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[24/7]

I get 7 months full pay, 9 weeks SMP, then the option of 19 weeks unpaid, and I plan to leave in March, take all the paid and then take one month unpaid then back two days a week from January, using my whole year of annual leave, so then actually going back in Feb, so it works out really well. xxx

 

[new_to_ttc]

Well hun, leaving March sounds like the right thing to do! I mean is it 11 weeks before or something that you can leave, so you have another 2 weeks grace to leave in Feb if things get really difficult. When do you have to tell your employers by? Mine want to know my plans soon, and I really dont know what to tell them as I dont know what my physical capabilities will be in the later months. It really depends how big I get.

 

[luckyme225]

new- that's too cute about Joshua!! Here is the link to why it was recalled. The kind of shady thing is that they deleted their US website for amby immediately after the recall so that they wouldn't get any calls or e-mails.

https://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml10/10056.html


24/7 March sounds good. That's when I was thinking I would be done around. Want to get my house settled and everything.

 

[new_to_ttc]

OMG do I want to read this!!!

 

[Wiggler]

OMG new! that is just sooo cute!

I need to share with you all the amazingness that is my brain!

My Dyson belt broke ages ago, so it can't be used as an upright, we ALWAYS forget to buy a new belt so today I thought I would DIY one, I tried the elastic bits off socks, even took apart my old hoover looking for something, then I realised, the answer was obvious.. a CONDOM!!! After about 20 minutes of attempting to tie a know in it so it was belt shaped and another 10 minutes trying to attach it, we turned the hoover on, and the brush at the bottom spun!!!!!!!
The condom will probably only work for one use, but its sooo worth it to be able to use my Dyson properly again!!

xxxx

 

[24/7]

Work know I'm pregnant, but I don't have to offically plan anything until I get my MatB1 form at 25 weeks, then I only need to give 28 days notice to leave, so it should all be ok to go whenever really. xx

 

[lisaf]

LOL wiggler!! Those condoms need a use

luckyme - I was going to tell you that Arms Reach still sells a cocoon swing like that... but after reading that article, not sure it would be much better?
My friends got the co-sleeper and their baby couldn't stand it. Their baby loved the bassinette on the Pack N Play and they just used that and are now transitioning him to his crib.
I can't stand spending money on the bassinette... I should have a few options as hand-me-downs though so that will be nice.

 

[new_to_ttc]

Got to dash out now, but going to read it when I get back... I feel this is going to be a difficult decision I only read 1 line

 

[Wiggler]

I got one whole minute of hoovering done before the condom snapped

I'm going to reduce the shopping budget by a tenner so I can buy a proper belt.

 

[luckyme225]

The only reason I want a cosleeper that will last 6 months is because breastfeeding in the middle of the night. I hate getting up more than I have to lol. Connor didn't sleep through until 10 months and even then it wasn't every night. I love sleep!!

So last night at work I was on the childrens hospital side and I saw a bunch of newborn babies! OMG, it made me want to meet this little one so bad. Touch the little fingers and toes!! Aww, can it be May please?

 

[wild2011]

hey ladies, just popped on before bed, as im in bed by 6 at the mo, been a long hard day with very little easting or drinking back in hosp tomorrow, so dont want to stay in , ive found a lush travel system, with carry cot, pushchair, and car seat, only 199. ive seen someone with it in different colour to wat i want, i can do deposit and pay weekly too if i want to tho may go on kiddicarte n get it after xmas, its gorgeous and looks like it cost alot more, getting a buggy board for sienna then,

 

[Wiggler]

Wild - ((hugs)) I really hope you feel beter soon and you don't have to stay in x

 

[lisaf]

lucky - I agree!!! I saw my friend's 2 month old baby last week and I just want to meet our baby so badly!

I think the US travel systems are so much more limited in choice than the UK ones... we seem to only have one or two brands, and the only difference even amongst all the similar brands are in the fabric colors? I hate how all the travel systems look here

 

[Wiggler]

Can you not get one imported Lisa? Or is that too pricey? I understand what you mean though, I was looking on the Babies'R'Us USA webite and they arent very pretty. x

 

[lisaf]

They actually won't sell many of them here because they have to pass our safety regulations... even if they are incredibly similar, they just won't let you buy them.
I REALLY want the Mutsy system with the lie-flat carseat...
They don't sell ANY lie-flat carseats here!

My only choice would be to have a friend in the UK help ship one to me, lol! A little scary to do without a return option, you know?
And I don't know if the fire department would let me install one that wasn't standard.. .and getting any bases to go with it would be a pain... etc etc etc...

 

[Wiggler]

aww I keep forgetting all the regulations are different across the pond.

Was just nosing through the USA toys'r'us website again and found this
https://trus.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/pTRU1-2882941reg.jpg
That has to be the most gorgeous toy box ever!!! And they do a matching one for boys!

If I have a little girl, and we moved to a bigger place so she could have her own room I would want her to have a toy box like that!

 

[lisaf]

lol AWW that is adorable,
I don't know if I could stand too much pink overload, lol!

I do think we have better bedding options here... brighter colors etc... all the ones in the UK that I've seen just seem to be whites and pale colors, almost all gender neutral etc... so its a trade off, lol!

Part of me wants to get my kid used to sleeping through the removal from the carseat repeatedly... but I also know that running quick errands it might be more trouble than its worth. It would be so much simpler to skip the infant seat/travel system and just get a convertible car seat and a nice stroller.

 

[Wiggler]

With any luck we can get the carseat matching our pram, but the carseat will get very little use in a car, we don't have one, and the only car we ever go in is my mums, and thats only 7-8 times a year.

GRRR! I just had another look over the shopping list for tomorrow and its made me hungry!! I can't wait until Wednesday when it is delivered so I can have some trifle

 

[luckyme225]

Our travel system was great! Connor was on 6lbs so they would only let him go home in an infant car seat. We still use the stroller to this day when we go to the mall. We got a gender neutral neutral one so we could use the car seat for baby #2.

 

[cheree89]

You ladies in the UK are so lucky with regard to maternity leave. I think I get a whopping 6 weeks. I am planning on looking into it tomorrow.

Given that our mat. leave is so short, I hope to work until the day I deliver. I would like to breast feed, so I want as much time home after the birth as possible. It sounds way too short, and I am very worried about the whole thing. Yuck!