To bake or not to bake, that is the question...

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Her we are ladies!

Morning, The baby making did go well and so did my hair, luckily my mum is very good at dying my hair. I let dh do it once and it was horrible.
Have a good day.

Oooh Kay, remind me then about what day you're on?

I cant remember, but I think its CD13 I know I should be OV Saturday.
Hey its a full moon tonight, do you think I can use that as an excuse to jump on dh???

Yes, you must def jump on dh, full moon or no full moon . Make sure you don't wear him out too much though if ov is at weekend ; in other words, if you are going to have a day off, it would be wise to take it tonight!

We were planning on having the night off tomorrow, as we're trying those guidelines for having a girl. Probably wont work though.

Sounds like a plan!

We'll def do it on Saturday though as I don't want to miss out on OV

Hi All, i found this thread and it is just what i was looking for. DH and I have a 3 1/2 yr old DS. have decided to try for a 2nd one. i am 41 yrs old already so not so sure if it will work. anyway, started taking all vits a few weeks ago. and we agreed to ttc early may. the thing is, i am finding it harder and harder to wait! and my mind is consumed with nothing else! we want to wait a couple of months because i want to get a scan check up first with my gynae. had a tumuor with my last pregnancy that we did not know about. and it was horrendous as i ended up with getting it removed when i was 5 months pregnant. anyway, all good now. fingers crossed!

welcome heron!

hi all cant really post till lunch so will post then cos boss in, speak soon xx

Hi Heron, A lot of people are waiting until May. I also cant really post now as I'm about to go to work
Hey BB
Have a good day all
xx

Morning all

Hi All,

Welcome Heron, you are in just the right place if you can stand the maddness of this thread, right now though I think its the only thing that keeps me same . The perfect outlet for my baby realted obsession!

Natalie, you are at it like a rabbit at the moment woman, still its good practising! Sorry you DS is so poorly though .

Glad there is plenty of GOF going on, thats the spirit ladies, we'll have no lying back and thinking of England on this thread!

obviously I meant sane not same!

I am so happy to read all your wonderful welcome!
DS is at nursery right now and i am sitting here checking out buggies, etc. Anyone used a nature's nest before? www.naturesnest.co.uk. Looks like a great sleeping hammock for a young baby

Heron, I have read good things about the Natures Nest thingymebob. Have never used one, but would like to this time. I've never really gone down the road of moses baskets and cribs, (we did use DS2's carry cot as a kind of moses basket though) but this time I think we will get a Natures Nest.

Playing,

OOO, no I have as I don't have kids yet it does look interesting, I like the concept but no the cost! We've all spent ages talking about buggies, every single one of us is broody! Well for goodness sake I am not a mother (yet) and I am on MN!!

But the cost would be taken up not having to buy a travel cot and moses basket, and/or crib. ( not that everyone has to buy those anyway) It is very portable by the sounds of it, and if it does last up to 12 months, which it looks big enough to, and you can get a heavy duty spring for heavier babies, it should last the 12 months, unlike many of the other things that say they last up to such and such an age but don't go anywhere near!

I think it is a good idea I was worried when I first saw it thinking of the baby trying to stand up in it and toppling it over, but it would be like an adult trying to stand up on a hammock, not possible!

I can see that, maybe I am just tight, was planning just to get a £60 Ikea cot and maybe a travel cot too. Something else to ponder over ...

There is another sort of similar thing, I can't remember the name of it now, but I considered it for DS2. I will have a look when I get time, think it was cheaper, but I don't think it went up to 12 months. From memory it was more like a moses basket type thing.... gah, will look now! LOL Gonna bug me till I see it again!

Well with DS he had a bugaboo and it was set up as a carrycot and he slept in it for 5 months before i moved him to his cot. and he slept in his cot until he was 3yrs. now he is in a bed.

i like the naturesnest because it is movable from room to room, and also i think the slightly rocking motion would make them sleep better. Having said that, i worry that the eventual transition to a cot might prove a bit difficult as a cot would not be rocking! Opinions anyone?

Also, i started reading Gina Ford contented baby book...
what do you all think about her routines? admittedly, DS followed gina ford routines and he slept through the night from 8 weeks old, ie, from 11pm to 7am. with no 2am feed.

i know gina ford is controversial. i promise you that i waited until DS was ready to drop the 2am feed himself. there was no excessive crying, or anything like that.

Ok have found it Koala Baby Hammock Can relax now, I find it so annoying when I can't remember something!!

Gina Ford, I have never read any of her books, know nothing apart from what I have read on here about her, so I probably have very coloured views of her routines, however, I think that whilst her routines wouldn't work for everyone, they will work for some. Just the same as every other "Baby Guru" out there, there is no 'one fits all' but that doesn't mean that 'one fits no one' IYKWIM? If it works for you, then great! If it doesn't try something else.

OO, I thought we weren't allowed to talk about her on MN, after she sued MN last year because of some of the negative posts about her methods

You are allowed to say Gina Ford, but not mention the whole thing about ROC the rest of it KETS..... IYKWIM?!!!!

OOOOOPS, i did not know that! Sorry! will stop all GF talk now