MSE Pregnancy Club IX

skintchick

tiamai_d wrote: »

Came home with a crib, moses basket and stand and a vibrating bouncy chair DH will kill me.

Just thinking of that Chinese gender prediction.... that's it scored a hat trick for me Predicted the two boys correctly and now my girl.

We are still stuck on Aisha for a girl (spoken Aye-sha), but then both the boys were a different name till a few weeks before the birth.

I love Aisha, but I'm biased, as that's the name of the song OH and I had for our first dance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8krO7Q3vSys

searching_me

im wondering whether to go down town tomorrow or on tuesday hmmmmmm.... x

skintchick

Grr. Was trying to catch up but MSe sent my computer kerayzee and I've given up.

If anyone fancies giving me a rundown of the last five pages I'd be grateful - I managed to read the first five before it all went mad and froze my screen (although that may have been eveil witch vibes from Grace on the other thread )

emlou2009

tuesday will be less effort! i need to go out tomorrow so i will be doing so as the shops open and running home as quick as possible! i hate going into town on bank holidays and weekends too many people!

skintchick

newmum1 wrote: »

Afternoon all, thought id drop in to say i had a little girl yesterday morning- the labour was so quick my second child when i called the hos they actually told me not to come in but my gut feeling said to and within an hour and a half there she was, all 71b 8 of her. im so happy........

:j :j :j
CONGRATULATIONS!!

searching_me

good point emluo thanks x

elle_gee

Even the Spar shop was chaos earlier - it's a fairly big 24hr one but there seemed to be loads of people in there! I'd wait til Tuesday or at least tomorrow afternoon

skintchick

Right. I have some shopping-related questions which I know you ladies will love to answer!

First - when did you start shopping? I remember some people on here having the whole denial thing and I realise that I've got that now too!

People keep asking me what I've bought and looking horrified when I say nothing. I mean, I really haven;t got a thing yet although i have a few things in my favourites and pretty much know which pram I want, etc.

So - when is it normal to start actual shopping?

Also, what do I need? My list goes as follows:

crib
travel system (pram, car seat, etc)
muslins
washable nappies (but how many?)
babygros
baby sleeping bag
sling
nursing bras
nursing clothes
baby bath (maybe a tummy tub?)

And then I get stuck! Thing is, we go on holiday about 6-8 weeks after Bubba is due (wedding in Italy) so I am going to need stuff for holiday too! Like travel cot, sunscreen, hat for baby...

And I reckon I'll need to have done it all by the birth as I surely won;t want to go shopping afterwards?

Help me with my list! But i want to get as little as possible and will be co-sleeping and breastfeeding so don;t plan on needing bottles.

searching_me

ladies... best way to clean a carpet without spending loads of money or having a machine????? ...? x

tiamai_d

My head HURTS! And DH is off to work till midnight too. Had a snooze but it hasn't helped, taken paracetamol too and trying to drink loads in case it's dehydration.

Does baby have a growth spurt about 20 weeks? Been really tired past few days and thought that might be it.