Huggles; I don't know what brand cloth nappies I'm going to use, as they all fit differently and suit different people! I basically intend to get a few of a few different brands and see how we go and what we prefer before getting more. Also the brans we have here vary to what you can get over there, so your brands mean very little to me at all...!
For the first couple of weeks though we'll be using disposables!!! There's no way I'm gonna be able to cope with a new born and trying to figure out everything you need to figure out as WELL as figuring out cloth nappies!!! After a few weeks when things have started to settle a bit and we're working it all out THEN I'll start on the cloths too.
NDH; I'm so glad you're staying team yellow too! It'll be a lot easier now you've made a set decision about it. I can highly recommend though, that when you go for your scan to say to the sonographer straight away that you don't want to find out the gender!! Then you can enjoy the scan and not worry about being tempted; get it out of the way before then! lol.
Preethi; I'm really looking forward to the antenatal classes too! They're only 24 hours away now, and I got a phone call from the lady taking them earlier this afternoon as a reminder too. hehe. I am mainly looking forward to it for the social aspect; meeting a group of other mums-to-be in my area and getting together about our bubs!!! Also getting hubby much more involved too, I am keeping him as in-touch with it all as much as I can, but he still feels a bit 'left out' somewhat too cos there's not much he can really do at this stage still!!! I know he'll enjoy coming along and being a DAD. heh.
and omg! YAAAAY for that strong kick!!! It feels just like the first proper ones I felt; I was pressing my tummy trying to feel something and there was a wee 'boom' of a kick; it had me in tears cos it was unmistakable and awesome and everything... I'm sooo glad you got it too!! It might have taken a while, but the kicks will only start getting mroe obvious now! I think it was about a week or two after that first 'real' kick (not just possible flutters I'd felt before) that I was feeling regular kicking most days.
And yup ny, NDH covered it before with the poo thing; it really is simple when you have it set up to deal with! For newborn lil squidgy poop just wash the whole lot; dump the nappy into the nappy bucket rather the rubbish bag. Then just empty the bucket into the washing machine every day or two; depending on how many nappies you have/use. Solid poop get flipped off into the toilet, and you can rinse any larger squishy ones down the toilet or use flushable liners to just toss the whole liner; poo and all (then just the same as before; dump the nappy into the bucket, and the bucket load into the washing machine) But like I said earlier, I'm still going to go with disposables at first while we get sorted with a routine and everything!! Though the disposables I'm using (have already got a piles of them) are biodegradable ones so at least they're not making as big an impact on the environment.... I'd not at all consider going straight into cloth from day one, unless it was #2, having already had the first one in cloth so I was used to it!!
I think if you set it up for your mum then she should be able to cope with it, cos she's probably thinking that cloth nappies are like the old terry-cloth squares thing that needed folding and scraping poo and pins and leaked and all that! Cloth nappies now-days are amazing compared to those old ones, and not at all as labour intensive. If it's set up so all she has to do is change the nappy and put the dirty one into a sealed bucket, put on a fresh one and is good to go, then she can't really complain about it being any harder than disposables!!! Even if she refuses the flip a poo into the toilet first, if she leaves the poo there and folds the nappy back on itself before putting it into the bucket, you can do a quick flip of them before emptying the bucket into the washing machine, and while that'll mean a few more precious minutes on your end, it'll mean a mum that doesn't complain about cloth being horrible if you DO want to do the cloth thing!!!
Also, you can of course do cloth part-time to *reduce* the number of disposables you use, mum can use disposables during the days she's looking after bub, and you can use cloth at other times to just cut down on the number used and the amount of washing needing done....
Sheryl; sounds like you got some great bargins!!! And does that mean hubby has a job again!??! I hope so!!
AFM I'm having a good day! I sold my wee pony trailer this morning for a decent price, and then we went into town to have lunch with family. I think that finally my dad is showing his excitement in me being pregnant! When we first told that side of the family dad was pretty 'meh' in his reaction; my SIL and brother were far more excited than my dad was, he pretty much just carried on talking about other things! But since then he's popped in to see me a few times at work and asked how I was going and stuff, and today he was asking all sorts of questions and talking about my bump and having to pat it when we first met up and stuff (and encouraged my step mum to come pat it too. heh) so I think he *is* quietly excited about it now! It'll be the first grandchild on all sides of the family so perhaps it just took him a wee while to come to grips with being a grandad? I don't care, he's obviously happy about it all now so it's all good! And while I don't want strangers touching my bump, I was soooo happy when my dad obviously couldn't help himself from touching it, just because it showed his happiness and excitement!
Baby has been kicking soooo much lately too, it's been really nice! I know I'm going to love having baby in my arms, but at the same time I just *know* I'm going to miss these silent private lil kicking sessions it has inside me too! It can be having a real wee wriggle in there and noooooooo one would know unless I pointed out my moving tummy or told them, it's our special wee thing that only *I* can have, ya know? I can't wait to meet him/her in a few months time, but I am enjoying being pregnant too....
So tomorrow night is antenatal classes, which go for 8 weeks. And on saturday is my midwife appointment; I then go on to fortnightly visits with her as the time starts getting closer!! So yay for getting to hear the heartbeat more often! lol. This coming weekend my in laws are moving house too, so hubby is going up there to help them shift, but because I'm working on saturday and have the midwife (and can't really help with moving stuff now) I'll stay home. And in 4 weeks I'll be driving the 4-5 hours up to the NZ grooming competition! I'm sooooooo looking forward to going there, even though I won't be competing this year (totally gutted about that... but bub comes first!) it'll be great to spend the whole weekend amongst one of my passions!
Will definitely be putting some on the registry (not that we're doing an official one).
. Hoping it's the same way here as in NZ and they don't record the sex anywhere so we can't accidently find out either. I told DH he has to be firm with me though, but now that it's agreed upon and we're on the same page I think I'll waver less. And of course it will be easier after the scan and I can't do any backsies lol.
But I feel so guilty.....like im wasting precious time! But we are so busy lately, and even more so in the future......sigh. 
for the first time, it was awesome.. xxxx dont want to jinx it.. xx
so didn't really have a choice in the matter. Save that happening to us too we'll definitely be waiting.
for the two of you 
