MACA Pregnancy and Baby Buddies!

[Leeze]

hi everyone!

I'm still here, just don't seem to be on the internet much at the moment - a good sign, I reckon!! Can't believe Yazzy you're in 3rd tri and SBB you're nearly half-way!!!! Great to hear from Char too.

We're doing well, trying to get Kia settled a bit earlier at the moment as it's been close to midnight recently. Although she does then sleep till 8am so I'm not complaining!!! Hopefully she's going to sleep now (nearly 11pm), and we're going to try to gradually get her down earlier!

Yazzy, hope you're feeling better now. Re slings, I got a good baby bjorn one second hand from ebay for about £20. You can't breasfeed in it but I find it pretty easy to get on and off and Kia seems comfy enough in it.

SBB - how lovely to have your scan soon. Good luck with staying yellow!!

Char - sorry to hear about Ian's job, hope something good comes up soon

xxx

 

[SBB]

Good going on the sleep Leeze! She will start to settle earlier, Sammuel did on his own at some point, just started going to sleep on the sofa about 8pm.
Sammuel is sleeping really well too 7-7 most nights, he sometimes wakes briefly but just a little cuddle and he's back off!
Linny I hope Maisy is doing better now you're back at work?

Really sorry Leeze but I'm going to slate baby bjorns - they are a really bad carrier for lots of reasons, I really don't want to offend you (and they're fine for occasional use) so I am going to spoiler it! Hope I haven't upset you, it's just there are SO many better carriers, sadly bjorns are just the best known and therefore very popular...

Spoiler

Ok, firstly - most people can't wear a baby past 6 months, if that in a bjorn. The support they offer the wearer is awful. It doesn't distribute the weight well at all and so hurts your back and shoulders once baby gets to a certain weight. In a good carrier or wrap you can carry comfortably to 3 or 4 years!

Secondly, they don't hold the baby in a good position - the position is not good for spine or hip development. The baby is basically dangled by it's crotch, and as you can imagine that's not the most comfortable or supportive. The baby should be in a sitting position, with the carrier all the way to its knees, and the knees slightly higher than the bum. This give the very best support and shape for the developing spine and hips, and is also better than the support shape of a pushchair etc.

Thirdly - babies shouldn't face out, for a few reasons, but baby bjorns offer outward facing, and while its lovely to see them beaming out at the world, it's actually not good - it puts their spine under pressure, they can become overstimulated and can't turn away, and also it pulls them away from you, putting even more strain on the back
There's even more reasons here! https://www.bobafamily.com/blog/2011/10/11/nine-reasons-not-to-carry-your-baby-facing-out/

This image shows the hip issue
https://i1040.photobucket.com/albums/b404/zannaboo/carrier.jpg

Ok, so all in all please don't buy a baby bjorn Yazzy!!!!

x x x x

 

[Leeze]

SBB - I'm not offended at all! It's good to know this about baby bjorn. One of my friends recommended it actually, which is why I got it. I have to admit that if I have Kia in it for more than about 1-1.5 hours then I start to get sore shoulders (but it is quite easy for using for just a short amount of time each day) - I just looked at your previous advice to Yazzy about slings - and I like the look of the first one actually. I saw someone the other day with one of these on the train and it looked really good, especially that you can take them off and still have the baby in them. x

 

[SBB]

Phew! Glad I didn't offend

I carry Sammuel no problem and he's 28lb or more now! If you want to get a new carrier and want help just give me a shout...

X x x

 

[Leeze]

I've been having a little look on ebay and am thinking about getting an ergo because there's quite a few second-hand ones and we could do with not spending too much on one. I do love the look of the rose and rebellion ones but they're quite a lot more expensive. Do you think they're better than ergo? And would either of them be better for using for a full day occasionally like at a festival or similar? Thanks hon xx

 

[SBB]

Ergos are fantastic, just as good as r&r, but eBay has so many fake Ergos you have to be so careful i didn't know until recently that people actually made fake carriers but Ergos and moby wraps on eBay are often bad copies

Theres a few things to look for and a decent seller with a real one will happily answer your questions. Feel free to post a link if you see one you're interested in, and I'll take a look. I'll try and find the info about fakes but I'm sure it's on the official ergo site..

Also, there's probably a sling meet near you where you can go along and try a few slings out before you buy the site is something like www.slingmeet.co.uk or search for a Facebook page...
but most people love the ergo so you can't go wrong!

X x x

 

[Leeze]

that's interesting, I wouldn't have even guessed there would be fake ones on there! I feel really naive now!!!

Char x

 

[SBB]

I never would either, I only knew because there was a big thread on here about it once!

I mean who the hell makes a fake baby carrier?!

X x x

 

[yazzy]

Oooh I didn't even think about eBay when looking for baby carriers...I will be looking and sending you links aswell SBB!! I loved the look of the one's you put in an earlier post but I just can't afford one at the mo...will save up and then get one by the time I want it for bubs.

