2011-2012 Expectant parent (cyclists) club!

the_fuggler

rjsterry wrote:

Also, anyone see the Comedy Prom, and in particular Tim Minchin's Lullaby? Rather dark humour (perhaps too dark for some).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESFANzZTdYM

Saw it on Saturday night - absolute genius. Mrs F has only just stopped laughing...

mroli

Zenistar - how are things going?

zenistar

mroli wrote:

Zenistar - how are things going?

Cheer for asking.

Things are ok at the moment, the contractions are back under control via a combination of high bloodpressure pills and complete bed rest. SO actually has low blood pressure so im a bit worried about the high blood pressure pills causing her to faint etc but their side effects seem to be doing the job of stopping the contractions at the moment.

She is still in hospital for the moment, only allowed to leave her bed to go to the bathroom, so she gets waited on hand a foot. Baby looks and sounds fine when on ultrasound or heart monitor.

DonDaddyD

One thing I've noticed, every purchase is a carefully weighed consideration of variables you impose upon yourself. And even though you realise the benefits and downsides are negligible you're rendered permanently into a state of indecision.

My bane.

Moses Baskets! I walk into Mothercare and could decide on none. There was even one that ex-display I think that was half price. Now if this was just about me, I would have purchased it with glee and a belief that I found the deal of the f*cking century. But no, alas the variables didn't add to a yes. The quality of the stitching holding the basket together held me back.

So. Chaps! Moses baskets. Any advice?

clarkey cat

we borrowed a friends but just bought a new mattress.

the_fuggler

clarkey cat wrote:

we borrowed a friends but just bought a new mattress.

Bingo - that's the plan.

rjsterry

DonDaddyD wrote:

One thing I've noticed, every purchase is a carefully weighed consideration of variables you impose upon yourself. And even though you realise the benefits and downsides are negligible you're rendered permanently into a state of indecision.

My bane.

Moses Baskets! I walk into Mothercare and could decide on none. There was even one that ex-display I think that was half price. Now if this was just about me, I would have purchased it with glee and a belief that I found the deal of the f*cking century. But no, alas the variables didn't add to a yes. The quality of the stitching holding the basket together held me back.

So. Chaps! Moses baskets. Any advice?

This will pass once mini-DDD arrives you'll just go for "can I afford it? Is it more or less OK? That'll do." You'll have a bazillion things to do and can't sit there imming and amming. You'll also realise that there isn't actually that much to choose between the various options - they are just trying to convince you that the extra widget on basket A makes it WAY better than basket B.
BTW, watch the Tim Minchin video.

clarkey cat

our clothes shopping for LO went, in the space of nine months from:

Petit Bateau > John Lewis > Gap > Next > H&M > Sainsburys > ASDA.

rjsterry

Arf.

Ooh, Poundland is brilliant for Peppa Piug stickers BTW. (DDD, the significance of this will become clear in due course).

SimonAH

We bought eBay, and sold eBay. With canny selling skills and the pot constantly topped up with presents from relatives we made a profit overall on clothing the MiniAH in the early years - and she was always wearing top quality schmutter too.

lost_in_thought

So DDD, are you having a boy or a bint?

rjsterry

lost_in_thought wrote:

So DDD, are you having a boy or a bint?

Teehee.

asprilla

The only advice I have on moses baskets is buy two. It's much easier to carry a baby up and down stairs than it is to carry a baby and a moses basket. On that account, just buy cheap ones, they aren't in them for very long anyway.

clarkey cat

The only advice I have on moses baskets is buy two. It's much easier to carry a baby up and down stairs than it is to carry a baby and a moses basket. On that account, just buy cheap ones, they aren't in them for very long anyway.

To that end, we just used the bassinet in the pram downstairs - kept the moses basket upstairs. Ah, its making me all nostalgic for the night when Lady Cat and Baby Cat both had a vomitting bug and I was picking chunks out of the wicker at 4 in the morning. Happy Days!

asprilla

clarkey cat wrote:

To that end, we just used the bassinet in the pram downstairs - kept the moses basket upstairs.

In another example of form over function, the Bugaboo bassinet can't be used if it's not actually in the pushchair, it doesn't lie flat and collapses on itself.

On the subject of Peppa Pig, this was amongst The Mighty Pickle's first proper words even though she had never actually seen it on TV. It's everywhere.

DonDaddyD

I think I'll go with a Mamas and Papas moses basket.

We've carry cot goes with the Pushchair/Pram.

That stays downstairs, Moses basket stays in the bedroom.

rjsterry

Was in M&P at the weekend buying a buggy board. They are indeed skilled in the art of emptying your wallet. Emotional blackmail - surely you want the best for your little one? - is a powerful tool.

On Peppa Pig, the littl'un recently went to see 'Peppa' in Sutton town centre. Some poor bugger in an seven foot high costume. Have pictures of the littl'un looking initially excited turning to mild panic as the oversized cartoon pig looms towards her. Also raises intersting questions over how you render a 2D character in three dimensions

DonDaddyD

rjsterry wrote:

Was in M&P at the weekend buying a buggy board. They are indeed skilled in the art of emptying your wallet. Emotional blackmail - surely you want the best for your little one? - is a powerful tool.

Tell me about it. It's something I've heard about but really can't describe how bad it is. I even think they deliberately make the reasonably priced items crappy just to make the more expensive ones look better and then sell them at an overinflated price.

