when u join up huggies n pampers clubs u get vouchers off nappies.
when chloe leaks its coz the leg cuffs are too loose, make sure you park their bum right in crease from where it was floded in 2. also, run your fingers along the inner cuffs to make sure they arent attatched to the lining other than at the ends. mand x
Mand, South Wales, Full-time working, single mother to 2 scarily independent girls.
I AM A PROUD PLUMERIA SISTER
Huggies always leak on me and my some of my kids were allergic, pampers were great but expensive x2, so I use Luvs, the pampers company makes them so the quality is still there just cheaper, but make sure you get the ones that have "bear hug" stretchy sides, if it doesn't have a pic of bear they don't. my kiddos are so chunky that if the sides don't stretch they are hard to put on properly, but the next size up is way to big. Wanna a funny picture, the nursery worker at my church put a size 6 diaper on my 3 month old son, how she mixed up my 3 year olds diaper with my infants is weird but she did. should have heard me as i was changing him. i kept going you got to be kidding, this diaper went clear up to the babies arm pits, I could have swaddled him in it lol. well there is your cup of cheer for the day, my baby in a huge diaper.
All newborn nappies leak because newborn poo is so runny and it shoots straight out!
The nappy I've found to leak the least is reuseable nappies (I use popolini one size) but they're very bulky on a small baby and it looks like the have a massive bum!
Nowadays on Madeleine they're fine because she's bigger. I use Pampers when I'm out and cloth nappies when I'm at home. I find Pampers really good. I don't have an issue with leaks anymore because her poo is solid and she doesn't wee that much.
I do find cloth nappies leak at night because they're not so absorbant so I put her in a disposable but even that sometimes leaks. So I put an outer wrap from the cloth nappies around a disposable and that works great.
^Madeleine used to hiccup a lot in the womb and she carried on for months when she was born!
A family friend has just gone into labour, having a home birth, so next time I see her she'll have a newborn! It's her second child, and she's expecting another girl
berni, freyja constantly had the hiccups when she was in the womb, she had them around 4 times a day in the later weeks and it drove me round the bend. she still gets them and they really annoy her!
"When I want your opinion, I'll beat it out of you" - Dr Samuel Loomis
aw wee shame! i know how you feel i have some kind of cold, it makes me sneeze reeeeally hard, stuffed up nose and a lovely phlegmy cough! i hope i dont give it to freyja, but apparently if you continue breastfeeding when you are ill you might actually protect the baby from the infection, probably antibodies or something being passed on.
i have just managed to get freyja down, after beginning her bedtime routine of bath at 8pm. she has fed for most of this time and i am a bit frazzled from it all, feeling like a cow being constantly milked lol. jamie came into the bedroom about 10 mins ago when i was trying to get her to sleep and he said oh well its nearly bedtime anyway. i didnt say anything back to him but i wanted to shout IS IT F*CK! iv been looking after the baby all day, it would be nice to get a little time to myself!!! i just put her in her bed and fcked off instead and he obv got the message i was staying up. but when people say that to me, that i should sleep when the baby sleeps i tell them all to get lost. its true in the very beginning, you need as much rest as you can get - for some people it takes longer than others to get into the swing of things - but if i went to bed when she went to bed i would NEVER have any time on my own, outside of taking care of her. sorry, not my idea of fun, i would go insane!
ok im done talking!
"When I want your opinion, I'll beat it out of you" - Dr Samuel Loomis
oh no, i can hear her stirring. look forward to this all you preggy girlies! shes in a routine now and usually goes down ok but some idiot is blaring their music in my block.
"When I want your opinion, I'll beat it out of you" - Dr Samuel Loomis
Madeleine sleeps through fireworks! seriously! I was quite worried on bonfire night and new year and she slept through everything! Lucky that... because next door is constantly playing music. grrr...
Raven, hang in there, it gets easier. It's such a change going from no baby, to baby. It's a shock to the system. I know what you mean feeling like a cow, but it does get better. I'm still breastfeeding Madeleine at night, but not in the day and I definately feel less cow-like. Once Freya gets on solids (it comes sooner than you'd expect! the time flies by!) you'll be less like a cow! Regarding sleep and getting time to yourself, you do what you want! it's your life, and what works for you, is the right thing to do!
