December 2013 - blue, pink, what do you think?

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Baby will be in with us for the first bit. We're getting a snuzpod (sourced by my lovely baby products dealer guru) which can be a standalone or a cosleeper. I wish is had one of those last time. That and the nursing chair!

I also spent a loooong time talking double buggies. Can't decide whether we'll need one as we walk a lot and it'll be foul weather. And I quite fancy a parent facing option....

I'm still not in maternity clothes but just borrowed my mothers which are a size up! Luckily she has excellent taste

Nom LOVE the snuzpod- just googled it. And it's cheaper than other bed-attaching cots/bassinets. What I love most is that you can take the top off. My biggest reservation about the NCT bednest is it's not very mobile and with both our DC's we had them downstairs in the evening then carried the moses basket upstairs when we went to bed- so this would have that option. Definitely one to consider.

Clare here's the link if you want to look at the Snuzpod www.thelittlegreensheep.co.uk/the-little-green-sheep/snuzpod-3-in-1-bedside-crib-natural.aspx

5 months is a good effort for your DD to last in a moses basket!! Difficult if they like it that much that they don't want to sleep elsewhere so a good idea to go for a bednest/snuzpod that's a bit bigger perhaps.

I just hated having to get out of bed like a yoyo to pick DC's up when they were in a moses basket at night, what a faff.

Nom we've got a Phil and Ted which has been great as our DC's are 22 months apart. It's not perfect- I too would have preferred a parent facing baby carrier bit/coccoon but I got used to the coccoon that you slot in. Also, it's a bit heavy putting it in and out of the car, but great for walks esp offroad.

I love the look of the Snuzpod, I am looking at either the Babybay co-sleeper or an Arms reach full size. (if i go for the arms reach I may have to import it from the USA).

Mumoftwo I am really lazy I am going to get a cheap moses basket from Ebay with a new mattress just for downstairs.

My DS is still a part time co-sleeper and I found it really hard in the beginning getting any sleep when I was up and down all night - so my remit for this baby is to maximize sleep and I found post 6 months the worst period of all with him waking for a feed every 45 minutes.

Nom I really struggled with double buggys, my DD and DS are 15 months apart, I started off with an Icandy Pear as I wanted a parent facing option- It was like a tank I sold it after 6 weeks, Then went for a Phil and Teds it was ok but still quite heavy and I found it a pain at times, My fav was an out and about nipper- side by side but much lighter, my DD likes to walk so then switched to umbrella buggy with a buggy board. -

Argh apparently one of the bookies favourite names is our chosen name!

We've just got a swinging crib my mum picked up... I was after a cotbed really for longer use but she got this and it's actually quite cute. Most probably in with us for the first few months then in his own room. I want to get one of those stick-on wallpaper borders for the nursery, we're (hopefully) renting so we're restricted as to what we can do (or have to re-paint it back when we leave) so a little something like that would be nice :)
Like you futterby I'm loving getting a bigger stomach - although your MIL sounds horrific, I thought mine could be bad but jeeeeees! No advice to offer as I'd run away in tears atm, just try to stand up to her and put her in her place like others have said...
Slipped up over weekend and ate home-made mousse. Wasn't till after a couple of mouthfuls that I realised, then didn't feel Archibald for a while so was nervous but he's been pummelling away for the last 24 hours.
Job interview today and had to tell the lady I was PG as unbeknownst to be the vacancy was for one of the more physical jobs, and then she asked about childcare and Xmas availability so I owned up. It's probably scuppered my chances but she said there are one or two other jobs in other departments going but am not too optimistic :(

Isn't the snuzpod fab?! I just love baby-lady. She's recommending the city mini or city select for a double (I have a single city mini I'll get a buggy board for). We do a LOT of walking but I really don't like the P&T.

abcdemma am having same royal baby name worry!

Don't know if we're expecting a boy or girl but have George as top choice for a boy and am getting pathetically worked up over what to do if that's the name of the Royal One!!

I love Samuel too, but with our chosen middle name and surname it would end up with initials of STD. Not good...

I am 18wks now and worrying a bit about movement - I do feel occasional squirms but am sure my DD was more active. We have 20wk scan on 5th Aug so think I will just worry until the scan hopefully gives some reassurance.

kyz feeding every 45 mins? omg, I would go mad with sleep deprivation! I struggled with 3 hourly (formula after failed bf)

one thing I'm worried about is if bf fails again will a bedside cot be worth the money, but then if I get one where you can put a side up I guess it doesn't matter.

so who's this baby lady nom I'm intrigued! Do you pay her to find your baby stuff?

I was just looking into the bed nest today but actually the snuzpod looks even better. I like the idea of it being portable. also I imagine it's pretty easy to resell on ebay afterwards.
Thanks for posting.

mum we're thinking of renting the bednest. Think it's slightly cheaper if you rent directly instead of through NCT as NCT price going up.

nom the snuzpod looks fab. Going to show it to DH.

We have a Moses basket for in the living room, but both my DC didn't sleep well at night in their Moses basket, plus getting up and down to feed baby was a pain, really hoping one of the co-sleeper type beds will give us some better nights sleep early on this time.

Really interested in what the royal baby boy is going to be called. I've got a few names I like but don't think the royal baby will be called any of my possible names. DH & I can't make a joint decision on any names, need to work on him a bit

I will message you Anyone else who wants her name let me know. I don't really want to out myself to tooooo many people!

