Hi all. Tyson, I reckon its lazy Sunday for babies as mine's been quieter than normal too. My mw said try to register 10 movements a day and if you think its been quiet lie down and drink a glass of really cold water, which can get them going. Easier said than done, but try not to worry, the torch thing seemed to do the trick!
Ooh, AbfabT open the pram box!! I want to see a pic of yours all put together! The Stokke's are so funky and my DH also liked the cots when we saw them the other day.
We've been pretty proactive this weekend and got an Amby nest from Kiddicare on Friday afternoon (good time to go it was really quiet). I wasn't a mad fan of the kiddicare website, finding it too complicated, but the shop was well laid out, but really lacking in decent explanations for the random bits of kit we saw and they have pay stations dotted around, but we had to go to the station near the Amby nest as it was not on the screen of any other pay station if that makes sense. You then get a print out receipt (which I promptly lost) to take to an ikea/argos style counter while they fetch the item. I'd lost the receipt and someone told me it had been found and taken to the counter, but the idiot there knew nothing about it, said he'd ask someone else and promptly went about his business ignoring me....So it may be a slightly annoying place to go to on a busy Saturday....
We went to Mothercare yesterday and ordered the Spin pushchair in green. We diligently tried out most of the prams/pushchairs n Kiddicare and were really happy with the Mothercare Spin afterall. They're advertised at £450, but the sales assistant randomly gave us 10% off, and when we joined the Mothercare baby club they have us an extra £20 off. It comes with cosy toe, pram liner, rain cover etc.
We've chosen to have a Britax first class car seat and are going to get it when we pick up the spin from the shop next weekend. They deliver for free but we're never in, so its easier to go into town.
Then! we went to Asda today and bought 2 starter packs of 3 sleepsuits, 3 vests, a hat, mitts and booties for £7 each. 6 muslins for £6, 6 bibs for £3 and a couple of hooded towels. I got the hooded towels in blue as I was tired of white and there were not enough unisex vests etc around for the right age group. Instantly my mother assumed we were having a boy because I had 2 blue towels....I said no, I just like pastel blue, I have no idea of the sex. I think she thinks I'm lying. Perhaps I should have bought cream afterall.
My parents brought over a moses basket on wheels that my sister and I had as children so we have that to use as well and its got a new mattress.
I managed to tackle the issue of my mother wanting to be with me at the birth etc, by telling her the hospitals visiting hours, thus making it plain that she could come post birth. Also, she now knows that she won't be staying at my house. She plans to stay at er sisters or a local travelodge. And she was really positive, so I think she'd had a word with herself. Which ever, my dad looked very unhappy about having to be around at all and kept pulling faces. When I said I'd be very pleased to see him hold the baby, he visibly shuddered. And this is his 3rd grand child! Oh well, I'm not disappointed as I know he'll show interest in a different way. Just not sure what way yet.
Hope you're all enjoying your Sundays and Nymph I haven't got a scooby doo how many nappy changes there'll be a day ...but I have bought 2 packs of 80 odd organic cotton huggies......we'll see....