March 2013 babies - we all have our beautiful babies :)

[rose.]

Sorry to hear about your ohs job skeet, it always comes at the worst time! My oh isn't earning quite as much as he was at the moment either but at least its forced us to take control of our spending ready for when Alfie arrives!

 

[baby_maybe]

Seems like money is tight for a lot of people at the moment. Luckily we had a car that needed selling and I used the money from that to buy my big stuff. DH is owed a fair amount of money from work at the moment and as the business is having a hard time it's him and his sister that miss out on being paid. We are getting enough to get by and pay the bills, but it's not really fair that we're owed so much when we could do with the extra money, especially with Xmas coming up!

 

[Cherrybump]

Talking about baby being on your bladder. Ive yet to feel baby yet but im sure baby is near my bladder today and yesterday i went to the loo so much and lost an inch around my belly lol. But today i feel like a i need to pee when i go i dribble within few second i still felt like i needed to pee. Lucky that had pasted as i went for a walk for about 45 minutes.

Was reading the inch boobs.nipple thing and my boobs when inchy :s lol but my nipples are so sensitive right now .

Also bought my first pair of maternity jeans on sale at new look bargain . im also stuggling with for cash to. With having the odd day off not well im losing like 30 pound . Ryan has only just handed his wage slips into the council so hopefully they will put me back on benift as im struggling badly.

Still have no money to put on heating either so me and ryan have had to freeze lol and now my washing machine isnt working :S. I got one wash out of it yesterday and then put another one on i thought it had finished since i put it on a quick wash and there was water pouring out of it kitchen floor was like a swimming pool. So i may have to get new washing machine to now and i just finished paying of the catolgue to my mum *sighs* this always happens i finish paying for something and then something else goes :'(.

It will all pick up again wish i know as this always happens lol but its a right pain when you really need things. x

 

[rose.]

It's always the way, as soon as you get one thing sorted something else comes along! Even with new appliances you never know, when I bought mine the first time I used it it broke! Luckily it was obviously under warranty so they came and fixed it. Bit of a nightmare when you're without a washing machine though, especially in this weather when you're wearing lots of clothes!

OH and I went on a shopping trip today - we haven't been for so long I thought it was time to treat ourselves! We got a couple of new clothing items and some new bedding to match the colour scheme of our bedroom, and a couple of little outfits for Alfie tonight I ordered the stickers to go on his nursery walls - we have decided on a monkey theme!! My nursery furniture is arriving a week on Wednesday so I can't wait to get the room all sorted. I seem to have a hard time finding bedding sets, curtains etc with monkeys on, so I'm making a patchwork blanket for his cot. I bought some fabric tonight online, I've got some blue dots, green stripes, yellow abc animals and some white fabric with blue and green monkeys on. I hope it's nice when it arrives!

If anyone's seen any monkey nursery bits and pieces which don't cost the earth please let me know, I saw a lampshade for £80 earlier and nearly fell off my chair!!

 

[skeet9924]

We are going for the same theme !! It's more lions elephants monkeys etc but oh wants to focus mostly on the monkeys

 

[rose.]

I love monkeys! We got a cool monkey play mat from toys r us, I love it

I think I may have to mix in some other jungle animals, unless I go for plain curtains etc. wish there was more choice for a reasonable price! All the monkey cot bedding online says its out of stock

 

[baby_maybe]

Oh that sounds great rose, I love monkeys too. Never had to do a boys room before, but as DH is very heavily into his Motorsport we thought we'd go for that as a theme

I found some great black and white wall stickers online which are of old racing cars and another site which does a big sticker in the shape of a vintage race car and you can choose the colour and have it personalised with a name. Just got to choose the colour of the walls, I'm thinking mainly blue, but I might throw in a grey one so I can get the car sticker done in blue to go on that one over the cot

 

[Amy_T]

Money problems are such a nightmare aren't they.... They say having money doesn't make you happy but not having it sure as hell can make you miserable!

On a happier note,... I am 19 weeks today! Yay, have scan a week on Thursday and can't wait to see our little miss again

Hope everyone is well. X

 

[rose.]

Motorsport is a cool theme too!! My husband wanted a cars theme but I persuaded him to have monkeys in the end. I said we can have cars next when Alfie gets too old for monkeys also, our monkey theme doesn't involve any painting as its going to be mainly neutral, and the nursery is neutral already as we painted our whole house neutral when we refurbished it. I am so excited!! Now I know when my furnitures being delivered I just want to get on and get everything sorted!

 

[Kte]

If anyone's seen any monkey nursery bits and pieces which don't cost the earth please let me know, I saw a lampshade for £80 earlier and nearly fell off my chair!![/QUOTE]

My Sis kitted my nephew out with Monkey stuff, not sure where, must have been the internet as she was so bad at getting out and about when pregnant. She didn't have much money either so hopefully you can find some decent stuff on there

 

[rose.]

Thanks kte! I'm keeping my eye out. I found a gorgeous monkey lampshade which is £30.. Seems a lot to spend but I may give in nearer the time if I don't find anything else! I'm keeping my eye on eBay for now

 

[sportysgirl]

Thanks kte! I'm keeping my eye out. I found a gorgeous monkey lampshade which is £30.. Seems a lot to spend but I may give in nearer the time if I don't find anything else! I'm keeping my eye on eBay for now

Have you tried Amazon? There is a lampshade on there for £19.99. xx

 

[AthenaPlusOne]

Thanks kte! I'm keeping my eye out. I found a gorgeous monkey lampshade which is £30.. Seems a lot to spend but I may give in nearer the time if I don't find anything else! I'm keeping my eye on eBay for now

I've given up on finding bedding I like for a boy, so I bought a bunch of fabric and I'm just going to make my own--he'll have a nice personalized nursery and I'll be proud when it's done....even if it takes forever and I curse myself for deciding to do this the entire time it's getting done

 

[skeet9924]

Just curious if any of your belly buttons have popped out yet? My friend is 2 weeks ahead of me but at 20 weeks her belly button had already popped....I'm now at 21 weeks and mine has not where is everyone else at? When does it normally pop?

 

[Mrs. AJ]

That's really cool Athena, what sort of fabric?

As for belly buttons, mine never popped last time, and hasn't yet this time either...

 

[AthenaPlusOne]

That's really cool Athena, what sort of fabric?

As for belly buttons, mine never popped last time, and hasn't yet this time either...

Just cottons. I'm waiting for them to come, now. I'm rolling with a SUPER muted ocean theme--mostly color theme of blue and lime green with grey accents.

My belly button hasn't popped, but I can officially see the very inside of it in the mirror, which I could never do before. So maybe soon? Maybe not? We will see! Many women never have their pop and that's totally normal--I don't think there is a "set time" for it to happen, just depends on the person and the pregnancy!

 

[skeet9924]

thanks ladies..I wasnt sure if it was something that was supposed to happen or not..I have a very deep inny so I might not have it pop..I have noticed that its not as deep as it was but not close to being flush yet

 

[sharnw]

My belly button is getting tight and I have already taken my belly bar out

 

[rose.]

Thanks sportysgirl, I have looked on amazon but havent noticed that lamp shade so I'll have to get on there again today!

My belly button is very deep to start off with as well, and hasn't popped yet, although it does look different to how it used to so I'm wondering if it's starting it's journey out!

 

[anna1986]

my belly button never popped in my last pregnancy and im not expecting it to in this one either. it has got shallower. i hope it dont pop as it kind of freaks me out slightly lol