Lucky thread

[MrsDuck]

The new bathroom should arrive within the next couple of weeks, then after hubby has fitted it they will come around and fit the corian on top, so it should all be done within a month yay it will feel good just to have one room done although we are now considering blocking up one of the windows in that bathroom?? Too many decisions to make haha

I've heard good things about that 5:2 diet cupcake and it doesn't feel too much like you are on a diet

 

[baileybubs]

Is the 5:2 diet the one that's 5 days on 2 days off or something?

Oh it must feel so good to get one room sorted mrs d. And totally understandable to feel thing are safer now at V day, you know now that chances are good if you were to go into labour, but that little lady is gonna stay put til she's baked and ready anyway x

 

[cupcake1981]

Yeah that's the one, I quite like the idea of only being on a diet 2 days of the week!

Mrs d what's a corian? X

 

[baileybubs]

Oh I thought it was 5 days on the diet and 2 days off lol!

Yeah i was wondering that!

 

[MrsDuck]

It's an acrylic work surface, like you might have as a kitchen work top

My mum brought around a big bag of baby outfits, vests etc that she kept from my little sister, so I should now have enough to get us going how many am I likely to get through a day?

Cupcake, will hubby do the diet with you or will you have to make different meals for you both on your diet days?

Boo back to work tomorrow

 

[baileybubs]

Ah right, never heard of a corian before lol.

Well it depends on whether you have a sicky baby I think, Emilia wasn't too bad for being sick she only really posseted a little so I'd say we used 2-3 vests or sleep suits during the day and just the one was fine all night usually.

 

[MrsDuck]

Oh that's good, I was thinking half a dozen or more :/

How many nappies did you pack in your hospital bag?

God you lot are going to be sick of me by the time baby arrives

 

[cupcake1981]

Ah right! Never heard of it.

I think it's only 2 days on the diet else I'm buggered! Tbh hubby is trying to lose weight to but will prob do his own thing.

Zach wasn't very sicky either, we found we got through more vests from wee and poo leakage where we were crap at putting nappies on at first! Oh and little boy fountains but you won't have to worry about that! Get pink tub vanish in for poo stains! You're washing machine will be in constantly anyway so if you have enough for 4/5 days you ll be fine. Get lots of muslins to, sainsburys ones are great, really big and good quality, best thing for mopping up sick and using as a great feeding cover if you're gonna try that x

 

[cupcake1981]

Nappies in hospital bag, I took a small pack of pampers newborn if I remember right, budget about 8 a day as they poop a lot and you might ruin a few getting the hang of it! I ran out of baby clothes and hubby had to bring more up as Zach was bringing up lots of brown mucous from being a section baby.

Take lots of maternity pads (Asda little angels are a great shape), I'd get at least 6 packs, and paper pants to!

 

[baileybubs]

I didn't like muslins but i had loads of burp cloths I liked instead.

And I took one full pack of nappies lol

 

[baileybubs]

Agree with all the above, deffo asda maternity pads! Were great and apparently a good cushion if you have a tear. I also ended up using one across my scar when it was infected lol!!

Yeah Emilia brought up that mucus too and I had to get df to bring more clothes but I was in hospital for 3+ days.

 

[cupcake1981]

Yeah all the stuff I took in for Zach was white and pale blues they got very stained by the mucous, so maybe take some darker outfits in as even vaginal birth babies get the can get the mucous.

Funny I loved muslins and we still use them now, they are everywhere in the flat. We use bibs to. Zach likes to hold a muslin as a little comforter .

Can't stress enough about getting lots of pads.....post partum bleeding is like no period you've ever had!! But it might be worse with a section? At first I used 2 side by side in my paper knickers!

 

[baileybubs]

I heard PP bleeding can be better with a section coz some is removed when they remove the placenta and baby etc, whereas with a vaginal it all comes out after.

Oooh sleep suits with built in scratch mitts were great for us as she was a face scratcher.

 

[MrsDuck]

6 packs!!!! Just for your hospital bag! I'm glad I asked. We don't have a sainsburys or asda, but hopefully we will still be doing a uk visit with the car before baby arrives, so I can stock up

 

[MrsDuck]

Oh god that's even more to think about haha

I haven't got any sleep suits with built in mits, I'll have to get some.
I'll use the hand me downs from my sister for in hospital then and the mucus stage and use the nicer new ones for once it's just milk and spit

 

[cupcake1981]

Yes scratch MIT baby gros are ace! They sell them in next, mothercare, Matalan....

You don't need all 6 for your bag, maybe 2 packs for your bag. But my bleeding went on for ages, about 5/6 weeks but I got to the point we're sanitary pads were enough.

God if it's better with a section god knows what it's like with a natural!!

Mrs d if you can't get over I can send you some Asda pads, they were the best IMO x

 

[cupcake1981]

Bailey when Emilia started the 4 month sleep regression how did she regress? I'm dreading it and just want to prepare myself! Zachs sleeping is so amazing at the moment, not even waking for his dummy!!

 

[baileybubs]

She started it closer to 5 months actually lol, but she just started waking once a night, then it was twice, then twice plus waking and not going back to sleep at about 5am. She wouldn't settle for anything when she woke, sometimes not even giving her a feed would work. And in a morning I would just get up with her at 5am, go downstairs and give her a bottle, then rock her in her bouncer and she'd go back to sleep within an hour and sleep for another 2 hours. But if I tried to do the same upstairs she wouldn't go back to sleep!!

The only thing that improved it was moving to her own room so I'm not sure if it ever was a real regression or just that she was in a new sleep pattern that meant she could be disturbed by our noise more easily after about midnight. Coz I can't even sleep next to df now coz of his snoring and talking in his sleep so no wonder it disturbed her once her sleep pattern changed. I've read that the 4 month regression is coz they chane pattern so they sleep deeply for the first 4-5 hours then in 90 minute cycles so in between those cycles are more easily disturbed or more likely to wake.

 

[baileybubs]

Mrs d I could send you some of my pink scratch mitt sleep suits if I am team blue!

 

[cupcake1981]

Ok thanks Hun, im dreading it. Maybe well try moving him into his room when it starts as I'd read a similar thing to what you say x