March Munchkins 2017 - calling all March Mummy's to be:)

[katestar53]

Insomnia here... combination of poorly boys & not getting back to sleep after needing a wee So so tired!

Love the banners Ellie!!

Three days till my 20 weeks scan, so excited to see baba again x

 

[PrincessTaz]

Amc90 yes to everything you said, I'm lucy if I get 2 straight hours sleep anymore, that's the hardest thing for me this time!

Bicornbump yay congratulations on team

Mel102 lovely, congratulations on team

Mattsgirl I hated waiting for my scan, hope time goes quickly for you.

Oxygen I'm going to use a co-sleeper this time too, with my son he was just in our bed but it makes me nervous with a 4yr old that still likes to sneak in for cuddles. Co-sleeping is the only thing that got us through the early days as my little one would not sleep if I wasn't right next to him.

Elliecain I love them, super cute. I do quite like the munchkins too lol, was my favourite film as a kid.

Button I was really anxious for this one too as it's an important one, I'm sure baby is perfect though

AFM I finally bought my first nursing/maternity and wow it's so comfy, especially not having the underwire digging in. I'm usually a E/F cup so I though I'd get a G cup to allow that extra growth when milk comes in, well it already fits pretty snuggly lol. Didn't realise they had got that much bigger already.

Also been feeling baby loads on a night which is lovely, my son was a night owl too. Can't wait to feel some on the outside now xx

 

[elliecain]

I'm working on a couple of ideas, will put them up when they are done.

2 days and 1 hour until my scan, can't wait to see Bee and find out the gender!!!

 

[broodymrs]

Good luck Ellie!

We're getting a co sleeper too. Don't have room for a cot! And I think it will work better for bfing, sleep and having a toddler who still doesn't sleep and so will probably want to be in our bed lots. While I don't want to encourage that I don't want him to feel pushed out so I'm not going to say no to snuggles in our bed. Thinking dh will end up on the sofa a lot!

 

[salamander91]

2 days until my scan too! Mines at 3.30PM though so the day is going to drag so much!

 

[elliecain]

I'm getting a co sleeper, even though we have already bought a cot! I like to see it in the nursery, makes the room look real and will be ready and waiting once Bee outgrows the co sleeper. I've heard mixed reviews about co sleepers though. Most of my friends with babies have said it makes life so much easier, but my SIL said it lasted one night and the snuffling was too loud and no one slept, so my nephew ended up in the nursery!

I had my heart set on the Chicco Next2Me one, but I've read a few reviews and people say the Snuzpod is better, because you can take the top bit off and carry it around/downstairs, like a Moses basket. I'm going to go to the shop and try them both out. We have £100 vouchers to spend in John Lewis, that we have kept from wedding presents, so we will only have to find £65 or £100. We just didn't know what to buy and this seems ideal!!!
https://i67.tinypic.com/dnfrsx.jpg

We've done quite well so far... all furniture from eBay, total cost £210. Pushchair with car seat from SIL. And now the vouchers! We just need to buy a tumble dryer, which is going to be pricey, as we need one with a compressor and DH wants A+ energy rating. They are around £350+.

 

[PrincessTaz]

So exciting elliecain and salamander, can't wait to hear your updates.

I prefer the chicco next to me over the snuzpod as it's bigger and you'd get a lot longer use from it. I'm going to try get one of ebay because I don't want to spend so much on something that won't be used for long when I've already spent a lot on the nursery furniture x

 

[ttc bubby no2]

The banner looks great elliecain

I was looking at this co-sleeper called the "Childcare Cosy Time Sleeper". I'm not sure if it is only available in Australia or not. We can also get the Chico one here but it is more expensive than the Childcare one.

I have currently gone off the idea and am thinking of getting an Ikea Sniglar cot for the bedroom and attach it to the bed. I need to check the heights to see if it will work but I have seen some examples online.

 

[salamander91]

We have the Chicco next2me already so will be using it again. It's huge! My 7 month old still sleeps comfortably in it

 

[ttc bubby no2]

We have the Chicco next2me already so will be using it again. It's huge! My 7 month old still sleeps comfortably in it

How big is your 7 month old? I was worried mine would grow out of one of these too quickly but I don't think she will be as big as DS2 who was (and still is) sitting above the 97th percentile lines.

 

[elliecain]

Thanks for the feedback on co sleepers.
I have just read that chicco is bigger so lasts longer whereas the snüzpod is too small and they grow out of it so fast. I have also just read that the snüzpod basinette is too heavy to move around in reality, so that advantage might be irrelevant! I'm back and forth again!
Salamander, did you have to buy a better mattress for the chicco? I've heard the supplied mattress is rather thin. Did you find that?

