PAL Winter Babies 2010/11 - ** Waiting impatiently for our remaining babies! **

[blondee]

Fluffy - have you tried prune juice? It tastes like squashed raisins and works AMAZINGLY well and fast. You just need 1 glass and you will be moving within an hour!!

X

 

[MadamRose]

Yes i would say use the lacativs from ovr the counter. if you ask when you are in there they will be able to tell you what is and isnt safe for you to take. Hope it gets better.
I get married this month ladies

 

[Tulip]

Evening girls - I'm halfway today!

 

[Agiboma]

Congrats tulip on being half way

 

[blondee]

Congrats Tulip!!!

Due1 - wow! Have you still got lots to do? How exciting??!!

Had a minor scare - OH found his torso was covered in red spots last night. I slept in the spare room (fresh sheets!) and we went to the Docs today. She confirmed it def wasn't pox and then sent us to a dermatologist to be sure. Turns out that it is essentially just a rash that he will have for a few months. No cause, no cure. No danger to bubs tho. Phew! I am so glad we know. Poor OH had to miss a load of v important meetings but i was so relieved he took it seriously as he was/is feeling fine.

Hope you are all having a peaceful day.


X

 

[Tulip]

Oooh what a panic Michelle. Glad everything's OK. How are you doing with the blues? xx

 

[blondee]

Thanks Tulip!

Yes, the blues have been much better this week thanks. Only 1 random sob while in bed so far! I am having a great week tho, a really lovely week so i have been very cheery and positive (OH's rash fiasco aside!). I am coming back to the UK tonight for a week too and we are planning on hitting Bluewater shopping centre for baby stuff, so i can't wait!

How are all you ladies today? Good weekends ahead?

Love,

Mich XX

 

[Tulip]

I keep forgetting you're on a distant shore! Babygap at BW (the one near House Of Fraser) has got some gooooooooooorgeous stuff that I can only gaze at and not buy for another fortnight....

 

[MadamRose]

Congratulations on getting half way tulip

Congrats Tulip!!!

Due1 - wow! Have you still got lots to do? How exciting??!!

Had a minor scare - OH found his torso was covered in red spots last night. I slept in the spare room (fresh sheets!) and we went to the Docs today. She confirmed it def wasn't pox and then sent us to a dermatologist to be sure. Turns out that it is essentially just a rash that he will have for a few months. No cause, no cure. No danger to bubs tho. Phew! I am so glad we know. Poor OH had to miss a load of v important meetings but i was so relieved he took it seriously as he was/is feeling fine.

Hope you are all having a peaceful day.


X

Not really got much to do to be honest. The room has been painted since 16 weeks. The cot is going up when OH has some time off after the wedding, becuase we are only going away for 3 days and he has taken 5day off after the weddning, we are doing the room then, i will be about 30 weeks. And just got a tiny shopping list of things we need to get. Mainly bedding for moses basket and cot, and little bits. I can't beleive how organised i am being
Im too hot i feel like im actually gonna pass out with the heat

 

[blondee]

Is it really wrong of me to buy this early??? OH keeps saying he'd rather wait, but i don't think we'll have another oppurtunity for us both to be back at the same time.... Because we need all summery stuff i think we need to buy now as the sales are already on and come sept/oct we will not be able to get all the hot weather stuff we need. Ok, i can hear myself trying to justify it!!

I LOVE baby GAP, it has just the coolest stuff!!

I went to a lovely VERY expensive baby shop today and thought beforhand that i'd allow myself a little baby treat (i.e. my first tangable baby purchase) and i couldn't even bring myself to buy a bib! I have ordered stuff online that should be there when i get to the UK so maybe that will ease me into it. I am a little scared too.

When are you all planning on getting your stuff?

mX

 

[MadamRose]

Is it really wrong of me to buy this early??? OH keeps saying he'd rather wait, but i don't think we'll have another oppurtunity for us both to be back at the same time.... Because we need all summery stuff i think we need to buy now as the sales are already on and come sept/oct we will not be able to get all the hot weather stuff we need. Ok, i can hear myself trying to justify it!!

I LOVE baby GAP, it has just the coolest stuff!!

I went to a lovely VERY expensive baby shop today and thought beforhand that i'd allow myself a little baby treat (i.e. my first tangable baby purchase) and i couldn't even bring myself to buy a bib! I have ordered stuff online that should be there when i get to the UK so maybe that will ease me into it. I am a little scared too.

