November 2012 - nearer the end than the beginning

[StuntNun]

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Eliza What deal did you get on the BJCM if you don't mind me asking? We'll be going back to that shop in the near future.
When I got back to work MIL and my mum will be looking after the baby one day each and my mum doesn't drive so I think it would be good for her on buses - lightweight, easy to fold and carry.

God i'm already becoming a pramaholic

YellowWellies Our 'nursery furniture' will be consisting off some white ikea drawers, a white Expedit shelving unit with baskets and some wall shelves. All in for about £100
We're just having a changing mat upstairs and downstairs.

I've got my scan tomorrow, bit nervous and a bit excited. DH has the day off but i'm working till 11:30ish. We're not finding out if it's a boy or a girl, unless we change our minds when we're in there

Oh how appropriate - DH and I were only just arguing about discussing nursery decor! As an ex-architect he sees himself as a bit of a design buff, but I'm a nesting woman with a bee in my bonnet about what I do/don't want. I will win this. :)

I've still not actually seen my new house other than from the outside when I took a wee sneaky drive past so haven't got an exact idea of how furniture will be laid out or how much painting we will/won't have to do (yes I am that neurotic!) but I have a fair few ideas of how I'd like our 'acquired' ancient furniture to be renovated. We plan to keep/paint the walls neutral, maybe an alphabet border or something. We're going to paint the surrounds of furniture a dark colour (probably either navy or purple depending on gender if when we find out!) and then a light vanilla type colour for the doors/drawers with child-friendly wall stickers these www.allposters.co.uk/-sp/Animals-Alphabet-Posters_i7885624_.htm or DH's paintings on them. And then accessories to match the darker surround colour. I'm sure that makes no sense at all!

The two drawer units we have fit together and are perfect changing table height for both of us (we're 5'8" and 6'2" so probably more me than him) so DH is going to make a changing mat out of a fancy oil cloth material (Cath Kidston or the like if I get my way) to sit on top of them.

This probably makes no sense at all but that's the general gist of what I'm going for!! Like most things though, I'll change my mind at least 5 times!

Oops, like these!

[shocked] waiting I'm so glad you and baby are okay! Be sure to take things easy!

titsalina congratulations on your baby boy :)

We went out today and got some paint testers and looked at 2 wall papers so have them taped up in the little ones room with loads of paint samples everywhere. Don't know what we're going to do on furniture, I would like a white set but need to look around and see what deals and offers are on, would deffo like a really comfie nursing chair that can be used for feeding times and for night feeds so I don't disturb DP but will have to see!

Good luck to the ladies with scans tomorrow !!

Don't even ask how many paint tester pots I've bought!

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Wow, lots more news here. Glad things are progressing well. Sorry to hear about the car accident, take care of yourself.

I realised my sudden impatience the other day came from my boss visiting work, she is on mat leave and has just had her twins so I was holding one and feeling quite overwhelmed.

Our 'baby room' is white with a green blind, the lodger moves out in August so will spruce it up then & get cot etc. Thinking of getting a single sofa bed so if dh or I need to catch up on sleep we have another option.

My friend has the Ikea unit that is a changing table that converts into shelves when it's no longer needed, I might get one too.

wow this thread does move fast!!

congrats tits and waiting on you baby boys! glad you're ok waiting

good luck to those whos scan are 2mo!!!

It's exciting planning nursaries, b and q had a deal on paint last week so we ended up choosing a lilac, we are set for furniture as there is already a huge wardrobe in there that my mother in law has said she'd paint as she's good at that. My great uncle has given us the money for cot beds which is so kind so all we need to buy now is a changing table and some sort of chair. I really want a little sofa in there for the night feeds but I don't think there is the room. I've seen these that look good elephantsonthewall.com/smsilsafari they are paint by numbers for the wall, they look great

fatima seems like you and I have the same tastes. I've just decorated DD's new bedroom in the crown soft lime paint.

I got the bjcm for £220 with free rain cover. It was the best deal for a brand new one that I could find on the net. You could prob get a better deal if you were able to go into the shop but I live miles away! John lewis were doing the black one for £199 but annoyingly put the price up to £249 the day before I went to get one. The lady in JL did say the price will prob go back down again at somepoint so you could always keep an eye out for that.

lane oh, no, I wouldn't know what to say with a blog. She does make me laugh though. I found it through mumsnet. If anyone knows of any other good pregnancy blogs or anyone to follow on twitter I would love to know.

Re painting the baby's room. We aren't going to repaint our third bedroom. It looks completely fine. It's a light blue and it will stay that way whatever we are having. It's the computer room at the moment and where we dry our clothes and keep some of my extra clothes so we need to find homes for those things before we can think about making it into a room for the baby. Like someone else said, it's going to be in a cot of some sort with us for the first 6 months so there's no rush and I've just hit the 20 week mark so still have another 20 weeks before the baby is born to sort it all out so I personally have no rush.

Am stunned by all of the concrete plans you ladies have for nurseries - you've got such clear ideas already, and I'm now feeling that despite being preggers, I must secretly be a bloke! MissMummy your comments made me pee myself, an arty architect vs a nesting mother to be - he doesn't stand a chance in getting his own way!!!! There was me feeling chuffed that I'd decided to paint good luck folk art symbols like these www.google.co.uk/search?q=dutch+hex+signs&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=ZhfyT7ONKMbg8gOllc2gDQ&ved=0CF8QsAQ&biw=1275&bih=607 on the ikea cot but that brainwave had quite exhausted my interior design ideas for the moment! (next five months, cough, cough).

