Baby news

Oops @utopia I forgot to mention the important bit - due date 28 October, give or take a week or so.

Congratulations to mum-to-be, and dad, and grandmother (BlueBay), grandpa, uncles, aunts etc... and of cause your forum family, walking with you. Love Babies 🙂

Hi @Former-Member@utopia@Owlunar@Shaz51@Former-Member@Zoe7@Former-Member

Guess what I found today? - 2 blankets and 1 bunny rug from when i had my children. Still all in good condition. I have just put them in a bucket and soaking them with napisan. I am so glad i kept them. I showed my daughter and she was rapt - one is yellow with different colour bunnies and one blanket is blue and the other is pink.

My knitted blanket is going okay. I know a few ladies in the town that if i ask them they will be happy to knit some baby cardigans for me. I can do the booties and beanies.

My daughter is finally getting over her cold. she went back to work today after having most of last week off. she is now starting to feel nauseous and can't stand coffee, chocolate or chicken or steak. But one thing that she used to hate she now loves - mushrooms!!! Isn't it amazing how our taste buds change.

She has a doctor's appt this monday and asked me today if i would go with her. Of course i said yes and then we are going to sort out her private health insurance. She won't be covered as she is pregnant before the waiting period. So she will book a public hospital as she has no other option.

she is being really good with what food she can and can't eat. apparently no processed foods, meats, not many cheeses. she has a list from the doctor. I don't remember these lists of foods. How things have changed. 🙂

Aw fantastic @Former-Member

Something mm small can have all that development in 7 weeks - oh my - that is a miracle - a miracle we don't always thinks of -

I feel kinda humble - I'm gunna be a Forum Aunty

Aunty Dec

I don't remember there being food I couldn't eat when pregnant either @BlueBay - but I didn't get any morning sickness and neither did dd -

But back then processed food was not around - but I do remember taking folates - now I know why

What I did have a lot of was rasperry floats - that's raspberry lemonade with icecream - and the baby was a strawberry blond - I think it was all those red drinks

This is such a fun thread

Aunty Dec

I looked up Toxoplamosis @BlueBay and @utopia

It can be picked up from cat litter so Bay - your daughter shouldn't clean up after your cat - thanks for that Utopia

And the processed food - it can be present in that as well - oh man! - the things we ate without knowing about this - how did we survive? It can also be in meat that is not well cooked - but I am sure most of us eat food that is properly cooked

I just thought I would exercise my brain a little and find this out - nothing to stress about - we all need to be careful when pregnant - so I am passing the trivia along

Aunty Dec

hello @utopia @BlueBay & all

a new baby in your life wonderful

sharing that special time with your daughter also wonderful

i kept a little jumper newborn size that my mum had knitted for my first son and was also worn by my second son

i have always loved teddy bears preferred them to dolls

have had to cull back

one of favourite ones now wears that newborn baby jumper

so many of my special things, especially my books are in storage because of house being on market and I find that some of these I am missing more and more

will love to keep up with your news xxx