MSE Parents Club Part 11

tiamai_d

DH makes me do the truffle shuffle!

re bumbo, pick one up cheap from ebay so that you can sell it on again and you don't waste money. I bought mine from mothercare and regret it. Should have just grabbed a used one.

When DS2 was a baby he had plagio and the bumbo company gave us a load of them to raffle off, my friend won one and she used it all the time, her lo loved it! So it's kinda upto each baby.

cazscoob

sorry!!! i just put it on last night and it sold straight away! wish i had of known, ill look about for you what are definate nos

jillie1974

kindof- if you know anyone who has one i'd 'borrow' theirs first. i wish i had but got caught up in the 'i want a bumbo'

when you look on ebay there are loads everyday ffor sale. so if you do decide to get one i;d get one from there.

SugarSpun

KOAG Molly loves her Bumbo but has figured out how to escape it and can also pull the tray out from under :eek:

tiamai_d

Caz, I think I'll wait till holiday time and then go up to the pram centre and try some out. It's hard to get one that I can push and hold onto Christopher at the same time.

While we are on that, am I wrong for turning down a maclaren major for him? OT offered us one but I said no. He can't walk down to the school but I would rather use the car and have him walk part of it than have a buggy. I just feel that before you know it we will use it just this once so we can go this place and then soon he will be using it all the time.

newmoneysaver_2

We haven't had much use of the the bumbo either. I used to use it on clingy days - pop Liam in the bumbo on the kitchen side so I could finish washing up or making bottles up, but now I pop him in his highchair.

Luckily ours was onlya tenner from a friend. I think it's going on ebay when I can be bothered - along with his rocking chair, his bouncy chair, bath support, moses basket & stand, Lindam feeding system and anything else we have bought and not used as much as I thought we would :rotfl:

kindofagilr

Thanks for all the advice on the bumbo

Yeah the smoking thing, I amjust gonna have to be strong and think like I still have beany inside me lol

feelinggood_2

Kindof, I quit a few years ago, but OH quit when I got pregnant. He found it hard, but he didn't go back to it because, like Caz mentioned, I told him that he'd have to wash and change before holding the baby. Children whose parents smoke are twice as likely to smoke themselves - I found remembering that helped.

This page on babies and smoking is helpful:
http://www.kellymom.com/health/lifestyle/smoking.html
The mention of cot death reminds me and OH why we don't smoke.

cazscoob

would a buggy board help tia? or even attach a wrist restraint onto the pram and ask him to hold it? the P&T has a strap on it and if we are out charlie holds onto it, will need to get something for the new buggy?

SugarSpun

OH quit smoking when I was pregnant, mostly because he was afraid that his smoking would encourage our kids to smoke but also because the smell made me heave _pale_

I tried smoking when I was a naughty teenager but didn't like it.