[lagerstarfish]

well then, get yo ass down there and find out if their nappies fit your princess (they might not let you try this in store)

[Jim]

don't buy too many tho, its suprising how quickly they go through the sizes.
we tried aldi, sainsburys and a few other own brand and they aren't as good as the pampers or huggies. we just buy them when they are on offer at the local supermarket which seems to be most of the time

[nik at work]

Conversely we found Pampers and Huggies to be rubbish, they consistently leaked and seemed to cause sore skin, whereas the Tesco and Morrison standard own brand ones were ideal.
Nappies is a definite horses courses thing, as is pretty much all of child rearing I suppose...

[SA Chris]

don't buy too many tho, its suprising how quickly they go through the sizes.

We've done that, debating wether to bust out another megapack or try and swap them for a larger size.

[fatdoc]

keep the size smallest that fits.. less leaks..

[SA Chris]

That was my theory, plus the smaller ones are (marginally) cheaper.

[SA Chris]

Has anyone contemplated child based resistance training? Do beastmaker workouts with nipper in baby carrier so it gets harder as they get older. By the time he's 2 I'd be a beast. Or have no more clothes without puke stains.

[Andy F]

I've tried doing repeaters while giving my 5 year old lad a piggy back. It's fookin desperate   

[Houdini]

Lidl don't sell newborn nappies 

[andy popp]

Fuck you lot, my life turned into an episode of Skins over the weekend: one 16th birthday, 35 pissed teenagers, 5 hours of screaming mayhem and one filth encrusted house.

[Andy F]

5 hours of screaming mayhem and one filth encrusted house.

So the Police turned up as well 

[lagerstarfish]

Fuck you lot, my life turned into an episode of Skins over the weekend: one 16th birthday, 35 pissed teenagers, 5 hours of screaming mayhem and one filth encrusted house.

and where was our invite  ?

[SA Chris]

How cool kids are travelling this year. $2K to spare?

http://www.kidkustoms.com/MODLES.html

[Jim]

don't let anyone round who's got a cold/cough etc.... or you could end up spending the week in hospital watching over a baby with bronculitus. Its not great

[slackline]

Doesn't sound nice or fun.  Will work for him/her in the future though (acquired immunity etc.).

[SA Chris]

Not good Jim, hope s/he is OK. Got a bit anal about this, sadly missed opportunity to see HK Stu when he was over due to him bringing some wierd asian bug with him that struck most of his famly.

[slackline]

Just clocked this and thought it might be useful to some 

[SA Chris]

in my sleep derived state that made me really laugh.

[SA Chris]

Any advice for early teething? Apart from Bonjela, Calpol and ear plugs? He's not even 11 weeks, were hoping for a break.

Also are the Bumbo seats any good?

[Dolly]

It might be worth alternating between calpol and an ibuprofen based medicine so you can have doses every 2 hours rather than every 4
I know that's only pain relief and its stating the bleedin obvious and of course you'd have to check the doses, but it might give some respite. In my experience (3 kids) I'm afraid I haven't found any magic formulas to ease teething

[lagerstarfish]

Teething powders (Boots own brand) offer some relief. No idea what's in them, but it seems to make babies a bit happier - I guess its hard to keep crying when your mouth is full of dry powdery crap.

It doesn't last for ever, although it does feel like forever.

(my two have been late teethers, thank fuck)

We borrowed a Bumbo. It was good for the larger child to play with the baby on the floor (9 years difference). Some people love them, but we didn't use it much. Having watched the neighbours kid playing in theirs I reckon its worth a go to see if you are a Bumbo family.

[SA Chris]

I think ibuprofen can only be used from 3 months plus, will look into this dry powdered crap.

Cheers.

Might go into mothercare and testdrive him in a Bumbo when he's a bit older.

[lagerstarfish]

I think ibuprofen can only be used from 3 months plus

11 weeks is near enough  (I am not a doctor)

[rich d]

The boots teething powder seemed to be the best thing for my two - although it could have been the platinum fibre placibo effect.
One of mine used the bumbo seat loads, whereas my youngest didn't at all. Give it a test drive in the shop.
Good luck Rich

[SA Chris]

I think ibuprofen can only be used from 3 months plus

11 weeks is near enough  (I am not a doctor)

Hmm, couple of weeks isn't much but to him its 15% of his life, nearabouts. Might hold back for a while.