MSE Pregnancy Club III

Millie's_Mum

September & Sami

Thats raised a point, if you have an avent steriliser (about the only bit of baby equipment we kept for some reason) are you stuck with avent bottles? or will other brands of bottles fit in it?

Same question with teats as well if anyone knows, last time mil had TT Nuby teats on avent bottles and they worked fine but I notice that nuby teats don't seem to be around anymore

Krystaltips

Mothercare wide fit teats fit avent bottles too.

Triggles

Wow - busy busy thread today.

I won't babysit my grandson when my daughter works 3 days a week - but she qualifies for child care assistance, so she takes him to a local nursery (which he loves). Two 2 year olds for 3 days in a row is a bit much, especially now with morning sickness kicked in! But I will have him on the days the nursery is closed for the holidays or if he is ill and can't go to nursery. It gives DS & I time to ourselves to do things together, which we otherwise wouldn't have. But I should point out that they live with us, so we see him every single day - we get plenty of time with him. And we pick him up from nursery for her those 3 days before tea and feed him tea and watch him until she gets home.

I am a SAHM, but it certainly has affected our finances. If I worked, I would just be working to pay for child care, which seems a bit silly. I used to work a pretty well paying job, prior to our move, but it was stressful and involved long and odd hours, and DH & I decided that it was just too much after DS was born. I tried to go back to work fulltime after maternity leave - tried it for about 6 months - hated every minute of it. Love being home now - and I've started doing Usborne books - just as a way of getting out a bit more and possibly just a little money. DH doesn't get a very high wage, but we try to economise where we can.

It's funny, but when DD was an infant, we were told (in the states) to sterilise the bottles/nipples before using, but that after that once, just wash them in warm soapy water and rinse well with water. Which is what we did. So when DH brought home a steriliser to use daily for DS, I admit I was puzzled. It's so weird - when they're crawling they're putting EVERYTHING in their mouths - their feet, their hands, dust bunnies (well, at least in our house ewww), anything they could find - yet we're boiling water and sterilising their bottles. :rotfl:

Sami_Bee

Millie's_Mum wrote: »

September & Sami

Thats raised a point, if you have an avent steriliser (about the only bit of baby equipment we kept for some reason) are you stuck with avent bottles? or will other brands of bottles fit in it?

Same question with teats as well if anyone knows, last time mil had TT Nuby teats on avent bottles and they worked fine but I notice that nuby teats don't seem to be around anymore

nope you may need to have a faff in mothercare where if its nice n busy you can test if the bottles fit in the steriliser :cool: I have a TT CTN microwave steriliser and although it says it takes other bottles I doubt it as the CTN bottles are shorter than most but anyway the nubby teats were still around when I was getting chris some new teats but that was about a year ago, most teats fit on advent bottles tho, boots, mam etc you used to be able to get a free mam one from their website plus a voucher but not sure if thats still running TT also used to give a voucher code if you request a brochure from their website :cool: x

My_Fathers_Daughter

Right ladies - I'm off. Sneaking off work early...we are going to see Stephen K Amos (comedian) tonight and I need a nap first.

Labour vibes to those that need them, hugs to everyone.

MFD xxx

Millie's_Mum

Sami

Lets hope the BF works out this time then I won't have all this faffing for a few months!

carlamagee

girls please help,.........

i have woke up this mornin with my OHs flu he has nicey passed on to me whilehe is nwo better and away to work today. im aching all over and head is exploding. is there ANYTHING i can take to make me feel more human!???

of course, i have DD who wants to play constantly, even though i managed to get her minded for him when he wasnt well when i had to go to work at start of the week. so cross.
sorry, rant over.

Princess81

For those of you with a high BMI I have a very low BMI (15:embarasse) and i have the same problem everyone (mw etc) that i have seen so far always look at my notes then i get the aren't you tiny blah blah I can't help it im not very tall and i'm skinny and i hate it all i say to them is i've always been this way i dont think it will ever change but they still say to me that they dont want me to put too much weight on so i won't win

Sami_Bee

Millie's_Mum wrote: »

Sami

Lets hope the BF works out this time then I won't have all this faffing for a few months!

Fingers crossed! ps I checked TT website and it seems they are phasing out the nubby teats as they only had medium ones left and they're on offer but I'm sure boots do a similar style in case you want them later on.

Carla: I'm still recovering from the cold from hell :rolleyes: official line is paracetamol or cocodamol if it gets too much. and good old honey and lemon to drink.
I cheated a few times with throat sweets, olbas oil (there is a chance olbas is safe provided it doesn't get on your skin) and 2 nights I used sudafed nasal spray coz I couldn't sleep but mostly I just took paracetamol :A

Millie's_Mum

My_Fathers_Daughter wrote: »

Right ladies - I'm off. Sneaking off work early...we are going to see Stephen K Amos (comedian) tonight and I need a nap first.

Labour vibes to those that need them, hugs to everyone.

MFD xxx

EDIT asked stupid question,, then thought better of it!