MSE Pregnancy Club III

SeptemberBaby_2

Thats the thing...its up to you to decide what to do. There is evidence that dummies help prevent SIDS so I gave Poppy one early on but I have read various threads on MSE where this evidence has been pulled to pieces. The same with co-sleeping. The guide is not to do it but many dispute the evidence and do it anyway.

I've tried to play it safe and follow as much as I can (as my conscience couldn't take it if something horrible happened ).

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Emms

Lu_T wrote: »

I was given some great cream called (I think) Lansinoh(sp?) which you apply after each feed and don't need to wash off. It was great. Ask your m/w or HV and see if they can recommend anything else.

Thanks I might give it a try. Ive been using kamillosan but it doesnt really seem to make much of a difference.

We got a moses basket and stand from ebay for £15 and then paid £15 for a new mattress. Were using it for downstairs and have a crib beside the bed for night time. We plan to keep Isla in our room for as long as we can as we only have 2 bedrooms and the spare has a bed in it for when my mum comes to stay and we would like to keep it that way until we hopefully get the house sold.

Emma

Krystaltips

The government guidelines that get produced are actually done so with consultations with many bodies... Eg NICE will produce a document and send it to people who lodge an interest. These people are invited to comment on the document and then it gets passed back for finalisation. There's scope for change at any point along the process. It might seem like a knee jerk reaction but a lot goes in to each piece of guidance that comes out. As far as co-sleeping goes, there is a lot of research that says it is better in certain circumstances and not in others. The government's response is to offer recommendations that would cover the broader range of people...

My_Fathers_Daughter

Thanks Krystal - don't think I was being funny with you. Most of the midwives round here tell you what the government currently says and then tell you when the rules changed (usually whilst rolling their eyes as if to say they don't believe it). I trained as a lawyer and have never managed to get away from the fact that I look for the solid evidence behind everything...

I now work with a government body who knee-jerk for everything - so I am a little sceptical to say the least!!

You should have heard me screaming at the TV earlier as Brown sat and told blatant lies about current financial incentives in my industry - my mother was livid with me for the language I used !!!

Krystaltips

No didn't think you were being funny at all, and whenever items suddenly appear on the BBC I am always skeptical... They usually pick one piece of highly biased research, pick it apart and use the bits that they want to sensationalise it... And it's usually a piece of research that's been in the public domain for years... It's only because of the work I've been doing over the last couple of years that actually involved being part of NICE directives I kind of have an insight into how they work...

SeptemberBaby_2

Wait until you get all the 'whats this feet to foot business all about' and 'we never did this in our day' from your Mum and MIL! :rotfl:

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Krystaltips

Oh, and the rolling the eyes thing... That is one of the most infuriating things we've had to deal with the whole time... People who get trained in something one way and steadfastly refuse to change their work practices no matter what new information and training is made available to them....

Krystaltips

LOL SB, when I was having DD, every time I turned round to my Mum and said 'I'm not allowed to eat that' she'd turn round and say 'It's a wonder any of you survived!'

Apparently she lived on liver when having my older brother and guiness and cigarrettes when having my sister...

(And my favourite sleeping position was on my tummy!)

cazscoob

well you think i would have learnt the hard way first time round eh! i have 13 months between first and last 2 lol!!! however contraception does not seem to like me lol have fell preg on every possible thing and was meant to get steralised in july but found out 2 weeks before i was pregnant:eek:

as for all the guidelines i think you really have to do what suits you, 1st never got in our bed however as no2 was constantly attached to my boobs he slept with me from birth until 2, and even today he is 6 i wake up and find him in bed with one of his sisters usually climbs in during the night but doesnt remember? no 3 never got in our bed apart from when she fed and then was straight back in her own and no 4 has never been in our bed we had problems with getting him to sleep all night but from around 6 months he sleeps all night from 6.30/7pm to 7.45/8am so we cannot complain hope this one behaves and sleeps

Sami_Bee

Hello Everyone! not been on here all day - not at all like me!
Thanks for updating SB!! I cringed when I saw someone had ignored my update and added to an older list (had to remind myself this isn't my job and I'm not in an office so can't shout at them:))

Mel: I'm still bigging up the full size travel cot if you can afford it, still going strong for us, just hope Chris won't mind having to sleep in a bed at Grandma's when she looks after him and bump

MFD: We put Chris in his own room I think at somewhere around 4/5months as he was too big for crib so was in travel cot which I didn't think was best for his back and he kept waking up everytime I turned over which I do alot! It was scary for me the first few nights but he was fine, didn't seem to notice at all.
We'll be forced to have bump in our room for longer as spare room isn't livable so will depend when we get it finished.
Chris likes to sleep in our bed now when he's not feeling 100% but in the early months we were very careful and tried to avoid it as much as poss.

There wasn't any jiggy jiggy going on in our room when Chris was there but I didn't have any interest in having any until after he'd moved into his own room xx