I have to say, despite not expecting a bundle of joy myself / or having any children, i love reading this thread..
I lost a baby daughter at 24 weeks gestation (born stillborn) when i was in my teens.
I think about her on a daily basis. I miss her terribly but i know one day in the near future, when i have her brothers/sisters, she'll be looking over us all.
I'll be 22 this year, so as you can understand my broodyness is taking over!
I didn't want to put a dampner on things. I just wanted to say that over the past 4 years i've been very interested in pregnancy/birth, and there's been many a night i've sat until 4am reading up on the internet (as sad as it is!) I worked with children (ages 0-5) for around 3 years (on and off - couldn't settle in nurserys/daycares), came out of that career path when i was 18 as i just couldn't settle.
Due to my current situation (with severe depression/SI'ing/Agrophobia) i'm unemployed (my last job being in retail), and because i have so much time on my hands i'm thinking more on what i'd like to do when/if i recover. Midwifery is very high up on my agenda. Understandably due to the loss of my daughter i'm not entirely sure if emotionally i could handle complicated labours/stillbirth, but i feel very drawn to midwifery.
So, i love reading this thread and reading about peoples experiences with pregnancy/birth. I was very involved with my nieces (looking after my youngest niece Kaleigh on a regular basis) and enjoyed the days i spent with her - although i was lucky because she just fitted into a routine not long after she was born! She was a very layed back child.
My partner and i have discussed children in the near future - but i need to concentrate on getting better first.
So i hope you don't mind me popping in now and then and offering some support/advice (if i know of any!)..I'll be reading on a regular basis to see how all you mummies are getting on :)
OH also - just a tip i've given to a few of my friends (who have also become first time mums!)
If your baby has trouble settling without you cradling them to sleep - wrap a t-shirt/nightie/top around the mattress (over the top sheet) of the moses basket, the baby will recognise your smell (so make sure you wear it before hand) and will settle more easily while in the moses basket/cot.
This worked wonders when i looked after my friends baby for a while (while she was out at work), i used to wrap her in the t-shirt or wrap it around the mattress :) (This also worked with my niece).
Also - the end of a french stick (the hard bit) works wonders with teething! Gives them something to munch on/chew! And damp a flannel/cloth with water, pop it in the freezer for 30 minutes, then let the baby chew on it - it'll cool the gums down!
There's my top tips for the day..haha. They may not be helpful but i thought i'd pass it on anyway :)
xxx
thanks hellohefalump, i generally do cope ok with things its just occassionally im like whyyyy are you hungry again child, i just fed you half an hour ago!! and i get fed up with people telling me i should be doing things a certain way. freyja sleeping on her front is a problem, she wont sleep any other way and i have been getting hassle from the doctor and hv about it. i use a sensor mat and put the alarm on every time she goes down so if she stopped breathing the alarm would sound, and i check her regularly too. i know that there is an increased risk of cot death with her sleeping that way but what am i supposed to do, if she wont sleep any other way i cant physically make her stay asleep on her back or side. they keep telling me to persevere and i keep trying but i fail every time. i feel terrible about it but i cant do anything to stop it. and i suspect it might be related to her clicky hip , perhaps its uncomfortable or painful for her to sleep on her side and she wont sleep on her back because its painful with her reflux. *sigh* my hands are tied really.
dramatic, we of course dont mind you commenting and keeping track of this thread. i am sorry to hear about your daughter, i cant imagine what you must have gone through and what you must still be going through. i think it is a wise idea to get yourself better before considering having a child, and i hope that soon you will be and you will be welcoming a little bundle of joy into the world. good luck with it all!!
i am going to try the tshirt thing when freyja next has an unsettled night. luckily, she went back to sleep earlier, my partner dealt with it and i think it was a matter of giving her back a wee rub or maybe he gave her a dummy, im not sure as i stayed in the living room and was only going by what i could hear on the monitor!
"When I want your opinion, I'll beat it out of you" - Dr Samuel Loomis
Raven - the frustrating thing is when having a baby for the first time is that people outside of the family always believe "they know better". I've always believed in alot of situations, as a mother, that gut feelings are always best.
Both my nieces slept on there tummy - despite mothers being told now that putting a baby on there tummy causes more risk of cot death - alot of the babies i have looked after will only sleep on there tummys! I'd just say go with what you feel is right. There's no point putting a baby in a position which will cause them to have an unsettled sleep because "people say so".
