Due May 05 part 3

[myermay]

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I only bought an ear thermometer about a month ago. Daughter is 7 1/2

Yep. love my Braun ear thermometer, especially because I'm American, and used to Farenheit degrees. I will always know that 98.6 is normal and I will never remember what it is in deg C. You can switch the Braun back and forth between C and F.

I actually likie the Moses basket. I would use it to have here sleep anywhere round the house during the day. Always in her cot at night (from very young). She seemed to catch on to day and night pretty fast. I definitely recommend using her night time bed only at night time.

Another tip - keep all the tags on the clothes you receive as presents for your newborn - especially the ones from your childless friends! You'll hardly get any wear out of the "outfits" and it is easy to exchange them for larger sizes or alternatives that you will get good use out of.

Does anyone else feel like they've been pregnant for long enough now? And I've only JUST hit the second trimester. May is SOOOOOO far away.

Thank God I;m not an elephant (2 year pregnancy for them)!

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good tip northstar. And John Lewis will take anything back even without a receipt (including a duplicate pair of sunglasses which we had bought from Blooming Marvellous!).

Have a stinky stinky cold. Came home from work early cos we'd kept ds off cos of his cold - ended up sending him in to nursery & going to bed myself!

This may sound very trivial but I have found the perfect pair of maternity jeans! They have an adjustable, elasticated waist so they fit me now and best of all, they're a size 12!

I hope everyone feels better soon. I have got a physio assessment in a couple of weeks which I am really pleased about. I am not putting up with it this time.

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Oooooo, not trivial Logic. MAternity jeans are a ver important subject. Where did you get them? Do they make them for short people?

The jeans are from the Cocoon brand of La Redoute. Got a gorgeous white shirt and pink wrap-over top too. Why do I spend far more money on clothes and magazines and stuff when pregnant? I spend hardly anything on myself normally.

Basically, walking to the GP surgery made my back ache really badly so it's getting to the point where I can't function normally. I know that as the bump gets bigger, it will get worse too Best to sort it out now.

I've just found out that my cousin whom I am really close to is pregnant too - due in July - so it will be lovely to be pg together!

Its nice to hear from everyone. I'm doing really well, and have stopped wearing my baggy clothes so my bump really shows. Lots of people just finding out im pg, at mother and toddler etc. Its lovely, lots of congratulations Few of my relations not as impressed, i think they love my ds so much they feel it will take away some of my love for HIM which is ridiculous! It's like they're being protective of him or something. Have fished out a few old bits from my maternity wear last time and they havent got any nicer - worse if thats possible-
Will have to go shopping soon, but all of the shops are full of sparkly party wear for christmas. Will have to find a nice outfit in case i get out

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Thanks everyone for the advice re travel systems and other tips, thats really useful, there is so much to think about. Glad you're feeling a bit better now Myermay, I seem to have good days aswell as bad days, I'm hoping the good days will get more frequent as time goes on!
Its exciting that you've got a pregnant bump Northstar - I just look a bit fat at the moment - not really a defined bump - I can't believe people think that you will love your ds any less because you're having another one, I was looking at some of my childhood photos the other day, and there are so many with me playing with my sister and laughing together, you're just giving your ds a companion really. I'd like to have 2, but dp only wants one at the mo, we'll have to see how this first one goes I guess!

Hi ladies! Can I join you? My baby is due 23rd May so I'm 14w4d pregnant (1st time mum). Still suffering with morning sickness (mostly just nausea). I have a bump that is just starting to be noticeable, which is a relief - I have been feeling soooo fat. It doesn't help that I have put on 9lbs since falling pg, and I was heavier than I would have liked to start with.

It is really useful to read all of your advice, especially about items you wish you had/hadn't bought etc. Time to stock up on pjs & nighties! DH and I have been looking at pushchairs. It's such a dilemma! I see that lots of you are keen on the lightweight Maclaren pushchairs - I think they are great too, but can't decide what to use until baby is big enough for one of them - I know some are from birth, but I don't think I'd put a baby in one until it had a bit of bulk about it - maybe 4-5 months old??? Any ideas? Just in case you didn't know, Uwila, there is actually a Maclaren 'from birth' buggy that also takes a car seat - I think it's called the 'Global' and it takes Britax seats and maybe others. I saw it & didn't like it myself... I think I'd prefer a carrycot attachment for the 1st few months so baby can lie flat. We actually have a pram to borrow from friends, but I don't know if I'll use it. It takes up a lot of space, and is rather heavy & awkard for me to lift in & out of the car. Have any of you seen/heard about the Bebe Confort Loola pushchair and Windoo carrycot? We might go for that.

