*~* May 2013 - Spring Babies*~* 117 Jelly Babies - 22 Boy's & 19 Girl's - 5 Babies :D

[BellaRosa8302]

Stef - congrats on your little lady!!!

 

[TTCBean]

DH purchased the car seat and crib mattress tonight!!! Amazon is having a promotion, spend $250 get $50 Amazon promotion towards baby items sold through Amazon.com... seems like a good deal considering we needed those items and will definitely need some other random baby items once the promotion comes in (says about 30 days)!

Had our first natural birth class tonight too, it was great! Met many home birthers! Looking forward to the upcoming classes.

 

[pinktiara]

I hate that as soon as you become pregnant people tell you all those stupid things like oh you'll never sleep you won't have time for a shower or makeup etc I'm sorry my 3 year old has slept like a dream from 3 months and I shower everyday as well as do makeup lol it's all about managing its not rocket science ugh people bug me.

 

[Hann12]

pinktiara i agree! Since the birth of my DD I've not once had a pyjama day, I've showered every day and my make up has been on every day (not a lot). It made me feel so much better having that shower and looking more refreshed even if I wasn't feeling it on the inside. Even at 1 week old I'd get people telling me that I look good, while DH was constantly told he looked tired, even though it was me getting up not him - think thats the joy of the after birth pregnancy hormones!!

 

[CupcakeBaby]

Glad yo hear you ladies say all this.

I have a friend who has a 3yo and a 1yo and she's always telling me how she's jealous that I've had a shower or had time to brush my hair or eat lunch....

OK, if she had a 2 week old I'd understand but when she just had 1 child I couldn't fathom how her DH couldn't watch the baby for 20 minutes while she showered and put clean clothes on etc.

My mum always coped, and my SILs do. But she's adament I won't have time for anything at all ever again. I don't get it?!

 

[bobbles86]

oh yes you will never have time for a shower... ive stunk since 2006...

as if.. course you have time to sort yourself its just time management. i shower every morning and have a bath every night.. ive got 3 children 1 who is autistic and one on the way, somehow I manage

xx

 

[CupcakeBaby]

I sometimes feel like telling her if she spent less time on Facebook moaning that she's not showered she'd probably find the time to shower!

But then she loves her kids and enjoys every minute and they're happy, so it's each to their own. She might think I'm being selfish taking time to bath, get my hair done etc.

 

[bobbles86]

I had my 20 week scan yesterday, bubs is still very much a he

 

[Longing2bAMum]

This is nice to hear, and what about how long it takes you to leave the house, is that really about time management, or is it impossible to ever go out with a child too?

I can imagine that at first it feels so overwhelming to have to think about what to do with your child while you shower, but they have to sleep at some point when you are on your own!! lol

 

[CupcakeBaby]

Awwww, lovely photo bobbles!! Glad it all went well.

 

[bobbles86]

ok so I thought it might be a nice idea for us all to compare measurements of baby at our 20 week scans, it will be interesting to see who has the biggest babies now and if they remain so at birth

here are mine;

20+1

HC (HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE) 177.2mm

FL (FEMUR LENGTH) 30.6mm

AC (ABDOMINAL CIRMUMFERENCE) 155.4mm

it seems my baby currently has short legs.. this is quite funny as my partner is 6ft5

kate xx

 

[CupcakeBaby]

My lady has little legs too! DH is 6'4" but I'm 5'3" so seems like she's like her Mummy. She has a pretty huge head though, lol.

Here are mine from 19+6:

HC - 178.0mm

FL - 30.4mm

AC - 151.1mm

 

[bobbles86]

cupcake don't think she has a big head at all, that seems average to me, growing lovely x

 

[bobbles86]

some people say that measurements don't really mean anything at this stage... I don't agree at all. My first baby measured average at this stage I went on to have an average size baby... 8lbs 2 at 42 weeks

second baby however measured off the charts for everything at this stage.. they told me he would be big and he was.. 10lbs 2 at 38 weeks.

last baby measured much bigger than this one but not off the charts and he was 9lbs 8 (although were later told they had weighed him wrong and he was more likely 9lbs)

so I'm hoping this one may be a bit smaller like my first. We will see.

kate x

 

[Hann12]

I didn't have my scan until 21+6 but the measurements were:


HC (HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE) 179mm

FL (FEMUR LENGTH) 35mm

AC (ABDOMINAL CIRMUMFERENCE) 160mm

According to the chart the hospital gave me the baby is between the 30th -50th percentile.

I never found it that difficult to leave the house, and it was hard for me because I was living on a top floor flat with no lift so every time I had to go out I had at least 2/3 journeys to get the buggy downstairs, baby, me and bags etc. I just had a routine.
I never carried a million things with me either though, I'd meet my NCT friends and they would be there with bags almost bursting at the seams and I could never work out why as they all BF. I just carried a small change mat, couple of spare nappies and wipes, nappy bags and one change of clothes. Obviously you probably have to have a fair bit more of you bottle feed and probably requires a bit more preparation leaving.

 

[Longing2bAMum]

My friend often comes to visit with a whole backpack full of stuff, she also breastfed, and I never knew what she was carrying, she never had any toys in the bag either which I found odd especially if she was spending the whole day with me lol

I didn't get my baby's measurements, do you think the midwife will have them? i'm interested to know I go on the 23rd so not too far away

Anyone else feeling short of breath? I know it's when I get up or sit down to quickly, I keep forgetting to move slower, I guess when i'm bigger and not as agile I won't have the moving too quickly problem lol

Also I have a mattress question for you ladies, what type of mattress have you gone for and why? just curious

 

[Hann12]

Who knows what goes into those huge bags lol!

The mattress I got for DD was similar to this one:
https://www.kiddicare.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/productdisplay0_10751_-1_102380_10001
Its done her very well so far (shes 17 months) and it was a good price.

For this baby I have bought:
https://www.naturalmat.co.uk/product.asp?strParents=104&CAT_ID=255&P_ID=754
Because I wanted an organic one this time. Much more expensive though

 

[Sass827]

Once again, excellent conversation from you great ladies. It's very overwhelming for a first timer to hear that you can't shower and how hard it is to leave the house. And confusing because I thought new babies just slept all the time?!
Can any of you advise me on the whole leaving the house with a new baby thing? I've heard some confusing info - like how you shouldn't be taking the baby out before it's shots (what shots are these and when do they get them)? Or I also heard you can't take out a baby born in winter but you can take one born in summer right away? Confusing!
I don't know my baby's measurements either outside of that they said she weighed 13 oz at 19weeks 2days.

 

[Hann12]

Sass you can definitely take them out before the shots! The first vaccines in the UK aren't until they are 2 months old, not sure about US but that would be a very long time to stay inside. A lot of people don't take them swimming before 4 months so they have their shots though. I took DD at 3 months though and Doctor said that was fine.
I see no difference between winter and summer babies except that one needs to be wrapped up more. I was out at the shops with DD when she was 1 day old.

 

[Sass827]

Oh this is one of our registries. It has our mattress on it. Its a soy core as opposed to a regular mattress thats made with all sorts of chemicals. I picked it because I read an article on traditional mattresses and how bad they are supposed to be to breath in the chemicals. And this one is cheap - only $100 - so I don't feel like I'm splurging on it or anything. I just figure with how much time they spend with their head on it, they should be breathing pretty good stuff. https://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/baby/ref=sv_ba_0