Feb-May 2011 Mommies

Schatsie, Em is at Chesterhouse - its a private school, and yes you pay for what you get, but I'm more than willing to pay.
From next year they will be taking from 6 months old - so a private creche, which is fab. The school is not SA run at all.
www.chesterhouse.co.za/

YAY Emsmom what a great feeling!

Cathm
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Emsmom which school is Em going to? It sounds like the place to be! I have a serious issue with most of the service in this country. You always have to put up a fight before getting any service!

Hello ladies!

Meags, are you going to see anymore birthing centers today? Good luck with it all and keep us informed

misty suxs that you are getting sick again, hope it goes away for good now.

Kimika I think best with nappies is to buy in all sizes - newborns grow so quickly most people have left over once their lo's have out grown them.

Cath - stuttafords is always seriously over the top with their pricing, I recall around 6 years ago popping in and looking at their Christmas decorations and they were selling 1 strand of tinsle for R250. I have never stepped foot in that store since...

well today is going great, I had a good night sleep - only woke up twice I think so feeling refreshed. We had our first parent/teacher meeting last night and again I am so glad I'm sending Em to that school - they are service providers and if you are not happy with the service you get to say something about it.

Otherwise life is good, everything is falling into place so beautifully, cant help but being happy

Mistymom
You are right to be cautious re the duties! It's just a gamble you take with online shopping sometimes there's none, sometimes it's horrifying like 80% of the total price!

For example, I bought for 65 GBP and they charged me R400 duty/customs! however! Even if I added the 2 together it was a good deal, cause I got 4 pieces/outfits/pyjamas, silk gown, etc etc Having said that ALL the stuff was on sale and that's what made it super affordable...so...i'd say go online, check it out and add 80% of the price (worst case scenario) and see if it's still a good deal and then go for it cause you may pay NO duty! Also check out the sale stuff. the baby stuff is also awesome! I'd say 4 out of 5 times I've been charged so I'd lean towards being charged, but hope for the best!

I mean I was seeing pyjamas that were just OK at stuttafords for R1000!?!?

cathm

hi ladies

wow what a day! I am so not good with estimating times!
I thought I would easily get to see the 3 birth centers/hospitals this afternoon. Well I managed one!

So driving is ok...I think it's more not knowing where to go that's so daunting. And the bloody gps sometimes says conflicting stuff so ya...I went around the highway a few times!

But I went to 1 "birth centre". turns out it's not one at all. it's a hospital. but the midwives there were so awesome and gave me lots of info so my search has to re-start.

she advised me not to go to a birth centre as the midwives there are only certified and not professionals and have no insurance cover. she felt that since I'm a midwife, I would probably feel above them...
She recommended I try find an ob/gyn who has midwife assistants who deliver. so now I gotta make loads of calls to try find that.

She also said I am going to struggle to find a gynae to take me at 31 weeks...so quite honestly, I kind of feel at a loss totally now!

She didnt recommend that hospital she works at as she said it's very medical, I cant do a water birth, will probably have constant fetal monitoring, they dont have birth balls etc etc etc.

she could only recommend 1 midwife who does water births in a hospital but it's about an hour away from where we live which isnt really ideal as she said from now I should be checked every 2 weeks and from 35-36 weeks it's once per week so it's quite far...

sigh...

kimika you guys are 7 hours ahead of me. so at the moment here it is 6pm and for you guys it's 1am!

mistymom did you look at walmart? seems they have awesome stuff! I'm gonna have a look tomorrow.
oh and DH said apparently the Ikea thing is a nightmare as no one really helps you so you have to load ALL your stuff onto trolley's and push them alone!!!! so he is taking the afternoon off to come to Ikea with me

Schatsie, very cute little face your little guy has!! I can really sense your excitement Also you can google baby linen or nursery linen.. there are some really great babygoody websites if you just spend some time searching. Also have a look at Tinyinteriors webiste, they have gorgeous stuff. For the baby registry, you can go to BabyCity or Babyboom and 3wks before your shower you can go and select all the goodies you want and put it in a big bin/basket. Then the ladies can just go have a look at your basket and buy from whats in there. But then they are limited to only buying at one shop as its not a computer list that is spread to all branches. But that way you can put exactly what brand/color etc you want into the bin. What we did for my shower is to draw up a list of all the goodies I want/need, my mom has the list and she emails it to those who ask. If they buy something specific off the list they just need to mail/sms her so she can take it off the list. And if there ends up to be doubles Ill just go change it anyway.

Tazzy, I also have about 5wks left.. shoo

KarinM, what did your friends dr say today?? Pls keep us posted.

Mistymom, have a look at Milady's for pjs. My MIL bought me a set there and they are really nice. I remember seeing a black set there too that was really nice. Not button up but still nice!

Meags, how did it go with the birthcentres?? Im so confused with your timezone.. whats the difference now between us? Have a look at the Kidsline website, they have nice stuff! But I think its only bedding? Ag man, hope your cough goes away now!!

Emsmom, hope you sleep better tonight!

AFM: not much happening on my side.. still more than a week to go before seeing gynae again.. feels like forever!!! I still need to remember to buy her a little teddy or something! And Ive started making space for babyclothes, I want my space to be ready after Sat so I can just pack away everything. Anyone have any idea on how many nr1/newborn nappies to buy? I got quite a lot from my aunt (about 3 x 44packs) and dont want to have too much (cant remember how many I used with my son!)