To bake or not to bake, that is the question...

Im here soz... its a graco one and its black cant remember the name BUT im open to suggestions.....

NJ would you not recommend that travel cot then? would i be better of with a cheaper one?

we have a secret weapon...DPs BF works for TOys r us so we can get discount at babies r us lol x

You can by monitors that have a mat which detects if your baby stops breathing

Where's BB?? Was looking forward to our Buggy conversation

I know what you mean kay, I am sure we could squeeze a moses basket in our room but we dont have much space, which is part of why I was thinking about using the nursery from day 1.

Teuch, I had seen them before and think they are a great compromise for people who want to bed share. Not sure thats me though, I struggle to bed share with DH and we have a king size bed!! I am a very anti social sleeper, I need room to move!!

I really like the idea of those.
I also like those bedside cots you can get but our bedroom isn't big enough

ds was 'helping' with that post...

You see all the "research" pays off! I am going to be the best prepared knowlegable non pg person around

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Playing I love those, I wish I had found them when ds was waking up for night feeds.
Ds comes into our bed in the morning if we want a lie in, but he tends to try and eat the bed.

well...wrt the co-sleeping...they do say that you shouldn't co-sleep if you have had alcohol, smoke, are under the influence or drugs or are overtired Show me a new mum who ain't overtired .

In reality though, the stats ahve dropped for co-sleepers of 'better' socioeconomic status - basically those who are less likely to smoke, etc anyway. I love the wee baby nest things that you get for having them in your bed...off to find a link

DS used to dirty nappies at every feed so night changes became the norm...luckily the deal was that I fed and DH would change, for a while anyway. If I knew he had a busy day ahead then I would go into the livingroom to feed & change.

BTW we didn't co-sleep (well, officially) but did have spells when DS was about 6-12 months where he would come into our bed for part of the night...this still happens . Oh, and he only went into his own room a few months ago

BB, what pram are you going for then?

Nat, were you ever scared that you or your dh would roll over onto your ds?
My HV told us never to have ds in our bed as we may roll over onto him and suffocate him. Which is why I could never do it as I think she put the fear of god into me by telling me that.
I would have loved to share as I thought it would be really nice to be able to cuddle him to sleep.

Actually BB it was the biggest PITA we bought! Never used the changer top thing, the toy bar thing was way too high for him to use while he was led down. The best thing about it was that it had a vibrating matress thing, and the nightlight was useful, other than that it was just a travel cot! Ours was a very slightly different colour way, I don't think they do it anymore, was the same brown and beige tones, but has little black stars all over it. Think it was called twinkle star or something, my memory is failing!

Which buggy are you planning on? I like a good buggy conversation, hun

Teuch, I think maybe you are right about going with your instincts, you will know whats right for you. Looking more at this website it def says no co-sharing at all, I think mainly due to the dangers of you rolling on top of baby, but this works for a lot of people. Just like breast feeding works for some people (I really want to gove it a go) but others never get on with it.

Kay, I'm def not doing sleep suits with poppers, quite keen on the idea of nighties at the moment,
like this but I am sure I will change my mind later . Quite enjoying all this "research", there's so much to do/investigate/look at!

You can have both of those BB, I lived on Gaviscon and Rennie in my last trimester(sp). The only old wive tale that came true was if you have lots of heartburn your baby will have loads of hair, which he does!!!

I think this time round we'll only be doing night changes if its really bad, I was never awake enough to put the nappy on properly or do up all the poppers.
Plus the changer is in ds's room and I'm worried enough about the new lo waking him up.

hmm well thats a lot to consider....

I know what buggy im getting..i think

Come on the nowledgeable beans... whawt medicines cant you use when pg? cos im wondering about paracetamol and Gaviscon?

Think i'l do the mosquito net thing with travel cot, and have travel cot in our room for first few months, NJ that one you have is lush!! i may have to get that cos it goes with my decor too he he x

Night time nappy changes? Only if it smelt enough to wake me up!!! LOL Kidding, but I didn't do it unless it was properly full or dirty.

I think TBH, having them in the bed with me, I felt more at ease. I know that the odd time one of them is sick, I wake up before they do, so I'd like to think if anything worse ever happened I would wake up. Who know's?

LOL at Nat
I do the same, ds needs socks so I buy tops, trousers, shoes and maybe 2 pairs of socks!!

Its really up to personal choice, you could follow every guideline to the letter and they can still die of SIDS. Maybe its just if they are in your room you can hear if they aren't breathing, but if you're asleep how can you?

Hellooooooooo

I have always co-slept, just find it easier with breast feeding, and if it means I get more sleep, I would do anything! My sister however put her DS in his own cot in his own room from day 2, she said he 'snuffled' LOL I do agree about the regulating breathing thing.

It is totally different when you are looking at your baby, I couldn't have put either of mine down, walked out and shut the door, and left them there, call me a wuss or whatever you like, but I couldn't do it!

We had/have a playpen down stairs, that has a multi-positional base, so when DS2 was tiny, if he slept down stairs it was in there, and then obviously as he grew the base could be lowered, now he only goes in it to play, but we did find it invaluable when he was little. He also had a swing and a bouncy chair that he'd sleep in down here.

Then up stairs, we did have the travel cot (that had a basinet level, was this one) in our room, and he spent a bit of time asleep in there, but mostly if we were upstairs he was in with us.

BB, we have a cat, she does go out but is mostly found curled up in a ball somewhere near the raditors or fire... She was fine TBH. We obviously never left her and DS2 alone in the room together, and she doesn't go upstairs anyway. She did used to like to have a sniff of him, but she lost interest, until he leanered how to stroke her, now she comes in and goes straight to him! And he will now say cat and that tut tut tut tut sound that everyone seems to do at cats!

We got into town, DS1 decided his trainers were hurting, so I had a feel round them and they were a bit small, so had to go and get him new trainers, then we walked past Adams and they had 'Buy two tops get thrid free' so thought I'd have a nosy, came out with 5 pairs of trousers/jeans for DS1 and no tops, typical, he isn't even that bad for trousers, it is tops he needs! So £100 down the line, and I hadn't even got anything I actually went in for by then! You lot wanting kids.... don't do it!!!!

My HV thought we were crazy for changing ds's nappy in the middle of the night and all the books I have say not to but we still did. They're not too fiddly just a zip, the sleepsuits with all the poppers at half 3 in the morning is worse.