November 2020 babies - thread 8!

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@Iona1985 so far I've found all of the Lupilu products great 😀

Thanks @littlegem84 I’ll get stocked up!

@BG1234 I went for the LittleLamb trial kit, based on reviews I read. They have two trial kits. I went for the "premium" one which was £50 but that had 6 styles rather than 3 I think. I recall the other kit being somewhere between £20-£30? I just wanted a "try them all" type, as from reading up on the different options they can really vary. I don't know yet whether one style will work more for our baby than another. And some are more absorbent than others, but dry slower for example (which is an issue for us as we don't have a dryer and it will be winter!). Little Lamb do an "all in one" option which looks like the safest bet, but I want to see how it fares against some of the other more absorbant ones (for night time etc).

@Jellycat2020 obviously totally your decision, but just for info the reason I’m weighing up the antibiotics is that they wipe out both yours and the baby’s microbiome.
For the baby that can have lifelong health implications too (like increased risk of asthma and obesity). Obviously much less serious than the consequences of GBS infection, but still a risk in circs where 199 times out of 200 the antibiotics aren’t needed, and the 1 time they are, they only help 80% of the time. Extra factor for me is that my first birth was really fast so it’s unlikely I’ll even get to the hospital in time to have them, which is quite stressful! I still don’t know what to do for the best.

Also re pencillin, the reason they don’t let you have a home birth is that anyone can have an anaphylactic reaction at any time, even if they’ve never previously been allergic, so they need you to be in hospital when you get them. The risk there is 1 in 10,000 so really very tiny, but it’s there for everyone and can also be fatal.

@AnxiousLady1 I hadn’t heard of them! Thanks for the info, I will take a look!

@HarrietM87 that makes total sense. Unfortunately I've needed a lot of antibiotics during this pregnancy and am now on them long term so that risk is already there for my little girl. It makes my decision easier but I fully appreciate it can be difficult to know what to do for the best! Wishing you all the best 😊

I've opted for disposable nappies, at least to start with and winter is over. The thought of the extra washing plus nappies over the winter gives me the fear! Come spring, I'll reevaluate and take it from there. For disposable, my Mum has been stocking us up with Pampers when they've been on offer and we also have Asda/tesco/aldi too. All in a variety of sizes so we'll be good for a while at least. I got Aldi wipes when they have the big box on offer a few weeks ago at the baby event.

I've now started looking out all the newborn and 0-3 clothes we have, muslins, bibs etc to start washing those and getting ready. Yikes! X

I can highly recommend Aldi nappies - we're still using them at 2.5 years and they're fantastic in terms of value and leaks. We tried reusable (I spent about £200 purchasing them!) Mio solo was the ones I used. We managed about 4 months then gave up due to the amount of leaking, difficulty scraping poo off and general unpleasantness of having to keep a bucket of soiled nappies between washes. I would absolutely not recommend reusable nappies for a newborn, for one thing they're usually sized too big (even the ones advertised as "fits all sizes"), plus pre-weaning their poos are very liquidy and are much harder to remove from nappies. If you want to use reusables, wait until they are weaned and their poo is solid enough to be able to easily scrape off. This time round I'm planning on using more eco-friendly nappies instead, they're a bit pricier but not as expensive as buying all the reusables required, plus you still get the convenience of a disposable nappy as I won't be working anymore I'll have to balance this with some cheaper Aldi nappies too, but I figure if I use at least some eco friendly nappies that's better than nothing.

Hey guys, in honour of our third trimester, and this thread getting huge! I've started thread 9

Link here: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/pregnancy/4012588-November-2020-babies-thread-9?watched=1

When people say aldi nappies is it the basic ones or the posher looking ones? 🤣 I think I'll try some small packs of several brands then decide

@Pinktruffle 144 nappies probably won't last as long as you think haha. Apparently they use about 10 a day so that's only 2 weeeks!

@Pink15 haha yeah I have read that they are only likely to last 2 weeks, but I didn't want to get too many of the same size just incase baby is bigger than expected!

Sizing for nappies and baby clothes seems to be a bit of minefield with newborns.

@Pink15 there's only one kind that I'm aware of at Aldi... Unless you mean the green or red packets?? That's for tagged ones (green) or pull-up style (red)

@Pinktruffle yeah that makes sense!

@Anothercliche I think there is Mamia and Mamia Premium which I think are meant to be pretty much same as pampers?

@Pink15 well, you learn something new everyday! I've been buying the cheaper ones and have found them to be brilliant, can't recommend them highly enough. So I don't think you even need to buy the premium ones!

@Anothercliche That's good to know thanks!

Hey ladies, I'm starting to think about getting to the hospital on the big day as I am the only driver in the house. I spoke to someone at the hospital who made it clear that an ambulance won't come out unless necessary and I really don't think taxi firms are reliable enough in our area to not have a backup plan plus I've read and heard that they can and often do refuse to take you if in labour! and my family is an hour n half away from me.
So what do I do? Really stressing about it 🤦🏻‍♀️

@Tiniestsky

Hey ladies, I'm starting to think about getting to the hospital on the big day as I am the only driver in the house. I spoke to someone at the hospital who made it clear that an ambulance won't come out unless necessary and I really don't think taxi firms are reliable enough in our area to not have a backup plan plus I've read and heard that they can and often do refuse to take you if in labour! and my family is an hour n half away from me. So what do I do? Really stressing about it 🤦🏻‍♀️

I'm in the same boat as you (we're in London and shockingly neither of us drive!!) My plan was just to get DH to call a cab and tell them at the time of booking that I'm in labour - so he can call another if any issues.

And if it were a sociable time of day rather than middle of the night we could probably call a friend to do the honours! Do you have any friends nearby who could help?

Just another source of worry isn't it but I'm sure we'll be alright when the time comes! x