October 08 - We didn't even notice the old thread was filling fast!

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Hoping you all find us soon!

10th Sept (Due 1st Oct) - loulou33 - Boy - Joe Louis David - 6lbs 12oz - Induction due to rhesus sensitivity, G&A.
12th Sept (Due 6th Oct) - iuseantiageingstuff - Boy - Fred William - 8lbs 13.5oz - Induction due to high BP.
14th Sept (Due 14th Oct) - twinklytoes - Boy - Samuel - 7lbs 4.5oz - Em C-Sec due to grade 4 PP.
16th Sept (Due 8th Oct) - Ksal - Girl - Emma Rae - 6lbs - Just beat induction for PE!
20th Sept (Due 8th Oct) - kookiegoddess - Girl - Reya Marie - - Induction due to OC, epidural, 3rd degree tear.
21st Sept (Due 5th Oct) - myjobismum - Girl - Naomi Caitlin - 5lbs 10oz - Fast and furious hospital birth.
22nd Sept (Due 10th Oct) - Lozza70 - Boy - Sander Gene - 7lbs 5oz - Em C-Sec due to raised BP and high ALTs from liver.
27th Sept (Due 1st Oct) - accessorizequeen - Boy twin - Felix - 6lbs 8oz -
27th Sept (Due 1st Oct) - accessorizequeen - Girl twin - Bridget - 7lbs 7oz -
1st Oct (Due 29th Sept) - WombFor1More - Boy - Harvey James - 8lbs 13oz - Homebirth, no pain relief.
2nd Oct (Due 4th Oct) - annwoo - Boy - TBA - 8lbs 7oz - Amazing birth!
2nd Oct (Due 30th Sept) - sambrads - Girl - Brooke - 7lbs 9.5oz -
2nd Oct (Due 12th Oct) - star6 - Boy - Quinlan - 5lbs 15oz - 36hr labour, ventouse and stitches.
2nd Oct (Due 8th Oct) - Alexa808 - Girl - Tienette - 7lbs 4.5oz - Planned c-sec
3rd Oct (Due 5th Oct) - rosebury - Boy - Austin - 9lbs 2oz - Delivered at home by dh!
3rd Oct (Due 6th Oct) - Bethoo - Girl - Maia - 7lbs -
3rd Oct (Due 6th Oct) - hoff - Boy - Oliver - -
3rd Oct (Due 19th Oct) - MrsTittleMouse - Girl - - -
3rd Oct (Due Sept) - purpleflower - Girl - - 8lbs 10.5oz - Homebirth with paramedics due to meconium.
4th Oct (Due 2nd Oct) - 1sttimer80 - Boy - - 8lbs 10.5oz -
4th Oct (Due 30th Sept) - Aubergenie - Boy - Stanley - 7lbs 12oz -
5th Oct (Due 29th Sept) - plusonemore - Boy - Alfie Thomas - 8lbs - Induction, epidural
5th Oct (Due 2nd Oct) - MrsBish - Girl - Rachel - 8lbs 8oz -
5th Oct (Due 4th Oct) - hedgepig - Boy - Oliver - 6lbs 3oz -
7th Oct (Due 23rd Oct) - Emmsy1 - Girl - Amy Louise - 5lbs 12oz -
7th Oct (Due 2nd Oct) - snowymum - Boy - Rowan Michael - - Home water birth
8th Oct (Due 6th Oct) - ronshar - Boy - William Dexter - 7lbs 11oz -
8th Oct (Due 20th Oct) - 07mumstheword - Girl - Freya Mae - 7lbs 12oz -
8th Oct (Due 16th Oct) - moodywren - Boy - Hayden - 6lbs 9.5oz - Homebirth
9th Oct (Due 27th Sept) - Pidge - Boy - Arthur - 8lbs 14oz - Homebirth
10th Oct (Due 1st Oct) - CantSleepWontSleep - Boy - Duncan Elliot - 8lbs 4oz - 4 day induction with 1 hour established labour!
11th Oct (Due 3rd Oct) - usuallytooshytochat - Girl - Megan Leah - 8lbs 2oz - Homebirth with ambulance crew!
