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

[Longing2bAMum]

That's really good Babee, looks shop bought How much did it cost to make, or will it cost to make a load? I'm still waiting on my material but making all my own wipes and a play mat etc, so much cheaper than buying brand new, and tailored to what you want, I haven't seen any fluffy pink nappies around

 

[CupcakeBaby]

I love it Babee - you're so clever.

Do you have a photo of the inside? Xx

 

[Babee_Bugs]

Longing2bmum... To be honest I haven't worked out costs hahaha...

But i paid...

pink blanket cost £7.00
cream micro fleece blanket (inside) was £2.50 on offer in primark lol...
White PUL in between fabrics for waterproof... 100x150cm £11.00
Poppers were £4.50 for 100 sets
Elastic was £1.50 for 5metres

I think I'm going to buy some ready made bamboo soakers/inserts.. As the price of them ready made, makes no sense for me to make them lol I'll try and work it out later on lol

Cup cake I never thought about that... I shall take a picture in abit and show you... I put in a slit at the back inside, so I could stuff it ... This is the 4th nappy I've made so far and each one I've done slightly different, it's soo hard to tell what will work without testing on a baby haha

 

[Longing2bAMum]

Oh how I miss primark lol Thats really good, so I would imagine soo much cheaper with those small costs I've just bought some fleece blankets for making some bits and for lining the back of my blanket with because they only cost £2.50 ish, you can't pass up offers like that i'm going to make bibs with the fleece too, the babies will all have a colourful fleecy overload

 

[Longing2bAMum]

Oh i've bought bamboo soakers from ebay, they were quite cheap if you wanted the link?

 

[CupcakeBaby]

Just some advice ladies which I'm sure you all realised before I did but wanted to share anyway.

Check your fleece before you commit it to nappy use etc.

I have some fleece I wanted to cut into nappy liners.

Glad I tested it as when I poured water on it it all sat on top. Wouldn't let a drop through.

So it'll be great to make wraps/outers for. But would be the worst liner ever! Lol.

I've since googled and it seems that it must be the very thin micro fleece for nappies.

Shame as its harder to get that in patterns etc.

 

[Longing2bAMum]

Good advice cupcake, i'm using it as the backing for my bibs for that very reason, so that it doesn't take the water through and make the baby's clothes and chest wet

 

[Babee_Bugs]

longing2b can i have the link please hunnie

The fleece ive used inside is Microfleece and outside ive just used fluffy fleece (not sure what the propper name of that is lol) I did a little tester on the fleece with some water..

Fleece is good in some aspects, but terrible when you need it to soak up liquids...

so in my nappies ive got microfleece, bamboo inserts, PUL waterproof fabric and then fluffy fleece for outside... i think i need to make my elastic shorter to get more of a tighter fitting, the size i was reccomended for a pattern, just seems wayy to big if ya get me? hmmm i dont want gappy nappies round legs lol

 

[Hann12]

That's brilliant Babee!! I'm so impressed! Cloth nappies are a bit bulky so don't worry too much about that.

Just thought I'd mention that itti bitti have a sale on 60% off nappies on their website so £5-5.50 for a nappy which is great for them as they are lovely and great quality. I am hoping my LO fits them nicely as I've got loads of them now lol as I bought some preloved but not used as well! But figure they have a great resell value if they don't work for us anyway. Must stop buying cloth nappies now!!!

 

[CupcakeBaby]

Ooooh Hann!! Thanks sooo much for that!!!

I got 3 pairs of breast pads, 3 aios and 2 sios in medium (I have some small already) for £31!!!

Bargain!!!

 

[MightyMom]

I would recommend putting the slit for the pocket/insert in the front. That way you can pull it out without having to touch poop!

 

[Hann12]

Charlie bananas are front pockets, but none of the rest that I have are. I'm currently using disposable liners in cases of poop, but we only get one episode a day with DD. obviously with a newborn there's a lot more!

Cupcake - glad you got some! I got 2 larges and 4 small for £35 including postage. Pretty good seeing as people sell them preloved at around £5-6. I figured I may as well buy them then if they don't work for us i'll resell.