Woo I'm officially half way through today - does fat wobbly party shimmy....

Follow this thread but rarely post as can't keep up!
Congratulations on all your scans. I had mine on Friday and all was well. No idea what we are having but don't mind either.
YellowWellies - if it makes you feel better I have nothing! I gave everything away after dc3 (the last one!). We have a buggy and car seat in the shed from a friend - no idea what it is other than it's a Mamas and Papas and is in good condition. The baby will sleep with us for the first two years and so no need to think about anything really. We are hopefully moving soon so maybe I will be able to think about it a bit more when I know where we are living.

We're not repainting (as we have to rent being overseas) and DD and the new baby will be sharing so that we can all be on the same floor and because the other room is really un baby friendly.

DD is massively into fish (and birds and flowers) at the moment so I bought a large fish painting which goes above the little fish tank and I'm also going to get some fish decals. Probably this one

Apart from that I'll leave the room as is.

The only reason we are getting organised is because to Dh, tbh if it was left to me I would end up in labour and decide to start buying car seats etc then! I guess he knows I need alot of time to make any decisions so decided the earlier the better

I am getting more excited now I have passed the half way mark but it still feels very surreal, although I have some stuff I can't believe we will have a baby in it in a few months.

I'm leaving most decorating until the summer holidays and I'll have 6 weeks to concentrate on it then :) Also not buying a nursery chair, we have a spare armchair and have put that up there so that will have to do.

I worked out that, if this one comes at the same point at DD, I'm a days over half way now, as she came at 39+3 (just, 00.42!!) But I suspect I won't get lucky twice.

Nursery chair?! Omg I really need to start looking into what we need!!!

Had no tea last night then wondered why I felt shocking this morning. I hate feeling guilty about everything :(

I am feeling a bit jealous now. I've not got a nursery to decorate this time round! Baby will be in a cot in our room for 6 months (or probably til it gives up night feeds cos I'm lazy - with DS this took a year!) then we are moving out of our room, going to move DS into ours, baby into his and we will be in our converted attic, which is currently my study. It makes me feel tired just thinking about it all. Actually, it makes me tempted to move first, but don't think we can afford anything bigger

Horsey you don't need a nursery chair, it just depends how you end up feeding baby. My last two were either fed lying down in bed or sitting on the sofa watching tv so a nursing chair would be pointless for me. If you do get one it needs to be one where you can get into a comfortable position because you'll be spending a lot of time in it!

Scan today woo! Roll on 3.30.

I agree stuntnun I got a nursery chair with DS and never found it comfy for feeding. The best buy for that was one of those curving cushions to go on your lap to get the baby at the right height (sure there is a better description than that). I spent many happy hours on the sofa in front of This Morning and other such programmes or reading a book with one hand.

Good luck to everyone with scans today.

I had my Grandmothers chair in the nursery, and it was lovely for feeding. Got rid of it after DD2 as she was meant to be our last child, and we did not have the room to keep it. I plan to feed this one in bed or on in the lounge. The other two were sleeping through by 7 weeks, so fingers crossed this one will follow suit. I must admit I would love a proper nursing chair!

We will not be decorating. Fairly new house, so all magnolia, so will put pictures up etc. we plan to move the baby's room in the summer anyway as the tiny room it will start off in gets too hot. Baby will be in with us for about a week if it is lucky. The last two have been little snorters and we (DH) were not getting enough sleep.

We have an Angel Movement Sensor Monitor, and it is great for peace of mind. Bit of a pain if you forget to turn it off before lifting baby, as it does not alarm until you are some distance away, then everyone is awake and complaining, after initial fear for the baby. It only went off once (i.e. not by accident) and that was when baby was in with us. I looked at her, and she was not breathing, picked her up, and she did a huge gasp and was a bit upset. Sometimes little ones just forget to breathe I guess. Scared the s**t out of me. Monitor paid for itself that night, although I must admit I had woken up before the alarm, and was leaning over to look at her, so mummy instinct would have probably been sufficient.

Brill so the armchair will do! I have no idea. Never done this before.

Along with the numerous other things I freaked out about last night, the baby never ever leaving was the last one!! The reality of it all just hit me. That and where exactly the Moses basket was going to be stored.....

Love reading you guys getting all your stuff for the baby...I am a tinsey bit jealous reading about new prams,cots, decorating nurseries etc...But Ive been there got the T shirt and savour the fact that all I literally need to get this time is some brand new vests and grows for when baby is brand new and some nappies...and thats it for now because I already have everything and been going through it and its in fab condition still so cant justify buying nowt.

We aren't redecorating as we recently renovated the entire house but the baby's room was always earmarked as such so is pale green with neutral carpet and curtains. I've framed a poster my late dad bought about 15 years ago and it's a 1930s tube advert for Kew Gardens and full of lovely colours. That's in a dark frame as is the cotbed (being built tonight/tomorrow) and the change unit. We also have the chair my mum breastfed me in and a huge oak wardrobe that I'm clearing out for baby things (it's mostly drawers).

The result will be a bit Victorian which goes with the house. I want the baby's room very classic and calming but obviously I'm aware that lots of bright plastic will be filling the space as well!

DH and I have fallen in love with this. His uncle throws a Christmas party each Christmas eve and we think it'll probably be the first time we dress baby (as opposed to just putting him in babygro's)

Sounds lovely Waiting...Love the idea you got chair your Mum used ...Love classic things like that.