pregnant in aberdeen

[Sillyness]

hi, i'm moving to aberdeen in august and am 8weeks pregnant. anyone else about who is preggers too?

I've got a couple of packs of Huggies Newborn (the freebies) and some free Pampers to collect to do me at first, but I've got great drying space out back so figure it will be do-able

Great, thanks Karen :)

Medee, we have drying space outside too and with an April baby I figure it might work. If baby was due November then I don't think I'd be considering it! We don't have a tumble dryer.

At the moment the reusables we have are tots bots bamboozles, but I understand they take a long time to dry so I'm hoping to get some that are not made of bamboo. Having said that, I'm not all that fussy - price is far more important!

Heelloooo everyone.
WE should all go to the Ceramic experience and get the babies hand and footprints done.
I could see us all sitting around painting litle plates and things

It's tough to think of somewhere actually that suits us all, soft play would be a bit pointless trying to think of somewhere that won't expect us to buy meals but that LNT's dd will be happy as well.
I'll have a think.

While we're on the subject of nappies... Karen, have you tried Asda ones? They're better than pampers and half the price! I was a nappy snob, but people kept recommending them to me. Only trouble is, I've got a mahoosive box of pampers from costco to use first!

Is that the place on Broomhill road ineed? I think there's one just round the corner from me too. I'd love to do that, it looks brill!

I second Ada nappies they are good and you get way more of them for your money.

Yeah that is the place Sapphire, there is a simila place on St Swithin st as well I think.
Don't know what that is like but Ceramic Experience does have a cafe and play area plus obviously the ceramics.

INeed I was thinking about there actually! I went with a mate not so long ago and she had her bubba's done, but there is a good play area for LNT DD/parking and coffee (tho not posh coffee)!

I think Ceramics is a good idea, u don't have to get feet etc done, but I have been trying to get a 3d cast of Lizzie's hands and feet and I think I am gonna have to leave it to the professionals lol

Jolly.... this all means nothing to me but she has:

8 Kooshies size 1 for £24

5 Bots Tots sixe 1 plus 4 bottoms 1x size 1, 2x Size 2, 1x size 3 for £15

5 Sandy Small, 1 motherease Air-Flow sm and 1 x Med = £15

5 Sandy Small, 1 motherease Air-Flow sm and 1 x Med = £15

or the whole lot for £60.(not sure if she is negotiable on price it works out at £3 a nappy with the other bits thrown in)

Let me know if you have any interest. I could try and bring them when we meet if you are able to come along, but will have to get out and see her.

ceramics sounds good to me (is it in inverurie?)

Hi Silly... no it is just in town between union street and B&Q, off up a street to the right.

Karen

Thanks very much to your friend for the list, but I did amazingly well at the nearly new sale and ended up getting 23 nappies for £17! We now have 38 nappies and about 15 wraps so I figure that's probably enough.

I definitely would recommend heading to the next nearly new sale if you haven't been already. We got heaps of stuff and almost everything was really reasonably priced. It was mobbed though. The queue was all the way round the car park even though we were relatively early.

As well as the nappies, we got a bath, a nappy bin, a top and tail bowl, two wooden puzzles, one of those wooden things with beads that move that you see in dentists and a baby gym. Total price was £27! We were sure the till woman had miscalculated!

Ceramic Experience on Friday sounds good, was glad to see it has parking so it sounds ideal.

Excellent haul there Jackrum. I got a load of nappies from my BM this weekend; enough to only need to do a wash every 2 days she said. Also won a nappy bucket on Ebay, so am sorted for that. She also gave me loads of clothes, a Bumbo and a Baby Bjorn. Apart from waiting for the pram to arrive, I think we are set.

Hello. Jolly...I went to the sale too. I saw all those nappies and hoped you would get some! It was carnage wasn't it! I heard a lady saying that she had been in the queue since 7.00am. I got there about 10.15, so was not too bad.

