MSE Parents Club Part 16

wendz86

Well we have had our first Christmas tree accident. Last couple of days Poppy is pulling herself up on everything. I have a table with the chirstmas tree on and her toybox in front in the hope she couldn't reach it. She managed to pull herself up to standing lent right over the box and pulled the christmas tree which went crashing to the ground and her lovely 1st christmas ornament i bought her was smashed. Thankfully she was ok but a bit annoyed about the ornament.

*BigBird*

Aw, that's a shame about the ornament, Wendz. Can you get a replacement? At least Poppy is OK though.

I'm still undecided as to whether we'll put the tree up this year, in case Joe tries to do something similar. The Childminder has hers up so I'm going to see how much interest he shows in that and then decide.

wendz86

I might be able to. I am glad my sister also bought her a 1st christmas decoration which is a little stocking so that can't be broken!

Sounds like a good plan to see his interest. She isn't that interested but i think because she is pulling herself up on everything she just grabbed on.

jennynoo

Just posting this here so you also see it (I already posted on the pregnancy thread)

This is a really good guide to coping at night with a baby published by the Baby Friendly Initiative and UNICEF. http://www.unicef.org.uk/Documents/B...ight_Final.pdf

gizmodo_2

jenjade wrote: »

hey peeps just popped in from the pregnancy thread to ask a question. I do read comments here to. cant wait for baby to come so i can join you all!

I have really really bad acid reflux. Did any of you have this in pregnancy and how soon after baby arrived did it stop?? It is driving me insane and making me feel very low at the moment. It is always much worse when i lie down

Yeah, I had this. I had a glass of milk before bed every night and found that helped. I had a couple of odd nights towards the end where it was so bad it made me throw up. On those nights I slepted more upright (still on my side) propped with pillows in bed...I found that helped a lot. And yes, it stopped instantly after giving birth.

Lauralou

Hi. I'm just after some advice about what a newborn baby should sleep in at night.

I'm due on thee 30th - so not long now:eek::rotfl: We have got a moses basket for the baby, it does come with a cover but think i prob wont use that until baby is a bit older. When we go to bed our room is warm but then during the night it's gets cold. I'm thinking maybe leaving our heater onto low. What best for baby to sleep in? I was thinking vest,sleepsuit, a hat and blanket round her. Will that be enough for a newborn?

Thanks x:)

wendz86

HI!

Poppy is in a vest, sleepsuit and a 2.5 tog sleeping bag and a blanket. Your LO will be too little for a sleeping bag so woud say a blanket but maybe a couple of layers of blanket.

This page has a guide near the bottom: http://www.babycentre.co.uk/baby/buyingforbaby/cotscribsbedding/bedding/

Our room is about 16 at night at the moment so depending on temp would be 2 or 3 layers of blanket probably.

jennynoo

If the bed is really cold when you go in it might help to place a hot water bottle there for a while first to warm it up a bit. I think the main worry though is not so much about them getting cold - although you have to be sensible and Erin sometimes wouldn't sleep if too cold - but about them overheating which can cause febrile convulsions so you just have to feel baby and try to use common sense about how many layers to put them in. I would say vest and sleepsuit and a blanket if you can keep it on. I know some people had fleecy sleepsuits but they would be harder to remove if LO got hot.

Make-it-3

Just to add babies should not wear a hat indoors - its one of the main contributors to overheating

mirrorimage0

i second the not wearing a hat because if the overheating, but i do keep my babys scratch mits on as his hands get freezing otherwise.

he goes to bed with a vest and sleepsuit and mits, with a blanket over him,