December 2006-3rd trimester!!!

[Calmriver]

Hi All, thought I would start a 3rd trimester thread, as most are past 23 weeks now!!!

Thanks ÅQ, I have an appointment at 5pm so will see what the GP says. I think I have been working too hard as well - I am meant to be winding down but my clients don't seem to grasp that concept. Midwife ordered me to slow down, so I will keep that in my mind now and make sure I do it. There is nothing like a bit of official advice to scare the living daylights out of me!

x

Hmm, got 20 minutes of rubbish tv - bliss
From what I read, biodegradables are only useful WITH wormery - otherwise, don't make much difference to environment (think inside black plastic bin liner, in landfill). Apart from the teeny back garden, think I can face washing nappies better than I can worms, personally, but am very impressed and interested to hear more if you go ahead, AQ!
Should really go swimming this afternoon (been going once a week like clockwork till now) but urgh...not sure I can face it after lunch
Whats everyone else doing - or not doing - about exercise? (Setting myself up to feel guilty now, no doubt )

this time, not going into hospital until I think I'm 9cms, staying at home on mnet instead with laptop in bath with me
Hope it gets sorted devong, and you can leave work behind too - I'm not managing to do it but then I haven't seen a midwife since 13 weeks to tell me to slow down...

hello everyone.
sorry you're all suffering. I'm sure at this point last pg I was full of beans(or maybe they extracted that memory along with the "pain of childbirth" one in hospital!)
I HAD being feeling pants.However i went to my chiroprator today and she's done some stuff to me to allow Beanie to swim around freely and reduce chance of breech etc and also something to get rid of heartburn!AND it's worked Only prob now is that the only symptom I was having of being hungry (and thus eating) was heartburn. So I'm sitting here thinking I prob should eat but I've forgotton what non pg hunger feels like!!!

With regards exercise,I'm doing nothing unless typing is aerobic excercise (or spending money on ebay) In that regard I have become reformed and my buggy purchase has cured me of buying lots of little things. I've also had a new wave of motivation at work and intend to go on Mat leave as late as poss so that I can clear my c. card before I stop earning any money.

Have been reading this site and am now completely confused about nappies again. Why isn't there one way that is just best?

Exercise - an hour of preg yoga once a week. That's it.

er, this site

I LOVE my new buggy BTW and since my car keeps surprising me with hundreds of pounds worth of broken things, I decided if I can find the money for steering whell shafts and fallen off exhaust pipes,(sounds like a dream machine doesn't it. It's not REALLY a total tin can ) I can find the cash for an alternative form of transport and I am going to walk EVERYWHERE and return to the figure I had before these children people came along(At which point some people on white coats dragged Spina away for her readjustment!)

"people on white coats" Gosh things are worse than we thought!

oooh nappies! Yeah I was going to go all "indepedant woman(Hit it Beyonce!) and buy some myself regardless of DH's opinion on the matter. However now that I've bought my buggy, I'll have to convince him to co-make the decision! (I'm making this infamous buggy out to sound extra expensive. It was just normal "suitable form birth" expensive) I'm determined to use washables although I'm planning to use biodegradable(or not!) disposables for the first few weeks cos if Beanie is small (and most newbies are in context) leaking is a real issue, a wise woman told me.

...and we've got two compost heaps so a wormery isn't too far to go. Won't the neigbours love me!
They're right at the back of our garden and everyone has a greenhouse in our street as we're all avid gardeners.[Whoops!might need to do some weeding)

Oh the joy of buying a grown ups house to grow into!!! All the maintenance!

Hi, just caught up with chat on nappies and have also decided this time round I am going for reuseable nappies.

I dont think DH is too enthusiastic - but he'll learn. I think I'll just stick to the odd disposable when we are out and about so I not carrying all the bulk.

We get that "quality" newspaper that featuring all the climate change issues this week - scares the heck out of me and I am determined to do my bit - Whats the point of brining children into the world if they have no world to live in.

at all the unenthusiastic DHs where reusables are concerned...I think mine was just scared he wouldn't know how to put one on! Have given him a demo on a teddybear (and gave myself one into the bargain) so he's happier now.
And even happier realizing that cloth nappies actually save you money in the long run - Pampers Active Fit more or less being our greatest single expenditure with dd1

So far, reassured by lack of exercising MN mothers-to-be, have not got my swimming stuff together for this afternoon...

Spinamum on the compost heaps (and greenhouse). Though talking of grown-up, I can't quite believe I just said that...
Glad the chiropracter helped so much!

Well, with ds I had bought over $100 worth of organic cotton diapers which dh absolutely refused to use. I believe his statement went something along the lines of, If you want me to change a diaper, it'll have to be disposable.

I think this time around I may use washables on the days that it is mainly me and after I go back to work he can do disposables all day if he wants. btw, this is also a direct reflection of our nanny problems atm. I started a thread on it a few days ago. Our nanny has informed me that she is has bought a one-way ticket to the Virgin Islands for a vacation in the middle of my maternity leave and may not come back - at all! As in, she may just stay in the VI

With DD I have used Tesco pull-ups, I think they are great and less expensive than pampers - have never ever got on with huggies ever!
However we are now struggling with toilet training and she's 3 at the end of the month.