Goodluck with using a T-shirt! When i've used it with babies i've looked after, it's always worked, so fingers crossed for you!
As for me - i have my bad days thinking of Tamira (my daughter), but agreeably, i need to get myself better before even thinking of having another child. I think i'll always feel a certain amount of guilt with the loss of Tamira, i'll always miss her, it's just a matter of coping with it better as it's impossible to ever move on emotionally from a loss of a child.
Enough about me anyway, hate to put a dampner on things.
hey there!
raven, tell the dr and HV this is *my* baby, not yours, i have to do what is right for me day to day. Chloe has slept on her side from birth, she doesn't like being swaddled and at leasto n her side one arm is pinned down so there's 50% of the waking up problem sorted... just what to do with the arm that still waves about!
chloe never had the hiccups inside, has them constantly now tho.
the laxatives are well... sort of working, she's pooing at least, but still v painful beforehand. i walked up to the shops this evening, i was nearly 2hrs, took me 60mins to get home (10 min walk), pouring rain, cold... Chloe would not stop screaming. I had to stop in 2 bus shelters on the way home to sort her out coz she was getting to choking sort of stage and i bought too much heavy stuff, was having a hard time stopping the pram from tipping, couldnt lift the back end up the kerbs, so had to walk the long way around to get up the dropped kerbs, including wading through an ankle deep puddle in fabricy black ballet pump style shoes.
mand x (with wet toes still)
Mand, South Wales, Full-time working, single mother to 2 scarily independent girls.
I AM A PROUD PLUMERIA SISTER
doesnt sound like a good journey mand! glad to hear the laxatives are taking some effect, how long has she been on them?
the hv called today and said she just wanted to see i was ok as she wondered if i felt ganged up on the other day. she says that wasnt their intention but its just that its not advised for babies to sleep on their front and she understands that i am doing all i can to make it safer with the sensor mat and checking her but she is concerned about what toll it will take on my health if i am constantly on guard and checking her. i told her not to worry, i am fine. she also echoed my suspicions about the clicky hip having something to do with her sleeping positions and she told me to mention this at the physio appt.
dramatic, i completely agree. everywhere you go, someone has some kind of advice for you about your baby. its ok if your asking, or if your somewhere like this thread or a pregnancy/baby forum, but when you're just going about your business and strangers or even occassionally family members (mum) start dishing out 'advice' that you didnt ask for it can be very, very annoying.
dont feel you cant talk about yourself or Tamira here, this is a baby support thread and i think you are perfectly entitled to post here be it happy or sad things you are talking about.
"When I want your opinion, I'll beat it out of you" - Dr Samuel Loomis
aw hen...i'll set freyja on him. remember what i told you about men being childish when the due date approaches. jamie fell out with me one night when i was heavily pregnant, didnt speak to me for 6 hours because i cooked pie and chips instead of carbonara...men are dumb sometimes.
"When I want your opinion, I'll beat it out of you" - Dr Samuel Loomis
My brother freaked out when his first daughter (my first niece) arrived. Must be a man thing.
Raven - thankyou for making me feel welcome. I'll probably pop on here quite often so you'll see me about. Sometimes i ramble on unneccessarily so i'll apologise in advance for that!
BTW Freyja is gorgeous :)
xxxx
i think it definately is a man thing!
no worries at all hun. i am also guilty of the odd ramble
and thank you very much, she is beautiful when shes not screaming lol.
"When I want your opinion, I'll beat it out of you" - Dr Samuel Loomis
The reason they (stupidly) ask for I.D. is because of liscencing laws, you have to be 16 (accompanied by parents) with I.D., and 18 (if not accompanied by adults) to buy soft drinks.
It's daft i know, i used to work in a pub part time. I only worked in a small village pub though, where everyone knew everyone, so i served younger kids (when they were with there parents, i.e. when we had charity events on etc where kids showed up) anyway.
That happened to me in a pub round here not so long ago, you're right bloody annoying!
And the man hing, yes mine is freaking out too, or at least acting like a bit of a freak! He's gone running this morning, might seem normal enough but he worked till 3 this morn and has hardly slept then had a go at me because I asked him why he doesn't stay in bed a bit longer.
