12 to 24 week pregnancy thread

Sparkles87

We've got the mothercare Trenton reserved, got the rain cover and isofix base all for under £300.

I'm still undecided on BF or not, pumps are just so expensive!

Metranil_Vavin

Sorry Giz...but apart from you, no one else seems to post in there!

Will post on both..how about that?

gizmodo_2

mrsj28 wrote: »

how many pairs of socks a newborn baby needs

IMO none. DD lived in sleepsuits for pretty much the first 6 months. To dress her up a bit, I'd use a patterned sleepsuit with a dress over the top!

But - for when they get old enough to wear them, Sock Ons are great!! One of our best buys.

Metranil_Vavin wrote: »

Scratch mitts are a good idea though as baby's have a habit of scratching their faces to pieces!

I struggled to get mitts on - probably because I thought she was a china doll in those early days! I preferred the Sainsbury sleepsuits that had the fold over bits on the arms.

gizmodo_2

Sparkles87 wrote: »

We've got the mothercare Trenton reserved, got the rain cover and isofix base all for under £300.

I'm still undecided on BF or not, pumps are just so expensive!

Don't buy a pump until you know you can BF. Or do what I did - get the cheap Tommee Tippee manual one (about £10 in the sales).

I never needed an electric one, my supply was so good it took me 5 minutes to manually pump a bottle. So really it's best to wait before spending any serious money.

Also, DD wouldn't take the bottle, and I can't donate milk, so all my expressed milk went in the bin and then I never bothered. The manual pump was still useful for taking the edge off occasionally and also for the rare occassions I went out...like I went to Sonisphere for the day and had to express milk in the portaloo to stop my boobs from exploding

mrsj28

I am chuckling to myself now because the 'how many pairs of socks' question was just an example of the really ridiculous sort of questions I might ask.....

Apparently it's actually a hot topic for discussion!! Who knew?!

dippydooda - is it just you and me not finding out at the scan about the gender?

Loving all the input on prams (and socks :rotfl:), there's nothing like hearing it first hand! I think after the 20 week scan at some point we'll go and push around some pushchairs (or trolleys as DH likes to call them...) in the big mothercare near us.

Metranil_Vavin

No questions are stupid questions MrsJ

Keep 'em coming!

gizmodo_2

mrsj28 wrote: »

I am chuckling to myself now because the 'how many pairs of socks' question was just an example of the really ridiculous sort of questions I might ask.....

Apparently it's actually a hot topic for discussion!! Who knew?!

:rotfl: It's amazing the stuff you talk about when it comes to babies

dippydooda - is it just you and me not finding out at the scan about the gender?

I'm not either. But not meant to be here.

mrsj28

Ok, if I'm allowed to keep my questions coming... (you are all going to regret being so nice to me soon):

- How useful is the car seat/travel system combo? I don't really like the idea of a newborn being in a car seat for too long and would rather put them in a pram or lie-flat pushchair. I can walk to shops and friends' places locally, but will occasionally drive and then use the pushchair at the destination (I sound like a sat nav saying 'destination..). Would be interested to know how much people actually used the car seat as part of the travel system, i.e. pushing around the frame with the car seat on top (or however it works!!!).

Must get on and do some work. I work from home, which makes a snow day out of the question, how depressing!! It's far too interesting to come on hear and ask about socks.

Gillyx

I used my car seat a lot in the beginning, my wee one had reflux and wouldn't lay flat at all without writhing in agony. I really didn't want to use it, and wasn't convinced I would before he was born, but it was a life saver for us, particularly because he wouldn't sit in a bouncer or his swing after feeds where he had to be kept up right, so I'd sit him in his car seat (even in the house!) for 10 minutes to keep him up right! I did use my carrycot a lot though once we got him onto the right meds and milk

The thing that mattered most to me was parent facing, and it still does. I know with some prams with the carry cot, if they only face forward after that, depending on how big your baby is, could be out of them by 8 weeks, which is quite young to be facing out.

Sparkles87

Mrsj, we were advised that baby shouldn't be in the car seat for more than 1.5-2 hours so if you're out for the day then you'd want the pram bit rather than the car seat in the chassis. But for short times at your destination, the car seat would be fine.

The hardest thing I've thought of is food shopping...baby and trolley. What are people's best way of dealing with this with a teeny one too small for the seated trolleys?