May 2017 #8....... Bumps, Bargains and Baby Clothes

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May 2017

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So glad you are ok raspberry, you must have been terrified. Now rest up and take it easy for a few days.

Raspberry - glad to hear you and baby are ok. What a fright you must have had! 💐

I am off for GTT tomorrow - really hoping it doesn't make me sick. I hate lucozade at the best of times, never mind on an empty stomach with mid pregnancy nausea! 🙄

We had a good weekend and bought a M&P cot bed from the M&P outlet place in Huddersfield; it was reduced by £160! I have felt gleeful about it every since. It does make everything suddenly feel even more real though....!

Lucie I have my first measurement at mw appointment tomorrow too. Feeling nervous! Hope everything goes well for you.

So much buying going on!! Getting quite nervous/excited as we get closer. It will feel more real once we have the nursery sorted, I think. Furniture arrives on the 24th. Really looking forward to getting her room ready ;)

Mrscroc hope the GTT goes well. Mine's next week and have been having the same fears about being ill and not liking lucozade!

MrsJW that daybed looks great!

Peas let it not be me!! Still trying to figure out how to get done all the stuff we need to finish before the end of April (DD is 16/5 or 2/5 if induced- which obs says is possible plan).

So pleased all is well Raspberry

Hope all goes well with the measurements lucie and grow

My toddler appears to be going though the 2 year sleep regression. Which is exactly as fun as it sounds. Need to get her back to doing 7-7 by the time the next one comes.

Also been toying with the idea of potty training. I can't decide whether it would be easier to have both in nappies, or to get the hassle of training over with before May. She's showing all the signs of being ready, so it's kind of up to me when to start.

Esme - How old is your toddler?
I have no idea on the potty training but know my 1yo likes to watch me like a hawk when I pee...

We never 'trained' but it happened gradually which was great. Worth (IMO) putting them on a potty whenever you nappy change, etc. He was out of nappies by the time he started nursery at 2.

Glad things are all ok raspberry

My 2 year old is doing the same Esme, it is a nightmare. Her key worker at nursery commented today on how tired she has been recently and asked how she has been sleeping. Don't really know how to improve it.

With regards to potty training with DD1 I did it with a 6 month old DD2 and it was really hard. Potty trained DD2 over Xmas and so glad it is sorted before the new arrival. However there is no point doing it until they are ready.

29 weeks today, baby will definitely be here within the next 13 weeks, scary!

She's 2 in March wishI. I don't have a clue either. But I just googled a list of signs of readiness and she's showing them all. I have heard it's better to do it in the summer, which will be when she's adjusting to being a big sister.

savage did you put him on the potty 'ad hoc' or when he told you he needed to go? I need to get a book or something as completly clueless.

I'm told it's just a phase gin but I hope it passes soon. Mine is barely napping at the moment and taking an age to go off at bedtime. Her eyes are all red and she looks exhausted. Sorry you are going through it too.

Thanks savage that Ikea one looks great, I'll check out bed height and look into tethering it to the bed and making sure there are no gaps between the mattresses.

Oooh esme that sounds like it might be easier to try potty training before baby comes if she's showing signs.... oh but maybe tricky if she's so tired from sleep regression

I'd toyed with elimination communication before he arrived (then he turned out to be a he and I thought we'd end up with wee everywhere). I think I'm going to give it a go with the bump though whether boy or girl. I've read most of the 'nappy free baby' this time around.

Essentially from about 7/8 months every nappy change we put him on the potty. By about 11 months he had pretty good control of both bowel and bladder. Then we went to visit family for a long holiday and didn't have a potty - and then he started walking running so we'd missed the 'chance' really (everything then focused on moving rather than anything else!).

Later (1.5?) he started being able to hold his wees for a little. Poos began to leap on him unawares though. So whenever he said he needed a wee or we could see there was a poo happening we dashed to the potty (if we were home, obviously). I left him in nappies most of the time, didn't see the point of stressing about going nappy free (I know this is highly contentious...). He got the hang of it pretty quickly. We didn't push nappy free nights though (and again, we were on holiday around the time he was 2, and most of the places we were staying didn't have waterproof sheets etc so didn't want to risk it).

While we were at a friend's house I was idly browsing their books and they had a few parenting books. I remember reading that one of the books was adamant that you should potty train at 9 months and the other was equally adamant that potty training before 2.5 was going to scar your child for life.