When are you all planning on getting your stuff?

mX

No get buying, even if its things like baby grows or vests they are the same any time of the year or non clothes items. I got my 1st item after 12 week scan, and even ordered my cot before i had even had 20 week scan. You have to be able to buy things some time hunni x

 

[Tulip]

Not wrong at all - I'm going to do a Supermarket Sweep job on Bluewater at 22+1 if the anomaly scan goes well. Your thinking is sound, you need to snap up all the summer gear now (just leave some for me )

 

[blondee]

Thanks Ladies!

I think it is a little like buying maternity clothes after you've experienced an MC too. I felt such a fraud buying them, thinking i'd keep the labels on as long as poss despite the hairband holding my jeans together being stretched to the max!

I shall be brave and will report all my goodies soon!

Yes Tulip - i will be sure to leave some little man goodies for you at Bluewater! hehehe! I am sure Baby GAP has enough for us both!!

Thanks Due1 - i am so relieved, OH just thinks i am being hasty and now i can tell him that i am not and actually believe it!!

XXX

 

[MadamRose]

Thanks Ladies!

I think it is a little like buying maternity clothes after you've experienced an MC too. I felt such a fraud buying them, thinking i'd keep the labels on as long as poss despite the hairband holding my jeans together being stretched to the max!

I shall be brave and will report all my goodies soon!

Yes Tulip - i will be sure to leave some little man goodies for you at Bluewater! hehehe! I am sure Baby GAP has enough for us both!!

Thanks Due1 - i am so relieved, OH just thinks i am being hasty and now i can tell him that i am not and actually believe it!!

XXX

Tell him you want to slowly start getting things so you dont have to have a big rush closer to the end. You want to get slowly prepared at there is so much to buy, and you can start off with smaller things. If you don't get any more scans, say we have no more scans to show us everything is ok, but from the ones we have things are fine. Once your past 12 weeks its 99% you will take your bubs home and you are well past 12 weeks.
Make a list of everything you need and get a few items a week so he doesnt feel to rushed. But when you are big you wont wanna be doing to much shopping etc.

 

[blondee]

Sadly, because we are living in the West Indies we are unable to get all the lovely baby stuff out here that i have been coveting. What you can get is sooooo expensive (e.g. Avent thermos bag is £10 in Uk, it's £25 here and there is no cheaper local option) and i think this might be my last trip back to the UK sooooo i want to get lots of stuff!! I really wish we could do it slowly and just get a few bits each week, but we really can't. I dread to see the credit card bill when we get back!!

OH works for an airline so we are allowed 3 x 23KG bags each so we are travelling with empty bags and planning on filling them up. I'm just not sure he will be able to bring himself to do it - or me, for that matter. Although, i think when i get on a roll i will be just like the wallies on supermarket sweep (Tulip - were you a fan of that trash too??). I hope he enjoys it too.


So, what's the weather like in Blighty? Will i freeze?? It is about 36 degrees here today and i am a sweaty mess! All my maternity wear is summery.....

X

 

[MadamRose]

Sadly, because we are living in the West Indies we are unable to get all the lovely baby stuff out here that i have been coveting. What you can get is sooooo expensive (e.g. Avent thermos bag is £10 in Uk, it's £25 here and there is no cheaper local option) and i think this might be my last trip back to the UK sooooo i want to get lots of stuff!! I really wish we could do it slowly and just get a few bits each week, but we really can't. I dread to see the credit card bill when we get back!!

OH works for an airline so we are allowed 3 x 23KG bags each so we are travelling with empty bags and planning on filling them up. I'm just not sure he will be able to bring himself to do it - or me, for that matter. Although, i think when i get on a roll i will be just like the wallies on supermarket sweep (Tulip - were you a fan of that trash too??). I hope he enjoys it too.


So, what's the weather like in Blighty? Will i freeze?? It is about 36 degrees here today and i am a sweaty mess! All my maternity wear is summery.....

X

I know this sounds really strange but be careful with the empty bag thing. I went on hol with my dad and step mum once, and she took an empty bag, cant remember why, and she was questioned about it a lot. As apparently its linked with a common thing terrorist do. Even though i know you blatently aint one

 

[Tulip]

It's almost 30 degrees here at the moment Michelle, positively Autumnal for you!

 

[blondee]

hahaha! Thanks for the tip!! What we are doing is taking the biggest cases and putting our clothes plus two folded up hold-alls in each one. Well, that's the plan!

 

[MadamRose]

hahaha! Thanks for the tip!! What we are doing is taking the biggest cases and putting our clothes plus two folded up hold-alls in each one. Well, that's the plan!

Yes you should get away with that. or spread them out over all 3 bags on the way there. And being preg you could say you are spreading the weight as dont want bags to be too heavy.
Im dying with the heat here, how are you coping with the extra 6degrees?

 

[Tulip]

I guess this explains why people have been giving up their seat on the tube for me this week