Having a baby Old Style???

Loadsabob

If you bake your own brown bread to start with (sure to be recipes here) then you'll know EXACTLY what's in it! Good luck with that, sounds like a great project!

jellyhead

farleys rusks are around 29% sugar :eek:

i use them sometimes, but baby doesn't drink sugary juice, he has cold plain water (and he loves it!)

ice cream for a baby? i'm always telling my sister off for giving my baby tastes of the junk she's eating, he's lactose intolerant and last week she gave him some cream off her cream cake! happily he vomited on her new rug :rotfl:

does your baby like marmite? there was a sample in a baby pack i had, it had a scan picture of a baby gurning at the horrible marmite taste coming from mummy lol!

Karnam

haha that's the only leaflet i kept from one of those bounty packs, its just too funny to throw out! they give her ice cream cause it helps her teething but none the less i dont like them doing it! its only a lick or two though so i guess it could be a lot worst and if i really hated it and said something they'd stop.... still its just ice cream, i ate it by the bucketload when pregnant so its my own fault if she likes it. hope she likes cookie dough though, my OH hates it

jellyhead

my baby's lactose intolerant so he hasn't had ice cream, but he takes bites of ice lolly from his brother. his face is really funny, he looks as if he hates it but it's just the cold - if he hated it he wouldn't keep diving back for more.

by the way it's real nappy week starting april 24th. you can get details from wen.org.uk of local events, but i can't get the website to work for me.

Sarahsaver

It amuses me how often it all goes to pot, our good intentions. I vowed never to let dd have sweets/chocolate until she was 2, Mum corrupted her before that 'It's just a bag of buttons...' you know the type of thing. Before that DD called raisins sweeties and we were doing just fine. Had to laugh to myself today bcos there was ms modern parent/yummy(ish) mummy with toddler eating breadsticks and raisins, and what was her approx 6 y.o. daughter eating? A big f off industrial sized Magnum ice cream ROTFLMAO!
My kids all had terry nappies, and I would say to anyone just setting out on the journey of parenthood, start as you mean to go on, lay good foundations and you will reap the benefits.
Went into a shop today and 6yo ds said 'mummy did you pay for that or did you have a voucher' I am SO proud Teachers continue to be astounded (and relieved!) that my kids know all about food and how its made, and ds2 saw lambs and wanted to know what they taste like rather than saying 'aah' at them.

SusanCarter

Savvy_Sue wrote:

One thing that could be done to lessen any disadvantage to summer born babies would be to stop insisting that children enter school in the September after they are 4, and instead allow them to start when they are ready!

I would not mind so much if this seemed to give better results than the 3 term entry we used to have, but the research being done at the time indicated that it did not! Allowing children to start Reception later in the year didn't put them at a disadvantage; forcing them into school before they were ready seemed to set them back.

When I started school (1984) we all started in September but you were part time until the term you were five. I was part time for one term (born in March) and my mum used to have to come in to get me as I'd try to stay all day and hope no one would notice. You don't actually *have* to send your child to school until the term they are five (which I think is why we went full time at that point) but obviously if you wait you may not get into the school of your choice.

ForOurFuture

My daughter is 6 months old and I don't work (Gave notice a month before I found out I was pregnant - Doh!!). I made the decision to breastfeed not because it was free but because I believed it would be better for my daughter. I lasted 3 weeks as my baby did not latch on correctly and my did I feel guilty. So breast feed because you want to, not because it is a cheap option.

When spending money on the larger items such as pram, cot etc make sure you do some research. I went for what I thought I could afford but now wish I had spent a little more to get something that I felt more comfortable with. For example I went for a buggy with car seat which has been ok, but the left tyre keeps deflating and the cover over the car seat has been stretched due to use and now just slides off. Also my baby sleeps in her buggy and I wish now that I had a pram that I could lay flat so that her back was flat and not curved for periods of naps. My friend spent 500 pounds on hers I spent 169. Hers is easy to steer, supports the baby very well and is very easy to collapse. I don't even attempt to collapse mine. I think that she made a good investment and that I didn't. I will have to get another one if I have more children!

Second hand is ok but you should buy new car seats (just in case it has been in an accident) and a new matress for moses baskets, cots etc advisable to help prevent SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome). I agree with buying second hand clothes you can get some excellent items from car boots, ebay etc and for the first 3 months my baby lived in babygrows (white so they were easy to wash in large amounts - my baby has reflux so is always bringing up milk).

I spend my child allowance exclusively on my daughter. I get 17.50 a week. I follow the old adage (from my mother) spend a bit and save a bit. It mostly goes on nappies (disposable) and formula (approx 6.50), the odd small toy and clothing. At the moment it covers all her needs, the savings can be used later for shoes etc which I think that she will need every 6 mweeks!!

Last thing - most of my working friends who have had children have gone back to work but only part-time, they mostly use grandparents to leave the baby with or have adjusted husbands work pattern to help out. Their babies cope better being left with different people. I don't have parents now and my partner's parents are too old to look after my baby so she goes balistic if I try to leave her for even 5 minutes with anyone other than her dad. (Mind you we have saved alot of money by not being able to go out as a couple!!).

Hope that this has helped

Simba_25

What a great thread!! i have just wasted the last 3 hours while my 3 year old is at school reading through it oooops! lol I will get that washing done one day! lol

I am 10 weeks pregnant and have made a note of the tips listed here, they are great! With my first i bought everything new, still didnt cost a fortuneas i was a single mum on benifits! but i won;t be doing so this time, even though myslef and my partner work.

I swear by Asda for baby clothes (and kids clothes) you can get a lot of stuff from there cheaper then you can second hand stuff!!! All the clothes (almost all my clothes for my 3 year old) have all washed fantastically and lasted too. I would reccomend them to anyone! Ok they are not next or gap or anything like that, but who cares! They do the same job

I just wish i'd of kept my stuff from my first pregnancy instead of giving it all away lol

Spirited_2

I have spent ages reading this thread and hope to be needing the advice in the not too distant future (not pregnant yet ). There's some great stuff here that I never would have thought of.

jellyhead wrote:

here's a moneysaving tip - don't buy farleys rusks. everyone i know says their husbands sneakily eat them.

I found that out when I bought them for a sick pet, they went way too quickly for only rodent sized bites.

Thanks xxx

ancasta_2

Im so glad my "baby" has been resurrected... dont forget to thank that lovely original poster