Personally, I think if you leave it later (2.5 +) you run the risk of the 'will' getting in the way (if you have a toddler who wants to push boundaries), so if it happens earlier it's probably going to make your life easier. As long as you don't get too stressed about the whole thing, anyway...

Have been so busy. First post in the new thread, must update the spreadsheet with my details.

Has any got sore lips? Corners of my mouth have developed dry skin/cracking which Vaseline and dry skin cream doesn't seem to be shifting.

Wickes have 3 for 2 on Dulux at the moment so will be getting some paint asap for the pre-baby decorating!

Also I noticed today in the boots app there is an offer of free mam bottle or breast pads - must be part of parenting club?

Mine is 2.5 Esme so a little older than yours. She dropped her naps not long after she turned two. I think some of her sleep regression is due to the new arrival. She has always been a mummy's girl and now she wants me all night and wants to spend the night sleeping as close to me as she can! It is lovely and I do enjoy the cuddles but neither of us is sleeping as well as we could and don't know how it would work when the new baby arrives!

I tried potty training my lg at 2, she got it then completely reverted and literally at 4+2 months we have only just gone nappyless at night.

She's really advanced everywhere (last check at nursery is 2 stages above where she should be) but she just didn't get potty training.

My niece was the same but with poos took her til 3.5 - but got wee's really early.

To be honest my advice - do it when you feel ready. There will always be someone who trained at a year or waited until they were 3, you need to do what's right for you! No one else!

Hi Vanilla I get really dry lips. The person doing my wedding make up was very sceptical about vaseline and petroleum-based products. I use Burts Bees which I think is better. I've also had some more expensive organic stuff which I loved - I can find the details if you are interested?

Another dry-lipper here at the moment...

Yes please MrsJW, I have been using carmex too but happy to try anything at the moment; it's been a couple of weeks at least; at first I thought it was cold sores but it's more cracked and bigger

Dr. Lipp is amazing for dry lips- I put it on before bed and it's still there in the morning. Originally developed as a nipple balm so might come in handy as a multi purpose ointment in the coming months

rustler and badger I was asking about side cots here and helpful advice included going for a cot-bed as it's stable with a side off:
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/sleep/2853307-Side-sleep-co-sleep-cribs

esme I had heard of a four month sleep regression, now today you are mentioning two years and someone else was mentioning nine months!

Vanilla it was this www.herbfarmacy.com/skincare/face/moisturise/mallow-beauty-balm.html - it lasted me ages and I used to put it on my face as well as my lips. I haven't specifically checked if it's pregnancy friendly though, you may want to double check but it's all very organic. They also do a lip balm which I'm sure would be good.

We are heading for a cot bed later on, but we can't put it anywhere at the moment, and once we set it up in our bedroom, we would have to break it down again and set it up in baby room when we intend to move them.
I've also heard of rental schemes for a little side by side cot, where the rental price includes 6 months and a new mattress and they deliver at 36 weeks, collect when you ask them to.
Snuzpod do them, but also the one that was in the news a month or 2 ago (name escapes me). The problematic model of that is no longer used but my OH is still not overly keen. It may be an option to consider though. I believe it was £80 all in.

Had my third GTT and 28 week midwife appointment today. It was pretty routine, she checked urine, BP, babies HB and measured my bump which is now measuring 30cm and I also got the whooping cough vaccine.

We've also started looking at nursery/childminders. It's so crazy to have to plan for something happening a year from now! I'm still undecided about whether to go the nursery or childminder route, but figure we might as well get on some waiting lists.

Hope everyone is having a good start to the week!

Rustler that's the NCT bed nest. I know it's a new model, but I'm a little nervous about the idea.

Rustler that's the bednest and it's £90 all in. We got one last time and will be doing so again. I looked in to the negative stories, and it sounds like a combination of factors, rather than poor design.

gin mine is a right mummy's girl too. I was wondering if all the talk of the new baby, and the changes to my body, had contributed to the change in sleep patterns.

Cox sorry to break it to you, but there are loads of sleep regressions. But not every baby goes through each one. I still shudder at the memory of the 4m one.

Sah and savage thanks for sharing your potty training stories. Sounds like a lot of it is down to the individual child. Interesting you started introducing the potty so young savage, that never even occurred to me, but is a really good idea. I need to have a proper think about the right time for us. I'll definitely be waiting until it gets slightly warmer though and we get past this sleep thing.