MSE Pregnancy Club XIV

money_maker_3

Nicki wrote: »

I was shocked by the materials too, but I grew up in Northern Ireland and was at school in the 1980's and had no sex education at all. As my english OH jokingly says its half past two in England but 1955 in Northern Ireland! In fact my only sex education, which was from my mother, bless her, was at the age of 18 when I was leaving home to go to university in England and she uttered the immortal line: "Be careful about drinking cider, as its potent stuff and those english boys can't be trusted" :rotfl:with no further elaboration!

I knew what the programme would contain in broad terms before he saw it, though I hadn't watched it all the way through, and as we'd already explained the basic facts of life to him, thought it would be OK for him to see it, and we could answer any other questions afterwards, but with hindsight I didn't think through carefully enough how the birth scene in particular would affect him. The rest btw he has taken effortlessly in his stride!

its not too bad now !! I got sex ed at 15, 2 years too late
Oh well, could have been worse I wont be relying on school to tell Jas, but then she has already been told a few bits about Dylan cuz she wouldnt stop askin :rotfl:

Nicki

money_maker wrote: »

its not too bad now !! I got sex ed at 15, 2 years too late

experiental learning is all the rage now though! You quite possibly knew more than the teacher by the age of 15

My brother still lives in N Ireland, and was asked the facts of life by his son, then aged 4, on his way to drive through McDonalds. After a few attempts to fend it off, he decided to launch into the full Monte, and told the kid all there was to know. There was silence from the car seat in the back seat, so he asked, whether the kid had any questions. "Yes" came the answer, "Could I have a banana milkshake with my fries", and carrying on the family tradition, the subject has never been mentioned between father and son again, nephew now being 16!

Triggles

ML - I would think £40 would be plenty if BF'ing, but might need to be more if FF'ing (I just recently noticed the price on formula - ouch!!). Honestly, depending on what you're doing, you can trim it more if need be.

We're using cloth nappies during the day (and if going to be out and about) and disposable nappies at night. Well, once the initial tarry poo is done, anyway. And we will be buying the store brand (Sains) nappies - they work great, and, as DH works there, we get a discount, so it would be foolish to ignore that for us. We only buy the wipes when they are on sale, then stock up. And we buy the Sains basics nappy sacks, as they are incredibly cheap and work great. A store brand bottle of lotion and baby bath will last a really really long time, even used often, as you don't use that much at a time.

aless02

Silly question time...does anyone still use baby powder anymore??

(I mean, I used to use it in my bras in summertime, but obviously that's not what I mean )

searching_me

yes i still use it otherwise jaydens bum is not a pretty sight :rotfl: x

Triggles

I used to use it years ago, but I seem to recall some articles coming out (in the states) about it being safer to use cornstarch powder instead (less inhalant issues for babies) and just stopped using it. I also used to use it to keep drier when it was warm (TMI but skin fold areas, you know, like bras and such), but was told by GP that it would increase likelihood of thrush infection, so stopped using it. I know it's still sold in the baby aisle in stores, but I just don't buy it. (that being said, I do have a container of it that someone gave me with some other baby stuff when DS2 was born and it hasn't even been opened).

HypnoNu

the midwife in our antenatal classes said that they don't recommend talc any more because it has been know to cause deaths in the baby because they inhale it...

found this....
http://parenting.ivillage.com/baby/bsafety/0,,3q5k,00.html

tiamai_d

:mad:still here:mad:

No more trickles last night. I called them this morning anyway and they said that occasionally braxton hicks can cause a sudden increase in discharge. But I have to call them if it happens again.

aless02

Thanks all, just had a thought as to whether I needed to have some on hand for the baby comes!

elastigirl

aless02 wrote: »

Silly question time...does anyone still use baby powder anymore??

(I mean, I used to use it in my bras in summertime, but obviously that's not what I mean )

i use it more on my son now then when he was a baby. He loves putting it on after a bath. You do have to take what health vistors say sometimes with a pinch of salt but as a new mum at first i did every thing they told me i soon learnt to nod my head say yes then do want i felt was right.
They told me not to use talc as it gets on the baby's lungs and can cause breathing problems as there is a history of asthma in the family i didn't use it. There is a cream that turns into a powder effect but doesn't create the dust.