Preparing for winter II

Confuzzled

LilacPixie wrote: »

SHHHHHHHHHHHHHH:rotfl: We lived in semi rural scotland so thats probably the reason for my stores. OH has a fit ifwe lose electricity for any more than 3 seconds.

Anyway i'm due in Feb, we are not allowed a bad winter, I have a fear of giving birth at home/in the toilet

i don't want to worry you but given how bad it was last year and the predictions of a comparable winter this year, it may be an idea to have a box of items prepared at home just in case you DO have to deliver there!

i would also make sure that within one month of your due date you're very careful to always make sure the car has at least half a tank of petrol, you have an extensive car emergency box in place in the INSIDE of the car (locked in a frozen boot helps no one!), as well as winter tyres if possible. info on shortest and safest routes to the hospital would be good too

please though remember that if things are really dicey outside and you go into labour it's much safter to deliver in a warm home than risk driving to the hospital unless you have a known complication... you can always call emergency services and they can talk the other half through if you or they can't get you to the hospital in time!

i'll be praying for you that you don't have to deal with any of the above mentioned but with such precious 'cargo' it's best to sersiouly plan ahead, better safe than sorry!

Confuzzled

tru wrote: »

I've eaten raw potatoes for years. I used to pinch them while my mum was peeling them. My nan got fed up with me asking for them all the time so she gave me a raw onion, thinking it would shut me up. It didn't, I ate it and asked for more

Everyone says you shouldn't eat them but they don't affect me at all.

i used to eat raw potatoes with salt too!

they won't kill you but they can upset your stomach if you eat a lot of them. one thing i will say about potatoes, raw or cooked, do NOT eat the green bits, chuck those away, they are full of oxalic acid (same thing as in rhubarb leaves) which is poisonous. you'd have to eat a lot to kill you but it could make you quite ill which you def don't want if you're snowed in!

carriebradshaw

jackieglasgow wrote: »

Diddly, what about buying a cheap tent to put the dogs' beds inside? Its the right time of year to get a bargain one, too.

Oops posted to soon, sorry Primrose, great minds and all that!

we did that for our doggie a few years back when we lived in a chilly cottage, we bought a kids pop up play tent and put the dog bed inside, she used to love it

it's wild and windy here today,we've had thunder, lightening & hail stones, doesn't feel cold though,have had some power cuts this morning too but only lasted for about a minute each time luckily

sammy_kaye18

hello

have been fighting with my 9 week old the last few days as she hates blankets and worried that if our tempermental radiator decides not to work come winter that she'll freeze. not lietrally but you knwo what I mean.

Have tried sneaking it onto her when shes asleep but she wakes up

have seen a blanket that is more a pram suit that you can zip the fron t up and like popper the corners together to make arm holes and its like a fleece wrap but if you undo the whole thing you have a fleece blanket - wish i could make that clearer but hopefully someone else knows what Im on about.

Was given a lovely NEXT baby grow by a friend when holy was born and put it on her last night. It feels lovely and soft and I figure it will be quite warm too as its quite thick. Have looked online and they do them with turn over scratch mittens so her hands would be warm too for £7 each. figure its an alternative if she still doesnt like blankets by christmas

diddly74

Good ideas about that tent! I shall pop that on my list!

Sammy_Kaye - when my children were tiny my Mother in lawy made from a fleece blanket a fab baby sleeping bag - long before they became vogue - my eldest is 11 now.

She bascially made an Over-long coat/jacket for the baby with little elasticated cuffs and soft lace round the neckline (it had to be "OVER-LONG" as my first little girl was 58cm long and looked like a skinned rabbit and my 2nd was 54cm long and nearly 10lb) with a zip un the front and sewed up the bottom like a bag. It was rather large and lasted the girls until they were over 12 months old, so you can imagine how big it was really, but they never were able to kick off a blanket in the winter.

The other plus side of it was - as my hubby couldn't drive and worked nights I could take the baby straight from her cot and put her in the car seat without waking her when I had to ferry him to/from work when his lift failed. She was slipped into the car with an extra blanket if she needed it all snug and warm and no grumpiness!

A baby sleeping bag (preferably with sleeves) would be one of my first purchases if I ever had another.

happyin_devon

sammy-kaye
those baby grobag things are just brill,how about a search on e*ay or your local netm*ms site to see if anyone has 1for sale,ds1(now 6!) was destined to freeze with his blanket kicking antics til i got one!

NualaBuala

happyin_devon wrote: »

sounds like my house! i often have to take OFF a layer when i go out!

Glad I'm not the only one!

jackieglasgow wrote: »

I really don't think this thread is the place to be discussing the country's economic situation, can we get back to hot water bottles and fleece blankets, please?

Yes, were two threads merged or something? Seemed like two parallel discussions going on and I am easily confused!

Speaking of hot water bottles, has anyone tried the microwavable hot water bottles? I don't mean wheat bag type things, they have pockets of gel or water inside a cover. I like the idea of microwaving my heat source as it's cheaper and more energy efficient than boiling a kettle. But then I read that wheat bag type things can combust if you cover them over so not good for warming a bed. On the other hand maybe a plain old rubber hot water bottle is best because if I have a power cut (admittedly very rare and tend to be very short where I live) at least I could boil water on my gas hob so could still have warm bed.

jackieglasgow

I think the "winter of discontent" thread got megred into this one, which probably wasn't the best place for it, as it was going off on a political tangent rather than the OP's original course.

tiff

Another case of senseless merging of threads.

NualaBuala

jackieglasgow wrote: »

I think the "winter of discontent" thread got megred into this one, which probably wasn't the best place for it, as it was going off on a political tangent rather than the OP's original course.

Aha .... well it's been an education for me. Over here, we're set to have a harsh budget in December but I will just have to make the best of it. I'll be as prepared as I can be (my general preparations for winter won't really change though) but I'm not going to fret about it.