October 2013 - wobbling and sweating through the last trimester

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Baby due dates/sexes/name choices here

To the ladies at home tonight I second ice cream, chocolate and a cheesy film! Something like the notebook so you have Ryan Gosling to look at :)

Don't know what we'll do about sleep. Last time we used a Moses basket but ds grew out of it super fast. Won't bother this time and think crib might be same problem. Might just go straight for cot in room and depending on what buggy we get carrycot/bassinet for downstairs . I think ds was in our room for about 9 months!!

There was recently a thread about this under pregnancy

Can I ask a really stupid question? What do I do with the baby if I was to go to a supermarket. I can't imagine pushing a pram and a trolley, but don't recall seeing pram parks or anything like that. I'm sure it must be blindingly obvious but I can't think how it would work!

And can i ask a silly question, do babies suck dummies from day one?

Most places have trolleys you can either put the car seat in, or have a plastic moulded baby seat.
Dummies - never had any success sorry (but I didn't really want to as bfing).

But what would I do with the pram?

soup they have trolleys that accommodate a group 0 carseat alternatively they also have trolleys that have a seat suitable for a baby but u would probly want to lay as blanket of some kind in them first as they r hard plastic especially when baby is tiny xx

flyer not all babies need dummies and if they do they don't usually need them from day one usually in the days and weeks to follow u will discover if your baby would benefit from one some baby's like to suck for comfort and not for food and that's where a dummy comes in it soothes them without feeding them x

soup do u mean if u walked to the supermarket?

Yes, or got a bus.

flyer I read today in my nhs book that if you're bf you shouldn't give the baby a dummy until bf is well.established, at least 4 weeks or the sucking motion can make it difficult for them to bf as its so different!

re shopping, if I'm taking the pram I imagine I'll get a basket too as wouldn't want to buy too much to fit in pram or carry home. or take dp with me so push trolley and carry shopping. if going by car can either put baby in trolley seat or some places have trolleys you clip your car seat on!!

Hmmm, I don't have a car. Looks like online shopping for me!

me neither soup which is why I want a travel system with a lot of storage space!!!

Yeh will have to be online if u plan to do a big shop I think soup or a lift with a friends if possible? I guess it would be a nightmare to try and do it with a buggy and a trolley but I e never had the dialemma before so not entirely sure x

Thanks for the Ryanair confirmation flyer - I won't worry about it then.

Soup I think a lot of people use the shopping basket of the pram while shopping, but obviously it only carries so much. I don't drive and my plan for the weekly shop during mat leave is to get it delivered. Delivery fees are cheaper of free during weekdays.

flyer if you'd like to bf you shouldn't use a dummy in the beginning. My plan (first-time mum planning to bf) is not to buy dummies yet and see how it goes. There's a thread from yesterday asking the exact same question about dummies and apparently some babies are "sucky" and seem to need a dummy but others reject a dummy. The advice was to see what your baby's like before getting a dummy.

Cross-posted with others, sorry!

Is anyone else getting random hot sweats? Like normal temp one Min then sweating like they've run a marathon the next?

I used to just park my pram beside the security guard soup.

Dp's birthday today and would have been nice to go out together but nobody wants to babysit 4 children. We've not had a single night out as a couple in the whole time we've been together.

The cafe in the tesco near me has lockers meant for putting your trolley in while you eat but I used to put the pram in one of them.

That's so smart, MoN!

That's a shame MoN do either of u have family near by that u could ask or send two to one grand parent two to another? I guess its simular from when I go from one child to two its not so easy to get someone to look after. Can u try and make it a special night in? Candle lit take away or something?

My sister stays 5 mins away but I know she won't be up for babysitting 4 as she has 2 herself. Going out at night would mean them sleeping over and nobody has the space. I'm going to suggest a takeaway and maybe just be extra nice to him tonight

Takeaway sounds like a good compromise MoN (and you can eat in your pjs)

I rarely do a big supermarket shop at the moment (do a fortnightly online shop for heavy items and shop locally for fruit and veg) but have a lot of Sainsburys vouchers which I was hoping would feed us when my salary drops/stops. I don't think they can be used online. Bottoms!

To choose that are choosing to formula feed what milk are u planning to use?

When formula feeding before I used Aptamil then switched to Cow & Gate which is cheaper when I realised they are both made by Danone to exactly the same formula. They are just branded differently.