Oh Carley, what a day!
I had to be AA rescued a few weeks ago, yay for the AA!
Newborns are pretty clean really, so you can bath then every few days, you can top and tail them days in between, which is just a bowl of warm water and cotton wool, and start at top, wipe face, under chin, in little skin folds (milk can trickle behind their ears when feeding!) Then dress top of baby and do bottom end, voila one clean bubs! Its all personal choice though, and my babies have always been really dry and water been one to avoid each day til they were a bit less flakey!
My only yuck with a dummy was a worry about germs being picked up on it, but with what babies put in there mouths it is no different, I try to carry sterilised spares even now, and keep used ones on a clip so it doesn't drop to the floor.
Glad the cats are ok!!
Louise, thanks, just remember this is my 5th so not one single muscle in my tum to keep it in!!
I do put on plenty of excess weight with my bumps, I think not much is baby!
xx