croydongirl
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Jen - sending pink thoughts your way! I bet that scan can't come soon enough for you!
Pup - you are looking great! i need to take another belly pic I keep forgetting. I want lots of proof for the time baby yells at me that he's sure he's adopted!!
Heart - glad to hear you have been keeping yourself busy, I wish I could do something to make the time pass more quickly for you. If only we all lived closer, we could pop round and keep you company!
Yes, we got the city mini. It is super easy to fold up. We got orange and grey because that was the one babies r us has on sale. I will be exploring the infant adapter thing you talked about. We are planning to borrow a car seat convertor from some friends which is the bar that the seat sits on.
The BOB is a jogging stroller, you should check them out online. They are much bigger, all terrain strollers. My hubs is a big runner so he can take the babe out with him and when I walk longer distances from our house to the parks and such, there are not a ton of sidewalks so its pretty bumpy. The little girl i nannied had the city mini which i loved for being out and about but when she was at my house for the day and we took walks it was not idea, she got bumped around and the I felt sorry for the poor stroller. But the BOB is bigger and not ideal for in stores or the mall or anywhere there are lots of people or smaller spaces where the city mini is perfect. I hate that we have two but there wasn't one that did everything we need. Hubby really needs a proper jogging stroller with a good stride length to be able to run.
I liked the arms reach co sleeper, but the bed frame we have would make it impossible for it to actually attach and I am scared about him getting stuck. I think we are going to try this out for a night before the baby and see if it could work. https://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=11525629 It's called the snuggle nest. You can get an extra piece which has them sleep at an angle, plus we can travel with it, and when it is time to transfer him to his real crib, we can use that in there at first to help him adjust. As long as we can all fit in the bed, its sounds like a good idea on paper! ha ha
We also did some investigation into cloth diapers, and we have a local diaper service company which charge $20 a week for 100 diapers. So you don't have to even do any of the washing, you buy some of the diaper covers and then just keep your dirty diapers in a pail or something and each week they collect it and give you 100 new clean ones! A friend had suggested it for the first few months just to have one less thing to do when we are adjusting, but my hubs is telling me with all the time and effort to wash the diapers at home plus the water in all the laundry he thinks it wold be worth it just to use the service. I can't believe those words came out of his super frugal mouth! It feels like such a luxury and i always imagined doing my own, but this company use environmentally safe, mild cleaning products and detergent too, everything I would do without having to actually do it. We'll see but its on the table.
We are having a lazy day today. Hubs is still a little under the weather and I am just feeling lazy.
Pup - you are looking great! i need to take another belly pic I keep forgetting. I want lots of proof for the time baby yells at me that he's sure he's adopted!!
Heart - glad to hear you have been keeping yourself busy, I wish I could do something to make the time pass more quickly for you. If only we all lived closer, we could pop round and keep you company!
Yes, we got the city mini. It is super easy to fold up. We got orange and grey because that was the one babies r us has on sale. I will be exploring the infant adapter thing you talked about. We are planning to borrow a car seat convertor from some friends which is the bar that the seat sits on.
The BOB is a jogging stroller, you should check them out online. They are much bigger, all terrain strollers. My hubs is a big runner so he can take the babe out with him and when I walk longer distances from our house to the parks and such, there are not a ton of sidewalks so its pretty bumpy. The little girl i nannied had the city mini which i loved for being out and about but when she was at my house for the day and we took walks it was not idea, she got bumped around and the I felt sorry for the poor stroller. But the BOB is bigger and not ideal for in stores or the mall or anywhere there are lots of people or smaller spaces where the city mini is perfect. I hate that we have two but there wasn't one that did everything we need. Hubby really needs a proper jogging stroller with a good stride length to be able to run.
I liked the arms reach co sleeper, but the bed frame we have would make it impossible for it to actually attach and I am scared about him getting stuck. I think we are going to try this out for a night before the baby and see if it could work. https://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=11525629 It's called the snuggle nest. You can get an extra piece which has them sleep at an angle, plus we can travel with it, and when it is time to transfer him to his real crib, we can use that in there at first to help him adjust. As long as we can all fit in the bed, its sounds like a good idea on paper! ha ha
We also did some investigation into cloth diapers, and we have a local diaper service company which charge $20 a week for 100 diapers. So you don't have to even do any of the washing, you buy some of the diaper covers and then just keep your dirty diapers in a pail or something and each week they collect it and give you 100 new clean ones! A friend had suggested it for the first few months just to have one less thing to do when we are adjusting, but my hubs is telling me with all the time and effort to wash the diapers at home plus the water in all the laundry he thinks it wold be worth it just to use the service. I can't believe those words came out of his super frugal mouth! It feels like such a luxury and i always imagined doing my own, but this company use environmentally safe, mild cleaning products and detergent too, everything I would do without having to actually do it. We'll see but its on the table.
We are having a lazy day today. Hubs is still a little under the weather and I am just feeling lazy.
