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

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jtink, you look lovely!!!! I'd say the same size as me! Considering we're all most of the way there to 3rd trimester, it's ridiculous to assume we won't have at least a bit of a bump by now! People are so silly sometimes...it's like they only expect women to wake up with a bump around the time they're due!x

Woo hoo! Happy V day Hann and Lady H!! Such a lovely milestone to reach, congratulations!!

As for paternity leave, my husband (As far as I know!) gets two weeks paid leave with the British Army, which will be lovely! I think it would be very daunting as a first time (clueless) mommy having to work out how to keep a baby happy by myself! At least with my husband there with me, we can make all our of our first-time parent mistakes together!

As for me: OUCH! I think I had the worst night sleep I've ever had IN MY LIFE last night!! My lower back kept having pains that spread to my hips, which wouldn't ease no matter how much I changed position or propped myself with pillows etc. Baby also decided (And I'm noticing this more and more over the last few days) that he likes to play and flip and kick and punch (And everything else movement-related!) when I'm trying to get to sleep...then when I DO go to sleep, I have nightmares about premature labour and hubby leaving me all night!! Definitely not a good night!lol

Last day of antibiotics for me today! Woohoo! After a LOT of getting messed around by doctors the last couple of weeks, it turned out last week I had a bad UTI (+2 protein, +3 leucocytes, +1 blood-I'd thought I'd been spotting!)...do you think, with it being so bad this time and with having a UTI only 8 weeks ago, that I should demand another urine test to make sure it's cleared?x
 
Sorry you had a crappy night hun. :( Do you have a proper maternity pillow?

I got mine last week and for the first time in a few weeks I've actually been sleeping the night (sometimes wake up once to pee, but not in pain thank goodness) but I really reall recommend mine!

I definitely think you should go for a second urine test. Easier to have a couple more days of antibiotics now and see it out, than to wait for it to get bad again.
 
I've got a long body pillow...which pillow do you have?x
 
I have this one - it's amazing:

https://www.kiddicare.com/webapp/wc...isplayA_2525_10751_-1_48680_84322_10001_14778

Argos have £5 off at the moment as well I think. But Kiddicare do free next day delivery and I got 5% off last week so made it £37ish.

Best £37 I've spent in a long time!
 
Silly question, but thought I'd ask...
Baby will be sleeping in our bedroom for the first few months in a bassinet (not light so can't transport it around the house). Baby has a nursery set up with a crib, etc too. When I am downstairs during the day, and baby is napping, do I just leave him in either the bassinet or the crib? Or do people generally get some type of portable device for them sleep in wherever Mom is? I spend a lot of time in the kitchen and living room area. I'd like to keep baby with me as much as possible, but napping might be tough when I need to vacuum, etc. If he does nap in a separate room from me during the day, would I just use a baby monitor? Thanks girls :)
 
We have a bouncy chair thing, so I'll sit her in that lots when she's awake.

I also plan on just having my pram in the house and can wheel that around wit her in it if she's asleep.

The carry cot has a proper sleeping matress so should be fine instead of buying a moses basket.

I'm also going to buy a stretchy wrap - so might wear her while I'm doing things if she's the sort of baby who likes that.
 
Thanks :) I'll have to look at carry cots, what about Pack and Plays? I was planning on baby wearing if he was okay with it while he's awake... but it would be nice to have something to sit him in while I'm doing something that would be too hard with a baby on when he's awake (would be nice if it was safe for him to nap in too).
 
The carry cot is just the name of the part for my pram (stroller) that lets new babies lie flat.

This is how my pram looks with the carry cot attachement on it (top left)

https://www.just4baby.co.uk/acatalog/cosatto_giggle_golightly_3_in_1_With_car_seat_l.jpg

So you may already have a stroller system that can do that for you?
 
Wow that's great, I honestly haven't even started to look at stroller systems... there are so many choices, I have no idea which one I'd need... need to get on that asap haha.
 
TTCBean said:
Silly question, but thought I'd ask...
Baby will be sleeping in our bedroom for the first few months in a bassinet (not light so can't transport it around the house). Baby has a nursery set up with a crib, etc too. When I am downstairs during the day, and baby is napping, do I just leave him in either the bassinet or the crib? Or do people generally get some type of portable device for them sleep in wherever Mom is? I spend a lot of time in the kitchen and living room area. I'd like to keep baby with me as much as possible, but napping might be tough when I need to vacuum, etc. If he does nap in a separate room from me during the day, would I just use a baby monitor? Thanks girls :)
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I got a Rock and Play Sleeper based on TONS of other moms recommendations! I figure I can carry it around the house but it'll mainly stay downstairs.
https://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Price...8433476&sr=8-1&keywords=rock+and+play+sleeper
 
i'm also getting a rock and play sleeper. i've had about 5 friends say that it saved their life during the day when they were at home with the baby...
 
Mine arrived today too! Got so many ittis now as hot loads on preloved but were new too. DD is wearing the mediums now though so getting use out of them. I also ended up getting 9 flip stay dry inserts from mothercare for £23 (they were packs of 3 for £11.50 and on by 2 get the 3rd free so saved me £11.50). The flip one seems really good on her so far too.
 
Hann did you baby wear your first? I'm planning on wearing mine too, but also have a small crib that'll be in the front room and can be moved out onto the veranda if i'm outside doing something :)
 
Kind of, I had a stretchy wrap that I wore every now and then but I tended to have her sleep in the pram as I walked a lot. This time I need to have my hands free as I'll have DD to 'play' with so it just makes sense for me to baby wear.
 
I worry that mine won't enjoy beaing in a sling, but because of where we live and the amount that we are out of the house, the sling will be our main mode of transport, apart from the car seat, we won't be getting a pram, just a pushchair when he gets bigger and too heavy to always be carried. It a worry that I have all these plans for what we'll do and that in reality they may not all work out! Like the cloth nappies, and what if I can't breastfeed for some reason, does everyone else have these anxieties?
 
It's unlikely that it won't like the sling because is being kept close to you. Much more likely it will hate the Moses basket, cot or pram. There will be things that don't totally go to plan or things you think you'll do but then don't when it happens but it will all work out for the best for you and your baby.
 
i'm in canada so hubby can take off 35 weeks if he wants but its not full wages he will take about a week off 2 days of that are paid he just started a new company a few months ago so he doesn't have vacation yet which sucks but I don't need him around for weeks anyways haha. when my son was a baby he slept in his bouncy seat alot he would just pass out. He was out of his bassinet and into his own room at 3 months where he slept through the night and took naps in his crib too so it worked out well. Lord only knows how this one will be I doubt well get that lucky again haha.
 
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