresh baby though!

I would say that is enough in newborn sizes if you plan to buy more anyway once baby is here, Unique.

I’ve been getting 0-3 just in case newborn or first size are too small.

I agree though, a new baby in fresh white looks so lovely

 

[Buffyx]

I had two 9lbs babies and they still wore newborn for around 3-4 weeks

 

[UniqueBeauty]

DD went straight into 0-3 the little chunk I do hope I have a nice 7lber this time

 

[Alligator]

Yay for a boy caviar! Congrats.

Busy weekend for me as i worked yesterday (Saturday) and now laying in bed not sleeping at 6am watching the olympics LOL. Hubby is away fishing, I don’t sleep well without him! I think I need a nap later.

9 days til we find out baby’s gender! I’m so anxious and excited. And a bit nervous. I’ll always be nervous for ultrasounds.

 

[Ginaj]

I love neutral clothes, I’ve got cute giraffe print stuff. When I had DD and found out at the scan my in-laws went crazy on pink and Minnie Mouse. By the time she was born I was sick of the sight of it all. I still hate Minnie Mouse now and she’s 5

 

[eppgirl]

My oldest was 9 lbs 1 oz at birth and there was some newborn he could wear but he mostly wore 0-3 months. My twins were 5 lbs 11 oz and 6 lbs 14 oz at birth and my littlest wore preemie for a month and my biggest was in newborn til he was about 3 months.
I'm assuming this baby will be big like his brothers because he already is (estimated weight at 11 oz when I was 19 weeks)
I'm honestly hoping he's smaller than 9 lbs lol, but at the same time, where the twins were so tiny, I was actually scared to hold them.

 

[lilmisscaviar]

I'm not a big fan of white personally. All my babies were spitters and any white clothes they had were stained up in no time. The same with grey (especially if it was light) and yellow. Red is my favorite neutral color because if they spit on it, it doesn't show as much. I think if I were going to wait to find out the sex of the baby until birth, I'd only purchase the newborn and 0-3 sizes in neutral colors then buy the rest of the sizes based on what my baby's gender was. I can only stand duckies on their clothes for so long

All my babies were about 8 lbs at birth so they all went straight to 0-3 months, however because I do tend to go into labor before my due date, I buy a couple newborn sizes just in case. The only one of my kids who actually fit in newborn was baby #4 (who was born at 35 weeks due to polyhydramnios) and even then he was only in that size for like a week or two. I think what you've already bought, Unique, should be enough as far as the newborn size.

 

[UniqueBeauty]

Awesome, I just need to get a couple more hats, some socks and a cardigan. Maybe an extra blanket too cause I’ve only purchased the one. Then slowly move onto the bigger things I purchased the moses basket weeks ago, I’m in love with it

 

[StarryEyed88]

I really have no idea what I’ll need to be honest. I’m just lucky we have a lot left over from my stepson when he was a baby. Going to big w tomorrow as they have the cutest Harry Potter onesies and outfits.

Unique that is a super cute bassinet!!

 

[JLLM]

Hello everyone hope it’s ok for me to join this group! I am due baby #4 on 18 July. This was my 12 week scan little baby was upside down, is a nub clear on my picture was hoping to guess gender but I can’t see nub!

 

[MissEyre]

Caviar - Congrats on baby boy!

JLLM - Welcome! Fun pic!

I love the idea of waiting until baby is born to find out gender, and if I already had one of each then I would absolutely wait to find out gender on baby #3. However, we're stopping at 2 and I have saved all of my daughter's clothes from birth and if this little one is a boy then I'd like to get rid of her clothes (sob!) and start building a collection for baby boy. My scan is on the 23rd, so not too long to wait!!

 

[Alligator]

Welcome JLLM. We also have a FB group...totally up to you, but let me know if you want to be a part of it (it's secret). Feel free to send me your email address privately and I can invite you.

I bought a stroller this weekend! And now I feel poor! I splurged a little...I bought the City Select double, as you can remove one of the seats and it came highly recommended especially knowing we will likely have two (that's the plan anyway). It was on sale, which is great, and came highly recommended from many of my friends, and it has great resale value! Starting to feel really real now. We'll buy a crib next month and then I think maybe a few little clothes once we know gender (next Tuesday!) but wait until after my shower to do more shopping...we'll have most of the big stuff. My parents offered to buy us a carseat! YAY!

 

[StarryEyed88]

I feel you Allie with the pram...it was our splurge item other than our car seat. We’ve spent AUD 800 but like you we’ve planned for the next at the same time. it came with heaps of extras too though. Yay!!

I think we have all our big stuff now. Bought our furniture second hand so we are sanding and staining that so that’s still in the works. Gosh it’s a lot harder than I thought...and that’s just me watching DH do it

 

[Alligator]

we still have furniture to buy but I have a change table a friend gave us, so we need a crib and probably a dresser for baby.

 

[JWC13]

So far we've bought all the nursery furniture (minus the chair/rocker) and need to start getting it all put together. We aren't planning to buy anything else any time soon as it's all on our registry and we know we will have at least 3 showers (we are very lucky!) and will likely receive most of the stuff on the registry at the showers...hopefully lol