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The Pregnancy Chat Thread!
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Going for my 20 week scan in a few hours
Does anyone know if you need a full bladder for this one?
@Penny I'm so glad to have a parking space at work, such a lifesaver.0 -
No you don't need a full bladder for this one. Good luck
Having very little experience with babies, I fear I'm only thinking about the obvious things that will be needed. Like buggy, car-seat, cot, clothes. I'm sure there are a wealth of other items that will be necessary!
If you are unsure if you are breastfeeding or not, should you buy a steriliser and bottles just in case? How do you choose the bottles?
At what age would you usually begin to use a playpen? (are these still used?)
So far, I have a moses basket, crib and pram. I will not have to buy too many clothes at the start, but what is absolutely necessary?
What did you realise you needed and were surprised you hadn''t previously thought of?0 -
No you don't need a full bladder for this one. Good luck
Having very little experience with babies, I fear I'm only thinking about the obvious things that will be needed. Like buggy, car-seat, cot, clothes. I'm sure there are a wealth of other items that will be necessary!
If you are unsure if you are breastfeeding or not, should you buy a steriliser and bottles just in case? How do you choose the bottles?
At what age would you usually begin to use a playpen? (are these still used?)
So far, I have a moses basket, crib and pram. I will not have to buy too many clothes at the start, but what is absolutely necessary?
What did you realise you needed and were surprised you hadn''t previously thought of?
Hi whispered,
I would buy the steriliser and bottles just in case. We use tommee tippee as we were breastfeeding/expressing, after 4 weeks my milk stopped so he had to go fully on formula. I would recommend a playpen/travel cot as you have a dog/dogs but I didn't need it till 6 months when he grew out of pram. I would also buy baby/dog gates if you haven't already. I wouldn't go too mad on clothes as you get sooooooooo many presents. Most people give you outfits not vests, bibs, socks and babygrows so I would buy them
I got 5 up to 1 month baby grows 5 up to 1 month vests then the rest were 0-3 months. Up to 1 month only lasted him 10 days!!! 0 -
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Plek Trum posted this yesterday and I thought it was great value, bought the newborn starter kit and steriliser with some burp cloths to take it over the €30 for free deliveryGreat sake in Guineys on Avent products - got microwave steriliser and newborn bottle starter pack for 26euros. Exact same items in Boots come to over 70euros.
http://guineys.ie/baby-nursery/feeding-time.html0 -
Brilliant, thanks! I was looking through the list on the link and will admit to being very confused by the nipple brush. Until I realised it was referring to bottle teats.
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What is the purpose of a soother. Does the baby learn to be soothed by it or are the naturally soothed by it? Can they be skipped altogether?0 -
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So you'd recommend Dr Browns then over others? How many bottles do you need to buy?
Maybe we need a "first timer silly questions" thread :pac:
The reason I say dr browns is that if your baby gets colic or reflux you will more than like likely end up buying dr browns. I had intended to exclusively breastfed and only bought the tommee tippee bottles because they were soooo cheap! I bought their breast pump too and you can pump directly Into the bottles my baby didn't get colic/reflux thank god! We used madela as I had to rent a hospital pump and used avent as I borrowed a avent double pump. He was not one bit fussy and took all the teets! I had a crazy amount of bottles as I was pumping but 6 would be grand plus you will get a small bottle free with your steriliser my baby fed every 2 hours :eek: as the breast milk isn't as filling as formula hence the need for all the bottles! 0 -
One of my midwives raved about these http://www.amazon.co.uk/MAM-Anti-Colic-Self-Sterilising-Bottle-Starter/dp/B004BATV96 this is a good deal, no need for a steriliser as you just put each bottle in microwave with a little water in each bottle and unless I'm reading it wrong you get 8 bottles which includes 4 big ones. They have 6 tommee tippee for £7.20 that is the cheapest I have seen them
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tommee-Tippee-Closer-Feeding-Bottles/dp/B004GCJFA4/ref=sr_1_6?s=baby&ie=UTF8&qid=1406648645&sr=1-6&keywords=Bottle+set0 -
I'm on the couch with my three day old strapped to my chest feeding for her third consecutive hour, breastfeeding is wonderful, but it's hard work. If you think you'd like to bf I personally think it's not good to get any bottle supplies "just in case" because it's soooo tempting to give up and use them We didn't get anything and this way I have to really make sure I put the effort into figuring out how the bf works (there's a lot to learn!!!) 0
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Fair play to you Jerrica I have made the decision not to be, but I'm sure the nurses will make me feel like the world's worst for not!
It's your decision and yours alone, and you don't need to justify that to anyone Breastfeeding is the right way for me, but I'm the only one who knows what my own circumstances are and you know yours. There's a huge amount of judgement of pregnant women and new mums from all angles, but your only concern is keeping baby happy and healthy and if you know you're doing that then fcuk the begruders 0 -
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Sometimes breastfeeding doesn't work out with the best will in the world and for me it really was a grieving process. I ended up with exhaustion and my milk stopped it was very bizarre. I always think things happen for a reason and looking back on it now I must have been an absolute nightmare to live with due to lack of sleep/rest. I was one of these people who wanted to breastfeed exclusively for 6 months and keep feeding till the baby was 2!!! Yes 2 I look back now and laugh I didn't know myself when we went on formula it was soooo much easier. I am glad he got 4 weeks of it and the next baby I will try to breastfed again 0
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Jerrica it sounds like your little baby is cluster feeding. Lilly did that for the first 6 weeks. It's exhausting to say the least! I literally had to sit on the couch or lie in bed watching tv (which Wasnt so bad!
) from 7-10pm every night! But the positive is that if they cluster feed at night before bed they are filling themselves up for a good nights sleep. I know Lilly would usually only wake once during the night (sometimes twice) in those early days... Unless its a growth spurt of course.
I always had a "we'll see how it goes approach" to breastfeeding. Would never have been adverse to giving a bottle... And would have if I felt so stressed and needed rest or whatever... But I never ended up needing to. Mums need to mind themselves aswell as their babies. But I love bfing. The bonus is its just so handy! You can leave the house with a nappy abd that's all u need 0 -
Jerrica it sounds like your little baby is cluster feeding. Lilly did that for the first 6 weeks. It's exhausting to say the least! I literally had to sit on the couch or lie in bed watching tv (which Wasnt so bad!) from 7-10pm every night! But the positive is that if they cluster feed at night before bed they are filling themselves up for a good nights sleep. I know Lilly would usually only wake once during the night (sometimes twice) in those early days... Unless its a growth spurt of course.
I always had a "we'll see how it goes approach" to breastfeeding. Would never have been adverse to giving a bottle... And would have if I felt so stressed and needed rest or whatever... But I never ended up needing to. Mums need to mind themselves aswell as their babies. But I love bfing. The bonus is its just so handy! You can leave the house with a nappy abd that's all u need
And let's not forget no stress in making up formula!!! Which I found very stressful indeed so much so that I bought that tommee tippee machine.0 -
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