breastfeeding nightdress

[mamasmissionimpossible]

I am due ds2 in feb 12 and I am trying to find some button front nightdresses. My dm (bless her) bought me this www.marksandspencer.com/Round-Neck-Long-Sleeve-Nightdress/dp/B004TUZYAI?ie=UTF8&ref=sr_1_1&nodeId=42966030&sr=1-1&qid=1321730880&pf_rd_r=1NQVYCDMEYAVJVZ4F92Z&pf_rd_m=A2BO0OYVBKIQJM&pf_rd_t=301&pf_rd_i=0&pf_rd_p=215485807&pf_rd_s=center-3#CustomerReviewsHeader

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I would like to exchange it, but am asking here for advise on here as to where I get a more suitable bf nightdress for about £20 or hopefully less, so that I can buy more.

Got mine in Matalan. Not specifically BF nightie but any that open to about the waist will do.

I got mine in primark about £4 - get 2!

£4.80 in Peacocks.

At least 2. They get leaked on/puked on a lot.
@Londonmackem- are you a Mackem in London or a Londoner who got lost on the way to the Toon?!

Vest and pj bottoms worked better for me. I needed to sleep with breast pads in so needed a top to hold them in place. Got some from Mothercare and some from matalan (not BF specific ones). Like the Matalan ones the best. You will need a few as will get quickly dirty.

Matalan here too :)

I had special BF jamas with DS, but they were a bit shit. Like my £5 nightie better :)

Another vote for Primark. The t-shirt style ones that are £3.50 each (altho price may have gone up I guess as had mine ages) - they unbutton down to the waist. They're ugly and vile but so comfy and really practical. I still wear mine sometimes even though I'm not bf any more .

Does it need to be a nightie? I find 'traditional' pjs like this style (ok, maybe not that pattern! but wanted to find you an M&S link), or ones with buttons down the front the best.

Also, if you will be breastfeeding through the winter cold, think about long sleeves. Especially if you might be co sleeping and having to push the lovely, warm, oh god how I miss it duvet down to your waist.

Does anyone else suffer the problem with pj bottoms of ending up waking in a sweat during the night in the middle of a terrifying dream that you are trying to run away from something and finding the pj bottoms wrapped around your knees so you can't move your legs?

Is it just me?? I stopped wearing pj bottoms after the third time.

What do you mean wrapped around your knees. They'd fallen down, or ridden up? I'm .

They fall down so the waist is round my knees. Tis very strange, must be the way I wriggle in bed I guess!

£8 more for a pack of two here?

I had two from JoJoMamma, bought 4 years ago when I was pg with DC1, DC3 is a few month old and I'm still using them so I've had my moneys worth.

I got some from La Redoute, they have some in the sale from £9.50
www.laredoute.co.uk/shop/winter-sale-lingerie-nightwear.htm

Why would you want something particularly BFy? Vest and PJs or strappy nightie?

Another vote for Matalan. Been through two DDs now and am still wearing it...

Anyone else have the Matalan purple nightie with the sheep all over it...?

mamas I am PMSL at the nightie your DM bought you.

Are you 80 years old ?!

I had bf'ing nightdresses and PJs from Mamas and Papas. They were the best IMO and I still wear them.
I also had ones from other places (with poppers - which were OK) and PJs from buttons from Blooming Marvellous. The ones with buttons were useless as I was sooooo tired I could never be bothered to do them up and used to remain undone permanently flapping around.

emsyj - that is hilarious. Has is occurred to you that they might be too big?!

I also got the £4 nighties from Primark - and some soft crop top things, £4 for two, to wear underneath to keep pads in place. Very comfy and bargainous - don't care if they get leaked all over for that price, I bought 3.

I would get one of the spotty primark ones linked to above for in the hospital (whispers - when access might be required at the other end too) then go for comfortable pj bottoms and a Jojo feeding vest once home. You'll need at least three tops IME as you'll wear them day and night in the early days, til your boobs settle down and you get more practiced at feeding in normal clothes.

My advice is definitely to save money on the nighty and spend it on the relatively expensive Jojo tops. They're far superior to the mothercare ones (which don't have a shelf inside, so need a bra at night).

Good luck