don't let me waste my dosh

[squirmyworm]

Hellllp I'm about to waste loads of money on a spree. Having spent hardly anything at Bluewater Shopping Mecca today my switchcard is fighting its way out of my bag to do some internet pavement pounding....

To stop irreversible damage being done to my post baby bank balance please advise on the following.

1. will a bottle warmer make it more likely that my ds will finally decide that an avent teat is not the work of the devil? If so which one? Is the Lindam cooler pack/warmer any good? (£30) would it be a good way to keep ebm cool once I've expressed it at work?

2. hooded towels - a pointless rip off or a great invention in the cause of post bath/swimming snuggledom and avoidance of howling?

3. when swimming are trunks with integral nappy de rigeur or do 4 month old people swim in just a swim nappy?

4. what does one use to stop ones cot bed mattress getting repeatedly peed/posseted on? the cheaper the solution the better!

5. the best way to store littlun's ever increasing supply of toys, books etc in his nursery is.....

PS don't know if anyone else has yearned after those cute monkey/chick/pig suits in Gymboree but today they reduced them by 40%...

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the one with the cooly pack please SB - yup - see you there on saturday....

Re toy storage - the plastic crates are great until your child is a toddler. Then they will work out that its SOOOOOOO much more fun to empty all the toys out, stack the crates on the bed and jump off !!

The best thing in the long term is a big TALL unit with lots of shelves ( secured to the wall of course to foil mountaineers) or just a shelf high up on the wall (I mean about 2m high). On this you can store things that look nice, (like fluffy toys and these tasteful wooden toys that kind people will give you but my tasteless kids never play with) as well as all the things that need to be used under supervision ( videos, crayons, felt tips, playdoh, jigsaws). We just made shelves out of MDF, painted them to match the wall and bought wooden brackets from Ikea.
Also remember that the SECOND your child can crawl you need to store nappy essentials up high - especially the plastic disposal bags and the nappy cream.

i used to do that bluebear with the tea.
For storage, i love those pop up storage/laundry type boxes as they can be carried effortlessy around!