11th Oct (Due 14th Oct) - tedmundo - Boy - Patrick Francis - 6lbs 15oz - C-Sec for breech
12th Oct (Due 4th Oct) - pistachio - Boy - Thomas Fraser - 10lbs 2oz - Homebirth.
13th Oct (Due 15th Oct) - mum2jakeyroo/jrsqueak - Boy - Joshua - 7lbs 2oz - Delivered in car by dh!
13th Oct (Due 7th Oct) - belgo - Boy - Wolf - 8lbs 7oz - Home water birth
13th Oct (Due 19th Oct) - rach010 - Girl - - 6lbs 11oz - Gas & air, small tear, no stitches.
13th Oct (Due 21st Oct) - caramelbunny - Girl - Megan Ruby - 5lbs 12oz - Em C-Sec under GA.
13th Oct (Due 20th Oct) - firsttimer08 - Boy - - -
15th Oct (Due 29th Sept) - perkypopsy - Girl - Stella Frances - 8lbs 14oz -
16th Oct (Due 17th Oct) - rowanmac - Girl - Anna Ruth - 7lbs 2oz - 2 hours ARM to placenta delivery.
16th Oct (Due 12th Oct) - milfakamonkeymonkeymoomoo - Boy - - 9lbs 13.5oz - Home water birth
16th Oct (Due 11th Oct) - heather1980 - Boy - Alexander James - 9lbs 5oz - Homebirth
17th Oct (Due 23rd Oct) - ajm200 - Girl - Amelia Caitlyn - 7lbs 2oz - Homebirth
17th Oct (Due 10th Oct) - pepperrabbit - Girl - Jessica Rose - 7lbs 15.5oz -
17th Oct (Due 27th Oct) - Rhian82 - Boy - - - Episiotomy and ventouse.
17th Oct (Due 22nd Oct) - pingviner - Boy - Teemu Finn - 7lbs 15oz - Em C-Sec
18th Oct (Due 13th Oct) - YumMum22 - Boy - - 10lbs - Home water birth
20th Oct (Due 10th Oct) - emkay - Boy - - 9lbs 8oz -
20th Oct (Due 16th Oct) - bigmouthstrikesagain - Girl - Polly - 8lbs 7oz - Good hospital birth with synto drip.
21st Oct (Due 16th Oct) - WheresTheAuPair - Boy - Finley Peter - 9lbs 7oz - Elective c-sec
21st Oct (Due 21st Oct) - hansnava - Girl - Sophia Leigh - 7lbs 6oz - Elective c-sec
23rd Oct (Due 26th Oct) - 4andnotout - Girl - Tilly-Grace - 7lbs 0.5oz - 2 pushes and out!
24th Oct (Due 29th Oct) - Ekka - Boy - Matthew - 7lbs 15oz - Home water birth with gas and air.
26th Oct (Due 24th Oct) - sparklesandwine - Girl - Poppy - 8lbs 13oz -
26th Oct (Due 20th Oct) - jenwa - Girl - Phoebe Jasmine - 9lbs 2.5oz -
27th Oct (Due 23rd Oct) - nuclear - Boy - - 8lbs 13oz - Gas & air and some stitches.
28th Oct (Due 30th Oct) - Jambers99 - Girl - Hannah Louise - 7lbs 3oz - Straightforward and quick labour.
31st Oct (Due 20th Oct) - KnickersOnMaHead - Boy - Samuel Paul - 9lbs 11oz - No stitches!
31st Oct (Due 21st Oct) - GirlWithTheMouseyHair - Boy - Ethan Christopher Loy - - Homebirth.
1st Nov (Due 25th Oct) - Flum - Boy - Bob - 8lbs 10oz - 4 hour labour with gas & air, pethidine and a healthy dose of champagne!
1st Nov (Due 22nd Oct) - SmudgeyDoodle - Girl - - 8lbs 2oz - Hospital water birth.
5th Nov (Due 29th Oct) - Honeymoonmummy - Girl - Poppy Grace - 6lbs 15oz -
5th Nov (Due 30th Oct) - MamaG - Boy - Harry James - 10lbs 9oz - Em C-Sec. Back to back and knotted cord around neck.
5th Nov (Due 23rd Oct) - Sallypuss - Girl - Eibhlin Alexandra - 9lbs 4oz - Induction, 15 hour labour then emergency c-section.