She does a £95 consultation but it lasts as long as you need and you get to see alllll their cute stuff. I, however, have never paid that as I got my first one on a referral, bought everything from her (we were on the other side of the world, no shopping, I had a week in the UK to organise it all and she shipped it including stuff like Lansinoh and maternity pads how I love her) so this one was free as a self-referral really and she knows I'm going to place a reasonable order cos she can read me like a book.

All the stuff is RRP, for a first-timer it's worth the consultation fee and they organise delivery including assembly I believe, and I think the quality, the service and the time saved are worth it.

She really knows her stuff. Everything we got was spot on for us and our lifestyle.

Oh and when you need a replacement rain cover/something 6 or 9 months down the line you can email and she will source. It's honestly the best service I've ever used and I wish I'd thought of the idea first!

Mumoftwoboys It nearly killed me, he never took a bottle no matter how much we pushed and still hates sleep now- However he has ASD and we later found out that he was using BF to gain sensory feedback, he has weaned now but still is a terrible sleeper and still in our room and in our bed for part of the night. Everything for the new baby has maximum sleep in mind for me as I cannot go through that ever again. I also have to work with his OT to move him out of a travel cot in to a bed an in to his own room by Nov- I have a feeling he will be keeping me awake more than the baby!

The Arms reach also doubles as a playpen and travel cot and I think if it fails I can recoup most of my money on Ebay as most of the co-sleeper cots seem to have a good resell value.

I have not really thought much about names, If we are having a girl we have a few but none that we agree on and if its a boy then we will be really stuck.

hi guys! so I've never been able to wear red. But today for the first time in my life I have been able to buy and wear a red lipstick. I am ever soo excited!

I think I was on the last thread but can't remember! I had my 20w and 3d scan on Sunday. My 2nd set are fraternal and are a little boy and girl. Although my due date is 3rd Dec 28w is my goal!

Hope everyone is enjoying their PGs! :)

Hi Multiplemama I remember you from the previous thread!

We now have a separate stats thread, so feel free to add yourself there. Hopefully this link will work: Dec 2013 Stats Thread

So lovely that you are having a boy and a girl! What do you have already?

Hello all, I had my 20 weeks scan yesterday afternoon and thankfully all looks normal, however mini pistachio was being awkward and refusing to open his/her legs, so we still don't know the sex! I'm very very happy he/she looks healthy, but really quite disappointed we couldn't find out, as is DH. We're considering a private gender scan, has anyone used babybond?

I'm another who has mounds of stuff to get rid of before baby appears, otherwise the poor little thing will be sleeping in a nest of old clothes!

Pistachio I have used them a few times and found them good, We also could not tell at our 20 week scan for the same reason as you, However the sonographer said she thought it was maybe a girl. We are having a gender scan on Friday.

Pistachio I used babybond and got a good, clear result. I think they offer a rescan if they can't tell.

Was going to post in AIBU but was afraid of getting torn to pieces. So hear goes:

Should start off by saying my best friend had a very early miscarriage about a year and a half ago after an unplanned pregnancy with her shitty boyfriend. She was happy for me when I fell pregnant, though a bit sad at the same time obviously, but generally supportive and we talked about it looked at my scan photos together, etc.

She recently moved abroad for a while with said shitty boyfriend. Talked to her a while ago, she knew I was going for a gender scan and said to let her know once I knew. I messaged her about a week ago to say how are you, how's the job hunt going, got nothing back. Messaged her once I found out the gender to say it's a girl, nothing. And I can see that she's read it.

AIBU to be a bit pissed off that she hasn't even managed a quick congratulations? She still has time to upload photos of her and twatty boyfriend. Argh, maybe I'm just being pregnant and hormonal.

ccsays not at all! I've had a similar thing with a friend who just after I had my MC & spoke to her about it told me she wasn't happy in her marriage, she was talking to me fine up until I sent round a text to say at 12 weeks with this one we were preggers and since then nothing, have text her a few times since then and I can also see when she's read them and still nothing. I think sometimes some people just can't be happy for others. I can hand on heart say after having one myself & knowing people who did get pregnant while we still weren't that although yes I did get a pang of disappointment and upset that it wasn't working out for us it never stopped me from being happy for them or gushing with them over their news.

ps congratulations on everything being healthy pisachio and hopefully you won't have to wait too much longer to find out what you're having

Totally agree with MrsShrubs! You've got every right to be pissed off!
If she was pleased for you and asked for updates then you'd have thought she'd be genuinely interested and eager to reply... Besides, it's not like you're not interested in her news - she could at least reply to the part about how she is and how her job hunt is going!
People really are rubbish

Pistachio- not sure where in the country you are? We've used MyUltraBaby which have branches in the South East. Found them really good..

Royal baby: George Alexander Louis

Blah IMO. Nice names but a very unexciting combination.

Woohoo not one of our names :) But kinda predictable... wish I'd put money on it now lol.
Pistachio you're right it doesn't take 2 seconds to fire off a quick 'congrats' text, I'd leave it to her now and wait for her to contact you since she's not responding to your attempts. Congrats on scan though
Finally some good news for us: we've got the flat! Ridiculously excited-slash-nervous since it's finally happening and still waiting for outcome on a few jobs but yey in the meantime :)