I headed straight for the 6-12 month clothes and got LOADS of lovely things. Mainly from Next etc. I paid about 50p an item! Got way too much, but the stuff was soooooo cute!

Medee, can you get to ceramics on Friday? Or would it be better for you if we meet at Starbucks this time? I know u are at the station waving off guests. Oh and I found my baby bjorn carrier wonderful! It really saved my back as it helps you carry the baby in the middle. I still use mine. I often put DD in it when I am trying to do the housework and she does not want to settle!

I'm happy to come to Ceramics on Friday, will come after I drop my mum off. Can't remember her exact train time, but will confirm once I know.

Good haul too, Karen. I shall definitely try to make the Next sale. My friend recommended using the carrier round the house for exactly that!

I meant next with a small "n"!

I can't get LO to go in either her sling or baby carrier. She screams her head off in the sling and tries to stand up when I attempt to put her in the carrier. I have found that the solution is not to do any housework...

Ha ha, good plan. Lizzie hates a sling too. Someone gave me one, but she is too big for it anyway and if you don't have them in it just right then it is bad for their back.

You guys have been very chatty since the last time I logged in here! I hope you're all doing well.

Thanks for all your congratulations! DD2 is fab! It's been such a different experience this time, from the labour through to how contented she is! I don't know if it's because I feel more confident this time or just that she's got a different temperament to DD1, but it's good. She just sleeps and feeds so far, and only wakes up once a night to feed. I keep thinking, 'It'll change tomorrow' but fingers crossed it doesn't! I just want to be on my guard!! The labour went really quickly, only 5.5hrs this time, and she was born in the birthing pool - she was the 3rd baby to be born in there! I don't know how much the water helped but it was a good distraction and the gas & air was brilliant this time.

Sounds like those of you who made the NCT sale got some good bargains. I was going to try and come along but I don't really need anything at the moment and wouldn't be able to control my spending self when I was there!

I'm really sorry, you're all going to hate me! After all your arranging to try and keep me happy, I won't be able to make it on Friday. The health visitor called this morning and is coming round for our first visit on Fri morning (fun! ) and we got a letter in yesterday with an appointment for DD2's hearing test which is on Fri afternoon! It'll be a busy day I think! I will definitely make the next one and I think Ceramic Experience is a great place to meet. Even without a toddler in tow. DD1 loves the soft play there. As an aside, Mondays and Wednesdays are fine for me to meet without DD1 as there are grandparents around those day to babysit.

Aw, it's a shame you can't make it LNT, we'll have to organise the next one pronto. Glad DD2s birth went well, I would have loved to use the pool - maybe next time eh! People often say that the 2nd baby is easier, my mum says you almost don't notice having an extra one.

Anyhow, would anyone object to a change of plan? It might be a good idea to save the ceramic place for another time, perhaps when the other babies are here too? If you'd rather still go there just tell me!

I am happy where ever, as long as everyone responds... we don't want half turning up to one place and half at the other lol.

Nah...she was fibing about being in the queue at 7am....

How Do I know...I run the NCT sales in Aberdeen and I got there at 8:30 and there was no-one queueing then.

First people started queueing at 9am..

Do come to the next one though...28th May.

Sounds like a plan, Sapph. If we revert to US that suits me best as I'll have just dropped my mum off at the station - but you ladies with babies decide what suits best.

and thanks for advance notice of the next sale, that will be perfect timing for my next tranch of stuff I'll need. Was a bit gutted to miss this one, but this week has made me realise just how much stuff I do have for the imminent arrival.

I am happy at US, Lizzie is too small to care where we are. If she is gonna be grumpy she is gonna be grumpy wherever we are!

Yay...can't wait for the next sale..... I'll get Lizzie's 19-12 months clothes lol

Erm, what's the best way of telling the others if we change venue? Does anyone know if Ineed is coming or have Jackrum's number? I have silly's number so could let her know...

Thanks for FB message, i'll see you at US then!

And i've already got next sale date in my diary...NO WAY im working that day!!!!