missy1978
Big Bird
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Pregnancy and Baby Advice Thread: From Conception to Birth, and Beyond!
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Dubchick81
Finally Pregnant!!
Welcome missy xxxx
missy1978
Big Bird
Question from me - baby monitors, what are your views? I've been looking at the angelcare motion sensor monitor as I think it might just help me be a bit less paranoid but it is hella expensive :/ I'm just trying to work out if it's worth it or if I'm just letting my worry take over and I should just get a normal audio only monitor... Husband is worried about the cost of it and after reading up said that there were reports of it having a lot of false alarms which he's worried would wind me up even more. Not sure what to do!
Cai
has a thin girl inside!
I got a tommee tippee one (or whatever the make is!) which has a sensor pad. We got it from M&P's outlet for half price (£99 instead of £199) and since we have seen the exact same one for £69 and £79 at diff shops and they aren't even saying its a massive offer/saving.
So if u choose an expensive one at all check prices at all places!!
Also, I've had baby home now since Sunday and not used it once! So it could be something u save to buy for when baby will be in a diff room to u?? There has only been tiny occasions when no1 has been I the room with baby - like when toilet is needed and once we both ended up in the kitchen (however would we have had the monitor set up for that?) x
sarah_lou1981
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I read about the false alarms thing too and decided that it would probably send me mad going off all the time so decided against one. I don't know anyone's who's had one to compare. My dad and step mum bought us ours and it's a video one. I never even considered them but my sister had one for my nephew and it was fab. Some days he would cry but in his sleep so she knew not to go to him but other days he might have lost his dummy or got his leg in the cot bars (did that loads!) so she'd know to go to him. After babysitting him I'd find it weird not being able to see baby when they slept now. But I know loads of people who've just gone for audio ones. Ours is a Summer one and I think it was about £85 from Kiddicare but was reduced from £110 or something. I've heard bad things about Motorola ones being a bit pants. My dad had to take theirs back three times and got a summer one like the one he's got us in the end. But that could have just been a bad batch maybe,
missy1978
Big Bird
Thanks guys - that does help! Might be worth waiting then, can't imagine he'll ever be in a different room from us to begin with. Plus we'd have to move the sensor all the time from moses to carrycot which I can imagine being a right pain. My biggest worry is something happening if both me and him are asleep at the same time but I guess you just can't account for everything. And yep, I have found a massive price difference with it though various shops. Cheapest is £66.50 on Amazon for anyone else interested 
Cai - how is your little dude getting on? Must come and check out your diary!
Cai - how is your little dude getting on? Must come and check out your diary!
Cai
has a thin girl inside!
Thanks guys - that does help! Might be worth waiting then, can't imagine he'll ever be in a different room from us to begin with. Plus we'd have to move the sensor all the time from moses to carrycot which I can imagine being a right pain. My biggest worry is something happening if both me and him are asleep at the same time but I guess you just can't account for everything. And yep, I have found a massive price difference with it though various shops. Cheapest is £66.50 on Amazon for anyone else interested
Awwww he is just perfect!!
how can I have soooooo much love for someone I only 'met' last weekend as is soooooo tiny!! (Although people keep commenting how big he is!! :-/ still in newborn clothes I may add lol) xx
Dubchick81
Finally Pregnant!!
As I plan (remember I said PLAN) on getting baby into a routine early enough on which will mean baby will b upstairs a couple of hours before us I'm def getting one. The camera one too
Hav read of the false alarms but hav also heard a few stories from ppl I kno where it has proven its worth every penny and more. And because of my paranoia of SIDS I think I'll settle better knowing we hav it
Am gona look around tho n see if I can pick one up second hand
PrincessPeach
Pregnant with Baby No 2!
One of my sisters is buying me our monitors x She has the BT ones and swears by them - having twins as well I knew I could trust her to pick a good one for us x so I think we're having the BT one. The one she showed me has a temperature thing so you can also monitor the temp in baby's room, and you can also remotely switch on things like lullabys and stuff in the room... I think it's this one: Buy BT Baby Monitor Pacifier online at John Lewis
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Dubchick81
Finally Pregnant!!
Exercise tip ladies...
Dubchick81
Finally Pregnant!!
Anyone on know of any pregnancy safe ointments/treatments to clear my blocked nose???
sarah_lou1981
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The only advice I found when I was like that was to steam it out with your head over a bowl of boiling water. Sorry
Dubchick81
Finally Pregnant!!
Thanks girls.. Jonathan's gone to the chemist for me xx
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Dubchick81
Finally Pregnant!!
Nope.. As expected she said to stay away from Vicks and there was nothing else she cud give him for me to take/use... The only thing she recommended is steaming using just hot water....
Oh well...
Oh well...
missy1978
Big Bird
It's crap isn't it
I asked around when I had a cold and got the same answer. The saline is a great idea though and it's safe for kids/babies with snuffles so I'm sure it's be safe for us pregnant types xxx
PrincessPeach
Pregnant with Baby No 2!
I had a saline one too hun when I had all that business at the start of my pregnancy x soothed it if anything else xxx
Cai
has a thin girl inside!
Study away from Vicks??? Oooops I used that for 2-3 weeks to get me through a bad cold! Oh well no harm done here cx
missy1978
Big Bird
I think they just say that because it's not been tested, it's not that anyone thinks it's really harmful or owt. That's the impression I got when I asked anyway, I was even told to avoid most cough sweets! Medicines are one of the hardest things to negotiate whilst pregnant I think cos nothing is tested and no one can tell you that anything is safe really. It's all such a minefield of worry x
