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What are the 'essential buys' for a 1st baby?!
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Oh on the breast feeding thing.
My missus developed a cyst and couldn't breast feed (She couldn't count to 2 at one point and didn't realise that she was wearing her glasses... fun times).
Anyhow's it's amazing how much the midwife's tune changed when it became apparent that there was going to be no breast feeding for the nipper for the forseeable future. She couldn't have been more helpful with which types of powerdered milk and bottles etc, which is where the bottle steralizer come into it's own.
We read all the bumph in waiting rooms, and were keen to give it a go, but me and my 3 siblings were all bottle fed as were the the missus and her 2 siblings and all 7 are healthy as.
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Mini-clubber at about two weeks old ( he's 18 months now) in his first cycling jersey
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Breast feeding's a funny old thing. As are most midwives.
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- Stockpile frozen meals in the run up to the birth.
- AngelCare AC401 monitor, it has a breathing sensor so you dont have to keep checking. 2months in and no false alarms so far.
- A really good breast pump, we have a Ameda Lactaline double pump which the NCT have on sale at the moment. Forget tommee tippee, they are crap.
- Triple the number of towels and sheets you have.
- Book 3 months off work.
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Here's Thomas at about six weeks
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If you're breastfeeding a breastfeeding pillow is a godsend, went away for xmas without mine, and I realised how much I used it.
If you decide to go the reusable nappy route get a few to try second hand, I got a load of kushies off freecycle, but due to a baby with skinny legs they just leak constantly, have tried them at different stages as she's gotten bigger, but have now given up on them.
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Something else you might need...
A brush to push the poo through the plughole of your bath when your little angel decides that a nappy isn't acceptable and it is much more enjoyable to dump in the bath.
I used my finger to perform that task last night
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Only had to do that once luckily. He does think it's funny to pee in the bath as soon as his feet touch the water though...
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A brush to push the poo through the plughole of your bath when your little angel decides that a nappy isn't acceptable and it is much more enjoyable to dump in the bath
A shower with an adjustable stream works for this too; it breaks it up nicely.
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Only had to do that once luckily. He does think it's funny to pee in the bath as soon as his feet touch the water though...
He's right. That is funny.
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A shower with an adjustable stream works for this too; it breaks it up nicely.
Ours is a fixed head shower and it wasn't nearly powerful enough to break this particular monster up.Posted 2 years ago # -
Right enough - I have to stiffle a laugh every time
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Big/solid ones got picked out and dropped in the toilet.
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Big/solid ones got picked out and dropped in the toilet.
Yeah I was thinking about that - then decided the finger push was the better option.I wonder if the tool used to perform such an function would be a Pooh Stick?
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handle end of a toothbrush is the perfect size.
Just to avoid any doubt - bin the toothbrush afterwards (I have a variety of old toothbrushes in the bathroom cabinet for various cleaning tasks)
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Will try to remember that for the next time it happens - I was thinking on my feet as we tried to get her sister out of the bath, clean her, empty the bath, refill it with her still in it without getting it too hot, cleaning her again.
Ohh fun!
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nct membership / sales
get as much as possible 2nd hand / from mates
and other than immediate stuff , wait and see what yuo need, rather than buying tons of crap you don't use.
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Another top tip - make sure you have a hospital bag and all the real essentials ready well in advance of your DD. They can have a knack of surprising you with sudden appearances.
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When i have trouble breaking them up at work, i find a length of 2x1 batten does the job, ...oh, we're talking about kids.
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"He does think it's funny to pee in the bath as soon as his feet touch the water though... "
Mine too. Then he fills a cup with bath water and gives it to me to drink...
Must have: Baby monitors with battery option. Allows you to relax when the baby is sleeping upstairs or outside in the pram.
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As mentioned a while back - we too have the AngelCare heartbeat monitors. They work really well and we have only had a couple of false alarms (when they roll to the far end of the cot) but we are used to that now. They also have all the functions of a decent top-end standard monitor (temperature alarms, talk-back, temperature monitor etc).
