MSE Parents Club Part 3

Sami_Bee

dmbw wrote: »

do any of you use cloth nappies on your babies? is there a thread for it?

There is a whole section of the site devoted to the money saving side of it here: http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/shopping/cheap-nappies

scruffy96uk wrote: »

Sami I have stupidly packed all my frying pans so had to cook it a different way. And yes I now have a multi quote it will save me copying and pasting now:T

You could have fried it in a large sauce pan

Caz - not sure what the handles are like but you could get an buggy bag thing like everyone had in the 80's/90's http://www.kiddicare.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/productdisplayA_933_10751_-1_14605_6081_10001_14605
or a fancier modern version http://www.kiddicare.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/productdisplayA_933_10751_-1_14605_78815_10001_14605

SaliMali

Lu T - I'm sure I read somewhere that the 'juice' is more effective if administered orally!

Hang on - can't post links yet, but I'm sure it was Babycentre

SeptemberBaby_2

SaliMali wrote: »

Lu T - I'm sure I read somewhere that the 'juice' is more effective if administered orally!

Hang on - can't post links yet, but I'm sure it was Babycentre

Or maybe you read it on the Preg Thread. It was definately discussed there! :eek:. No stone is left unturned :rotfl:.

xx

SeptemberBaby_2

angela6834 wrote: »

We didnt have a name for Rose at all and she was named baby H in special care...OH was devastated and wanted to name her. I wanted to wait till we could see what she was like.....She does have such a lovely rose bud mouth tho so we called her Rose.....tho i have to say i wouldnt have done had we smelt her nappies first!!!

Sorry to hijack the thread tonight x

Aww, thats a lovely reason for her name (the nappy business aside! :D).

xx

Krystaltips

A quick (1 handed) note on pumping... It is impossile to guage how much milk a baby gets by pumping,... Babies are far more competent at emptying the breast than pumps... In the early days your breasts usually have a large over supply of milk, this is what causes the leaking and engorgement... Eventually the supply evens out to what baby needs and the amount you can express can reduce, this doesn't mean the amount baby is getting is reduced though... Sometimes it can appear this way when baby goes through a 'growth spurt' but all that happens here is baby needs more milk and will feed more for a few days to increase supply to meet their needs... Once they've increased the supply they tend to settle down in their feeding pattern...

Krystaltips

Oh, and searching, it's possible to return to work and continue breastfeeding... As for how long... I will feed Caitlyn until she doesn't need me to anymore...

scruffy96uk

Do any of you have a trick to brushing LO teeth. I have a brush, she has a brush, we sing while I brush her teeth and she brushes poohs but she clamps down on the brush, any hints and tips???

MrsTinks

Lu_T wrote: »

he asked if it made a difference how the 'juice' was administered. Thought he was talking about turkey basters (eww!) but he was actually pitching for a BJ. Told him that wouldn't get it to the appropriate place so that's the end of that :rotfl:Nice try though...

Actually... evidence suggests that works just as well...

3onitsway

Evening all - Hello to the new ladies and congrats on your babies.

We had our third set of needles today - and she seems ok this time. And she's finally in a proper big girls cot, after a semi-successful trip to Ikea this morning. The cot is really nice and was only £28.38 I think :money:. But the reason for going to Ikea was because i'd seen some gorgeous bedding on the website - only to find its been discontinued due to the colours running. :mad:

She'd completely filled the moses basket and looked like a big bloater in it - now she looks like a little baby again tucked down the bottom of her massive cot!

Saw a different HV today and got her weighed, 14lb 13oz (18 weeks). HV tried to tell me off for mentioning we'd started with a couple of spoons of babyrice at the weekend! She started to give me a lecture about early weaning causing IBS (anyone heard that one before?). I told her that 'back in the day' when my other two were weaned, it was at 4 months and both of them have lovely healthy bowels!

Searchie - this is the longest i've lasted with breastfeeding. I lasted 4 months with DS - but kind of dried up when I went back to work full time when he was 4 months.
I only lasted about 5 weeks with DD1 - it was too painful with her for some reason and I was constantly feeding for those 5 weeks before I gave up for my sanity.
This time we're up to 4 months, and I'm not due to go back to work (part time) til November when she'll be almost 10 months old. She'll be weaned by then, but i'm thinking i'll still be able to give her her morning and evening feeds - we'll just see how it goes I think.

Lu T - I read somewhere whilst I was pregnant that the 'juice' was more effective if taken by mouth :eek: - I bet it was a man who made that one up! In my 39th week, i TOLD OH that he was doing it whether he liked it or not, as he'd got me into this state, he could help me get it out! Im afraid my OH is another who wasn't comfortable doing the deed with another person present in my tummy! In fact, i've just thought, we've only done it once since - when she was about 8 weeks old! Maybe its because there is someone else in the room, or because he's traumatised by the birth (he stayed up the head end, and it was far from traumatic!). I think i'll have to have words! :rotfl:

MrsTinks

angela - Rose is a lovely name... Roo is infact Alexandra Rose K. - Rose for my grandmother - it was her favourite flower and she sadly passed away just before christmas We'd already decided the name and told everyone of her birth when my father replied to the message telling me that obviously she was late because she was meant to arrive on my grans birthday... Which hadn't even crossed my mind!