*October Bumpkins*2014* 43 Babies Born!

[ljo1984]

We had a set girl and boy name both time and openly told people our choices, but this time I'm wanting to keep it a secret when we finally choose names that is.

 

[newlywed2013]

I haven't decided yet if I will announce the name or not

 

[GeralynB]

We are going to keep our name a secret...I don't want to hear everyone's opinion about it. Plus it's nice to have a surprise

 

[Loopy Laura]

I just found out I now have two sister in laws who are also due in October! How weird! It is their second and third babies while it's my first. I hope they don't take my names!!

 

[staceymxxx]

I'm really confused about cloth nappies, do you have a nappy then liner inside it? i want to use those when at home and disposable for night time and when we go out..

Still not made my mind up about breast feeding or bottle! x

 

[staceymxxx]

I'm naming baby Alistair x

 

[ljo1984]

Stacy, it's mega confusing at first cause there's so much out there and so many brands. You can get all in ones where everything is built in but you can add booster liners if they wet a lot, and disposable liners for easy clean up of poo. Then you can get these in sizes or you can get them birth to potty and there are poppers to adjust the length and width of the nappies.
Then you can get separate nappies with a wrap (you put on over nappy) to make it water proof. Again you get liners with these generally but you can get boosters to add in. Then there's different materials also! It's all so confusing lol. I bought yesterday a set of 8 birth to potty all in ones as I will test them out on my toddler then can always use on baby too, and I got 5 bamboo nappies and pack disposable liners. I just need a couple of wraps. Girl I spoke to said she used a wrap upto 5 changes so not too bad (unless they explode lol). Bamboo is supposed to be best absorbing, you can get microfibre which dries really quick, and cotton. Mine I got were little lamb, but I want some called pop ins too which I like the look of. Sorry I've probably confused you even more ha ha. X

Just to add apparently bf poo is a lot easier to clean off nappies too due to its water content or something like that. X

 

[rbourre]

We will tell a few people the baby's name beforehand, but not everyone. With our daughter, the only people that knew were a few friends, our parents, my sister and my husbands grandparents.

Today, I bought preggie pop drops and I was feeling sick and ate one. It really helped. I have to go to a baby shower this evening and I am hoping they are my lifesaver if I am feeling bad.
https://preggiepopdrops.com/

 

[StarBrites]

I was officially diagnosed with hyperemesis gravidarum yesterday at my appointment Still vomiting daily and having terrible nausea. Not being able to eat properly or take vitamins yet.

Baby is doing great though, heart rate was 155 and my uterine size was measured on point. I ordered an at home doppler off ebay the other day and got it today, I tested it out and found baby HR still 155! Waiting for my boyfriend to get home from work so he can listen to baby today since he didn't make it to my appointment yesterday. He's pretty excited! We are booking a private ultrasound for a gender scan soon. It's only $100 for 10 min, dvd, pictures, and it comes with a $25 off certificate for any other US if we would want one (they do 3D, too). I can't wait to find out what we are having!

 

[SoBlessedMama]

I'm naming baby Alistair x

Love! : )

 

[Laelani]

Wow, such great news in here the last few days!!! I have been extremely tired this week and work was pretty stressful so I rested rather than coming online. Glad to see the gender news for those who know. Makes me wonder if I should get a private scan done to see if we can get the gender in a few weeks.

AFM - 2nd tri now which is good. All new territory and it's good. Everything still feels great. Been feeling pretty good, aside from being tired. To get in on the diaper and feeding conversation, I am going to be bottle feeding and for diapering I will be doing disposables simply because it's the best option for us with our laundry situation especially (i.e $4 a LOAD -- so brutal). Would love to cloth diaper but it's just not going to be very realistic for us.

 

[Kittycat155]

Now I am curious how much are regular diapers per day or week. I know many different brands/coupons and offers but on average what are you women paying?

 

[rbourre]

Now I am curious how much are regular diapers per day or week. I know many different brands/coupons and offers but on average what are you women paying?

I always buy Pampers diapers when they are on sale at Walmart. I used baby dry's until she was really active and then we switched to cruisers during the day (still baby dry at night). A box lasts a little over a month now, but was about 3 weeks when she was younger. The box is normally $50, but I only buy when on sale for about $35-3$38. You get less in a box as you go up in size, but they also use less diapers as they get older. A box of newborn diapers was $30. They have about 100 diapers (they don't come in the big box) and that would last about 1.5-2 weeks.

I have a horrible headache tonight. I went to a baby shower and there were 4 really loud people. I had a headache within 30 minutes of being there.

 

[Jcliff]

I usually buy my diapers in bulk, usually online or at a shop like Costco. Usually about $40 for 180-230 diapers. Lasts me about a month.

 

[mommyberry]

I could do with one of those maids here! That's great, as it's hard work so should make things easier for you!

Mommyberry I think I need to look into moving to India That would be heaven!

Kel & Yo_yo - Most definitely it is heaven. See me struggle out of bed and drag myself into the kitchen, my maid offered to cut the veggies for me while I cook, though it isn't a part of her job. So sweet of her

Living in India has its own pros and cons though. One of the cons being... I'm forcefully stuck to team Once I get my 20 weeks scan, I'm madly hoping that all you lovely ladies in here will help me guess the gender with the scan pics. I will never know otherwise!

 

[Mrs Eleflump]

14 weeks today! 2nd tri!

 

[staceymxxx]

Stacy, it's mega confusing at first cause there's so much out there and so many brands. You can get all in ones where everything is built in but you can add booster liners if they wet a lot, and disposable liners for easy clean up of poo. Then you can get these in sizes or you can get them birth to potty and there are poppers to adjust the length and width of the nappies.
Then you can get separate nappies with a wrap (you put on over nappy) to make it water proof. Again you get liners with these generally but you can get boosters to add in. Then there's different materials also! It's all so confusing lol. I bought yesterday a set of 8 birth to potty all in ones as I will test them out on my toddler then can always use on baby too, and I got 5 bamboo nappies and pack disposable liners. I just need a couple of wraps. Girl I spoke to said she used a wrap upto 5 changes so not too bad (unless they explode lol). Bamboo is supposed to be best absorbing, you can get microfibre which dries really quick, and cotton. Mine I got were little lamb, but I want some called pop ins too which I like the look of. Sorry I've probably confused you even more ha ha. X

Just to add apparently bf poo is a lot easier to clean off nappies too due to its water content or something like that. X

I get it more now, thanks xx

 

[staceymxxx]

I'm naming baby Alistair x

Love! : )

Thankyou its unusual and no one where I live is called it lol x

 

[SisterRose]

Where are you from Stacey? I love the name Alistair, so cute!!! but I have known of about 2-3 in the past so not very common either :-D


We have decided(we think) on a girls name although we're still throwing some around. We haven't got a boys name though!!! we will wait until our gender scan before we think of a boys name as we're 95% sure we're going to have anther girl. Our girls name will have to be a flower middle name as both our other girls have flower middle names
I don't mind sharing our girls name, we like Jessica Poppy. I think it's so pretty. I'm not much for unusual names, I don't mind popularity when it comes to names i just like a nice traditional name

I think Ellie, Georgia and Jessica go nice together too

 

[ljo1984]

Sisterrose I though they all go well together before I even read your last line x