Sorry to new ladies - haven't added your stats yet.

Honeymoon - I nearly ordered that mat last week (is loads more expensive in jojo btw), and then remembered that we have the padded base from this which will serve the same purpose. I would think about whether you are likely to want one of these once Poppy gets more mobile, and if so then get it now and use the base to save you £30.

I don't think that tixylix was in the list of changed meds, but we don't tend to use cough medicine so I wouldn't have looked very hard for it at the time. Is it just acetic acid?

Sorry to hear about your Gran jenwa.

Dd is having a lovely time with grandparents. I am still looking after ds and doing meal planning/some cooking, so it isn't that much of a break. Having nice change of scene though, yes thank you.

I really want to get this in a few months. I wanted to get DS the catapillar then forgot about it for his birthday/Christmas.

Ah yes, dd had this. Was used, but not as much as I'd hoped.

Ooh good thinking re playpen CSWS.

Myjob, I meant the donkey/ carrot book that you linked for me.

Awww that butterfly rocker is sooo cute!

The Amazon order (excluding playmat) looks like this:-

www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00067U5MU/ref=ord_cart_shr?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005YXXL/ref=ord_cart_shr?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=A1U9DU6XX0BALO

www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000096LVD/ref=ord_cart_shr?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000I2OKEW/ref=ord_cart_shr?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000UVX2WC/ref=ord_cart_shr?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=A8OG9PGL11WQP

www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0141380322/ref=ord_cart_shr?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

Or might just get this:

www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0241141125/ref=ord_cart_shr?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000I1Q578/ref=ord_cart_shr?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00008XY4B/ref=ord_cart_shr?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=AR9GGJB3ISV8K

www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000HPPUGW/ref=ord_cart_shr?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005YXXL/ref=ord_cart_shr?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=A1U9DU6XX0BALO0

www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005YXXL/ref=ord_cart_shr?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=A1U9DU6XX0BALO1

www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005YXXL/ref=ord_cart_shr?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=A1U9DU6XX0BALO2

www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005YXXL/ref=ord_cart_shr?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=A1U9DU6XX0BALO3

Plus these "maybe's"

www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005YXXL/ref=ord_cart_shr?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=A1U9DU6XX0BALO4

www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005YXXL/ref=ord_cart_shr?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=A1U9DU6XX0BALO5

www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005YXXL/ref=ord_cart_shr?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=A1U9DU6XX0BALO6

www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005YXXL/ref=ord_cart_shr?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=A1U9DU6XX0BALO7 (can't find any basic ones on Amazon)

BTW I found a site yesterday that rated the 3-sixti cosatto chair as 4/10 and the Cosatto diner chair and Bloom as both 10/10. Bit gutted because I was going to go for the 4/10 one! No comments about it tho so dont know why so low.

Just looked at the first batch so far. We have musical bobbing sprites and I would say don't bother.

Your last 7 links are all to the sprites!

Can recommend smaller hungry caterpillar set.

Which site did you see chair reviews on?

Wow this thread just moves so fast at the moment but it has been great to see what everyone is thinking of buying. Whoever linked the Bloom chair, thanks! DH saw the pic and thinks it is just fantastic so I think there is some Xmas money which was put away which we can buy it with.

We are in the midst of teething here. After sleeping through from Xmas Sander has been waking up 3 and 4 times a night and just moaning. It is just pitiful to listen to and he will not take any of the numerous teethers I have bought. He is chewing his wee hands to shreads. I resorted to Calpol last night to give him some relief. Have any of your little ones had any blood in their mouth from teething? It really freaked me out yesterday when there was some on his bib after a trip out to the shops. We are off to Tenerife next week so I hope he is a bit better by then or we will not be popular with people in neighbouring apartments

Sorry Jenwa I meant to say I'm sorry about your gran.

I don't know what happened with the links there. It's missed the numbers off the end - I can't be bothered to do it again!!

I knew you'd ask which site CSWS and I don't know! I'll try to find it now.

Lozza sorry to hear about poor Sander going through the mill. I know from seeing Poppy in pain how awful it is. Did you see the link I posted about a week ago to a teether which you put on your hand like a finger puppet? If he likes his hands he may take to it. I'll find the link if you let me know.

www.babychums.com/compare/4_503772.html

Sorry, the bloom only got 5.6/10. Bloody baby brain!!!!

I feel very sorry for our babies suffering with their teeth. My wisdom teeth are still coming through (12 years after they first broke the skin!) so I know how painful it is. Poor little sausages. I looked at the Bloom rating on that site Honeymoon, but nobody has actually left a review so I have no idea why they think the Bloom is poo. I love it, DD loves it and so do the DC of my two friends who saw ours and decided to get one of their own! They should pay me commission !

we have the snail rocker and ds1 loved it and used it all the time - he even used to sit in it to watch telly!! he now tries to squeeze himself into Joe's bumbo whilch is very funny to see. I have ordered a play/feeding tray for Joe's bumbo which i wish they had made when ds1 was little as he could never reach any of his toys!!

csws - Joe was definitely choking, went red and eventually coughed out a bit of carrot. he must have eaten some though as he was sick alter and it had little bits of carrot in it. will keep trying him with something as i think he's bored of just milk now and is not feeding as much as he used to

I'm a bit of that site too honeymoon. How can the 3 sixti have 13 reviews when almost nowhere has even started selling it yet! And the other scores seem to be based on 1 review.

Eek then for carrot choking loulou, but glad that it hasn't put you off.

Glad that you were on the ball re weighing myjob!

Hi Honeymoonmummy I didn't see the previous link for the teether. It sounds like a good idea though. Would you be able to do a link to it?

Think it was this one Lozza.

This is the teether Lozza

Just been to the CO. Apparently Poppy is a 'one-off' WTF does that mean?????

True CSWS, I don't really trust reviews that are just scores rather than giving reasons.

