Oktober & November 2011 Mammas

Hi girls, sorry for being MIA. But I am back.

Congrats to all the new mommies to be who joined.

About the bottles - I think it is better to wait till the little one is born to decide which bottles to use. With my son we tried nuk (as I wanted to use Nuk), avent, lots of no name brands and then at last he drank the Dr. Brown's. I didn't like the Dr. brown's though, not that easy to clean.

About the nappies - Some children are allergic to certain nappies so I would also rather just wait and safe the money so long.

@ Lindy - we went for ante-natal classes from about 22 weeks, once a week with my son. It really helped a lot. I think it is a MUST for your first pregnancy.

Well, I started using Kiddy Calm for my son over the weekend and it seems like it is going to work. He only woke twice Saturday night and last night once. What bliss.... He used to wake about five times.

AFM - I feel so good the last week, the nausea is much better. Little bit sore boobies, but not that much. Going for my scan on Friday - CAN'T WAIT.....

Enjoy the week ladies.

Hey Chanz....thanks for that....it feels like you have done all my homework for me hahaha.

I am so happy for you that you are comfy with you gynie, and Kingsway is a very good hospital I am just not using them because my gynie is at Parklands. It sounds like you are very ready and you are thinking of allot of things that I have not even considered as yet. But ja I am hoping to also be able to stay at home with my baba my dh is so very supportive and I know he will let me it's just so hard because I am so very independent and I don't want him to feel all the pressure of providing for us. So maybe I also need to sit and just calculate if it will be better for me to work or sah.

As for the nappy stock up...do yourself a favor and don't buy the nappies just yet, but do put the money away, when you do go shopping. We started doing that the minute we found out we were pregnant. What we do is every time we go to the shops we transfer a R114.00 into a savings account as if we bought the nappies that way we will have the money to buy the right sizes at the right times and you don't have to worry about the space of stocking up. We actually started saving for baby about 2 year ago every month we budgeted to put some money away and after the first year when we were still not pregnant we invested the money into a "school fund" for baba and now the one from last year is at a nice size so that we don't have to worry to much about the pram etc. But still everything is so very expensive and yes you will NEVER EVER be 100% ready or Ever have enough money you just have to do the best you can.

And no you are not blabbering at all it's nice to year your history. I have to go now we going to the rugga this avi....big game against the bulls and the sharks.

Everybody be safe and relax nicely!

Oh about the antenatal classes. From what I remember with my sister, its for whether you have a csec or natural. It isnt just about learning how to give birth, but they tell you about how to choose a paediatrician etc. They show you videos etc.
I have also been wondering if we should go or not. For those 2nd time mommies, did you find it useful?

@ Elrike, have you tried Ackermans. They usually have some cartoon characters.

@ Liz if you join vitality now, you can still get the goodie bag. I joined when i was already preg and no probs. Once you activate your vitality you can phone for your goodie bag voucher number. Let DH read on the discovery website about vitality. There are benefits for him too.

Hope you all have a lovely weekend

Hello Ladies

@Lindy, hey girl The graco ultima is shorter in height compared to the chelino coyote. I am short aswell and both Graco and Chelino are comfy for me. But I would prefer getting a pram thats not too short coz my dh is 1.92 so LOL he would look weird pushing a shorter pram. But besides the height, for me I want the pram to last. I don't want to have to transfer to stroller later. And something I noticed, the chelino wheels look more durable than the Graco. I love both Graco and Chelino, so its hard to choose. But what caught me about the Chelino is that you can really fold it with one hand easily.And it folds quite compact for a biggish pram. For me its very similar to the Graco deluxe. Ok now I am starting to sound like a salesman
About choosing Kingsway - In Richards Bay I was with 3 of the "best" gynaes for 2 years and they just didnt help me, actually made me worse. In Jan this year we saw Dr Naidu at Kingsway (he is a fertility specialist and gynae). We did our first month of injections and trying naturally, didnt' work. So I thought Feb he would just let us try again, nah he put me on a program for our first IUI and it worked. And even after finding out we are preg, we tried a popular local gynae and he was so insensitive. Raised his eyebrow because we went for treatment. So we just felt so comfortable with Dr Naidu at Kingsway that we will just stick with him. He is the most passionate doctor I have ever met, and we trust him with everything. Its hard for our families to accept, but no one will understand how long we tried for this precious bundle and like any parents to be we want to protect this little one. Our local hospital is also under construction not that that was a deciding factor. Anyway Dr Naidu has our best interests at heart. Every scan he uses his own dvds to record our scans and he gets excited seeing bubs too. So far he wants to do a scan a month until my 7 month and after that every 2 weeks. Guess thats coz I am high risk.