SBB - how did you scan go or is it this afternoon???? I hope all goes perfectly and you stay strong to remain on team yellow!

2 months today girls and i'll be getting ready to walk down the isle and become a Mrs!!! how exciting...really looking forward to it. Also that means i'll be much closer to meeting baby I'm getting to the point now where i'm daydreaming about what our baby is going to look like...I can't even guess because me and my OH are so different in terms of skin colour, hair and eye colour!

Hope everyone is doing well

 

[SBB]

Aw it's gonna be so cute Yazzy!! Where is your OH from? Originally I mean so exciting only 2 months away!!

We are team yellow all fine at the scan and measuring fine despite my non existent bump!

X x x

 

[SBB]

Here is my 20 wk scan and 'bump'

https://i1040.photobucket.com/albums/b404/zannaboo/c37182dd.jpg https://i1040.photobucket.com/albums/b404/zannaboo/81fdb448.jpg

X x x

 

[yazzy]

Yay SBB glad all went well and baby is looking good, love the scan pic and your mini bump. I had a teeny tiny bump if I could call it that at 20 weeks, it is only in the last couple weeks people have noticed and asked when i'm due! I hope you are feeling well and that your sickness stopped.

 

[SBB]

Lol I've just noticed all the crap on the floor in the pic oh well!

I can't believe people are only just noticing at almost 30 weeks! Post a bump pic please

x x x

 

[yazzy]

Will try and get a good pic later...might have to get my OH to take it. At 6 months so whats that, around 24 weeks'ish I got a lot of the is she/isn't she comments and then since 27 weeks i've definitely popped so you can't mistake the bump now but still nice and neat for only 10 weeks to go.

Think I have a lazy baby though. He/she has burst of activity and then just quietly bimbles around in there for a while. I am trying not to get paranoid about movement and have found some baby music that I play on my phone if he/she is quiet because there is one tune that always wakes baby up!

 

[Leeze]

Cute bump, SBB! I think my belly is still bigger than that 3 months after giving birth! Yazzy, remember that your LO is sleeping a lot of the time so that's why there's less movement. SBB, do you mind if I ask you a bit about the ergo carrier? There seems to be a big difference if price between 2 types - like 80 quid versus 120 quid. I can't see a big difference in them except the expensive ones have groovy patterns on them. Do you know what the difference is? Also, do you know if either are the kind you can remove and keep baby in them with them still being upright? Finally, do you know if any shops sell the ergo where you can go try them or do you need to go to a sling meet? Thanks xxx

 

[SBB]

Leeze can you post links to the two?
I think *maybe* John Lewis have started selling them, but I'm not sure! There is bound to be somewhere in London that does, wonder if theres a list of stockists on their site?

Do you mean take the whole carrier off but baby is still in it? I don't think so, but I've never needed to do that with mine... I think the beco butterfly does that. Maybe with a newborn insert but she'd prob be a bit big for that now anyway.
Sorry if I'm being thick but why do you need to do that? just curious!! Not sure I really know what you mean
When I take S out I undo the back strap and the whole front comes down so he's just in the same position but with me holding him.
YouTube prob has some videos that show how it works too

Yazzy looking forward to a bump pic! It worrying when they go quiet I know... They're just sleeping a lot I guess and go through phased just like a baby does...

X x x

 

[Leeze]

Thanks hon, will post links to the 2 when back on laptop, not on phone! The reason I asked about taking baby out in sling still was I saw someone on train the other day doing it and it looked like good idea when on train etc to be able to sit more comfortably but still have baby supported. Or maybe with a better sling than baby bjorn you don't need to take sling off to get comfy when sitting. It's just that I'll be on quite a few train journeys of 2 hours or so and am trying to work out if possible to do with just sling and not buggy. Xx

 

[SBB]

Oh ok I see, I sit with Sammuel in it perfectly comfortably, or I did until he was big enough to want to wriggle about! Now I take him out and he'll sit in the seat or whatever... So I wouldn't say that was necessary but if you did want that the Beco butterfly does it I'm sure... They go to sleep so easy in the sling she'll probably have a lovely snooze on the train!

Cool post the links and I'll check them out

X x x

 

[Leeze]

ok - so here's examples of the 2 types of ergo at different prices:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product...&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=467128533&pf_rd_i=468294

and

https://www.amazon.co.uk/ERGObaby-C...f=sr_1_1?s=baby&ie=UTF8&qid=1330556895&sr=1-1

saying that, I just read somewhere else that apparently sometimes the ones on amazon are fakes! I'm going to have a look on ergo website to see if I can find local stockists

thanks again for your advice! Xx

 

[SBB]

Off to bed so will check them out tomorrow... But yeh I'd be wary on amazon too! There's loads of reputable places that well them though, will try and post links tomorrow xx