 

[Longing2bAMum]

Babee, I got these and these in the bamboo, although they seem to be sold out at the moment, but i'm sure they'll get more in before you need them

Well my little guy seems to be showing me what he's made of at the moment, he hasn't stopped moving since yesterday evening, he wiggled about all last night and is still going strong now I wonder if this is how little sleep i'm in for

 

[lpjkp]

Wow ladies...a lot of talk about re-usable nappies!!! Oh my god, babee, the nappy you made looks absolutely amazing! I read all the posts, but they mind-boggle me with all the layers and materials etc...I wish I'd had more guts to try them, they sound ace! DH hated the idea of re-usable nappies though, so he kind of put his foot down from the start! x

We had our first of two 4D private ultrasounds yesterday, and it was an absolutely amazing experience! My parents came along to this one (DH's parents will be coming to the next one, hopefully)...my mom was slightly testing though whilst visiting...just a few of the things she said whilst she was up here:

-Looks down at my belly: "Eurgh, you're carrying very low...is it even normal to carry that low? It doesn't look good".
-Teary at the scan, says to the sonographer: "I don't even see why I'm emotional, I've got so many grand kids anyway that it shouldn't bother me anymore".
-When watching the screen at the scan: "Oh, I'm so glad he looks like he has your nose (To me) and not his (About my DH)"...Cue my DH biting his lip yet again (He's got a perfectly lovely straight nose!)
-When coming out of the scan: "Thank you for letting me see her..." At which point, I have to remind my mom that 1) It's a boy and 2) She's known he's been a boy since November!
-She kept trying to drop in that my sister was "very upset" that we hadn't allowed her to come...we'd only invited parents due to restrictions on the number of guests! Needless to say, it was like a broken record being played over and over again!

I know my mom means well, but she can be very insensitive sometimes! My dad, on the other hand, was absolutely fantastic, supportive and enjoyed every second, and that made everything worth it!

So, to finish my seemingly long essay, here are some photos of little Jenson Theo at 24 weeks! He was a stubborn little bugger and DID NOT want to move his hands from his face, but we managed to get a few good shots...he loves to yawn and he's a real thumb sucker!!

First one was one 16+4 for comparison!

 

[jtink28]

happy v-day to me!!!

 

[CupcakeBaby]

Lovely photos LP Sorry about your mum being a bit of a pain. We all know people like that. My Dad can be a little odd like that sometimes, but I think it's becasue he doesn't know how to handle his emotions etc as well and does it to stop himself crying etc.

Happy V-Day jtink!! Whoop. Xx

 

[Longing2bAMum]

LP, the more people I talk to on BnB, the more I realise that everyones parents seem to act that way, I thought it was just my parents that were so crap, but I guess we're all going through it one way or another I'm sorry she was so insensitive at such a special time, hopefully the inlaws will handle it better?

Happy V day jtink

 

[Hann12]

Happy v day jtink!

LP - lovely photos! Sorry your mum was a pain. They do tend to say silly things! It's nice that you even took them. My mil always says annoying things, though they are normally a criticism of me and the way I've cleaned or the way I organise my kitchen. I think parents just don't think before they speak. That's how children are, perhaps the older you get the more you regress back to being a child and think its acceptable lol!

We've just said Mil could come for 2 visits to stay over the next 2 months but that's still not enough! The complaint we immediately got was that her train is £5 more because she's be going home on a sat (total price is £20 as a return Liverpool to London so is a bargain), but she says that in the hope she can stay longer. We said we would pay the difference! She tells everyone she is coming 'to help' but she doesn't really, I just get criticised and I can't do the things I would normally do like meet my friends and their babies because she's here! And my lovely DH always manages to be out at least one night so I end up alone days and nights with her! So annoying!!

 

[lpjkp]

Happy v day tink!

im not sure the in laws will be much better! We decided that,because they've made a greater effort to be involved,it would be nicer to have them come to the 31 week scan when hes most greatly developed,which we thought was sweet. We were wrong! Instead,they've gotten the hump because my parents went first

 

[Longing2bAMum]

it's impossible to win

Hann I think you might be right about regressing back with age, they are completely like children sometimes, my OH is forever telling my FIL off for things he should know better about lol