As for SAHM part - Like you I also have alot of drama at work but the main reason for choosing to be a SAHM, we dont have decent daycare here and if you find one you can pay anything from 1500-2000. And none of them open at 5 when i have to go to work. My DH had a stroke when he was 19 so he doesnt have use of his right arm. So he won't be able to pick up a newborn. We also did a comparison if I had to work and if I had to stop. If I carried on working we would land up paying more money than what we have. My company sucks, they only pay like a grand for the duration of the maternity leave. And we are on discovery classic comprehensive which means we will pay in. And in my contract it states if I take maternity leave, i have to work it back. I work 45min away from our house, which would mean if I needed to get to bubs I wouldn't be able to because of the time it takes to get home and also because I am a manager and not allowed to leave my unit unattended. FAMILY does not exist in our company. Its really sad. I wish I could work flexi hours but in the hospitality business that just doesnt exist. On the other hand once bubs is 2 he/she will go to creche and I will return to work.

Its so hard to think of everything when you are expecting. Because we are all either in our 2nd trimester or heading for it, and thats kinda when you realize that it really isnt long before baby arrives, and you wonder if you have everything in place financially. But like people say, you can never be 100% ready for a baby. But you can only try your best. Then I look at people who live on the street with a baby, that child gets fed yet they dont have the luxuries we have. I mean all I can think for now, while I am working I will be stocking up on nappies, toiletries, pet food and cleaning detergents.

How is everyone else feeling? What are your thoughts on your precious bundle arriving? Do you think you are ready?

Sorry for blabbering on like that, just thought I'd share my thoughts and fears.

Has anyone done one of those urine gender tests?

Hey Chanz - The chelino does sound nice when you say shorter to you mean the height or lenght? I'm asking cause I am looking for a "low"pram as I am very very short about a meter and a half tall if that. As for the SAHM....I am really considering it now as my work is full of drama. One last question Chanz - why are you using Kingsway? if its so far from Richards Bay? Who is your gynie?

Of course Lizel welcome!! Are you pregnant?

On the bottle side, I think I'm gonna go with the Avent. I think the tommy tippie is really cute but I think it will be very hard for baba to hold the botttle cause of it being so wide.... plus I love all the gadgets you can get for the AVent it will keep hubby nice and involved lol.

Another question ladies.....are anti natal classes only if you are doing natural birth? or does it teach you about breast feeding and bathing etc as well?

Welcome back Elrike...hope you feel better soon, have you tried Reggies or Baby City? I think they might have.

Elrike - dit klink te cute! Ek het nie 'n idee waar mens so iets gaan kry nie....ek sal bietjie dink en uitkyk, sal laat weet as ek op iets afkom. Ag moeder man, Luwan gaan daai bunkerbed baie geniet!
Ai tog, die rug darem. My rug het vandag net so gepyn, maar gelukkig is dit darem nou weg. Dink dis seker maar my stoel hier by die werk.

Lekker naweek vir almal!!!!!

Dankie Liz.
Ek is opsoek na Mickey Muis beddegoed vvir my seuntjie se kamer! Weet een van julle waar ek miskien sal kry? Ek het gedink dit is die maklikste om te kombineer indien ek 'n dogtertjie sou verwag! Ek het gister vir hom 'n bunker bed bestel en dit sal seker Donderdag se kant afgelewer word!

My rug wil net afbreek vandag... ek is nou eers 14 weke, wil nie weet hoe erg dit gaan wees as ek 30 weke is nie!!

Mooi naweek vir julle almal!