These are all reasons why I want to have a proper look at them in the shop and see what I think. I'm not in a rush to buy it yet, so I'm going to keep thinking and looking.

 

[salamander91]

Cora is long and thin (17ish lbs). She tends to sleep with her legs tucked up so she has plenty of room still.

The mattress isn't thin at all (much thicker than a Moses basket mattress!) It is quite firm though. Cora slept on top of a blanket for a few weeks but she's used to it without the blanket now.

 

[broodymrs]

I never thought about the snuffling. That's why we moved ds into his own room at 4 months. That and I had a bad cough so we were all disturbing each other.

I think we're renting a bed nest. £69 for as long as you need it and new mattress, sheets and sides provided. My ds is huge so it makes sense not to spend a lot if it might not be used for a long time. We never used the Moses basket, other than for naps for ds as it was so small and unstable

 

[kmpreston]

We are in the process of doing the nursery and have decided to keep a single bed in there as well as the cot, wardrobe and dresser. This means whoever is on night feeds (me most nights I assume) can sleep in the nursery with baby. We are getting a Moses basket to use downstairs/in our room/next to the single bed as we don't want to limit our options of where baby will sleep. We definitely don't have space for a next to me crib - our bedroom furniture is fitted and the crib would restrict us from getting out of one side of the bed and opening half of the drawers and wardrobes

Basically because DH will be either setting off to work at 4am or getting home at midnight 5 days a week it makes sense to have flexibility otherwise none of us will get any sleep at all. He has said when he's on a midnight finish he will sleep in the babies room those nights, when he's on a 4am start I will sleep in the babies room and then when he's having a day off we will play it by ear.

I'm hopeful that after a few weeks if this baby will be used to that room, sleep through, and we might be able to return to both sleeping in our bed wishful thinking I know

 

[MiBabyHopes]

can't wait for thursday to come!!! we will finally get to see our newest growing little one and have someone bake a cake to reveal the gender. we stayed team yellow for ds but we would like to find out for this one just so we can start to plan for clothes.

as to the sleep in room items i have no clue cuz my mom gave us a bassinet from kmart, don't know what label it is but the "mattress" is super thin so we moved him to his crib at 4 months but he was sleeping well by then anyhow.

no insomnia here thankfully i'm able to sleep cuz i wouldn't be able to function without it. i do take a while to fall asleep but that is normal for me, even pre pregnancy it takes 15 to 30 mins.

taz i so get the bra size thing cuz i just got two new ones (not maternity) and i had to go up from c cup to d cup and i prob should have gone dd cuz it's a little squished already.

 

[Livvy]

I want a next to me crib so badly but don't know if we can afford that and another regular crib for this little one. Babies are so expensive!

 

[PrincessTaz]

I wish we had room to put a single bed in the nursery because it would make things much easier. MY OH is a baker so sometimes he getting up for work at 1am and disturbs us or when baby is here he won't be getting much sleep which he needs because he works long hours. Think he'll spend a lot of time on the couch! I am hoping this baby sleeps better than my son did, to be fair don't think it could be any worse. He still doesn't always sleep through the night now and he's 4 xx

 

[elliecain]

I get to see Bee in 25 hours!!!!! I'm so totally excited about this, really can't wait!

We are really lucky and have a spare room and a nursery, so I'll probably sleep in the spare room, which is next to the nursery. That way DH won't be woken when he had work the next day. I still want Bee in the room with me, but both my SILs have now told me that they tried it and it only lasted a couple of nights before the baby was in the nursery, so maybe I'll not get a co sleeper... I can always put the crib in the spare room with me... Then I can use the vouchers for the tumble dryer!!!

 

[PrincessTaz]

Elliecain excited for you seeing baba again.
And yes it's hard to know how it's going to go so maybe just go with the flow and see how it works out. Before we had our son we were both against co-sleeping and baby was going to go into the nursery at 3months. We ended up co-sleeping for 3 years and had to get a kingsize bed lol xx

 

[ttc bubby no2]

With my first I got so anxious about him waking every time I heard a little noise (and babies are noisy!) I ended up moving him the nursery next to our room at about 3 or 4 weeks.

With DS2 I was much more relaxed and had a cradle in our room but most nights had him in bed with me so I could feed him and sleep at the same time. I was much more refreshed although I remember getting quite uncomfortable sleeping in the same position most the night. I think he slept in our room for about 6 months and I moved him to the cot as he could sit up so the cradle wasn't safe anymore.

I thought the side by side idea would be best to try this time so I can move the baby back into its own space easily so I can sleep a bit more comfortable but still be close.

MiBabyHopes - my scan is Thursday too! I can't wait to see bubs again. We already know the gender but I wan't to see it again so I can believe it and then we will let people know. Good luck with your scan!

Elliecain - good luck for your scan! Are you team yellow?