I'm sorry to run on when I only wanted to introduce myself, but it's great to have found you all!

Speaking of things to buy, does anyone else have a dilemma on dounbe pushchair vs. buggy board?

I think I've decided to give buggy board a go. We have a nanny and she travels to a variety of activities on the train (tumble tots, jo jingle, etc.) and I just don't think it would be fair for me to ask her to take a double pram on the train.

We may even have to give up the activities for a while if the train travel is too much. Or I may have to break down and buy a new car and give her mine. But, that REALLY isn't in the budget.

Anyway, DD will be 2 years 2 months when this one arrives. Anyone else have a similar age gap?

dounbe=double

Hi maymum, great to hae you here.

Myermay, ds will be 2 and 4 months. Dp takes ds to nursery in the pushchair every day. Ds will be 2 3/4 when little one starts nursery (little one will be 4 months). We reckon that it is too much to ask ds to stand on the buggy board for 20 minutes every single morning (dp also has to get to work on time, and doesn't fancy dealing with a tiny baby and a stroppy toddler who won't stand on the board - and he needs the extra space for his bag etc.). So we will get a double buggy. There is a gate on the way to nursery that is only just wide enough for a single buggy, so we are hoping to get a tandem buggy - if they are narrow enough. Need to have more of a feeling of reality about this baby before we go looking!

Hi Maymum, Welcome to our May thread. I'm a first time mum too, so don't have any advice re push chairs yet (or buggy boards Uwila). I think I've put on about half a stone too, and I feel fat too - was trying to lose a few pounds when I got pregnant (although we were ttc)! I guess being winter I'm covered up more too, so no tight t-shirts - I guess it would show if I was in T-shirts - although I might still just look fat!

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Ooops, Uwila, not Myermay. Oh well, I'm pg!

I'm also feeling a bit rubbish today cos this cold is so bad. I ended up ringing NHS Direct at 3am this morning! They told me to go to GP (don't they always?), when I got there he immediately said "sinusitis" and gave me antibiotics. So now I know why I've been feeling so terrible all week - and have an excuse to carry on wallowing in bed!

Hi Fisil, Hope you feel better soon.
I do have a friend who has 4 children, aged 6, 4, 2 and a few months, when no.4 was born and no. 3 was 2yrs 8 months, my friend didn't think she could cope with a double buggy and two children and no. 3 didn't get on with a buggy board so has been walking the 20min walk to and from school with her older siblings and baby in the push chair ever since, this was alot of walking at first as the 4 year old was only doing half days, so she had a 20 minute walk to school, and back again 3 times a day - 2 hours of walking!! She is quite big for her age - wearing 3-4 clothes, but just got on with the walking and does it fine now - she's also really fit an healthy! I was amazed that she could walk so far when she so little, but she doesn't mind at all, just another option for those with a bigger gap and if you like walking Myermay. I also like walking and hope to get ours walking lots when little too, as we've got two dogs we go out with - might be jumping the gun a bit though as I'm only 15weeks!

Hope the antibiotics work, fisil! My dh usually gets sinusitis after a cold and it's horrible

Welcome Maymum!

Well, we have decided to go for a buggy board since ds will be 2 and 8 mths.

Just found out that my best friend is pg too! Must be something in the water...

Hi everyone. Welcome to maymum.
Sorry I haven't posted for so long. I was rushed off my feet in work the last couple of weeks and this week another two people left the department making things even worse. I also have a new boss, who has no experience of the job so I'm training him even though he earns almost twice my wage.
Can't wait to start my maternity I'm really going to need the rest. Has anyone decided when they will begin their maternity leave? I have some holidays to take too which I won't get chance to take in the next couple of months so I'm planning to leave beginning of April, my job will just be to stressful to contemplate when I'm heavily pg and I think I would have earned the rest by then.

Going back to a question someone asked recently, have any of you shorties managed to find any nice maternity trousers or jeans in short sizes?

Can't believe some of you are only starting to show. I'm massive, its a definite bump though not fat My friend said she wasn't as big as me when she was six months gone on her second
Can now only fit into maternity clothes and I'm constantly told that I look very pg. Got to admit I'm very proud of my bump already and can't keep my hands off it

Well rambled on long enough. Hope everyone is keeping well.

Brighteyes, I just bought some lovely maternity jeans from La Redoute. You are supposed to turn them up at the bottom so perfect for us shorties

I am going to do some family tree research tonight. Is anyone else interested in their family history now that they are going to be parents? It didn't seem important before...

I got my tandem pushchair! £35 from an NCT sale. It's very dirty but otherwise fine. So only a cot mattress left to buy!