MSE Newborn to 1 year Baby Club 1

fluffnutter

dizziblonde wrote: »

We've had a nightmare shifting cradle cap - doesn't look like she's got much of it as she's got so much thick dark hair (not something she got from me since mine's as fine as it comes and blonde!) but you catch yourself looking down on her and seeing patches of it and dentinox shampoo is RUBBISH!

Think in the end just gentle hairbrushing with a baby hairbrush has done the bulk of the trick for us - with her eating the fine toothed comb while I was using the hairbrush!

Ooh, that's interesting because I was wondering whether to get some dentinox for Freddie. My hippy midwife friend recommends gentle brushing with a baby brush. She's right about most things and looks like she's spot on here too

dizziblonde

Well the dentinox makes her head smell nice when you snuggle up to her fluffy just out of the bath hair - so it's got ONE use at least!

Her hair's at that amusing length at the moment where it's too long to stay neat, but too short to have enough weight to pull it to lie sensible so it's some cracking cases of bed-head this week!

fluffnutter

Do that single ponytail on top of her head thing!

savageHK

PrincessLou wrote: »

Just noseying on your thread and wondered if i could ask some advice? I'm 17 weeks pregnant with twins and wanted to start buying some basics - plain white bodysuits/vests.

I was wondering how many of these did you need for your baby? I don't want to buy a ridiculous amount but then i don't want to be washing all the time either! :eek:

My twins will be born in May so i was going to buy 7 sleeveless bodysuits and 7 short sleeved bodysuits for each baby, in both sizes newborn and 0-3 months. What do you think? Or will i need more than this?

Any advice would be really much appreciated!

Congrats! As twins likely to be a bit smaller than my monster who practically missed newborn size so I'd think you'd get some use out of newborn. And 0-3 won't go off! I had a December baby and honestly don't layer vests / sleepsuits like others seem to - he's most often in just a sleepsuit so I have piles of unused vests. Vests are only used for us if no bottoms (in his sleeping bag) or if with trousers (and those aren't great as they're a bit of a pain for easy nappy access - give me poppers!!). As you'll be in warmer weather (hopefully) you might end up with them wearing only vests but I'd probably still stick him in a sleepsuit (perhaps a footless one though) instead if it were me. Hubby doesn't like vests as they are a pain to get on (over the head) - he prefers things with bigger neck openings or with poppers all the way up the middle sleepsuit style.

Another thing we didn't realise was how idiotic some baby clothes are access-wise - you don't want things with poppers up the back - the poppers down the front and down both legs design is really the best IMHO (at least at first)....

DayDreamBeliever_2

dizziblonde wrote: »

We've had a nightmare shifting cradle cap - doesn't look like she's got much of it as she's got so much thick dark hair (not something she got from me since mine's as fine as it comes and blonde!) but you catch yourself looking down on her and seeing patches of it and dentinox shampoo is RUBBISH!

Think in the end just gentle hairbrushing with a baby hairbrush has done the bulk of the trick for us - with her eating the fine toothed comb while I was using the hairbrush!

Witless greyhound they've thankfully managed to fix her sore foot without needing to put her under anaesthetic at least - brings the potential £300 bill I was dreading back to a less eye-watering (but still painful just before payday) £60.

On the 2 occasions i've gone near her hair with a baby brush she's ended up with incredibly uncontrollable frizzy hair, I blame her daddys bajan genes

turtlemoose

I tried olive oil, brushing, and breastmilk for cradle cap, none of them had much of an effect. I used dentinox shampoo, and within a week of following the instructions (wash and really massage it in to the scales, rinse, wash again, rinse, every other day) I noticed quite an improvement, within less than 3 weeks he was scaly no more! He did get a couple last week but I went back to the dentinox for a couple of washes and it's gone again.

Gillyx

Dentinox worked a treat here too I still use it now as I have 2 bottles of it, think I'll be using it for the next 4 years :eek:

katiechoc_2

Dentinox worked a treat here too, saw an improvement after the first two washes and it was gone after a week. Still use it every few washes as I like the smell

Sunshine - hope today saw an improvement, thinking of you x

moneypenny21

Thinking of you Sunshine and hoping things improve.

Good luck with the parents Marta!

Savage - I missed the newborn stage basically with my "little" monster too she is just out of "up to 1 month" - I agree, some baby clothes are SO impractical!! I always have to put an easy baby grow on her for the night just incase I need to change her - also vests with short sleeves are much more of a pain in my opinion than sleeveless! Luckily Daddy is the expert at dressing her :T

*Nutella*

martafdz wrote: »

Could you recommend a baby thermometer? I have a normal digital one that says different temperatures within seconds, so I need a new one anyway. I'm wondering if it would be best the dummy thermometer, the ear thermometer or any other. I realized yesterday that if she were ill I have no way of telling if she's got fever and crying itself might not be the best indicator for us, we might think it's her tummy again!

We have a contactless thermometer, which I love. You can measure the temperature of a human or of an item (such as a bottle of milk) and the advantage of contactless is that you can use it whilst your baby's asleep. Ear thermometers can be a bit of a challenge once your little one is older - my LO had her temperature taken by the GP a few weeks back, and I had to hold her head still, as she kept turning it to see what was happening to her ear! We have the Microlife NC100 and it's fab

Edited to say: oops, just realised you've already bought a thermometer!... Oh well