Perhaps when using re-useables there's more incentive to successfully toilet train?!

Thoughts anyone?

Redlorry, dd is 3 in December and we've just (and I mean just) sorted out toilet training. If you'd asked me two weeks ago, I'd have said I'd started too soon - then she suddenly got it. tbh, I put it off for ages because I was nauseous, then we were on holiday....
Any problems in particular, or is she just not keen generally?

She is dry in knickers, but then when she wants to go asks for a nappy or a bath (must have got that from her daddy's side) so she can pee.

We have had one successful wee on the toilet and she got more acclaim than an oscar winner, including stickers, ice cream and so much priase - but she's never done it since.

She hates the potty and TBH can't say I blame her, who wants to sit in the middle of the lounge and pee with everyone staring!

Pre-school wont potty train and she started back yesterday 2-days a week. Perhaps I shold just mkae her go cold turkey and say no more nappies, but feel this is harsh - I know of some real horror stories where mums did that and no little one is always constipated etc. Am thinkning of waiting till half term before trying again.

I might add - she loves to sit on the toilet (on her ladybird seat) and wipe herself with copious amounts of toilet roll - but she's not done anything to wipe

She sounds like a sweetie! I agree with you about not pushing it at pre-school, 100%.
My dd went to a few 'summer playschool' mornings a few weeks ago, when she was just beginning to use the potty/toilet at home when prompted - and as it was temporary, I didn' want her under extra pressure, and put her in pullups for those mornings. I did explain to her that it was just until she felt ready to use the toilets/potties there - in case she wondered, as we'd stopped using them at home.
As for not being ready to pee/poo in the toilet - my dd wasn't, until she was really comfy with using the potty (the one potty she likes, that is, which is a potty chair someone gave us) first. So if your dd prefers not to use potty, and fair enough as you say - I'd persevere with putting her on the toilet at home from time to time, and she'll get there!
But I'm honestly no expert, just think time takes care of an awful lot....

Oooh, just an idea, but....if she asks for a nappy to pee in (clever girl, knowing she needs to go is the biggest part of the battle IMO) maybe you could try putting a wad of loo paper in the loo to pee on, 'just like a nappy'??
Probably wouldnt' feel as secure as something she was wearing, but worth a try...?

Thanks Elibean.

Oh dear I am sorry for all these ailments. I hope everyone feels better soon. I'm actually feeling physically ok though I have just been reminded that we are moving next week and so far haven't done a thing about it!

Also, my neighbour has just asked me if I am having twins. Ha ha, haven't heard that one before!!

Elibean, on the nursery/school front (sorry not strictly ante-natal) DS did cry about going today but was fine when I left him and all morning. I hope your next stint is ok too.

Nappy training: I'm no expert but I gave up with DS when he was 2.5, put him in pants 6 mths later and he was dry day & nights straightaway. DD 2.6 is an ongoing experiment. Hopefully she'll be "done" by 5th December

oooo! Thread v. busy today.

On the bio-degradable nappy front - Moltex are good. Only drawback is they aren't as compact as a Pamper (more of an issue with bigger nappies). We used to get them for going on hols, but that did mean lots of extra space in the bag on the way home. Those Nature Boy/Girl ones are a bit pants though.

Our Cotton Bottoms birth to potty pack cost £300 - which was basically all our nappy needs for just over 2 years. Now that we're using paper nappies I really notice that extra cost every week of nappies, wipes, nappy sacks etc. I found the cotton nappies really good for containing newborn poo - that explosive kind that goes up the back. It just soaks into the nappy, without shooting up the babygro !

Another (unexpected) money saver with cotton nappies - I had to buy such colossal trousers for dd last year (to fit over her cotton nappy big bum) that she's got a second year's wear out of them (now that she's no-bum in paper nappies).

I was sold the 'faster to train' line when I got my cotton nappies. DD is more aware of her business when in them (I still used them around the house - saves cash) but there isn't really a pull-ups equivalent that stops a big leakage everywhere.

Sorry to hear about everyone's general aches and pains. Hope you're all feeling better for a bit of rubbish tv.

Starting my 28th week. Can't believe it's 14 weeks to go .

I was wondering whether reuseables(i refuse to use "real" nappies as most of my friends with three yr olds didn't use them and it sounds a bit judgemental IYWIM!) would speed up toilet training, but I was so "whenever it happens,it happens" with DS1 that I'll prob still be elbow deep in nappies in mid 2010!(scary thought). When I suggested washables to DH last time, he was concerned about the yucky factor so I told him we could use disposables out and about and the occassional day that he was solely responsible for our son's bottom he could use pampers if he wanted. He said that would be a waste of money as DS would grow out of nappy sizes. I'm hoping that now that we've been through the mountain of nappies/money for nappies(and realised how long DS was in size4!) that he'll see the point!!!

I'm quite keen to apply what I've learnt in the last three years to this experience of motherhood, whereas(as before) my DH isn't as obbsessed about the details. Now all I have to do is to convince him that now that we're going to use reusables, we should have a third child to maximise the economics of Reusuables!