is sophable's baby going to be under equipped?

[Heathcliffscathy]

i threw all but the big stuff out in fit of it's never going to happen pique.

so i have:

car seat. cot. floor seat thingy. chest carrier.

am 33 weeks and haven't got anything else yet.

this is what i'm thinking:

• 10 or so plain white soft babygrows (sleeveless, plus couple of sleeve and leg ones).

• 2 bravado nursing bras (they were good last time).

• some nappies.

• tommee tippee breast pads (they were the only ones that didn't leak last time).

• bedding for cot bed, new mattress too

• pool in a box for homebirth i'm hoping for

• big knicks for catching all the post birth gubbins.

that's it.

am i missing anything? anything been invented that is amazing since i last did this seven (count em) years ago?

any fabulous tips? thanks ladies.

Don't worry about the nappies I didn't bother much with them for my 3rd either.

Congratulations sophable

33 weeks sophable !! brilliant

muslins definitely. millions of them.

hand held fan for during labour

squirty bottle for directing warm water at your bits for those first few post partum stinging wees

dried fruit for helping along the first post partum poo!

stock up freezer now

thanks mears. good advice lulu. can you email me your address so i can get your stone back to you?

no probs, soph, but you are welcome to keep it until babysophable is here? your call.. will email shortly x

it's my one piece of hospital bag advice but FLIP FLOPS FOR THE SHOWER. paddling about in some other woman's lochia, no thanks...

superstisiously (sp!) i will hang on til baby arrives! thanks

ahem. flip flops.

have flipflops!

Get a few Bravado tanks. I lived in them.

oh yes, me too. cost a fortune but Worth Every Penny.

hey, mears is here! cool! long time, no 'see', mears.

soph, i've CATd you. no more babies for us, DH had the snip, but i'm due to pay it forward in some respects.

yy to dried fruit, or dried fruit bars. i always just used a jug of warm water for post partum bits and the loo. ugggh. glad i don't have to do that again, my poor bits!

got a nice dressing gown, i presume? if not, now would be the time to treat yourself.

it is a (big) boy. ds has/will have a brother.

he has a name too. has had for months. but if i say then a) you'll all say it's wrong. and b) i'll be even more totally identifiable than i already am!

aw.

a wee man.

congratulations .

hiya expat. Haven't been around as much but am still here!

Now don't laugh but dp bought me Tennerlady nappies instead of pads by mistake. He just looked at the teardrops and chose the ones with most absorbancy. Anyway I used them post birth and God they were fab. They are disposable, they catch all the gubbins and not only that they cushion your sore bits. They are expensive but worth it imo. My midwife said she was going to recommend them to mothers from then on.

good tip ledodgy.

Feeding cushion -not sure if thats been mentioned.

So glad your pregnancy is going well.

now you see last time i had a feeding cushion and it meant that i never learnt how do do without it so had to pile coats up to feed ds when out and about. this time am determined to go for no cushion...but may crumple if it gives me neck ache.

Aha - I've had 3 c-sections so it was useful for the first couple of weeks.

You haven't mentioned baby vests you can never have too many vests. Also those babygrows they do in Matalan with the built in scratch mits are fab.

a bell. to summon your DH when you're feeding the baby and in need of refreshment. .