May 2011 babies :)

Sorry to hear about your Grandfather, Heaf. I lost my last remaining grandparent, my Nana, in November last year. Even though she hadn't been well for a while it was still hard. After she passed decided that if baby was a girl she'd have Nana's name as part of hers.

Our newbies are starting to even out the gender numbers a little.

I get the 'are you hoping for a girl' too. People get a bit taken aback when I say not really as I already have one.

I bought one of these LINK capsules off Trademe and it arrived today. I am a bit confused about it. I can't find a manufacture/expiry date anywhere on it. It says it fits babies up to 13kg in it. We tried DS in it and hes just under 11kg and is waaaay too big. And I'm a bit unsure about the ECE regulation thingy. There is no NZ Safety sticker on it anywhere. Any thoughts?

I saw the obstitrician today. I have a provisional date of 11/5/11. But it hasn't been booked yet as it will depend how things go. All going well I'll see him again at 34ish weeks. To be honest he seemed a bit clueless. I had to tell him how to get the May calender up on his computer and he had no idea about my previous experiences with collistasis.

I hope everyone survives the rain.

I did think of going into Plunket but they won't be open until Tuesday due to the long weekend here. I'll try the OB expert. Thank you.

Yes, date for the c/s.

SO Sorry to hear about your grandad Heaf. Big hugs.

Fallen, that is odd about the caspule. Why don't you ring plunket line they should know.

J is in his big bed for the first time tonight. Wasn't too bad once we got the excitment and the trampolining out of his system. Not a peep since 7.30!! Not looking forward to the morning though!!

Oh Heaf! I'm sorry to hear about your loss, my Grandad passed a couple of years back, it was soo hard for me.. I hope that the funeral is sooner rather than later.

Nice bump pic noodle! every once in a while I look in the mirror and have this weird feelingit's not me looking back 'cos of my belly!

I love the rain, its very relaxing! my our house gets quite damp and in a room with 5 computers and a dehumidifyer going (yes, the boys are still here... I just fed them all..) it gets quite stuffy! Worked this afternoon too, I just have to do next friday and then only Sundays until the end of Feb. Everything at work felt damp and the fly strips in the entrance of the fridge were all moist.. it's like being licked every time you go in there :(

Planning a date with Hubby tomorow, we have movie tickets... he really wants to see Tangled (yes, the Disney one haha) so we may go see that :)

Hope everyone has a lovely night!

i always thought it was magnesium? maybe pop into a pharmacy, we have a homeopathic one here which is nice to get a diff opinion, esp as there's so much we need to avoid.

Cramps and pins & needles will be with us for a while now as baby sits on nerves. I've already got the extra pillows in my bed, the one under my knees is helping atm.

Neighbours house alarm just went off which has me on edge as someone in our street got robbed the other day. Their alarm is on the ranch slider so looks like wind may have moved it...phew....

Yesterday my legs felt like i had been at work all day when i had been sitting doing nothing....SOOO sore, nothing really helped it was terrible!!

My aunt is suppose to be going to egypt next month on her big tour of the world....hoping its a bit calmer then when she goes!!

DH has popped in to work for a couple of hours overtime today so im still sitting in bed listening to Fletch & Vaughn waiting for him to get home so we can do our grocery shopping and then he is going to put the cot together :)

Hope everyone has a nice day, my little man must still be sleeping...i normally get a wee kick by now but he's very quiet....must be sleeping in on a saturday lol

What i find cute lafemme is that very shortly after i posted that he woke up and started kicking....he seems to do it alot when i tell someone he's quiet...i guess he doesn't like to be spoken about lol

Hey everyone.. thnks for the tips about the cramps, I may go talk to someone about it.. I know some things can't be helped but my leg is still sore from the night before last and now, I don't know whaether its related, but the circulation went in my left hand this morning and even though I can move it now and have feeling, its painful to even type..*sigh

Lafemme, I hope your flooding has cleared up! we have some unsightly weeds growing on our gutters and it makes the deck a tretcherous place during a storm!!

Lol at your bubs not like being talked about.. I think mines the same.. but she woke me up with her kicking this morning, and something she was moving last night really really hurt!! If ever I say 'ow!' Hubby gets stressed, but I normally follow it up with 'bubs is at her recital' cos we come froma family of dancers lol

Its almost sunny here.. might take hubby for a driving lesson *gulp* wish me luck!

Hi All,

Megan - on the milk front if you are talking about formula it is because if it is cold it does not mix properly and sits like concrete in their little tummies and hurts. If you are talking cows milk which is what me DD has now it is simply because she likes it that way. Have tried it cold with no success so far.

I currently seem to be carrying around a soccer player so I am seriously starting to think boy as my DD was never this wriggly or kicking so often.

We went out and bought all of the wood and mattress today for DD's new set of bunks ready for her to move into a big girl bed to free up the cot for the new addition. Was $600 for the wood and fittings but worth it for a solid piece of furniture.

Off to the garage now to play with the drop saw. Not sure if my tummy should also have ear muffs on? :)

Catch you all later!

Heaf, sorry to hear about your grandad

Fallen, I can't remember what weight our capsule was good for, but it was too small length before the weight became an issue. What I find funny about the add is that it says 'Forward facing installed in the car' other than the grammar, aren't capsule supposed to be rear facing only?

I'm also wondering how some of you (fallen/tigercub/noodle) have OB appointments already? My MW said I'd be referred about 34 weeks (DS was CS).

Keolyn - just saw a thing on leg cramps on 'what's good for you', most frequent causes include dehydration, low minerals calcium/potassium/sodium/magnesium (dark green leafy vege / milk / most nuts (excl peanuts)), best advice - to spite the pain stretch a.s.a.p. and heat pack (not that I'm likely to get out of bed to get a heat pack in the middle of the night). Pregnant woman - it's usually calcium & magnesium. Sounds like you're doing all that so not much help - sorry.

Maybe it's something in the air. Jr has been very very quite all day. I tried the glass of ice water trick because I was getting worried - 1 or 2 kicks that was all i got. I've had a couple of wee squishes though out the day, and he woke up and kicked me during dinner (don't know if it was 'yum' or 'yuck' - lol) but overall very quite on the baby front. I was going to ask when I should get really worried?

Megan - there was a really good article in this months Treasures magazine about formula feeding - there is not a lot of good info on it as FF is a 'bad word'. Babies like it warm, body temp.
As for the mattress - no idea. I've been told a few times that porta-cot mattress aren't good long term so you need a 'propper cot' but again, don't really know why. (I've been wondering if we can put one of the kids in the porta-cot if DS isn't ready for a bed when jr needs the cot)