Well done on the weight gain Myjob and for sticking to your guns!! It may not be much but it's in the right direction, esp as she's had diarrhoea

Blimey, where is everyone this aft/evening?

hmm - did you ask CO to clarify?

That's what I was wondering! I've had a lovely splurge this afternoon, ikea, toys r us and mothercare with poppy and my mum. I'm paying for coming back late tho, poppy couldnt have her bath and is wide awake! We've not not done bathtime since routine started about 2 months ago!

No I didnt CSWS, he can be a bit random sometimes.

I'm here!

Honeymoon - It sounds like you're definitely doing your bit for the credit crunch. What did you get? Did you order the Hungry Caterpillar? I love that book.

Took ds swimming for the first time this morning. He loved it! I bought him a 3-6 month swim nappy a few weeks ago which fitted him, but then we didn't go for a while. When we got to the pool today I couldn't squeeze his chunky thighs or bottom through the leg holes! Fortunately, my friend had a spare pair of large ones which he wore.

We had a terrible night again last night with poor ds's teeth. He's really restless again tonight, poor thing, so I think it's going to be another horror.

In my defence I haven't been shopping for aaaaages, so I was definitely overdue a splurge! It always puts me in such a good mood! All stuff for Poppy except a pair of jeans for me. Depressing buying jeans in mothercare but my pre-pregnancy jeans are doing my head in.

I didn't place the Amazon order....yet

I did however get a cheap rug from Ikea that's soft and colourful that I thought I could use in the meantime for a playrug for Poppy while I decide about a carpet, playpen etc.

I saw your highchair Myjob, it looks nice

Poppy got rocked to sleep by daddy in the end. (I did feed her BTW!! In mothercare's mummys room!!!) I hope you and LO's all get a peaceful and pain-free sleep!

www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/30151709

I know it's the same price as the playmat I was looking at, but what the hell!!!

HMM love that rug!!! adorable

Jenwa sorry about your gran.
I bought a Tixylix battery operated fan thingy. Is has an insert which releases Menthol & Eucalyptus. It seems to have really helped with Wiliams cough and snuffles. Smells nice too.

Dont want to be a kill joy Honeymoon but that rug is latex backed which can sometimes be an allergen. Also as most play rugs/mat get dribble and vomit on them you will probably be better off just getting a play mat.
saying that though the rug is lovely

I found a massive bag of baby toys in the loft. All look hardley used. So I would urge caution in the toy buying department. Try not to get something just because it looks cool. Lots of toys do the same thing. Also at this age they spend more time chewing stuff and throwing it on the floor in the really fun game called "how many times will mummy pick this up off the floor before she gets fed up" Believe me they never get tired of that game. Even when they are 9 you still have to play the game, except now it is with dirty clothes

William slept all the way from 12.30 until he was woken by DD2 at 7am. Yipee. Shame that DD2 has kept me awake all night. She was sure that the bedroom was moving and then there was a monster in the room!!! I have made it clear that the only monster she needs to worry about is me

Hope you are having a lovely time away CSWS.

Star how are you holding up? I hope your friend is all ok.

Have a great weekend everyone

Thanks Star. I thought she'd like the bright colours

Ronshar, does that mean I just need to try it and if it gives her an allergic reaction to not use it again? I was planning to put a towel on top of it till the vomit eased up a bit.

I know what you mean about toys but I got most of mine for Poppy from NCT sales so haven't spent much on them. Plus it's fun to shop for them!

I just checked the Which site for highchairs - the Bloom and 3-sixti haven't been tested. In fact only 17 have been tested - the top 5 are as below. However, I suspect this was done a while ago:-

1 Graco Tea-Time £38 (typical price)

www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10001&catalogId=1500001501&productI d=1500344403&langId=-1&engine=froogle&keyword=Graco+Tea+Time+Highchair+-+Pink

2 Mamas and Papas Cafe Junior £50 - doesn't seem to still be on sale

3 Fisher-Price BabyGear Healthy Care £70

www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0002VZ20K/shopzilcouk-21/ref=asc_df_B0002VZ20K315959

4 Brevi Pony £39

www.ciao.co.uk/Brevi_Pony_Highchair__5108697

5 Mothercare pinecube £45

www.mothercare.com/Mothercare-Pine-cube-convertible-highchair/dp/B000M515Q6/ref=sr_11_1/280-1266005- 0472816?%5Fencoding=UTF8&mcb=core

The Chicco Polly came in at no. 6

Honeymoon ? You don?t have to justify yourself to us. I was only teasing. Sounds like you deserve a splurge. I LOVE the rug! You can put it in Poppy?s room when she?s bigger as well.

Also, you mentioned an NCT nearly new sale in one of your messages. How do you find out about them? I went to one before ds was born and it was really good, but I didn?t have a clue what to buy so I didn?t buy anything.

Jenwa, I hope you made it to your gran?s ok today.

Have a lovely weekend everyone.