April 2015 Thread 10: full of chatterboxes, only 2 months to go...

[Hidingthefear]

the other thread was almost full already! Any newbies welcome to join : )

Copied this from Boo from the last fred, sorry if it's changed since then, wasnt sure where to find it.

Unknown/Surprise
Misty414, 30, #1 edd 25th March
Fingerscrossed, 33, #2 EDD 1st April
ChickenMe, 38, EDD 4th April
LadyStinky, 35, #1 EDD 5th April
Rustyzilla, 34, #1, EDD 7th April
Floppypotato, #1, EDD 7th April
BrixtonBunny, 26, #1 edd 8th April - Surprise (but more likely to be girl according to sonographer)
Nerdsgirl, EDD 9th April
Chiliplant, ?, #1, EDD 11th April -
Wineandchoccy, 33, #1, EDD 14th April
AnniaFausta, 32, #1, EDD 15th April
AbiBanbury, 38, #1 EDD 18th April (but ovulate early so likely to be more like 14th) -
BitchPeas #2 EDD 19th April
Kismac, 29 #1, EDD 19th April
NinnynoodleNoo, 37, #6, EDD 19th April
SquattingNeville, 24, #2, EDD 20th April
CherryLips1980, 34, #2, EDD 21st April
Chococroc, 31, #1, EDD 22nd April, (but will likely be a couple of weeks earlier due to health condition) -
Lauren82000, 30 #2 EDD 22nd April
Ivegotacavetroll, 30 #1 EDD 23rd April
Mswibble - 29, #1, EDD 24th April
HippoPottyMouth, 38, #3, EDD 25th April
OneDay, 27, no DC, MMC June 2014, EDD 26th April
Squidge14,#1, EDD 27th April
JaneyTea, 34, #1. EDD 29th April
catsofa 35, #1, EDD 30th April

Boy
RiverRocks, 30, #1, EDD 26th March
houghtonk76, 38, #1, EDD 1st April
Lindalove, 38, EDD 2nd April
Lila35, 35, #1, EDD 3rd April
Cinnamongreyhound, 33, #3 edd 6th April
berberana, 34 #2 edd 11th April
Hidingthefear, 25, #1 EDD 13Th April
daholster, 32, #2, EDD 14th April
BonjourMinou, 32, #2, EDD 19th April
BananaToast, 26, #1, EDD 20th April
smogsville, 33, #2, EDD 22nd April, csection booked for 16th April
LadyNovember, 24, #1, EDD 23rd April
StuntNun, 38, #4, EDD 27th April
Mel0drama 36, dc #2, edd 29th April

Girl
Roastpots 35, #2 EDD 1st April
Babiecakes11, 23, 4th pregnancy, 2nd baby EDD April 1st
minipie, 34, #2, EDD 4th April
Skyra13, 26, #1 EDD 6th April
londonlivvy, 39, DC#2, EDD 8 April
upduffedsecret, EDD 8th April - Girl?
TinyTear, 41, DD2 EDD 11th April
TheBooMonster, 25, DD2, EDD 11th April
Mamabear0315, 24, #2, EDD 12th April
MustBeDueSomeBetterFeet, 36, #2 EDD 23rd April
FreedomHuntress, 40, #2, EDD 27th April
Siarie, 26, #1, EDD 27th April

Our Yodel man is nice, stops me if he sees me and gives me my parcels rather than make me have to phone his office etc. And I'm lucky, my neighbours are friendly and like me :)

Well this is exciting!!!

I have pictures of our foot muff and bag and I love them!!!

Sounds awesome Smogs!

The footmuff and bag are beautiful lila -so unique!

Glad you got your hugs dances. I can't wait to hug mine. I started a journal in January. It's kind of like letters to the baby. To give to it when older.
cinammon you are amazing with your running esp as it is freezing today. I went for a walk and got a stitch . I do go to the gym occasionally. I knackered my knee some years ago over-training sprints on concrete. Clever.
Re names girls' names easy. Boys I only like Johnathon, Joshua and Leo. Grr. I like Miles but doesn't go with surname.
We want to get the bugaboo Chameleon but I feel bad about the £. However I think it could have a good sell-on value?

FiRaffe, it was! In pjs now and looking forward to lying down soon and catching up on Mr Selfridge as DH has gone out for leaving drinks.

On buggies - will be reusing DD's maxicosi Streety.

As you can probably tell, DH and I prefer to spend our money on food than on the fancier buggies but I've never heard of anyone being unhappy with the performance of a bugaboo, once they've got over the expense. In the end I really liked sling rather than buggy and got a light as can be Maclaren at 6 months so it would have been a bit of a waste of money.

I got a sling too smog although OH will not use it as it is garish. I like to spend a lot on food too hehe. But the best food you can afford I say. My parents offered to buy the buggy. Feel bad as in their day it was more like a deckchair on wheels! I asked my mum if £600 was ok because I was after the Bee. But we went to Mothercare and I was like "look OH you can pick it up with one hand" (my criteria was a light buggy) did so and a wheel fell off. So it was curtains for the Bee after that.
MIL was touting the iCandy which she wants which I really dislike. It looks heavy (sorry if anyone has one).

But Buy

I am so tired today thank goodness it's Friday. DH is making curry then it's bedtime for me and bump.

We are going on a tour of the birthing suite tomorrow afternoon, there are 2 midwife led units near us one that is a stand alone unit and the other is attached to the hospital so just need to decide which we think is best.