I wasn't sure about the need for them, but they make my wife able to relax and sit down on an evening and sleep soundly too as she isn't up and down every ten minutes checking them. I know they aren't for everyone, but if you are considering one they *do* work.
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Our nipper is 10 months old now. Things which we found of use in the early days:
Infacol for colic - lots of it
Zinc and Castor oil creme for nappy rash
New washing machine and separate tumble drier
Growbags, as mentioned above, mega useful and not kick-offable like a blanket
Baby monitor with a temperature sensor on it. Dressing your baby for the right temperature is important.The cot we purchased turned out to be a bit of a disaster. We opted for one one of those uber expensive Stokke cots which can be expanded over time, from mini cot to regular sized cot and up to a bed when your child is old enough. Sounds like a great idea.
However, they do not have drop down sides and you can't get your feet under the cot when lowering junior down in to it. Mrs B is quite short and the Beamlet is quite heavy. All of these factors have resulted in Mrs B having a knackered back.
So, get a cot with drop down sides.
People have mentioned that Gina Ford book. We read it before the Beamlet arrived - unfortunately she didn't read it in the womb. We persevered for a week or so but it was causing all three of us so much stress trying to stick to the routines we gave up.
Thankfully the Beamlet is sleeping (most nights) from 2230 through to 0700 and when she is awake she is always happy and smiling and enjoying life. I don't know if this would be the case if we had stuck to Gina Ford's draconian techniques which would have smashed the will to live out of all 3 of us.
Mrs B and I look like was have aged dramatically in the last 10 months though.
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Infacol for colic - lots of it
Zinc and Castor oil creme for nappy rash
New washing machine and separate tumble drier
Growbags, as mentioned above, mega useful and not kick-offable like a blanket
Baby monitor with a temperature sensor on it. Dressing your baby for the right temperature is important.That's almost a list of things we didn't bother with
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Yup - I guess every baby is different.
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Thankfully the Beamlet is sleeping (most nights) from 2230 through to 0700
At ten months? You should get her back into a routine then - she *should* be sleeping 11 or 12 hours unbroken at that age if no other factors (illness/teething etc) are involved.But as beamers has just said... I guess every baby is different.
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can i jump in....
ours is due in june fingers crossed june 6th, i have 2 weeks parternity booked but dont know wether to book 2 more weeks off making a month.
mate suggested just take the 2 weeks paternity to start with as the baby will be sleeping most of the time and you'll be hanging round, leave the extra leave for later on when its a bit older.
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I would take the extra time off - by the time things are much different you will be in another holiday year.
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Two weeks is more than enough, you'll be glad to get back to work for a rest.
p.s. my second is due in 3 weeks...yikes!
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you'll be glad to get back to work for a rest.
There is that Posted 2 years ago # -
oh, forgot to say, a shotgun is also handy; incase anyone tells you that Gina 'no kids of her own' Ford knows how to look after your baby. I rank her up there with Noel Edmonds in the evil person charts!
just accept the bizarre sleep patterns and it won't kill you. mrslister breastfed both of ours on demand until they self weaned, they are now 18 months and 3.5 years and both sleep 7 till 7.
The bad days and nights were only for a few months, which is nothing when we look back.Posted 2 years ago # -
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Posted 2 years ago # -
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Just to get you back on track then...
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At ten months? You should get her back into a routine then - she *should* be sleeping 11 or 12 hours unbroken at that age if no other factors (illness/teething etc) are involved.
Ours didn't. Like you say, they're all different.
Our six-year-old is still reading at 9:30 each night.
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Get all your best t shirts and tops and put them away with some mothballs, get y'self off to primark or similar and stock up on cheap shirts etc. that you don't care about, everything will get covered in sick, saliva, food, occasionally poo etc etc.
Don't ever wear white, camo's great, hides a multitude of sins!!!Posted 2 years ago #
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