Can't wait to get out of this stage and act like a Skinflint again without feeling bad....

"How much for cash" When did it become morally wrong to walk into a shop and ask this question? Even if it is about a box of nappies!

Butterd2

Another one for the expecting parents club, we are expecting our 3rd daughter in December.

Fortunately Mrs B. is getting pretty good at this pregnant thing now as I'm off for a weeks cycling this month and then I'm in Dubai, South Africa and Paris next month with work, I'd never have got away with that the first time around!

cjcp

Asprilla wrote:

On the subject of Peppa Pig, this was amongst The Mighty Pickle's first proper words even though she had never actually seen it on TV. It's everywhere.

Count your lucky stars that you've missed the High School Musical thing.

You'll end up going to Peppa Pig World, a place where greasy food is limitless so take a picnic.

asprilla

cjcp wrote:

Asprilla wrote:

On the subject of Peppa Pig, this was amongst The Mighty Pickle's first proper words even though she had never actually seen it on TV. It's everywhere.

Count your lucky stars that you've missed the High School Musical thing.

You'll end up going to Peppa Pig World, a place where greasy food is limitless so take a picnic.

We are kinda trying to avoid TV in general with her. Not sure how easy that will be if there are two of them. Still, we've got to 21 months without actually showing her kids TV and at the moment she barely notices it's on when she's in the room.

DonDaddyD

^^Gonna do the above with sweets and take away^^

We don't have Sky and I'm giving up my X-box so I think that takes care of the TV and computer games department.

The kid will read books and comics.

EKE_38BPM

DonDaddyD wrote:

The kid will read comics.
Only comics.
Nothing but comics.

FTFY

asprilla

The Pickle loves reading. Well, she loves looking at the pictures and being asked what she can see and at the moment how many there are and what colour they are.

Currently everything is purple and there are two and she's fairly adamant about that.

Flyingbogey

Mrs B is due at the end of the month with our 2nd boy. Number 1 being just 18 months i forsee much tiredness, bickering and joy.

On Prams, we got the i candy apple specifically to buy the adaptors and make a 'pear' when no.2 arrives but the adaptors cost 400 quid including the new cot part as the apple wont fit the pear. Robdogs. Everywhere gives you a different answer on how it all works so were just getting a whole new double. Baby jogger, city select. Shame because the i candy was a good piece of kit all in all.

Torvid

EKE_38BPM wrote:

DonDaddyD wrote:

The kid will read comics.
Only comics.
Nothing but comics.

FTFY

To be fair the Beano Annual is technically a book

DonDaddyD

EKE_38BPM wrote:

DonDaddyD wrote:

The kid will read comics.
Only comics.
Nothing but comics.

FTFY

Nah sod that. Comics are about £2.25 - £2.50 a pop. Sure a single issue doesn't hurt but comics don't work like that. Lets take Avengers for example:

There isn't just one Avengers title oh no. At any one time there is usually Mighty, New and Secret Avengers and The Avengers. Cool. So you buy 4 -5 issues to follow Captain America or Thor. But Captain America and Thor have their own self-titled comics so you get those to find out why they changed costume (this actually happened to Spider-man who has 3 self titled comics). Then they split the self titled comic into two, say, Captain America and Captain America and Bucky (happened) so you end up buying both because all the stories relate to each other in a shared Universe (one continuity, a little like Torchwood and Dr Who). Why do you do this? Because the stories in the now 10+ comics you collect all lead up to, play a part and contribute to the major cross title event (House of M, Civil War, Secret Invasion, Fear Itself).

Cross title events are the comic industries Summer blockbuster that are sold at a premium, usually £1 more than the standard issue - but you get shiny paper. Don't follow these at your peril. If you don't you won't understand why your comics have the word "Dark" written all over their titles. So you get the event, the prologue and aftermath issues as well, which are of course separate. The event storyline doesn't just involve the comics you collect, oh no. They seep into the comics you don't collect and all the other franchises, Hulk, Daredevil, X-men, Spider-man etc So you buy those to follow the story. Suddenly you're collecting anywhere between 25 - 35 titles all at about £2.25 - £3.25.

That's just Marvel. Wash rinse and repeat with DC comics as well.

It's taken me years to figure out what comics are gateway comics that do the above and which are worth collecting.

The kid can collect some comics, if he/she wants to but I'll be monitoring it like I would computer games or cartoons.

And they can't read mine, they'll get their greasy hands all over em....

I just like to talk about comics :oops:

will3

Asprilla wrote:

The only advice I have on moses baskets is buy two. It's much easier to carry a baby up and down stairs than it is to carry a baby and a moses basket. On that account, just buy cheap ones, they aren't in them for very long anyway.

the only advice I have on moses baskets is that in spite of what you might think, they aren't actually suitable for baby river transportation.

edhornby

be prepared for the baby being put into the moses basket, baby deciding she doesn't like it in there and telling you so

NCT nearly new sales, winner every time

EKE_38BPM

DonDaddyD wrote:

EKE_38BPM wrote:

DonDaddyD wrote:

The kid will read comics.
Only comics.
Nothing but comics.

FTFY

...lots of boring stuff about comics...
I just like to talk about comics :oops:

I really wish I never brought it up.