The minefield of prams is mad. They don't make it easy to compare either! No-one ever talks about the one we chose (Chicco Urban), so hopefully we'll get on with it on and it'll suit our lifestyle!

Feeling rather green, had a glass of orange juice when I got in and it's just not sat right since. Have no idea what to make for tea. Might just end up with left over lasagne.

Blimey, the Mumsnet app really is beyond bad - can't even see the photos you've posted of the Zoom mechanism, Squatting - will check on my computer later though!

We also looked at Bugaboo, tho felt the steering was worse than either the Joolz (which steered beautifully, looked beautiful and was lovely in many ways, but small basket and awkward to collapse... in fact I think it may even have put my back out - and expensive of course!) or the Graco Evo XT (which collapsed really easily and looked like a bargain, but apparently only takes Graco car seats which are meant to be rubbish!)
We also looked at a Phil & Ted (feels really hefty, not great to collapse).
In the absence of a shop assistant, just couldn't work out how to collapse an icandy at all (plus OH dislikes that chromey look - nil points! :0D) tho I have a friend that speaks highly of them.
Have heard good things said about the Babystyle Oyster, as far as good alrounders go.

My head's spinning with all the buggies we've looked at! :0D

Ooo, That River Cafe meal sounds dreamy!! (Their cookbook is one of OH's favs)

Hope you feel better soon Lauren82000, I am too scared to drink orange juice at the moment!

I've had an amazingly productive day! Ran this morning, wrote new contracts for one of my parents, took biggest dog have his claws clipped, load of washing washed and hung, dishwasher put on and emptied, bathroom, shower room, downstairs loo and shower cleaned, garden de-poo'd and dogs walked once minded kids went home. Will probably fall asleep in a minute!

cinnamon you win threader of the day! You must be feeling v accomplished.

On buggy comparison - I don't know how useful it is but think John Lewis website has a tool where you can select up to four and compare them - think it brings up a chart showing what they all have side by side. Might be useful if you've narrowed it down a bit?

I've got a couple of friends with Bees who are now using them for their second children, they've been happy with them and apparently bugaboo is good at replacing parts like worn wheels and so on esp if you buy through JL as you then get to benefit from the reliable customer service.

I've been out of the loop for a few threads! Congratulation on your little girl dances Glad your getting some cuddles in.

For buggies, we got the M&P Sola and I loved it. Didn't bother with the carry cot, but with adapters you can use a maxi cosi car seat. It was sturdy, folded up easily, had a big basket and was forward and rear facing.
But when my DD was about 18 months we switched to a lighter umbrella stroller, and gave the Sola to my SIL. I'd like to use a sling for the baby and keep DD in the stroller and avoid a double buggy if possible!

But I highly recommend looking at the Sola if you're unsure. It ticked all the boxes and was reasonably priced (especially in the January sales!)

Thanks cinnamon I'm starting to feel a bit better so stuck my lasagne in the microwave. It always tastes better the day after

My parents, as part of the Great Carseat Quest, have borrowed some kit off a friend's daughter and as a result have come out strongly against the Bugaboo - "very heavy, very tricky to collapse" said Dad seriously. We've got a date in the diary to go and roadtest some in John Lewis, but we need to do research this weekend first - when we had a look in our local baby shop last weekend, we both froze with panic and not knowing what we were looking at. Best summed up by DH - "why has this one got an LCD screen?" (No, we couldn't work out the answer.)

fir is that called natural nursing or something like that? I've heard of it, not sure DD would have had enough crawling / wiggling capability for that to work, worth a go though.

nnorwich ladies the Mama's and Papa's store is a bit picked through! got some lovely orange and purple newborn sleep suits (with mice on i think) that went through the till at £6.60, wish I'd bought a few packs now, was devastated to find not a single muslin in sight though! had been hoping to grab a pack of their giant unisex ones :/

Annia big LOLZ for your Dad bless him for taking it all so seriously!

I don't know too much about buggies but we got an icandy for our DD. The basis for that was good resale and also it is super easy to convert to a 2 baby ( we knew we wanted two close together- DD will be 15 months when baby arrives. )
Therefore we just had to buy adaptors and we are sorted now.
I love it- so light to push , easy to put up and down and has lasted v v well so far. ( had it 13 months now and used every day)

I can see how it looks heavy but I find it great and light. All depends on personal preference though- suppose it's like buying a car!
No idea on other makes as everyone I know has one too.

I'll just say Uppababy, Uppababy, Uppababy

Can't wait to use my Vista again... I loved having a huuuge basket underneath

Havent cuaght up but need to gt my head down for an hour before I go back to work... yawn... I am so tired, of course today dd decided to get up at 05.40! I was in work at 07.10. Gome at 18.10. Got to be at work again at 23.30 and will crawl home at 07.30...

Quick sleep methinks, worried I won't wake up in time though! Any sweets suggestions to keep me awake through the night? I'm thinking a chocolate option (maybe Maltesers or Minstrels?) and a gummy option (erm, Jelly Babies is as far as I have got there...)

I will be checking for suggestions...!

30+3

OMG look at all those typos. Haven't caught up... Home not gome... Good grief, quick, sleep!

Boo - she called it laid back breastfeeding like. You put your hands under their feet so they can push up against them (and you're gently helping them up). It sounded really good and natural, but would love to hear if anyone had actually tried it (rather than just some researchers )!

Daholster - I'd go for maltesers and haribo tangfastics.