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is it a good idea so young?

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Ryoko · 02/05/2010 20:58

I have not had the baby yet it was due the 28th of April but hasn't come out yet.

anyway my other half is off work in the last week of June and wants to take the baby with him to see his parents.

now they live 4-5 hours away in Cornwall.

would it be a good idea to take a baby that young to cornwall for a couple of days or not?.

I'm not keen on the idea although it will be sleeping in the same cot as he will be taking that with him (as it's a travel cot anyway).

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smallishsheep · 04/05/2010 21:10

I do sympathise with your space issue, but i do echo what everyone's said about the travel cot- it says specifically on them that thay are for sporadic use only- I would not put a baby in one as a proper cot. Can you stretch to a moses basket and then maybe afford a small cot?
I son't drive either and live in a city where buses are good, but I still found our car seat invaluable

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Trafficcone · 05/05/2010 10:00

I've had 4 kids and about 8 cars in that time. Only one, a sporty coupe had such short seatbelts it wouldn't fit a standard infant carrier. 99.9% of cars will take any infant carrier on the Market in the front seat and pretty much all in the back too. Mothercare sell one for about £40. In the grand scheme of being able to afford a child that is tuppence hapepenny. Or get one second hand. Not advisable but much safer than not using on.

If a standard cot won't fit your house an ikea one will as they are way smaller than a travel cot. Or a Moses basket which will easily do up to 3 months. If you're saying you've put a standard mattress in the the travel cot on top of the travel mattress then why wouldn't the cot it was designed for fit in your room??? Very unusual.

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pinkfizzle · 05/05/2010 21:39

Ryoko I have a local charity shop and they often get good quality baby stuff in - I sourced a moses basket which was in top notch shape. I would suggest you go to some charity shops and ask that they let you know if any items come in.

Also I do not have a car but have used my car seat often.

You really will not feel like taking public transport home with a small young baby.

Also I would refrain from making a decision yet about travel with the baby. Smokers are a no no for a young baby.

I wish you every luck with the baby. It really is such a life changing event.

pinkfizzle · 05/05/2010 21:44

cheap car seat

Car seats are best buying new.

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Ryoko · 10/05/2010 13:58

We got a moses basket so he can sleep in the other room during the day, you underestimate my Travel Cot it's big and study I could get in it, even the folding mattress that came with it is better then the one in the moses basket, we put the other mattress on top of the travel cot base mattress.

It's an extra mattress designed for the M&P travel cot (so it's a perfect fit) however it is not a travel mattress it's a full proper mattress that doesn't fold up for traveling or anything, if you are traveling you just take the cot with the folding base mattress that it came with.

Simples

I got home standing up on a packed bus, with a pushchair, at 7.30 on a saturday night, after spending 4 nights in an awful hospital with unsympathetic midwifes after having an emergency C-section (he had the cord round his neck, his name is Dante) after 6 hours of being in established labour with no pain relief. I am now waiting for delivery of a new red book because they messed up his details on the NHS records .

So I doubt he will be going anywhere or me for that matter, his heel prick test is late now, can't do it without the book, can't do anything without the book.

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NonnoMum · 10/05/2010 16:17

Congratulations on the birth of your beautiful son. I hope all your baby gear gives you the service it should!

(My red book was late with DD1 - don't worry too much.)

Look after yourself and that lovely little boy...

sharbie · 10/05/2010 16:21

Congratulations on the birth of Dante xx lovely name.

annh · 10/05/2010 16:39

Ryoko, congratulations on the birth of your son. Please take care of yourself, I am fairly horrified that you came home on the bus three days after an emergency C-section. Was this really necessary? Surely you should have got a taxi, even if it was expensive? A C-section is major surgery and you need to be kind to yourself and take every opportunity to rest and recuperate. Sorry, realise this is not the main purpose of this thread but I now have images of you at home doing the laundry and lifting the baby into and out of the travel cot.

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Ryoko · 10/05/2010 17:07

I'm all right and I didn't want to hang around outside that dump in the cold waiting for anything, I just wanted to go home it's only about 10-15 on the bus.

it is a bit of a pain leaning over it but the dad does it most, when he's back at work I'll have Dante in the moses instead during the day.

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fyimate · 14/05/2010 13:43

I think you'll be giving a very bad impression to the grandparents if you dont go. As for being bored...you will have a baby to look after and the baby will give you all something to talk about.
But it sounds very impractical, the whole journey anyway, so I would give it a miss (including baby) and either they come to you or they'll just have to wait until the baby is a older.

fyimate · 14/05/2010 13:45

Ignore my last post, the page didnt update this post until after I posted!
Congrats btw, sorry to hear about all the hospital trouble!

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